St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-17
KILLED AND CRUSHED,
Four Men Meet Death in a
Horrible Form in an Ohio
Wreck.
Two Literally Roasted Alive
by Escaping Steam While
Wedged In.
Scores Of People Hurt, and
Several Likely to Die Of
Injuries.
Many Railroad Men Deprived
OF Life in Collisions On
the Road.

LENA, O., Dec. 16.-AbOut $50 o'clock
this morning the dining car on the
Columbian express left the track 200
feet east of the east end of the passing
siding at this place, and the two folio "
ing SleeperS went with it. The dining
car was wrecked and the two SleeperS
badly damaged by being thrown against
the engine of freight train which was
waiting on the siding for the express to
pass. Following is a list of the killed
and injured:
PHILLIP MUTT, fireman of the freight was
standing on the ground near his engine and
was caught by the dining car. which crushed
his left leg and otherwise injured him; dead
II. }. MANUEL. cook III dining car; scaIded,
and died before he could be extricated from
the wreck.
j. il. CURTIS cook in dining car; scalded,
and died in hotel at / p. m.
Mrs. ii. n. Brown. New York; back badly
hurt and her child also received slight in
julies.
Mrs a. Smith, Jersey City; badly bruised
about hip and shoulders. Mrs. Smith was ac
companied by two young sons, one of whom
is injured internally and is not expected to
live
Mrs. Christie Washington, D. C.; side
badly bruised.
F. G. Dunn. Seattle. Wash, head badly.
Mrs +. c. Dunn, Seattle, shoulder left
leg and head cut. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn are
not very seriously hurt
j 5. RnnneE. Chicago, head cut and side
badly hurt.
c. ". George. Chicago. left hand and side
badly bruised.
P. D. Ogle London. head badly hurt.
E. Danforth, San Francisco, side ba dly
bruised.
W. ~ Lieber. san Francisco, head cut and
left side badly bruised.
f. AT LeipPert, Milwaukee, badly hurt ON
head and body.
G. W Foote, dining car conductor, ba dly
hurt about head and neck.
n. E. Thomas, dining car waiter. badly
hurt.
Crushed and kIOasted.
The wrecked train was the Columbian
vestibule express, westbOund. which
was half an hour late. The scene at
the wreck was frightful. The sleeping
ear, Arden, lay Oil its side in a ditch.
The DelphaS sleeper was upwright but
badly wrecked and the Partisan dining
car was i'll a similar condition. The
freight engine had telescoped it. In
the front end of this car the cooks were
busy getting breakfast. and when the
crash came Chef j. II. Manuel was
caught by the locomotives, wedged be-
tween the boiler and some timbers and
was literally roasted alive. His cries
for help were piteOus in the extreme.
He lived about half an hour. Curtis
was also buried in the wreck. He was
not rescued for an hour. and was horri-
bly, bruised and scalded. He died
shortly after being taken out. Both
men resided in Chicago.
The fireman on the freight train
was caught between the tender and
boiler and killed. Later, the body
of man crushed beyond recognition
was found under the dining car. 1t all
about thirty-fYe or forty persons were
injured. the names of a number Of those
slightly hurt not being obtainable. The
wreck was caused by a broken rail. 1t
occurred on a straight, stone ballasted
track in good condition. The locomO-
tive, combination car and two coaches
did not leave the track.