The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-01-30
SPREAD RAILS.
TERRIBLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A
PASSENGER TRAIN AT CARMEL,
INDIANA.
SIX PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT
Four Coaches Precipitated to the Bottom
of Cut and the Ladies' Car
axes Fire.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 27.-Passen-
ger train No. on the Monon route, which
left Chicago Sunday night at 1l:45, was
wrecked this morning at 1850 mile above
Carmel village, sixteen miles north of this
city. The train was moving at rapid rate
and was approaching the long trestle across
Wilkerson creek when the tender jumped
the track. The engineer reversed his en-
CINE, but before the air brakes could check
the speed of the train the locomotive and
baggage car 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 oc-
cupants of this train No. 2, which left this
city for Chicago at 1880, had been ordered
to meet train No. 1 at Carmel, and as
soon as word of the wreck was received the
passengers hurried to the scene and went
earnestly to work rescuing the occupants
of the burning cars.
A horrible sight met their eyes. In plain
view of all were two boys and a woman.
All were dead, but their bodies were being
rapidly consumed, The arm of one pro-
jected through the side of the car and could
be touched by those on the outside, but the
opening was not large enough to draw the
body through. Immediately in front of
| this body was a lady who got on at Frank
| fort, and is as yet unidentified. Her bod Y
was enveloped in the flames, but there was
no possible way to get her out OF the burn
| ing coach.
of Broad Ripple, Ind. Her head was hor-
riby crushed. A brakeman and q pas
senger seized her by the arms and by a
desperate effort pulled her body through
a window. Life was not yetextinct. but she
| lived only few minutes after being taken
| out
Another rescued but who has since died
was Mr.. Deming, of Sheridan. He was
pinioned to the floor by timbers and
horribly crushed
Some heroic men seized axes and after 2
| few minutes work cut away the tlmbers
which held the body which was removed to
the north side of the track, There was no
medical aid present and the man died in q
few minutes.
| Buckets having been procured from farm
houses near by the flames were soon sub
dued and the fire prevented from commun'
icatlng to the sleeper or other coaches.
As soon as it was possible to do so search
was made for the dead. The body of q
woman identified as Mrs Lizzie Fitzpatrick
of this city, was soon found. twas burned
to crisp.
side, heavy stove lying across thell
bodies.
Mr.. W., J. Collins, of the Indianapoli!
Sentinel, who was on the train, furn ishes
the following accurate list of the dead anC
injured:
KILLED.
]. n. Deming, of Sheridan. Ind, crushed
Mrs. Eubanks, of Broad Ripple, crushed
!, Unknown woman, burned.
Unknown woman, crushed.
Two children of D. s. Oldham, Sheridan
burned.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
I'D. Pearson, Sheridan, Ind, right shoul
der and arm crushed and internally injured
H. G. Miller, New York city, commercia
traveller, badly cut and bruised; right lie!
crushed, cannot live.
Louis Newn an, internal injuries.
George Murzer, express agent, foo
, crushed and back badly hurt.
Charles G. Writ, Frankfort, bruised head
and hips.
? B. c. Whitsett, indianapolis, head badly
cut and back severely wrenched.
: w. b. Ingersol, Detroit, Commercial
traveller, hip hurt and cut on the head.
J. 2. Altzier, bruised about the back ant
head.
G. W. Stingel, Rossville; legs cut, arm
severely bruised and back injured.
: Harry Angle, son of the conductor; elboy
cut and cut on the back of the head.
1 SLIGHTLY INJURED.
l Will Marker, Chicago.
= n IloI -
Conductor Abe Angle.
Mack Fitzsimmons.
S Brakeman Jackson.
Sleeping Car Porter w. s. Holiday, B0s
ton.
d. J. Gustle, baggagemaster.
Otto Gresham, indianapolis.
Il +. F. Calkins, Chicago.
Investigation reveals the fact that tht
accident was dun to the spreading of th
ra Is about IL leeY IRON Jne trestle. Re
o pairing of this section of the track wa
e done on Saturday.
STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER.
WI. Collins, of Indianapolis, passen
ger said: The first intimation of anythin
unusual was the swaying of the cars, fol
lowed by the front end of the sleeper goin
L over the embankment. There was cras
a and a shock that threw the passenger
:. from one end of the car to the other-ou
: of one berth into another-and demolishin
d everything iu the car.
A gentleman kicked out a windo'
e through which number made their exi
q others seeing that there was no immediat
IT danger to those in the sleeper dresse
W themselves and then sought the open air
On emerging from the sleeper it was di;
covered that the coach Immediately i
front had been badly wrecked because
leaving the bridge the front end struck th
e embankment approach completely demo-
o ishing that end of the car and overturnin
:. the stove in which brisk fire was burning
~ The car Immediately took fire, the flame
). spreading with great rapidity, and in
o moment enveloped the entire structur
lThnea ruhn had aena ned from the Ofhf