Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-02-01
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.

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gers CrcmRted-A Long List OF Injured.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 2S.-Passen-
ger train No. / on the Monon road,
which left Chicago Sunday night at
11:55, was wrecked next morning at 7:50
one mile above Carmel, q village sixteen
miles north of this city.
The train was running at rapid rate
and was approaching the long trestle
across Wilkerson creek, when the tender
Of the engine jumped the track.
The engineer reversed his engine, but
before the air brakes could check the
speed of the train the locomotive and
baggage car had cleared the trestle, but
the four coaches attached went over
into the creek.
The ladies' coach Immediately caught
fire and in an incredibly short time was
reduced to ashes. Fortunately for the o.
cupants of this coach train No. 2, which
left this city for Chicago at 1880, had
been ordered to meet train No. l at
Carmel, and as soon as word of the
wreck was received, the passengers hur-
ried to the scene and went earnestly to
work, rescuing the occupants Of the burn
ing car.
A horrible scene met their eyes. In
plain view of all were two boys and q
woman. All were dead, but their bodies
were being rapidly consumed. The arm
of one projected through the side Of the
car and could be touched by those OUT
side, but the opening was not large
enough to draw the body through. Inn
mediately in front of the boy was lady
who got on the train at Frankfort and is
as yet unidentified. Her body was en-
veloped in flames but there was no pos
sible way to get her out Of the burning
coach.
Across from this lady was Mrs Flu
banks, of Broad Ripple, Ind. Her head
was horribly crushed. The brakeman
and passenger seized her by the arms
and, after desperate effort, pulled her
through the window. Life was not yet
extinct, but she lived only few minutes
after being taken out.
Another of the rescued, but who has
since died, was Mr.. Deming, of Sheri-
dan. He was pinioned to the floor by
timbers and horribly crushed. Some
heroic men seized axes and after few
minutes work cut away the timbers that
held the body, which was removed to
the north side of the track. There was
no medical aid present and the man died
in few moments
Buckets having been procured from
the farm houses near by, the flames were
soon subdued and the fire prevented
from communicating to the sleeper OF
other coaches.
AS soon as it was possible to do so
search was made for the dead. The
body of woman, identified as Miss
Lizzie Fitzpatrick, Of this city, was
soon found. 1t was burned to a crisp
The Oldham children were found side
by side, the heavy stove lying across
their bodies.
w. J. Collins, of the indianapolis
Sentinel, who was on the train, fur
nishes the following accurate list Of the
dead and injured:
Killed.. n. Deming, Of Sheridan,
Ind, crushed; Mrs. Eubanks, of Broad
Ripple, crushed; unknown woman,
burned; two children of d. S. Oldham,
of Sheridan, burned.
Injured-J. d. Pearson, of Sheridan,
Ind, right shoulder and arm crushed
and injured internally; II. S. Miller, OF
New York City, commercial traveller,
badly cut and bruised, right leg crushed,
can not live; Louis Newman, internal
injuries; George lunser, express agent,
foot crushed and back badly hurt;
Charles G. Writ, of Frankfort, bruised
head and hips; B. c. Whitsell, OF
indianapolis, head badly cut and
back severely wrenched; N. B. Ingersoll,
of Detroit, commercial traveller, hip
hurt and cut on the head; ]. p. Altzier,
bruised about the back and head, Sc
rious; G. w. Stingel, of ROssville, legs
cut, arms severely bruised and back in
jured; Harry Angle, son Of conductor,
elbow cut off and cut back of head.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-Additional partic-
ulars of the accident to passenger train
No. on the Monon route, wrecked near
Carmel, Ind, add two more to the list OF
those killed, whilst the list of those in
jured will probably be increased. Up
to this hour the names of the two
additional killed have not been ascer-
tanned.
Nearly all the killed were in the
sleeper, which was among the first of
the cars to take fire. The cars are al
most totally consumed.