Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-16
AN AWFUL WRECK.

Several Cars Thrown Down an Embank-
ment, and then Follows n Terrible Scene
OF Fire and Death-Killed and Wounded.
CRAwFoRDsyILLE, Ind, Jan 1o.-The
fast mail running between Louisville
and Chicago on the Monon route, con-
slstlng OF mail car, an express car,
three coaches and chair car, was
wrecked miles north of here, at
Nicholson's crossing. early last evening.
The train was rounding sharp curve
when the outer rail broke and precipi-
tated the cars down an embankment
20 feet deep. The stove in the first
coach was overturned and the car was
soon destroyed, but the passengers es-
capped. The next coach was torn to
pieces 1t was filed with people, not
one of whom escaped injury The par
lor car toppled over on top of the
coaches.
The following, as near as can be
learned, is the list of dead and in
jured:
Madam Ivan Rokey, danseuse of the
City burlesque company
Ben Hamburg, drummer for Lieb-
mann & Schloss, Cincinnati.
INJURED.
Max Rogers, of the City burlesque
company; badly injured in legs and
back.
Gus Rogers, same company; badly
hurt in legs and back
NJ. G. Rutledge, porter of car; face
badly bruised.
Nellie Hanley, New York city; badly
crushed.
John Forrest and William Hall, Craw-
fordsville, both cut about the head
J. N. Davidson, Charlottesville; head
cut.
NJ. R. Fox. New Albany; head and
legs badly crushed.
Eugene Dyer Lafayette; head cut.
c. w. Lowden, Salem,; leg oadly
crushed.
L. c. Hoyt: head cut.
Eva Marshall, Ellisville; side and
head crushed.
Mrs. Ann Hibbs, Wheatfeld; face
crushed.
Ezra Fl. Hibbs, Wheatfeld; left arm
broken, right hand cut off.
Helen Love, City burlesque company;
injured internally.
G. w. Gardiner, back badly injured
and arm sprained.
Il. Whitesides, Frankfort; erina f,av-
| tdfed, seriously hurt
J. j. Enright, Chicago; knee and head
hurt.
G. n Cheek, Greencastle, lumber
merchant; right leg cut off just below
the knee; will die.
Dave Malsbury, Rome, n. "; eye
gouged ont and arm and leg broken.
c. n. Cornwall, roadmaster, Bloom
ington; back hurt and internally in
jured.
John Winchester. baggage-master,
Louisville; back hurt.
Express Messenger Cutler, Louisville;
internally injured.
William Snyder, newsboy, Chicago;
shoulder broken.
Cora White, Syracuse, Of the City
about the head.
Fanny Everett. of the City burlesque
company; internally injured.
Ollie Lewis. of the City burlesque
company; bruised about the head.
Melvin Mckee, Chicago; face and
back hurt.
Harry G. Bryant, Of Philadelphia, of
the burlesque company; head bruised,
neck badly sprained.
Madge Larner, of Pittsburgh, of the
burlesque company;head badly bruised.
Paul Allen. head crushed.
William Bishop, of Lafayette. brake
man; severely burned about the shoul-
ders.
John Bills, conductor; internal in
juries.
Thomas Monaco. opera troupe; in
ternal injuries.
Miss Bible, Charlottesville; face
crushed.
Nat Berry, Charlottesville; internal,
injuries about the face.
Miss Breyfogle; head and face badly
bruised.
Nat Beatty, VIII Smith, Dave Jones
and John E. Sullivan, of this city, all
bruised.
That no others were killed outright
StcLuS udTFCIOuS, DIS tIC WTcCh was
most complete. A large force of men
was engaged in putting up ice short
distance from where the wreck oc-
CURED, and they rendered good assist
ance in putting out the fires and saving
lives. c. n. Cheek, of Greencastle. had
leg pulled off and was pinned be-
meath a pair of trucks, and it seemed,
despite the efforts of the rescuers,
that they could not release him before
the fire, which was fast approaching,
reached him. He never lost his nerve,
though suffering intensely and ordered
the relief corps to cut off both his legs,
if that was the only way they could re-
lease him. A block was finally pro-
cured from the engine and the unfor-
tunate man was released just in the
nick of time. He was removed to the
city, but cannot survive the night.
In its leap the ladies' coach encoun-
tered stump which penetrated the side
Of the car and possibly caused the
death of Nine. Van Roker and of Ben
Hamburg, the Cincinnati drummer.
The woman was found by the side of