The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

bridge as the trusses collapsed and fell
over to the south. The conductor was
taking tickets in a day coach, and. al
though thrown violently down escaped
serious injury. There are only a few
houses in the vicinity and a man driv-
ing by gave the alarm through the viii
lage streets. In a few minutes hun
dreds were on the scene. The shrieks
of the imprisoned were terrible and
scores of people looked on completely
unnerved. The heroes Of the hour were
DR.. George L. Wood of Collins
vile. who went to the train to meet
his wife and the colored porters and
walters in the dining car. although their
faces were bruised and cut and covered
with blood, they did splendid work. The
village people soon recovered from the
shock and were hard at work. The
hospital was a group Of apple trees in an
adjoining orchard, where scores were
taken. Ok teams arrived with loads of
straw. customs, bedding and food. The
and all that remained on the apple
strewn ground were thirteen bodies,
covered with red blankets from an ad-
joining stable. The dead were many of
them horribly mutilated, heads crushed
in, limbs torn, and often only recogniz-
able from the clothing.
Some Incidents.
Mr.. ScuI Of Philadelphia was with
his sister, Mrs Bishpam, in a Wagner
car. She was instantly killed and he
was pinned down but finally extricated.
When her body was laid out a wrong
name was affixed to the breast and the
officials called him to see the mutilated
face which he had avoided."Are you
sure she is your sister?" the official
asked. 'My God. 1t is, 1t is" he pro-
tested, while the bystanders turned away
and wiped their eyes. The body of Miss
Susie Getting of Boston was identified
by Miss Andrews daughter Of Mr.. An
drews, president of the Safety deposit
company Of Boston. Mr.. Andrews was
unable to get a seat in the Wagner car,
and so went in a day coach with his
daughter and Miss Beal of Boston. They
were not injured. j. z. Dewitt Of Port
land. Me, president of the Union mutual
life insurance company, was reading a
magazine NJ w Kirk of Chicago start
ed TO sit with him, but seeing that he
was absorbed, excused himself and went
into the rear car and was saved.
Mrs John J. Howard of Boston, whose
stage name is Hattie Blanchard, was
one of the five saved in the sleeper next
in front of the dining car which was the
worst wrecked. She left Albany, where
the John L. Sullivan company had ap-
peared the night before. She says that
she felt the car going down and reached
for her hat in the front seat. In an in
slant she was pinned down by a beam
across her waist. a chandelier had
crashed down over her. She extricated
herself and turned to Mrs. Bishpan, who
was crying for help. Her head was
wedged under car seat arm.
When she saw that ii was impossible TO
extricate the woman the poor victim
squeezed her hand with a God bless
you, good-by."
She pulled a car seat off a man and
then started out. She tumbled over a
cook, pinned down near the kitchen, and
mounting the ruins of the next car was
taken off safely.
An Editors Experience.
E. H. Talbot of New York, for fifteen
years editor Of the Iron Age, was on a
day coach. His clothes were torn and he
was badly bruised, but did splendid work
in taking out the dead and injured. He
said they came out so fast it did seem
as if the passengers could never stop
coming out of windows. lie rides in
rear cars from principle. believes it is the
safest place and thinks his theory was
proved in this case. He thinks the rail-
road is at fault for running a heavy
train twenty miles an hour over bridge
under repairs.
People are supposed to do their best
on such OCCASIONS he said land
never saw nobler deeds. 1 took out
a little girl whose legs were bruised
and torn, but she never uttered a cry.
Go back after mamma was all she
said"
The woman who screamed most was
wringing her hands and moaning be-
cause the railroad would never pay for
a sealskin sacque she lost.
81 helped one woman seventy-six
years old out and she begged me to go
after her son. She was the most unset
fish amid the terrible suffering. When
1 put carriage cushion under her she
said:
az can never repay you for this
Kindness