Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-01-16
DOWN A STEEP BANK.

A Train wrecked by loose Rail Nesa
Crawfordsvilic, Ind.--Fivc Persons Killed
and Great Many Badly Hurt--Hor-
riblo Scenes.
CRAwFoRDsvMLE, Ind, Jan l2-
The north bound mail train on tho
Monon road, en- route from Louisville
to Chicago, went over n steep 60-foot
embankment miles north of Crnw-
fordsville Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The accident occurred on o
curve, were the train was running nj
rate of 25 miles an hour, and was due
to loose rail, two section hands
being ut work on it at the same time.
The engine and two baggage cars re-
mained on the embnnkment, the mail.
the smoker, the ladies' car and tho
parlor 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 embankment
and were broken to pieces ut different
points The smoker and ladies' car
took fire and baby belonging to o
woman in the City Club Vaudeville
Buresque Company of New York 10
said to have been burned
The ladies' car rolled over three
times, and 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 RolSay, passengers. AS soon
us the wreck occurred Engineer
| James Doyles ran back to Craw-
| fordsvillc and announced the catas-
trophe. Hundreds of citizens were
soon upon the scene, lending every as
sistance to the wounded. Nearly
every one on the train was more OF
| 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 frenzied men and women
rushed frantically to and fro looking
| for missing friends and relatives,
| Words would be but barren sounds ts
describe the horror, and it is best told
in the following list of killed and
wounded
C. N Cheek, Greencastle, Ind; Mrs. Ross
| Evans, Grecncastlc, Ind, head and side
| crushed; Nellie Hanlco, Of New York. member
of the City Burlesque Company: Ben Hamburg.
| of Cincinnati drummer, horribly manged;
Nine. Erlna Van Rokay, danseuso, City Bur
| lesque Company, horribly manged.
Mrs Robert Fulton, stage name Stella Clifton,
| of the burlesque 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 side
| badly crushed; Fannie Everett, St. Louis, in
| ternally injured and bruised; Olive Lewis,
| bruised about head; Helen Love- spinal in.
| jurics; Harry c. Bryant, of Philadelphia. head
| bruised, back badly sprained Madge Larned.
| Pittsburgh, head badly hurt; Miss Lasaner.
arm and side injured Miss Reynolds, leg
| broken; Curtis Speck, fingers cut on Paul
Allen. head crushed; Thomas Maico internal
| injuries The above are all members of the
| City Buresque Company.
| Mrs. ID, Breyfogle, 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;
| f. Whitesides, spine fractured, very serious;
| j. j. Enright, OF Chicago knee and head hurt
| Nat Beatty. of Charlottesville, internally In.
| jured; John Fousti and William Hall, of Craw
| fordsville, cut about the head; Mr.. Fox, OF
| New Albany, two gashes in head and leg badly
cut; Eugene Dyer, Of Lafayette, head cut G.
| w. Loden, OF Salem, Ind, badly crushed; G. +.
| Hoyt, OF Indianapolis head, side and back; Eva
| Marshall, OF Elettsville side and face
crushed Mrs. Ann Hibbs Wheatfield, faoG
mashed; Ira Hibbs same address, left arm
| broken. right hanu cut on; PreSly DAVIS Oh
| Wheatfeld, side mashed; Charles Thompson,
| Creston, head bruised NJ. G. Rutlcdge. porter
OF chair car, face mashed; Dave Millsbury.
Romney, eye gouged out and arm and leg
broken; c. +. Cornwel roadmaster Blooming
ton, back hurt and internal injuries; John
Winchester, Louisville, baggagemaster, back
hurt: Express Messenger Cutler Louisville In
terna injuries W. N. Snyder, newsboy, Chi
cago, shoulder broken.
Two mangled corpses 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