Chatsworth Accident Report

Testimony Taken by the Railroad & Warehouse Commission
of Illinois

in the Investigation of the Cause of the Accident that Wrecked
a Passenger Train on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Between Chatsworth and Piper City,
August 10, 1887

submitted by Gaile Thomas and formatted by Janine Crandell

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Applegreen, Axel.... page 10 ", " (Recalled)..... page 106 Armstrong, E. N..... page 12 ", " (Recalled)..... page 16 ", " (Recalled)..... page 53 ", " (Recalled)..... page 207 ", " (Recalled)..... page 209 Bennett, James...... page 94 Bent, C. C. F....... page 211 Berger, R. M........ page 64 Bourscheidt, F. C... page 122 Brady, James........ page 111 Brown, J. E......... page 182 Brown, Thos. Y...... page 185 Clark. W. J......... page 151 Clark, William O.... page 90 Coughlin, Timothy... page 44 Coulter, J. H....... page 129 Culver, E. D........ page 145 Dolph, A. T......... page 179 Ennis, Chris........ page 35 Flynn, Charles E.... page 124 Foster, George B.... page 119 Gibson, William..... page 170 Gish, Moses N....... page 115 Hallam, William..... page 186 Hallam, William H... page 188 Hamilton, Charles....page 215 Heald, James........ page 202 Houghton, Joseph.... page 83 Jack, James......... page 173 Jeffery, E. T....... page 217 Jones, W. C......... page 155 Kennedy, Robert..... page 78 Kinsey, S. A........ page 91 Kirchoff, W. R...... page 85 Kobski, John........ page 50 Koepke, Julius...... page 209 Lewis, John R....... page 175 Liston, Thomas...... page 42 ", "(.Recalled)..... page 206 Lyons, Alex......... page 177 McClintock, Mrs. ....page 148 McKinney, William... page 165 Madden, John P...... page 159 ", " (Recalled)..... page 166 Markley, J. H....... page 33 Martin, Dr. Bruce... page 127 Mason, J. M......... page 40 ", " (Recalled)..... page 150 ", " (Recalled)..... page 154 Mason, John Q....... page 61 Mooney, Andrew...... page 117 Morris, James W..... page 194 Morris, Joseph...... page 192 Morton, A. N........ page 82 Murphy, John........ page 128 Naegle, George J.... page 79 Niehaus, John M..... page 99 Orr, John........... page 168 Osborn, Frank....... page 208 Parker, E. A........ page 70 Parker, Ezra F...... page 98 Plantz, Charles B... page 55 Reed, Harry......... page 171 Roberts, John....... page 174 Robinson, Leslie.... page 106 Rogers, John........ page 7 ", " (Recalled)..... page 140 St. John, Edward.... page 223 Sanders, Henry...... page 190 Shadbolt, N......... page 86 Shaver, Charlie..... page 179 Shaw, David E....... page 194 Steele, Harrison.... page 71 Stillwell, J. W..... page 67 Stone, H. B......... page 233 Sutherland, D. G.... page 1 ", " (Recalled)..... page 132 Taggart, James Jr... page 195 Tennery, John M..... page 112 Tobenske, John...... page 48 ", " (Recalled)......page 178 Tindall, August......page 192 Tucker, Nathaniel H. page 81 Van Dorn, W. F...... page 58 Van Sant, E. A...... page 88 Walrich, F. O....... page 162 Warren, Benjamin Jr..page 109 Warren, Beriah...... page 28 Wells, Henry M...... page 93 Welsh, Mr........... page 110 Whelpley, J. M...... page 142 White, Mr........... page 111 Will, Dr. O. B...... page 75 Wilson, Charles B....page 120

ERRATUM.—Page 18, line, page 23, should read "I have had very little to do with weaknesses."

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