Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-13

Awful Plunge Of the Train on
the monon Route.
DOWN A STEEP ENHANCEMENT
A Terrible Accident Rear CrawforcsviIle,
Ind, in Which Five Persons
Lose Their Lives

cRAwFoEDsyiLix, Ind. Jan. IA
The north bound mall train on the
Aoeon road, en route from Louisville
20 Chieago, went over steep 60 foot
EN- bankment miles north OF craw-
fordsvilie Moaday afternoon at s
o'clock The accident occurred on q
curve, were the train was running at
rate OF 25 miles an hour, and was due
to a loose rsil. two section hands
being at work on il at the same time
Broken Into Bits.
The engine and two baggage ears re-
manned on the emeanknent, the mail.
the smoker. the ladies' car and the
psrler car Minerva" going over and
tearing themselves to pieces in the mad
rush among the stumps. powders and
trees The cars fortunately separated
as they rolled down the embankFaent
and were broken to pieces at different
points The smoker and ladies' car
took Are and baby belonging to a
woman in the City Club Vaudeville
Burlesque Company of New York 10
said TO have been burned.
Horrible Scenes.
The ladies' car rolled over three
times aud in this the slaughter was
done. At one of its turns . large
stump was struck. and this, crash
ing through the car. disem-
boweled Ben Hamburg and Nine.
Van Rokay. passengers As soon
as tho wreck occurred Engineer
James Doyles ran back to Craw-
louisville and announced the catas-
trophe. Hundreds of citizens were
soon upon the scene. lending every as
siStapce to the wounded. Nearly
every one on tho train was moro or
less injured and several are reported
dying.
The scenes at the wreck were terri
BILE. Bleeding and senseless bodies
were being carried from the burning
cars and frenzicd men and women
rushed frantically to and fro looking
for missing friends and relatives.
Words would te bat barren sounds to
describe the horror, and 1t is best told
in the following list Of killed and
wounded:
The Killed.
c. y. Cheek, Greencas,le, Ind. Mrs Rosa
Evans Greencastle, lad, head and side
crushed; Nellie Hanleo, OF New York. member
Of the City Buriesque Company; Ben Hamburg,
OF Cincinnati. drummer. horribly manged;
Mnc. Erina Van Rckay, darseusc, City Bur.
lesque Company, horribly msngled.
All Were Injured.
Mrs. Robert Fulton, stage name Steilc Clifton,
OF the turlesluc company. spine fractured, legs
mutilated, dying; Mack Rogers, badly injured
in legs and back; Gus Rogers, hurt In the back;
Cora White, Of Syracuse. ear torn of and eide
badly crushed; Fannie Everett, St Louis. IN
ternaliy injured and bruised: Olive Lewis,
bruised about head; Helen Love, spinal in
luries; Harry c. Bryant. of Philadelphia. head
bruised, bncx badly sprAined: Msdge Larned.
Pittsburgh. head badly hurt; Miss Lssaner.
arm and side injured: Miss Reynolds, leg
broken; Curtis Spcck. fingers cut of, Paul
Allen, head crushed; Thomas Msico, internal
injuries. Tho above are al members OF the
City Burlssque Company.
sSn other Victims.
Mrs D. Breyfoe,e, Of Louisville, face mashed;
William Bishop, brakeman from Lafayette.
severely burned about the head, shoulders and
back John Bills. conductor. internal injuries;
Melvin Mckee. OF Chicago, hip and back hurt;
L. Whitesices, spine fractured, veiy serious;
j. j. Enright, Of Chicago knee and head hurt;
Nat Beatty, of Charlottesville. internally In
jurcc; John Feusti and William Hall, OF Craw-
louisville, cut about the head; Mr. Fox, Of
New Albany. two sashes in head and leg badly
cut; Eugene Dyer. Of Lafayette. head cut; c.
w. Loden, OF Salem. Ind badly crushed; C. r.
Hoyt. Of indianapolis, head, side and bach; Eva
Marshall, OF Ellettsville, side aud face
crushed Mrs. Ann Hiobs, Wheatheid. face
mashed. Ira Hbbs. same address, left arm.
broken. right hand cut OF: Presly Davis. OF
wheatfela. side mashed: Charles Thompson.
Crestos. head bruised; NJ. q. Rutledce. porter
Of chair car, face mashed: Dave M:llsbury.
Romncy. eye gouged out and arm and leg
broken; c. r. Cornwell, roadEaster. Bloomin:
ton, back hurt and internal injuries; John
winchester, Louisville, baggagemas,cr. back
hurt: Express Messenger Cutler, Louisville, 81.
ternal injuries: w. ~ Snyder, newsboy. Chi.
cago, shoulder broken
"Chop on MY Leg"
Two mangled corpscs were taken out
whose identity could scarcely be ascer-
tanned. One poor mangled fellow was
found pinned down under pair OF
trucks with both limbs mashed IF
the flames are going to reach me chop
off my leg with the AK" he said coolly
and calmly. He was rescued from his
peril.
Lnck Of an Army Recruit.
Fonr RENO, o. T., Jan. l2. -Au.
gustus Dippell. . trumpeter in the