Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-07
FAIR VISITORS WRECKED
Smash on the Lake Shore Rail
road In Ohio.
THREE KILLED, MANY INJURED.
Professor Emerson of Amherst College
Among the Victims-Chicago Baseball
Club In the Smash-SIeeping Coaches
Crashed Into a Freight Engine.

Among the Victims-Chicago Baseball
Club In the Smash-SIeePing Coaches
Crashed Into a Freight Engine.
FREMONT, o., Aug. IA terrible wreck
occurred at Lindsey, q small village OF
about 500 inhabitants eight miles west Of
this place, on the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern. An engine and three sleep
ers were badly dem lished and three people
killed outright. while fully % were more
or less badly injured.
The wreck was caused by the collision of
west bound passenger train and east
bound freight. Passenger train No. Q,
the Pacific express, left here about 10
minutes late. The train consisted of an
engine, baggage car, two express cars,
three coaches and five sleepers. The
coaches and sleepers were all we'll filled
with people, many of whom were on their
way to Chicago.
At Lindsey, the next station west of this
place, the train passed local freight, No.
"A, which had been sidetracked to await
the passing of train No. 9. The train was
running at full speed and passed safely
until the sleepers neared the switch, close
to the freight when the first three sleepers
jumped the track and ran into the engine
of the freight. The engine was wrecked
and the sleepers crushed like eggshells.
FriEhtful Awakening.
AS the sleepers were filled with passen-
gers, it seems a miracle that all were not
instantly killed. The scene that followed
| the collision was heartrending. The groans
| OF the dying the shrieks of the injured and
the Kissing of escaping steam com bined to
add horror to a sight that will long be re-
| mem bered by those who witnessed it.
Work was at once begun to render aid
to the injured and those who were i'm
| prisoned in the ruins. The disaster was
Immediately reported, and an extra, COM
| posed of an engine and coach, was made
up at this place. Drs. William Caldwell
F. L. Hilbish, NJ. Stamm and F. B. Meek
had in the meantime been summoned, and
the party at once proceeded to the scene of
| the wreck.
The sight that greeted them was terrible
/ The track for some distance was covered
/ with debris, beneath which several persons
| were imprisoned. Legs, hands and arms
| protruded here and there from beneath the
ruins. The dead were Engineer Edward
/ Lafferty of the local freight. Charles
| Spane, brakeman on the same train, and
/ Porter Robertson (colored) of the sleeper
| Erie of Chicago.
On the arrival of the medical party the
/ injured were at once taken care OF, with
| the united efforts of the physicians of this
i city and Drs. Wolland and w. L. Steir-
| walt of Lindsey.
| About Is of the injured, who had re-
| ceived wounds of a less dangerous charac-
| ter, after receiving surgical attention, pro-
| ceeded on their westward journey on that
| part of the passenger train which had es-
capped damage. The others who received
| serious injuries were taken to the Hotel
Nichols and private residences, where they
are now receiving the best of care.
The Dead and Injured.
The seriously injured are as follows:
| Professor Emerson, Amherst college, GlouCes-
| ter, Mass; chest crushed, will die.
| !. y. Hamilton, IhttSburg injured internally,
| perhaps fatally.
Porter stevens Ccolorrdl. New York: extent of
| injuries not known.
| Porter Pelham tColnredl of the sleeper ORR
| ""'n, Chicago: injured internally, very serious
| \. II. West, Chicago; badly cut. not serious.
| Center Fielder Ryan of the Chicago Baseball
| club: bad cuts.
| Catcher Eittrirlge nf the Chicago Baseball
| club. cut about head and body.
| L. < Fisher. Ravine street. Allegheny City
| Pa; EFT foot cut of.
Those killed outright were:
| Ed Laferty. engineer IN local freight Nc. -
| residence at Elyria, o.: married and leaves q
widow and four children.
| Charles Spanc. brakeman On freight: resi-
dcncc at ClayN1llc, y. Y.
| Porter Robertson tcoloxcdJ OF the sleeper Eric
| residence at Chicago.
| Professor Emerson and Porter Pelham
are now in an unconscious condition, anC
their deaths are hourly expected.