St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-12
C0FFINED IN COACHES
Travellers Meet With a Horri-
flying Accident on an In
diana Road.
Two Killed Outright, and Of
TWO Score Injured Many
Will Die.
Limbs Cut OFF, Eyes Gouged
Out, Limbs Broken and
Mashed.
Cars Literally Torn to Splin-
ters--Appalling Scenes at
the Wreck.

CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Ind, Jan. H.
Between and 3 O'Clock this afternoon
the north-bound Monon train ran off the
track. about two miles north of here at
Nicholson Crossing. The accident oc-
Cured on tifty-foot embankment,
down which four cars rolled, the engine
and one baggage car keeping the track.
The trouble is supposed to be due to a
broken rail. The first passenger coach
rolled over three times. 1t was full of
passengers and caught fire from the
stove, but all occupants escaped alive.
The baggage and express car went over,
but no one in it was severely hurt. The
ladies' coach was literally torn to pieces,
as was also the parlor car. Here was
the greatest damage. There was hardly
a passenger on the train who escaped
injury. Help was soon at hand, and in
| few moments the road was full of
manned on their way to town. There
were three theatrical troups on board,
one of which, the City Club Burlesque
company, was completely broken up,
nearly every member sustaining serious
injuries.
Killed and Injured.
BEN HAHBuRG, Cincinnati travelling
man. dead
Nine. ElNA VAN RoKET, of the City Club
company, dead.
Mack Rogers, BADLY hurt IN the legs and
back.
Gus Rogers, back injured
Stella Clifton, legs and back hurt.
Helen Love, in ternally injured.
Cora White, Syracuse, n. y. injured about
the head.
Fanny Everett, St. Louis, internally in
jured.
Ola Lewis, bruised about head.
Harry e. Bryant Philadelphia. back
sprained and head hurt
Madge Larner. Pittsburg, head bruised
N. 6. Rutledge, porter. chair car, face
slashed.
CN Cornwell, roadmaster, internal in
John Winchester, Loisville. baggagemaster.
injured about shoulder and back.
George Gutter. express messenger, Louis
vile, internal injuries.
William Snyder, newsboy, Chicago Shout
der broken.
William Bishop. brakema n. Lafayette, Sc
yerely burned.
Johu Bills conductor. hurt internally.
Nellie Hanley, crushed. will die.
Ezra Wib5s WheaIheld, left arm broken,
right hand cut off.
Mrs. Ann Hobs. Wheatfield, face mashed
DR.. E Whitesides, Romney, eve gouged
out, arm and leg broken.
C. n. Check, Greencastle. right leg cut off
below the knee.
= Fox. New Albany, head cut and leg
mashed.
Paul Allen, head crushed.
Thomas Monaco, of the opera troupe, hurt
internally.
c. F. Hoyt, side and back and head badly
injured.
c. W. Loevden. Salem, leg badly crushed
Eva Marshall, EllettsYille, side and face
crushed.
j. j. Enwright, Chicago. knee and head
hurt.
Melvin Mckee, Chicago, head. hip and
back injured. but not fatal
OF this city there were injured: John
Foust, William Hall, j. NJ. Davidson. Matt
Beatty, Mrs Breyfogle, Will Smith. Dave
Jones, j. F. Sullivan.
A number of those hurt lie here in
the city and several will probably die
The excitement has been intense and
hundreds have visited the scene of the
accident. 1t was one of the most terri
bic catastrophies that ever occurred on
the road. The postal car went over,
but Clerks Fox and Clark. while badly
cut. are not seriously hurt.
The scenes about the wreck were
heaItrendlng. ReScuers are now search
ing for the body of little girl sup
posed to be buried in the debris.
That no others were killed outright
oCOiuo HioLfO4OuSs dc lllC MICCk Was uOSl
complete.
A Hero Pinned Down.
a large force of men was engaged IN
putting up ice short distance from
where the wreck occurred and they
rendered good assistance in putting
out the fires and saving lives. Z.
n. Cheek, of GreencaStle, had leg
pulled OFF and was pinned beneath
pair of trucks, and 1t seemed, despite
efforts of the rescuerS, that they could
not release him before the fire, which
was fast approaching him, reached
him. He never lost his nerve, though
suffering intensely. and ordered the re-
lief corps to cut off both of his legs if
that was the only way they
could release him. A block
was finally procured from the
engine and the unfortunate man
was released just in the nick or time.
He was removed TO the city, but cannot
survive the night. In its leap the ladies'
coach encountered a stump. which
penetrated the side of the car and pos
sibly caused the death of Madame Van
ROkey and Ben Hamburg, the Ciucin-
natl drummer.
The woman was found lying by the
side of a stump, her head crushed out of
all Sembance to humanity She was
also disemboweled. Ben Hamburg was
found lying on the stump mangled al
most beyond recognition. The scene of
the wreck is less than ten miles of the
place of the terrible freight collision of
month ago.