River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-10
A BAD WRECK.
Three Men EiiIed and a Number Fort or
the Lake shore Road Near Lindsey. o.
Several Members of the ChicS go Base
bail Tenn Among the Injured.

Three Wen Etted anu hummer Eort on
the Lake shore Road Near Lindsey. o.
Several Members of the ChicSg go Base
bail Team Among the Injured.
Fremont, O, Aug. "A serious
wreck occurre ed Saturday night shortly
after 10 O'Clock at Lindsey, village of
about 500 Inhabitants miles west of
this place. on the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern railway. An engine and
three sleepers were demolished and
three persons killed outright, while
twenty five We're injured.
The wreck was caused by the col
lision of west-bound passenger train
and an east. bound freight. Passenger
train No. passed, at Lindsey, "A local
freight. No. "a. which had been
sidetracked to await the pass
ing of train No. 0. 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 sleep
ers crushed like egg shells.
As the sleepers We're filed with pas
sengers it seemed a miracle that many
were not instantly killed. The
scene that followed the collision
was heart-rending. The groans of
the dying, the shrielSs of the in
jured and the kissing of escaping
steam combined to add horror to
sight that will long be remembered by
those who witnessed it. Work was at
once begun to render aid to the in
jured and those who were imprisoned
in the ruins. The track for some dis
lance was covered with debris. beneath
which several persons were imprisoned.
Legs, hands and arms protruded here
and there from beneath the ruins.
1t was later learned that the dead
were: Engineer Edward Lafferty of the
local freight; Charles Span, brake
man on the same train; Porter Robert
son (colored) of the sleeper Erie, of
Chicago.
The seriously injured are as follows:
Prof Emerson, of Amherst college,
Gloucester, Mass, chest crushed. will
die; j. A. Hamilton, OF Pittsburgh, in
jured internally, perhaps fatally; Por-
ter Stevens (colored), New York, ex-
tent of injuries not knwn; Porter Pei
ham (colored), of the sleeper Orinoco,
Chicago, injured internally, very seri-
Gus; A. II. West, of Chicago, badly cut,
| not seriously.
The members of the Chicago baseball
club were on the train, en- route for
Chicago from Cleveland. The follow
ing were among the injured: James
Ryan, center fielder, severely cut and
injured about head, legs and arms; NJ.
J Kettridge, cut about head and body;
| Capt. A. c. Arson, head bruised and
| light injuries; w. McGill, pitcher, bruised
about head and arms; w. Il. Wilmot,
left fielder, bruised and light injuries.
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 of the county to
visit the scene of the disaster
CHICAGO Aug. Nearly all of the
members of the Chicago baseball club
who were hurt in the railway accident
at Lindsey, o., Saturday night were
able to play in the game with the
! Louisville team on Sunday Ryan,
| however, is IN Mercy hospital, and it
will be two or three weeks before he
will be able to resume his place.