Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
ROASTED IN THE WRECK
saroadiur of the Rails Cause Fear
fnl Accident in Indiana.
p,ssenper Cars Piled up in Hopeless
Mass and Catch Fire.
Many Of the Injured Cremated Before
They Could be Rescued.

r,,1,x,PoLIs. Ind, Jan. 27.-Passen-
+-4in No. on the MOnou which left
5b;.1go sunday night at :55, was
,.--'.iad this morning at 80, at a point
mile above Carmel, a village sixteen
.-5s. north of this city. The train
LIN. mining at a rapid rate, and was
r"anroacbing the long trestle across
u!Lsrson creek. when the tender of
.be engine jumped the track. The en-
,,iraer reversed his engine, but before
Ie air brakes could check the speed
" tba train the locomotive and baggage
oar had cleared the trestle, but the
.ieenar and smoking coach went over
,nt5 tbe creek Both took fire almost
;nmpiiatev, and were consumed IN a re-
Iosrsgbly short time Those who escaped
~niniured busted themselves in digging
Snt ne dead and inbred from the wreck,
Inf before hi. could be accomplished the
bsat of the burning cars became so intense
HAT they had to withdraw.
1vDrAxAPoMs. Ind, Jan. 27.-Among
particulars of the Monon disaster are the
oNowine. The arm of one victim pro-
,satad through the side of the car and
.Dd be touched by those on the outside,
lint the opening was not large enough to
draw the body through. 4 lady who
rot on the train at Frankfort, and
whose body is as yet unidentified, was en-
welcomed in flames, but there was no posi-
HE wav to get her out. Across from this
l9dy was Mrs. EubankS of Broad Ripple,
Ind Her head was horribly crushed.
The brakeman and passenger seized her
bv the arms and with a desperate effort
pulled her through the window. Life was
not vet extinct, but she lived but few
minutes Another of the rescued, but
who has since died. was Mr.. Deming, of
Sheridan. He was pinioned to the floor
Nv timbers and was horribly crushed.
Some seized axes and after few minutes
work cut away the timbers that held the
BODY which was removed. There was
mo- medical aid present, and the man died
In few moments Buckets having been
procured from the farm houses near by,
the flames were soon put out.
As soon as it was possible to do so, a
search was made for the dead The body
Of a woman. identified as Mrs Lizzie
Fitzpatrick. of this city. was soon found.
twas burned to a crisp. The Oldham
children were found side by side the
heavy stove lying across their bodies
Mr.. W. j. Collins, of The indianapolis
Sentinel. who was on the train furnishes
the following accurate list of the dead and
injured. Killed.. NJ Deming, Sheri-
jan nd, crushed; Mrs. Eubanks, Broad
Ripple, crushed; unknown woman burned;
unknown woman, crushed; two children
Of ID S, Oldham, Sheridan. burned.
Injured j, D. Pearson, Sheridan,
lnd. right shoulder and arm crushed and
internally; Fl. C. Miller. New York City,
commercial traveller, badly cut and
bruised, right leg crushed, cannot live
Louis Newlan, internal injuries; George
Munser express agent foot crushed and
back badly hurt; Charles G. Writ, Frank
fort bruised head and hips; B. S. Whit
sett, indianapolis, head badly cut and
back severely wrenched; n. B. Ingersoll,
Of Detroit, commercial traveller, hip hurt
and cut on the head; J p. Altzier,
bruised about back and head, serious; G.
w Stngel, RoSsville legs cut, arms Sc
yerely bruised, and back injured; Harry
Angle. son of conductor, elbow cut off and
cut on back of head.
Investigation reveals that the accident
was due to spreading of rails about $50
feet from the trestle Repairing of this
section Of track was done ON Saturday.
A private dispatch from Mount Cormel
states that it is believed that II lives were
lost i'm the wreck on the Monon there this
morning
LATER.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. ga corrected
i't y the killed is as follows: Mrs. Mel
W h9.ank, Broad Ripple; c. c. Deming,
frankfort Ind; Mrs D. S. 0ldhams and
iTn children, Sheridan; Miss Mary
Hoover Horton; Mrs. Hattie Henseley,
LI.-Ma