The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
BIG ACCIDENT IN INDIANA.
A BROKEN RAIL COSTS TWO LIVES AND
MAINS FORTY PEOPLE
A Number or Them VIII Die-The City CluN
Buries1ue Company Amone the Victims
The Cars Taxable 90 Feet Down slope

Burissaue Company Among the Victims
The Cars Tumble 90 Feet Down = slope.
CRAwroRpsvILLE. Ind. Jan. 1AA- A rail
broken. a Monon passenger traindown sixty
foot embankment, and many passengers dead
and dying. were tho rumors that came to
Charlottesville about 2:30 o'clock this after
noon.
following the passenger. backed to the station
confirming the reports. The train was the
fast mail running between Louisville and
Chicago. 1t consisted Of a mail car.
an express car. three coaches. and the
chair car. In charge Of Engineer Doyles
and Conductor Bills. The train left
Charlottesville on time and pulled out under
full head. but when the accident occurred the
rate Of speed was about twenty-five miles an
hour.
The scene OF the wreck is two miles north Of
Charlottesville. at Nicholson's Crossing. and
less than half mile from the place OF the ter
rible freight collision Of a month ago.
The road bed is cut in steep hillside. with
twenty-foot embankment on the right lside
and the Valley Of Rock River on the loft. The
train was rounding sharp curve when the
outer rail broke and caused the wreck. The
engine passed in safety.
The mail car was dragged q hundred yards
and then fell twenty feet It became loose
from the baggage car. which passed on with.
out being overturned
The next car was filled with baggage and
passengers. The first passenger coach was
filled with passengers. and turned over three
times before reaching the bottom. The stove
was overturned and the car was soon de-
stroyed. but the passengers escaped.
The next coach was torn to pieces. nothing
being left but the bottom Of the car. 1t was
filled with people. and not one escaped injury.
The parlor car toppled over and landed on top
OF the third coach.
= Tho wounded were taken to a farm house
near by before being removed to the city The
following. as near as can be learned. Is the list
OF the dead and wounded:
KILLED-Mme. Ivan Rokey. danseuse in the
City Club Burlesque Company: Benjamin
Hamburg. drummer for Lehman l. Schloss.
Cincinnati. .
ISJvnED.- Mack Rogers. City Club Burlesau.
Company. badly injured In legs and back:
Gus Rogers. same company. hurt In the
back: Stella Clifton. same company. badly
hurt in legs and back: NJ. G. Rutlage.
porter OF chair car. fuce crushed:
Nellie Hanley. Now York city. crushed and
will die. John Forrest and William Hall
Of Crawfordsvlle. cut about head: ]. y.
head and iss badly crushed: Eugene
Dy0r LulNyettt. nenu cut, Z. w. 1XOWUen,
head cut; Eva Marshall. Mlsville. side and
iass crushed; Mrs. Am HibSs WasHtnsid pa;
arm broken. right hand cut on; Helen Love
burlesaue company. injured internally George
and s 81 EaSS
fort; spine fractured. seriously injured: J. !.
tnrst hsss sh
sg cut of list below the knee viii die Dave
Bloomington. back hurt md informally injured:
John Winchester. Louisxille; baggagms mas
isse. snsae
pE,e,WsboS: Chicago; shoulder broken: Cora
haf sSout tss
burlesque company internally injured and
bbTusa S 1e hews Msys
BIryani: bnrissqae comnrny: Of fhll ii
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head. shoul ders. and back; john Bills ills
conductor internal injuries: THONGS Monaco.
n 1s ' inteTnay and aboyt
@ti SnH snb Wee Sssy
and John Sullivan Of this city bruised
mracnlous alter VIE" viewing the Wreck H Half
mile this side OF the accident n force Of 100
men were engaged in putting up ice.
They heard the crash, but thought nothing
OF 1t until the uninjured came running back
and the whistle of the engine began to scream.
They. left In body with picks and poles. rem
dered good assistance in putting out the fires.
and saving several lives.
c. N. Cheek Of Gresncastle had leg cut of.
and was pinned beneath pair Of
trucks. He cooly directed the relief corps
how to release. him. The fire. was fast
approaching. and he ordered that his legs be
cured from the engine and the unfortunate
man was released in the nick Of time, He was
removed to town. but cannot survive the night
In its leap the ladies' coach encountered a
big walnut stump which penetrated the side
and probably caused the death OF the danseuse
Of Cincinnati.
The woman was found by the side OF the
stump. her head crushed to pulp. She was
also dsembowelled.
almost beyond recognition. The brothers.
lilliputians. with the City Club company. were
badly bruised and one lost q finger. Road :
master Cornell suffered internal injuries. and
the doctors fear he may die.
Mr.. Bryfogle. ex-President OF the Monon
road. and his wife. and son Of Louisville wore
on their way to Lafayette. but all escaped with
slight injuries.
PUNCHED EACH OTHERS HEADS