New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-05-18
ILIFE'S LIGHT OUT. /
Failure to Remember a New
Time Schedule Causes a
Calamity.
Two Trains Collide in Ohio,
Killing and Manning Many
People.

CLEAyES Ohio, May 16--In the midst of
terrific storm of wind and rain two Big
Four trains crashed into each other near
Cleaves this morning with awful effect.
This morning new schedule went into
effect, and orders had been issued accord
ingly. Freight No. 43. through train
north-bound. had orders to stop at North
Bend to allow Express No. so. Cannon
Ball special. to pass Under the old
schedule the trains passed at point some
miles further on
Instead Of stopping the freight engineer
pulled ahead and approached Cleayes
running about twenty miles an hour Why
he did not Stop at North Bend will never
be known, as lie is dead; but it is thought
fnatln his anxiety over the storm which
might have washed out bridges, lie forgot
the new sche rule and hurried on. AS the
train approached Cleaves, Charles Smith,
thetelegraph operator, who knew it should
have side tracked at North Bend and that
the express, few minutes overdue then,
was but short distance away, running
torty-tiye miles an hour to make up lost
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DASHED OUT THE DANGER SIGNAL
Either it was not seen in the bin ing rain
or the engineer could not control his en-
CINE, Tor it sped on by without lessening
speed. At that very moment the express
came into sight with the speed OF the wind.
+ II any effort was made on either engine to
slacken speed it was not apprecable, and
the iron monsters sprang and crashed into
each other with roar that rolled above
the storm like clap of thunder. Both en-
gines were battered into shapeess masses
and rolled off the track. The cars behind
were smashed into kindling and the track
Tor one hundred feet was torn up. Tele-
graph poles were thrown down and it was
two or three hours after the wreck before
word reached this place and special train
was sent ia the scene from Cincinnati.
Many OF the wounded had been taken
away and the number cannot tonight be
definitely known. 1t is claimed that some
ofthose thus provided tor are in a diving
condition. Not person on either train
escaptd uninjured. With the arrival Of the
special train the work of
GETTING OUT THE DEAD
began. Up to 6 clock five dead bodies
had been recovered, tour o. them mashed
out ofall human shape. Under the freight
engine, broken, crushed and scalded, were
found Engineer William Hidds and his
fireman, Hiram Bruce, both OF Indianapo-
lis. Under a mashed freight car further
back Philip Gibbon and David Harwood
were Ionnd. Neary every bone in their
bodies was broken and their faces horribly
disfigured. The fifth dead body was that
OF Berry Edwards, engineer Of the passenger
train. His fireman, Henry Tyrrel, had
jumped before the crash, but had been
caught under a mass of wreckage. His
chest was crushed in and his head cut. He
cannot survive the night. John Schroeder,
conductor OF the passenger train, was in
Jured III almost the same manner, and can
i've 3ut lew hours at most. George w.
Hudler, commercial traveller from Miami
lsburg, was crushed bet ween two seats, be-
ing bent almost double. He cannot sur
vlve. 1t is believed that there are from
FIVE TO Ten MORE DEAD
in heruins, but the exact number cannot
be told tonight. "Boney" Keefe, freight
brakeman, had just reached the top of
car when the collision occurred. The
crash was so terrible that he was thrown
over telegraph wire forty feet into a
stream Of water, which saved his life. He
thinks there are at least three tramps
under the wreck Of the freight. Several
passengers in the express are positive that
several Of their number were also killed.
tits certain that they are missing. The
property, loss will be 100000. Both
engines are complete wrecks and the
coaches OF the express train are ruined It
is claimed that much valuable mail and
express matter is lost. A dozen freight
cars loaded with costly goods are total
loss.
Following are the names of the killed
and injured:
Killed-Engineer Edwards, of the passenger
train; Acting Baggagemaster Philip Gribbon, of
the passenger train; Engineer William Higgs, OF
the freight train; Fireman Hiram Bruce OF the
freight train; Conductor David H. Sherwood, of
the freight. ~
lnjured-J G. Hudler, passenger NIiamisburg,
Ohio. knee pan broken and head cut slightly;
Holton Terrell, passenger, aged eighteen son OF
Dr.. Terrell OF Delt Ohio. scaded ali over the
body and cannot live: Conductor John schro-
der, passenger Oh the tram. crushed m ortally
between the cars; Mrs. Moreland of North Bend,
slightly bruised.