Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK
a BROKEN RAIL
Causes "a Fatal Collision on the PittsburE,
Fort Wayne and Chicago.

LIMA, o., Dec. ia frightful wreck
occurred on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne
and Chicago road, two miles east of this
city, Wednesday morning. The wrecked
train was the Columbian vestibuied ex-
press train, westbound, which was half
an hour late and which was speeding
along to make up for lost time.
The train was due here at 9:22 o'clock,
and about $3.50 the engine pulled in
without the train and brought Aord
that the train had been wrecked and
number killed and injured. All the
medical and surgical aid in the city was
summoned and train made up to take
assistance and relief to the sufferers in
all possible haste. A score of reporters
were on the ground before the relief
train arrived
The scene was an awful one. The
sleeping car Arden lay ON its side in the
ditch. The Delphos sleeper was up
right, but badly wrecked, and the
Partisan dining car was in similar con-
dition. In the front end of the dining
car was wedged freight engine No. 107,
which was standing on the sidetrack.
In the front end of the dining car the
when the crash came, Chef H. j. Man
uel and j. H. Augustus, both of Chi
cago, were in the kitchen at work.
Manuel was caught by the locomotive
and wedged between the boiler and
some timber and was literally roasted
alive. His cries for help were piteous in
the extreme. He lived about half an
hour. Augustus was also buried in the
Ia NJ a1 fT1 on
hour and was horribly bruised and
scalded.
The fireman on the freight train was
caught between the tender and boiler
and both his legs mashed off. His name
Wayne, Ind. He can hardly survive.
He is married and has family. Among
the passengers in the Arden sleeper who
were injured were:
G. w. George, of Cincinnati, head cut
II. L, Turner, of Philadelphia, head
cut and side cut.
w. G. Hamilton, of New York, con-
sulting engineer of the road, was bruised
and injured internally somewhat, but
not serious.
Frank A. Lappen, of Grand Rapids,
NIlCh's was DttNlO IlJulCu' 4lS do Nu1
on the head and it is thought badly in
jured.
Mrs. Josephine Plenty, of Jersey City,
was cut on the face and body.
j. S. Rummells, of Chicago was bad
ly hurt. His left side and leg is badly
cut. He is injured internally.
Mrs. A. Smith and son, Edward, aged
six years, were injured the latter very
seriously. Ills head is cut badly and he
was unconscious for several hours after
he was rescued, - They live in New
York city.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank E. Dunn, of Mif-
fintown, Pa. were cut by glass. They
had just left their seats to go to the
dining car when the crash came. They
were hurled about twenty feet and
crashed into the heavy plate glass.
George w. Foot, conductor on the car
Delphos was seriously injured. He was
standing up and was thrown violently
to the front end of the car. He lives in
Chicago.
Nelson Thomson, porter, was also
injured but not seriously.
The cause of the wreck was a broken
rail at the switch on which the freight
was standing ready to pull out after the
vestibule had passed. The train con-
sisted of six cars. The three first passed
over all right, but the last three left the
main track and ran along on the switch
for q distance of about 500 feet, when
the Partisan dining car struck the freight
locomotive and caused the wreck.
The cook, Augustus, and Lappin will
die