The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-29
HORRORS OF THE RAIL-
An Appalling Catastrophe Near
Carmel, Ind.
Passenger Cars Drop From a Trestle
and Are Destroyed by Fire.


lsDIASApoLIs, Jan. ss. - Passenger
train No. on the Monon railroad, which
left Chicago Sunday night, was wrecked
Monday morning one mile above Carmel,
village sixteen miles north Of this
city The train was running at q rapid
rate, and was approaching the long tres.
tie 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 following went over
into the creek. The ladies' coach i'm
nediately caught fire, and In short
time was reduced to ashes. Fortunately
for the occupants Of this coach, train No.
o had boon ordered TO meet No. 4 at
Carmel, and as soon as word Of the
wreck was received the passengers hur-
ried to the scene and went TO work res
ouing the occupants Of the burning 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 on
the outside, but the opening was not
large enough to draw the body through.
Immediately in front Of the boy was Q
lady who got on the train Frankfort,
and Is as yet unidentified. Her body
was wrapped in flames, but there was no
possible way to get her out Of the burn
ing coach. Across from this lady was
Mrs. Eubanks, Of Broad Ripple, Ind.
Her head was horribly crushed. The
brakeman and q passenger seized her
by the arms and by desperate effort
pulled the body 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
men seized him and after a few min
utes 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 q few moments. Buckets having been
procured from the farmhouses near by,
the flames were soon subdued and the
fire prevented from communicating TO
the sleeper or other coaches. As soon
as it was possible to do so, search was
made for the dead. Tho body Of wo-
man, identified as Mrs. Lizzie Fitzpat-
rick, Of this city, was soon found. 1t
was burned to crisp. The Oldham
children we're found side by side, the
heavy stove lying across their bodies.
The following is an accurate list Of the
dead and injured;
Killed: FiftnEt Gf le
O. o. Deniing, Sheridan, Ind; crushed.
Mrs. Eubanks, Broad Ripple, Ind,
crushed.
Mrs. 0ctavia Oldham, burned.
Two children Of Mrs. Oldham, burned.
Unknown woman, crushed.
Miss Mary Hoover, Of Horton, Ind,
burned. u, er1
Injured:
J. d. Pearson, Sheridan, Ind, right
shoulder and arm crushed and injured
internally.
II. @. Miller, New York, commercial
traveller, badly cut and bruised; right
leg crushed; can not live.
Louis Newlan, internal injuries.
George Munser, express agent, foot
crushed and back badly hurt.
Charles q. Writ, Frankfort, bruised.
b. S. Whitsett, indianapolis, head
badly cut and back severely wrenched.
N. b. Ingersoll, Of Detroit, CONNER
cial traveller, hip hurt and cut on the
head. fa +.
Up. Altzier, injured about back and
head; serious.
G. w. Single, Rossville, legs cut,
arms severely bruised and back injured.
The scenes around the company's de-
pot in this city we're hardly less harrow
ing than at the fatal trestle. Persons
whose relatives and friends were on the
train we're running about In all direc-
tions, but no one could give any infor-
nation, As the train bearing tho
wounded stopped at the station the
crowd became denser and more excited
and the police found 1t impossible to
keep them from boarding the car.
Frantic men attempted to climb on the
cars 10 look for missing friends, but
were pushed back. Women with tear
stained faces stood and watched each
injured person taken out. f y