Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1887 — RAILWAY COLLISION. [ARTICLE]

RAILWAY COLLISION.

Probably Eighteen or Twenty Men Killed on the Chicago A Alton at Hopedale, Ill.—Twelve Men In jured. A freight and a construction train on the Chicago & Alton R. R. collided on a bridge at ’ Hopedale, 111., Wednesday afternoon. The result was a tenific crash, delaying trains fifteen hours, and causing the loss of several fives. Ten dead bodies were taken from the wreck the same evening, and eight men were ..unaccounted for. . The dead list may be swelled to twenty-two by the death of those supposed to be fatally injured. Twelve men were more or less injured. Responsibility for the accident is. not definitely settled., ‘ The Usual Story. R. P. Clement, President of the Citizen’s Savings Bank, of Leavenworth, Kansas, used the funds of depositors for margin speculation. The bank,therefore, closed Wednesday. Clement has left for parts unknown? He lost upwards of $50,000. “ -- - - ; ■ - : . -