The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-18
The Killed.

Engineer NEWBERY EDWARDS of
Greensburg, Ind, OF the passenger train.
Acting Baggagemaster PHILIP GLIB
BON OF Lawrenceburg, Ind, of the pas
senger train.
Engineer WILLIAM HIGGS of Indian
apoIis of the freight train.
Fireman HIRAM BRUCE of the freight
train of Greensburg. Ind.
Conductor DAVID HEYWO0D of In
dianapolis of the freight.
The Wouaded.
GEORGE HUBER, commercial traveller,
of passenger train, Miamisburg, o.. right
knee pan broken, burned about face and
arms, scalded about legs. His wife has
just arrived at Cincinnati hospital, where
he lies in a serious condition.
HoLToN TERRELL, aged eighteen, son of
DR.. Terrell OF Delhi, o., scalded ali over
the body; cannot live.
Conductor JOHN ScHRADER, a passenger
on the train, crushed mortally between
the cars.
Mrs. MoRELAND, of North Bend, slightly
bruised.
CLEvEs, o., May l5.-In the midst
OF terrible storm of wind aud rain two
Big Four trains crashed into each other
near here this morning with awful effect.
the full horrors of which are not yet
known.
This morning the summer schedule
went into effect, and orders had been is
- OF
through train north-bound, had orders to
stop at North Bend to allow express No.
so, a cannon-ball special. to pass. Under
the old schedule the trains passed at an-
other point some miles further on.
Instead OF stopping. the freight engineer
pulled ahead and approached Cleves run
ming about twenty miles an hour. Why
he did not stop at North Bend will never
be known, as he is dead. but il is thought
that in his anxiety over the storm, which
might have washed out bridges, he for
got the new schedule and hur-
ried on. AS the train ap-
preached Charles Smith. the telegraph
operator was shocked, for he knew it
should have side-tracked at North Bend
and that the express, few minutes over
due then, was but short distance away
running forty.fve miles an hour to make
up lost time. Smith rushed to the signal
wires and dashed out the danger signal.
Either il was not seen in the binding
rain or the engineer could not control his
engine for 10 sped on by without leEsening
speed.
The Crash Comes.
At that very moment the express came
into sight with the speed of the wind. If
any effort was made on either engine 10
siacken speed it was not appreciable and
the iron monsters sprang at and crashed
into each other with a roar that roared
above the storm like a clap of thunder
Both engines we're battered into shapeless
masses and rolled off the track The
cars behind were mashed into kindling
wood and the track for 100 feet was torn
up. Telegraph poles were thrown down
and it was two or three hours after the
wreck before word reached this place and
special train was sent to the sceno from
Cincinnati. Long before. the people from
the little village and from the surrounding
country had gathered, and in the frightful
storm were doing all they could. Many of
the wounded had been taken away and
the number cannot tonight be definitely
known. IL is claimed that some of those
thus provided for are in dying condition.
Not a person on either train escaped unin-
jured.
Taking Ont the Dead.
With the arrival OF the special train the
work Of getting out the dead began. Up
70 8 o'clock FIVE dead bodies had been re-
covered. four OF them shockingly mangled
and mashed out of all human shape. Un-
der the freight engine. crushed and scalded
were found Engineer William Higgs and
his fireman, Hiram Bruce. both of In
dianspolis. Under . mashed freight
car further back Philip Gibbon
and David Harwood were found.
Nearly every bone in their bodies
were broken and their faces horribly dis
figured. The fifth dead body was that OF
Berry Edwards. engineer OF the passenger
train. HE fireman, Henry Tyrell. had
jumped before the crash, but had been
caught under q mass OF wreckage. His
chest was crushed in and his head cut.
He was taken 10 Lawrenceburg but can
not survive the night. John Schroeder,
conductor of the passenger train, was in
lursd In almost the same manner and can
pve but few hours at most. George w.