Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-12
FOUR CARS ROLLED OVER.
Railway Disaster Caused by q Broken
Hall Near era Worthwhile, Ind.

Hall Near era Worthwhile, Ind.
Between and s o'clock yesterday afternoon
| the north-bound Monon train ran off the track
| about two miles north of Crawfordsville Ind,
at Nichols Crossing The accident occurred
on a fifty-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 the occupants escaped alive. The baggage
and express car went over, but no one in it was
severely hurt
The ladies' coach was torn to pieces as was
also the parlor car. Here the greatest dam
age There hardly passenger on the
train who escaped injury. Help was soon at
hand and in a few moments the roadway was
full Of MANNED on their way to town. There
were three theatrical troupes on board one Of
which was the City Club Burlesque Company,
which was completely broken up, nearly every
member sustaining serious injuries.
The killed are: Ben Hamburg. Cincinnati. q
travelling man; Mime. Fina Van Rokcy of the
City Club Company.
The injured: are slack Rogers, badly injured
on the legs and back Gus Rogers, back in
Jnred Stella Clifton, legs and back; Helen
Love. internally injured; Cora White. Syracuse.
Ny. slightly injured on the head; Fanny
Everett, st. Louis, internally injured; OLA
Lewis, bruised on the head Harry G. Brown,
Philadelphia, back sprained and head hurt;
Madge Larner. Pittsburg. head bruised; Nj. Nj.
Buttledge porter chair car, face smashed; c.
n. 1ornwcll, roadmaster. internal injuries; John
Winchester, Louisville. baggage master injured
On shoulder and back: George Cutter. express
messenger, Louisville. internal injuries: Will
lam Snyder, newsboy, Chicago, shoulder
broken; William Bishop. brakeman. Lafayette,
severely burned; John Bills, conductor, hurt
internally; Nellie Hanley crushed will die:
Ezra Hi6bs, left arm broken, right hand cut off:
Mrs Ann Hibbs Wheatficld. face mashed; DR..
z. Whitesldes, spine seriously fractured; Dave
Maltsby, Pomney, eye gouged out, arm and leg
broken; c. n. Cheek, Greencastle, Ind. right
leg cut of below the knee; Fox. New Albany,
head cut ami leg mashed; Paul Allen. head
crushed; Thomas Monaco of the opera troupe,
hurt internally; J. F. Hoyt, side. back and head
badly injured; C. W. Leeveded. Salem. leg
crushed; Eva Marshall. Eliettsville, side and
face crushed }. j. Enright. Chicago, knee and
head hurt; Melvin Mckee. Chicago head hip
and back injured, but not fatal: John Foust,
VIM. Hall. J. n. Davidson, Matt Beatty, Mrs.
Breyfoyie, Will Smith. Dave Jones and j. +.
Sullivan of Charlottesville.
A number of those hurt lie at Charlottesville
and several will probably die. The excitement
has been intense and thousands have visited
the scene of the accident. 1t was one of the
most terrible catastrophes that ever occurred
on the road. The postal car went over but
the clerks, Fox and Clark, while badly cut, are
not seriously hurt.
The scenes about the wreck we're heart
repdiuC