St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-07
CRUSHED LIKE EGGS.
SLEEPERS ON THE LAKE SHORE
JUMP THE TRACK.
THREE PERSONS ARE KILLED
In the Shock OF Striking Freight
Cars on q Switch = Twenty
Five Injured. Among Whom
Are Several Who Cannot Re-
cover-Two Ball Players Were
Hurt.

FREMONT, Aug. Ga terrible wreck
occurred last night shortly after 10
O'Clock at Lindsey, a small village of
about 500 inhabitants. eight miles west
OF this place, on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad. An en-
gine and three sleepers were demolished
and three people killed outright, while
twenty-five were more or less badly in
jured. Those killed outright were:
ED LAFFERTY, engineer of local freight
No. "A, residence Elyria, married. and leaves
a widow and tour children.
CHARLES SPANE, brakeman on freight,
residence Claysville. " Y.
PORTER ROBERTSON (colored), of the
sleeper Erie, residence Chicago
The seriously injured are as follows ::
Prof. Emerson, of Amherst college,
Gloucester, Mass, chest crushed; will
die; j. A. Hamilton. of Pittsburg, in
Jured internally, perhaps fatally; Por-
ter Stevens (colored), New York, extent
of injuries not known; Porter Pelham
(colored), of the sleeper Orinoco, Chi
cago, injured internally, very serious !;
A. h. West, of Chicago, badly cut, not
seriously; Center Fielder Ryan, of the
Chicago base ball club, bad cuts;
Catcher Kittridge, of the Chicago base
ball club, cut about head and body.
The wreck was caused by the collision
of west-bound passenger train and an
east-bound freight train. The passenger
tram, No. 9, the Pacific express, due at
this place at $3.50 o'clock, left here last
night about ten minutes late. The train
consisted of All engine, baggage car.
two express cars, three coaches and five
sleepers. The coaches and sleepers
were all we'll filed with people, many
OF whom were on their way to Chicago.
At Lindsay, the next station west of
this place, the train passed a local
freight. No. "a, which had been side
tracked to await the passage 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 egg shells. As the sleep
ers were filled with passengers, it
seemed a miracI6 that all were not in
stantly killed. The scene that followed
the collision was heartreuding. The
grOans of the dying. the shrieks of the
injured and the Kissing of escaping
steam combined to add horror to a sight
that will be long remembered 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
composed of an engine and coach was
made up at this place. Drs. Will
lam Caldwell, f. .. Rilbish, NJ.
Sta1nm, and r, 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. be-
meath which several persons were i'm
prisoned. Legs, hands and arms pro-
truded here and there from beneath the
ruins. 1t was later learned that the
ONlO NOAO 4@liS AICO1 LOWdIu LduGCCV,
of the local freight; Charles Spane, a
brakeman on the same train,a 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 city and Drs. Wolland w. r.
Steirwalt, of Lindsay. About fifteen of
the injured, who had received wounds
of less dangerous character, after re-
ceiving surgical attention, proceeded
on their westward journey on that
part of the passenger train which
had escaped damage The others
who received serious injuries we're
taken to the Hotel Nichols and private
residences, where they are now receiy-
ing the best of care. About O'Clock
in the morning the, wrecking train az
rived and began the work of clearing
the tracks for the passage of trains.
Prof. Emerson and Porter Pelham are
now in an unconscious condition, and
their deaths are hourly expected. Dur
ing the day thousands of people have
driven from all parts Uf this county to
visit the scene of the disaster.