The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-23
Wreck Of tbs Pennsylvania East Bound Pas.
senger Train Within Two Miles of colum-
bia City, Caused by Broken Wheel.
Four Killed and Ten Injured in Anoth-
er Serious Accident at Philadelphia.
Car Of an Accommodation Train Smashed By
an Express-Twelvs StOckmen Injured
Four Railway Employees Killed.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

Fiangs of Locomotive Wheel Flies on and
Breaks Piece Out OF the Rail.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Feb. 22-At o'clock
this afternoon mail train No. 90 which left
Chicago at 8 O'Clock this morning on tho
Plttsburg. Fort Wayne q Chicago railway,
was wrecked two miles east OF Columbia
City, caused by the breaking of the tire on
one of the driving wheels. which struck o
severe blow on the rail- breaking five feet
out of the track and letting the wheels drop
off the rail. The train all remained on tho
track excepting the two rear coaches,
which turned over twice before reaching
the bottom of q twenty-foot embankment.
One of the coaches took fire, but. with
rare presence of mind, Conductor Fin
nell. who was himself badly injured.
and bleeding, gathered snow and extin.
Ruished the flames. As soon as Superin.
tendent Law was notified he left here on q
special train with several surgeons and
was at the wreck within forty minutes
after the accident occurred. The body OF
John w. Paramore. of Hebron, Ind. was
taken from the wreck, aud he alone was
killed. He was bfother-in-law OF knode,
the engineer who was so frightfully
scalded in the wreck at Monroeville last
Saturday night, and he was on his way TO
visit his relative, who is In the hospital
now, IN q critical condition from injuries
received then. Mr.. Paramore was q prom
inent Republican in Porter county and q
X. of Z. Following Is the list of casualties:
DR. j. W. PARAMORE. Hebron, Ind, killed.
ARNOLD. A. W.. Woodstock. H.. scalp wound
and bad bruises.
BELL, W. T., conductor. Hamlet, Ind. head and
arm injured.
BoYcE. MYRTLE, Fort Wayne. Ind. arm in
jured.
BROWN, MRS. J. A.. Whiting Ind. deep cash in
BARBER, F. g.. Rochester Pa, cut and bruised.
COLLINS, MRS. j. c., Valparaiso. Ind, slightly
injured on face.
FENNELL, j., conductor, Fort Wayne, cut on
CoBLE. MRs.A. b., Thinker Ind. face crushed
and bruised in chest; seriously hurt
HARVEY, REv. C., North Webster. Ind, serious
HIGGINS. MRS. FRANK. Fort Wayne, Ind, seri-
HUNT, Miss ELLA, Hecla, Ind, hand and face
JoHNsoN. C. g.. Van Vert, o., leg and arma
sprained and hands cut.
RITZENBERGER. J., Van Vert. o., shoulder
broken and back sprained.
KoCHER, Mrs. LOUISE, Huntington, Ind, cut
McGILI, W. NJ, Nashville, Tenn, internal in
ORR. W. P. Piqua, o.. head cut and body
bruised.
ORR, MRS. W. p, Piqua, O., scalp wound; heI
grandchilc seriously injured.
PETERSON, JOHN, postal clerk, Warsaw, Ind.
two ribs broken; many bruises
PETERSON, MRS. JOHN warsaw, lnd.' seriously
injured.
PUGH. JAMES A., Chicago. injured on head
RABER. s. D., Laud, Ind, badly bruised and
shaken.
RADCLIFFE, G. o., Pierceton, Ind, slightly
hurt.
RADCLIFFE. Mrs. @. O.. Pierceton. slightly
hurt.
SANDERS. Miss CLARA. Van Vert. o.. hand
soPER, MRS CHRISTIAN. Columbia City, Ind,
leg broken. internalinjuries. will die.
STRAYER. MISS SUE T.. Degraff. o., cuts
head and face.
sToTrLER, MISS LIZZIE, Larwill. Ind, back In
jured and head bruised.
WHITE r.. Eaton, o., leg broken.
WHITE. DIR. A. R., Laud, Ind, badly cut on
head and large cash In left temple
WINEGAgDNRR, 5. f., badly bruised on side or
YOUNG, DIR. j. W., Fort Wayne. leg and two
ribs broken.
The wounded were brought to Fort
Wayne, where they will be cared for at
their homes OF at the hospital.
Superintendent G. ID. Law went TO the
wreck with corps of surgeons. and stated
that he had examined the wreck. The
that the right forward tire of the
driving wheel on engine No. ia broke
In two Just before the locomotive reached
the Dr1Uge. f1ah the tire rOlleu OH anu
struck the bridge. The pounding of the
bridge broke the rail but did not throw it
out of place until after the locomotive,
mail, express. baggage and emoking cars
had passed over. The last two coaches
jumped the track but were kept from rum
ming off the bridge by the iron girder rail
which is laid on all our bridges in case of
just such accidents as this. When the de-
rallied coaches reached the end of the
bridge, the wreck shows they ran OFF sc
an angle until they ran down the
bank. As soon as engineer Turner dIscov-
cred something was wrong he shut off
steam. He put on the air brakes but tho
momentum of the train was such that he
could not stop on the bridge. Had it been
possible to stop on the bridge no one would
have been burtn
Pennsylvania Conductor Killed.
Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
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