Lenzburg, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1899
Posted June 22nd, 2008 by Audrey
ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
St. Louis, July 18.--The south-bound flyer on the Illinois Central railroad, which left here at 9 a. m. was struck at Lenzburg, Ills., thirty-three miles from here, today, resulting in the death of THOMAS JONES, and the injury to four passengers, one of whom was fatally hurt. A. J. Elflein of St. Louis, who is not expected to live, was terribly bruised and internally hurt. The others injured were:
W. B. Wilson, Chicago, badly scalded.
O. G. Cannon, St. Louis, scalded.
Master mechanic Beckwith, of the Illinois Central, bruised.
Nobody knows what caused the accident. The engine left the track, turning completely over and derailing all the cars in the train. Engineer David McConghie, who stuck to his machine, came out of the wreck unhurt.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 19 Jul 1899
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