Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
ITCOST FIVE LIVES
Spreading Rails on a Railway
in Ohio.
SEVERAL OTHERS VERY BADLY HURT

Including Ryan. of the Chicago Base Ball
Club - Kittridge Also Injured-A Big
Four Train Takes a Sixty-Foot Plunge
at DanviIie. Ills. Causing One Death
Four Drowned in Maine-Railway Cross
ing Slaughter.
CLEVELAND, Aug. Train No. 9 Of the
Lake Shore railroad left here for Chicago
Oh time. The train was composed Of
three coaches. three baggage cars and five
sleepers. 1t left Fremo ont. O.. ten minutes
late and was running at 4 high rate OF
speed for Toledo When the train was
about ten miles out of Fremont at small
station called Lindsey the sleeping cars
left the track and crashed into freight
train that was waiting on a siding for the
passengers train to pass, The first part OF
the train got by in safety, but the sleeping
cars rolled over the ties some distance.
finally swerved from their course and hit
the engine of the freight train with
tremendous forcs.
Five Victims Dead or Will Die.
Tht sleeping cars were practically re-
duced to kindling wood and that any one
escaped is miracle. The following per.
sons were killed outright: L. Lafferty,
engineer of the fle.ght train. Elyria. o..
Charles Spaine, brakeman of the freight
train, Clayville, \. y; - Robertson,
porter of the sleeping car Buffalo"
The following were seriously injured:
Professor b. II. Emerson. of Amherst col.
lege. Gloucester, Mass, will die; - Pei
NOM, porter of the sleeping car "Orinoco,"
will die, residence unknown; j. b. Hamil-
ton, Pittsburg. Pa, Injured internally;
Bruno kniftier, Cleveland, o., injured
about the head; a. II. West, Chicago;
- Stevens. porter, residence not known;
James Ryan, center fielder of the Chicaco
base ball club, badly cut about the head
and body; NJ kittredge, catcher Chicago
base ball club badly cut about the head
A score Slightly Hurt.
When the train crew aud citizens of the
little town began to remove the wreckage
TO -elease the injured and recover the dead
their efforts We're expedited by the groans
that came from all parts OF the debris.
Many people were buried in the wreck and
were not seriously injured Their hurts
consisted principally OF bruises and
scratches, and 1t was not hard task TO
free them from the beams that held them
10 the earth. They were taken care of by
the town physicians and were ready to re-
sumo their journey by the time the train
started on its way again to Toledo. Per-
haps fifteen or twenty were more or less
hurt in that way whose names were not
given to the local authorities. Deeper n
the wreck were the dead and more serious
ly hurt, and it was many hours before the
former were recovered, it requiring a
wrecking crew to do this.
The UnIucky Base Ball Players.
The injured Jared better but when Prof.
Emerson and the porter, Pelmonn, were
found it was evident that the physicians
could not help them Emerson's chest was
| fearfully crushed. The members of the
| Chicago Base Ball club were in the Cleve-
| land sleeper. which was the last on the
train, and to that fact they owe much OF
| their immunity from more serious injury,
| AS it was, Ryan, the center fielder of the
club, and Kittredge, the hest catcher, were
| cut badly and bled profHsely. Other mem.
bers of the team were bruise and cut, but
not so as to interfere with the continuance
of their journey.
Spreading Rails Once More.
A special train left Toledo soon after the
| report of the accident with the Lake Shore
| officials on board to make a thorough ex
| animation of the track and ascertain what
caused the wreck. The only theory given
is that the rails spread and let the heavy
sleeping cars through to the ties. The re
mainder of the train passed the bad spot
| in safety, but the sleepers We're well filled
| with people bound for the Worlds fair
and the added weight was too much fol
the poor spot in the track.