Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-07
DEATH IN A WRECK
Shocking and Fatal Accident on
the Lake Shore.
SLEEPER JUMPS The Track
Five kilied and fweas5 injsred--Frof.
f'nerson of An,hssst ooiiaxs
Fatally In3ascd.

cLEvEL<sn. o. Ang. a. Trnis Na .
q Tie Lake shore railroad lsff here lasi
night for Chleago on time. The train
was composed u three ooEcAes. fhree
bAsgsge csu and i've sieepers. II left
fremonf, Ohio. ten minutes late aad
was running Al high rate - s,.sed for
Toledo. When the train Nas about Ia
miles out Il fremonf AT a SNAIL station
called Lndsey the sleeping cars left ti.s
track and crashed into 4 freight tain
that was waiting on q sidine Tor il,s
passenger 10 pass The firsi y.art II tl.s
train got by IN safety. bet Tie slseplru.
cars rolled over tho ties disiancu' + =.
ally swerred from their course and hlt
the englne q the freight train with Ire
mendous force. The noise ~ the e,,,-
lision aroused the people IN the hfsls
town, and they son surrounded tie
wreck. neasiy C aid the unf0rtnnats
passengers. whose groans could bs bearl
amid the noise q ESCAPING steam a.1
the raDdemonium that ensucd ~ fts
destruction a the locomotive TIE
sleeping cars were practicaliy resiuce1
10 kindhng wood and that anyone e.
capped is miracle.
Five Were Killed Outright
The following persons were killed
outright:
+. Laferty. engineer of the frrs~ht
train. Elyria. Ohio: Charles Spa.aa.
brakeman q the freight train. Clay
Vile, New York. - Robertson porter
of tho sleeping car Buffalo. rr1ideuce
unknown.
T-ho f,.ll,..f..., .-.... -. a., i. &c.
Prof. y. IL. Emerson IL Amherst nf.i-
lege. Gloucester. Massach nset,s. VIA
die; --~-- Pelmonn. porter ~ the s.eL.l-
ing car Orinoco. viii Gle. rusilence a.
known; j. b Hamilton. Pittsburg. pena.
sylvanla. injured internally. bruno
kniflier. Cleveland. Ohio. Injured about
the head; A. Ii. Nest Chicago.
Stevens. porter. residenca not knouu:
James Ryan. center fielder ~ tie Chi
cago base ball club. badly cut sloui i1e
head and body: NJ. Kigtudec catcher
Chicago base ball club. b;uilf cut aboas
the head Two OF the most str.c,fls
injured were taken 30 Tolesic and place1
in hospital.
Ielegrams were al once sent to Ere
mont Tor medical ard and coach iolt
that city within half al hour hearing
physicians 10 tie scene - the disaster.
In the meantime the train crew. aided
by the citizens az the little toHn. began
TO remove the debris aud ruins that crs-
cred the track Underneath the wreck
are could be seen the victims of the ac-
cident and the grosns % the more seri-
ousiy hurt were pitiful
Buricd in the Wreck.
Here and there an arm or a leg pro-
truded and little pools - blood thaf
oozed from underneath the shattered
timbers told the sad tale ~ suffering -
the anxious workers. Many people we're
buried in the wreck and were not fefi-
ousiy iniured II vas not hard task
TO free them from the heavy beams that
held them 10 the earth They were
taken care of by the town rhysicians ard
were ready 30 resume their journey ~
the time the train started ca lie way
again 10 Toledo. Perhaps fifteen OF
twenty were more or less hurt In thaf
way whose names were not given b tbe
local authorities. Deeper in the wrcck
were the dead and the moro seriously
hurt The three who worc killed OF
right by the collision we're not remofel
from the ruins until 3 o'clock fhis
morning. They were barred under tie
engine and IL was impossible to DO any.
thing 20 aid them until the wrrckinr
train bad arrived from Norwalk. near
by station. Professor Emrrsor and the
porter Pollmonn were eKtricated aftef \
long struggle with the heavy irtsn
braces and the fimbers q the sleef4ng
car and they we're az opcc taken - TIE
houses ia the village. Prufessor Emef
s.on'e case Was hopeiees from ihe starr.
his chest being crushed beyoud = ssi.
bility ~ recovery. Tonight be - uncon
scioun and Prluonn l. ia the same CIR
dition- Nth uo proepects - living.
Probable Cause &C the Accident.
The mcmt,crs - the Chicago -,
ball club uorr IN the Cleveland sisef.ef
which was the last on the train. AMI a.
that fact they owe much q their in.
munify FROM more serious iniufy A Il
waA Rysn. the center fielder - the club,
and kiitrrdge. the lssi catchsr. were
cut badly and bled prufnaely Other
memlers - the team were bruised an1
cut hut rot - AZ o. interfere with The
confinuancr - their Journey The lisrf
n The delfis Wa not removed from The
track until this furrnoon. It is new
clear and trains are running as usuhi
A specsai train ieff Tcledc soon sfter
the rs1port of the sccident wlih Lake
shore officials on board g. make thor
ourh asarninntion q The track snd ~
certain whaf caused the nreok The
only theory given ie that TIE rails
sfyresd ard let the heavy sleeff1g cars
fhroeQh n the ties The rranaifder -
the train passed the bad spof IN nsffiy.
bat the eiecpers urFe vel filea vii
people boupd g. the wufids fsif and tlis
sddeI weight was tro ulmch f,f fhe fosr
sf,ct In the track Tie freight engine
was Totally demolished and rtfled over
81 iia side from The f0rcs - The crtii.
sion.