The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-08
A SAD DS4sIE *.
An Express Train of the Lake shore
Railroad Wrecked.

FREMONT. o.. August IA serious
accident occurred on the Lake Shore
road near Lindsay. o.. early yesterday
morning. IN, ...
The following persons were killed out
right: ..,.s,
E. Lafferty. engineer Of the freight
train, Elyria. o. A..
freight train, Ciayviiie. n. y.
- Roberts. porter OF the sleeping
car Buffalo, residence unknown.
The following persons were seriously
Professor b. II. Emerson. Amherst Col
lege. Gloucester, Mass; will die.
- Pelmonn, porter of sleeping car
Orinoco; will die; residence unknown.
]. B. Hamilton. Pittsburg, Pa injured
internally. - ,,,,,re,
Bruno knitier, CleVeiahu' N'' '"'N' ~
about the head.
a. II. West, Chicago.
- Stevens. porter. residence un-
known ~,
lanes RYAN. centre fielder Of the Chi
cago Baseball club, badly cut about
the head and body.
NJ. Kittridge. catchet chicago Base
Rall Club. badly cut about the mead
Two Of the more seriously injured were
taken to Toledo and placed I'm a hospital.
road left Cleveland Saturday night for
chicago IN tine. The train was COM
nosed of three coaches, three baggage
rars and five sleepeTs. 1t left Fremont,
ohio. ten minutes late, and was run
Ming, AT a high rate of speed for Toledo
When the train was about ten miles out
os Fremont at a small station cated
Lindsay. the sleeping cars left the track
and crashed into freight train that
was waiting on a siding for the pas
senger train to pass. The first part OF
the train got by in safety, but the sleep
ing cars rolled over the ties some dls-
tance. and finally Gwerving from their
course, hit the engine or the lrelsht
train with tremendous force.
The noise Of the collision aroused the
neonle 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 escap-
ing steam and the pandemonlum that
| followed the destruction OF the loco
| motive
The sleeping cars were practically re-
duced 10 kindiing wood, and that any
| one escaped is a miracle.
Telegrams were at once sent 70 Ere
mont for medical aid, and coach lett
/ that city within half an hour, bearing
| physicians 10 the scene OF the disaster.
| In the mean time the crew, aided by
| the citizens OF the little town, began 10
| remove the debris and ruins that covered
| the track.
Underneath the wreckage could be seen
| the victims OF the accident, and the
| groans OF the more seriously hurt were
| pitiful. Here and there an arm or leg
| protruded, and little pools OF blood that
| oozed from underneath the shattered
| timbers told the sad tale OF suffering tc
| the anxious workers.
| Many people who were buried In the
| wreck were not seriously injured. Theh
| hurts consisted principally OF bruise:
| and scratches, and II was not a 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 10 resume their journey
| by the time the train started Oh N'
| way again 10 Toledo.
! Perhaps fifteen or twenty were more
| or less hurt In that way, whose name'
| we're net given to the local authorities
| Deener in the wreck were the dead anc
| more seriously hurt.
| THE three who were killed outright Ds
| ,ha collision were not removed from th'
rm,ns until 6 o'clock yesterday morning
They were buried under the engine an,
=, yas impossible 10 do anything to ait
,henn until a wrecking train had arrived
from Norwalk, a nearby station.
professor Emerson and the coiored por
| ter Pelmonn, were extricated aIter
| long struggle with the heavy iron braces
and timbers OF the sleeping car. anf
,bev were at once taken 10 houses In th'
,,,t,age Professor Emerson's case wal
| hona,ass from the start. his chest Dein'
crushed beyond possibility OF recovery
las, night ne was unconscious and PEI
,,orn was I'm the same condition. with M
prospects Of living.
The members of the Chicago Base-nai
c,ph were in the Cleveland sleeper. whiei
yss the last on the train, and 10 ina
f,c, shey owe much Of their immunit,
,ro,, more serious injury As II was
pvar the centre fielder of the club. anf
Ki,tr,dge. the best catcher. were cut bad
Iv and bied profusely. Other memncr'
=, the team were bruised AMI cut, nu
not ca as 10 Interfere with the continuance
of their journey.
rss last NJ me debris was not rernovc'
from the track until noon. IL Is nov
| clear and trains are running as "sua'
| A sreclal train left Toledo soon mr.
the report Of the accident with Lax
| shore oficiais on board to make thor
o,,eh examination Of the track. a''d as
certain what caused the wreck =,
The only theory given u tnat the Fai'