Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-07

Chicago Ball Players Among Those
Badly Hurt.
A serious accident occurred on the Lake
Shore road near Lindsay, Ohio, early yes
terday morning.
The following persons were killed out
right:
E. Lafferty. engineer Of the freight train.
Elyria. Ohio.
Charles Spaine, brakeman Of the freight
train. Clayville. N. Y.
- Roberts, porter Of the sleeping car
Buffalo, residence unknown.
The following persons were seriously in
tured:
Professor 3. H. Emerson, Amherst Col
lege. Gloucester, Mass: viii die.
- Pelmonn. porter Of sleeping car
Orinoco; will die: residence unknown.
]. B. Hamilton. Pittsburg. Pa. injured
internally.
Bruno Knihier. Cleveland. Ohio. injured
about the head.
- Stevens. porter. residence unknown.
James Ryan. center fielder Of the Chicago
base ball club. badly cut about the head
N. Kittridge. catcher Chicago base ball
club. badly cut about the head.
{, OF ra he n
left Cleveland Saturday night for Chicago
on time The train was Of
ers. 1t left Fremont. Ohio. ten minutes
late. and was running at a high rate Of
about ten miles out Of Fremont at a small
station called Lindsay. the sleeping cars
left the track and crashed into a freight
ss to bass on The ' r.s 1s1
the train got by In safety. but the sleeping
cars rolled over the ties some distance.
and finally swerving from their course.
mendous force.
The Scene of the Wreck.
The noise OF the collision aroused the
people in the little town, and they soon sur
rounded the wreck ready to aid the un-
fortunate passengers. whose groans could
be heard amid the noise Of escaping steam
and the pandemonium that followed the de-
structton OF the locomotive.
The sleeping cars were practically re-
duced to kindling wood, and that any one
kilograms were at once sent to Fremont
for medical aid. and a coach left that city
within half an hour, bearing physicians
time the crew, aided by the citizens Of the
little town, began to remove the debris and
ruins that covered the track.
the Victims q, the shs Ds
81 the more seriously hurt were pitiful.
Here and there an arm or a leg protruded.
underneath the shattered timbers told the
sad tale of suffering to the anxious work.
ers.
wreck were not seriously injured Their
hurts consisted principally Of bruises and
scratches. and it was not a hard task to
them TO the earth. they were taken care care
of by the town physicians, and were ready
to resume their Journey by the time the
Perhaps fifteen or twenty were more or
less hurt in that way, whose names were
not given to the local authorities. Deeper
riously hurt.
Removing the Dead.
The three who were killed outright by
the collision were not removed from the
ruins until o'clock yesterday morning.
They were buried under the engine, and II
was impossible to do anything to aid them
until a wrecking train had arrived from
Norwalk. a nearby station.
ter. Pelmonn, were extricated after q
long struggle with the heavy iron braces
and timbers of the sleeping ca, and they
were at once taken to houses in the village.
Professor Emersons case was hopeless
from the start, his chest being crushed be-
yond possibility OF recovery. Last night
the same condition, with no prospects of
living.
The members Of the Chicago Baseball
was the last ON the train, and to that fact
they owe much of their immunity from
more serious injury. AS II was, Ryan, the
centerfelder of the club. and Kittridge, the
best catcher, were cut badly and bled pro-
fusely. Other members Of the team were
bruised and cut, but not SO as to interfere
with the continuance of their journey.
The last of the debris was not removed
from the track until noon. 1t Is now clear
and trains are running as usual. special
train left Toledo soon after the report of
the accident with Lake Shore officials on
board to make a thorough examination of
the track, and ascertain what caused the
wreck.
The only theory given is that the rails
spread and let the heavy sleeping cars
train passed the bad spot in safety. but
the sleepers were well filled with people
bound to the worlds fair, and the added
the track. The freight engine was totally
demolished and rolled over on its side from