The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-07
PRICEsONE CENT
A LAKE Shore WRECK.
It Brought Death to Three and
Fatal Injuries to Others.
BAsEBAILIsTs IN THE DISASTER

Two Members Of tho Chicago Club Re-
oeive. bad Cuts-Professor ,.merson, of
Amherst College. and colored Porter
VIII Die of Their Wounds.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug 7.-Train No. 0
of the Lake Shore railroad left here Satur-
day night for Chicago on time. The train
was composed of three coaches, three bag
gage cars and five sleepers. 1t left Fre-
mont o., ten minutes late, and was run
ming at a high ratc of speed for Toledo.
When the train was about ten miles out
of Fremont, at small station called
Lindsay, the sleeping cars left the track
and crashed into n freight train that was
waiting on a siding for the passenger train
to pass The first part of the train got by
in safety, but the sleeping cars rolled over
the ties some distance and finally hit the
engine of the freight train with tremen-
dous force The noise of the collision
aroused the people in the little town, and
they soon surrounded the wreck ready to
aid the unfortunate passengers, whose
groans could be heard amid the noise Of
escaping steam and the pandemonium
that followed the destruction Of the loco
motive, The sleeping cars were practically
reduced to kindling wood, and that any
escaped is miracle
The following persons were killed out
right; H. Lallerty, engineer of the freight
train, Elyria, o.; Charles Spaine, brake
man of the freight train, Clayville, N. Y;
- Roberts, porter of the sleeping car,
Buffalo.
The following were seriously injured
Professor b. III. Emerson, of Amherst col
lege, Gloucester, Mass, will die; - Pell-
monn, porter of the sleeping car orinoco,
will die; j. B. Hamilton, Pittsburg, in
jured internally; Bruno Kniffler, Cleve.
land, injured about the head; A. II. West,
Chicago; Stevens. porter; James Ryan,
centerfielder of the Chicago baseball club,
badly cut about tho head and body; NJ.
Kittredge, catcher Of the Chicago base
ball club, badly cut about the head
kilograms were at once sent to Fremont
for medical aid, and coach left that city
within half an hour bearing physicians to
the scene Of the disaster. In the meantime
the train crew, aided by the citizens of the
little town, began to remove the debris and
ruins that covered the track. Underneath
the wreckage could be seen the victims of
the accident, and tho groans of the more
seriously hurt were pitiful. Here and there
an arm or a leg protruded, and little pools
OF blood that oozed from underneath the
shattered timbers told the sad tale of suf
fering to the anxious workers.
Many people who were buried in the
wreck were not seriously injured. Their
hurts consisted principally of bruises and
scratches, and IL was not hard task to
free them from the heavy beams that held
them to the earth. They were taken care
of by the town physicians and were ready
TO resume. their journey by the time the
2train started on its way again to Toledo
Inn nr afNtx war mn m
, less hurt in that way, whose names were
not given to the local authorities. Deeper
In the wreck were the dead and more
seriously hurt. The three who were killed
outright by the collision were not removed
from the ruins until 0 o'clock yesterday
morning. They were buried under the
engine and it was impossible to do any
thing'to aid them until wrecking train
had arrived from Norwalk, q nearby
station.
12Nalis& Emerson and the colored por
We're extricated after long
ru.u-- heavy iron braces ant
&innH.5 0f tke sleeping car. Professor
Emerson's case was hopeless from tn,
start, his chest being crushed beyond pos
sibility of recovery He is unconscious
and Pelnonn Is in the same condition
with no prospects of living. The mem.
bers of the Chicago Baseball club, were IL
the Cleveland sleeper which was the last
on the train, and to that fact they owe
much of their immunity from more seriou.
injury.
The only theory given is that the rail:
spread and let the heavy sleeping car
through to the ties. The remainder of th,
train passed the bad spot in safety, but til,
sleepers were we'll filled with people bount
TO the Worlds fair, and the added weigh
was too much for the poor spot in tn,
track The freight engine was totally de
molished, and rolled over on its side from
the force of the collision