Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-28
BURNED IN A WRECK
Frightful Accident on the
M0nOn Railroad.
A PASSENGER TRAIN D1TCHE D.
SIX Persons Killed and Lug Number
Seriously Injured.

Spectators see Passengers Cremated
Thrilling Scenes During tho Attempts
at Rescue-Oho of the Victims n SON OF
Judge Greslam-A Private Dispatc h
Says Seventeen Lives Were Lost.
1NDIANAPoIIs, Jan. 2S.-Several per.
sons were killed in a railroad wreck
near Carmel, rs miles north of this city.
on the Monon Line The car stove did
dealy work, and the scenes at tho disas.
ter were awful to witness. Crushed
bodies were consumed by fire before
the eyes of the spectators NS4o were
power!eSs to render aid.
The train wrecked was Passenger No.
l, from Chicago, over the Louisville,
New Albany X Chicago read, and was
due in the city at $50. 1t was running
rapidly and approaching the long
trestle across Wilkerson Creek when
the tender of the engine jumped the
track
The engineer reversed his engine,
but before til air brake could check
the speed OF tie train, the locomotive
and baggage car had cleared the
coach went over into the creek, both
taking fire almost immediately and
being consumed IN a remarkably short
time.
Buckets having been procured from
the farm houses near by tho flames
were soon subdued and prevented from
communication to the sleeper or other
coaches. AS soon as it was possible to
do so search was made for the dead
The body of woman, identified as
Mrs. Lizzie Fitzpatrick, of this city.
was soon found. 1t was burned to a
crisp The oldest children were found
side by side, the hoary stove lying
across their bodies. Mr.. J. w. Collins,
of the indianapolis Sentinel. who was
on tho train, furnishes the following
accurate list Of tho dead and wounded:
KILLED.
j. N. Deming, Sheridan, Ind, crushed.
Mrs. Eubanks, Broad Ripple, crushed.
Unknown woman, burned.
Unknown woman, crushed.
Two children of d. S. Oldham, burned.
INJURED.
J. d. Pearson, Sheridan, Ind. right
shoulder and arm crushed and injured
internally.
II. c. Miller, New York city, com
mercial traveller, badly cut and bruised,
right leg crushed; cannot live.
LOUIS Newman, internal in uries.
George Hunser, express agent, foot
crushed and back badly hurt.
Charles G. Writ, Frankfort, bruised,
head and hips.
b. S. Whitsett. indianapolis, head
badly cut and back severely wrenched
\. b. 1ngersoll, of Detroit, CONNER
cial traveller, hip cut and cut on the
head.
j. Z. Altzier, bruised about back and
head; serious.
& w. Stingel, Rossville, legs cut,
arms severely bruised and back injured
Harry Angle, son of conductors; elbow
cut Off and cut hack Of head.
Those slightly injured are: Will Mark
err, Chicago: }. d. Baldwin. district
passenger agent; Conductor A. Angle:
Mat Fitzsimmons: jackson, sleeping
car porter: w. :. Holiday, Boston: d.
c. Justice, baggage master: Otto Ores,
ham, Indianapolis; L. E. Calliins, Chi
cago.
Investigation reveals that the acct
dent was due to the spread of rails
about 800 feet Of the trestle. Repairing
of this section of tho track was done on
Saturday.
A private dispatch from Mt. Carmel
states that it is believed that II lives
were lost in the wreck on the Monon.