The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27


Wreck.
LAPORTE, Sept. Especial. - Prob
ably the worst wreck which has ever oc-
CURED in this part of the state took
place at 5:45 o'clock this morning at
Kingsbury, six miles south Of this city,
on the New wabash extension road. 1t
was a head-end collision between fast
west-bound passenger and an east-bound
freight.
The passenger, an extra, running as
a second section Of No. So. left the depot
last night at 10 o'clock. heavily loaded
with passengers. 1t is due at Kingsbury
at $50 a. m, but owing to the heavy
traffic was this morning fifteen minutes
late. Freight No. 90. east-bound, arrived
at Kingsbury and there received orders
to side-track and allow the two Sec
tions of the passenger train TO pass. The
engineer complied with the order and the
first section Of the passenger passed in
safety, but through some misunderstand-
ing about the approach of the other sec
ton Freight Brakeman Herbert Thomp-
son of Ashley, this state, was ordered
forward to throw the switch that the
freight might pull out on the main track
and proceed eastward.
The switch Was Opened.
Suddenly, after throwing the switch
and before the freight had gotten into
motion, the second section of No. So
doomed up ahead. running at the rate of
forty-fve miles an hour. Before the
switch could be thrown back into posi-
ton the engine Of the on-coming train
struck the switch, ran into the side
track and with a mighty roar and thug,
crashed into the engine of the freight
The engine telescoped the smoker and
one day coach, tearing and cutting the
sleeping cargo of human beings in an
awful and notwithstanding manner The
second day coach was twirled lengthwise
across the track and was balanced on
top of the debris of the forward cars.
There were two sleepers attached. The
head one crashed into the forward coach
and for the length Of three berths was
torn to atoms. The sleeping passengers,
six in number, in that portion of the car
were all badly injured, but none killed
outright. In the sleeper and the first
day coach took place scenes which would
have moved even the coolest hearts. Per-
sons who were asleep were only awakened
to be caught by the cruel timbers Of the
doomed train and the life crushed out
Of them. Others were thrown forward
by the shock and quickly caught and
crushed backward by the demolished end
OF the car.
Dead and Injured.
Those who met death were:
]. H. McKENNA, butcher, Hyde Park,
Mass.
HENRY FRENCH. boy. London. En-
gland.
CHARLES BIRBE. teamster, San Fran
cisco.
Miss ALICE H. REED. East Boston,
Mass.
Miss NELLIE B. TUCKER, Newton,
Mass.
]. E. CoULTAs. conductor of passen-
ger train, Detroit.
JOHN GREEN. engineer Of passenger
train. Ashley. Ind.
w. G. RIDER, Phoenix, Arfz, baggage
man, employee of Wabash road.
Mrs. e. w. BURBANKs. New Orleans.
H. C. ZELLE, emigrant, just from
Germany, bound for Marysville, Cal.
Unknown man.
Those injured are:
Frank p Dow. Brooklyn. N. Y, face
cut.
Miss NJ. A. Kelly, Brookline. Mass,
head cut and wrist broken.
Otto H. Euck, Hamburg, Germany,
back sprained and internal injuries.
]. H. vallSinney. Ashley. Ind. fireman
of the passenger train. internal injuries;
many deep and painful cuts about the
body.
H. w. Rider. Phoenix, Ariz.. face cut,
back hurt and internal injuries.
Willie Evans, London, England. legs
broken.
Fireman Barber of the freight train.
badly scalded.
Frank Damron. Chicago. Fifty-first-st.
and Cottage Grove-ave.. arm broken;
member Of the worlds fair bureau.
Mrs. Z. Dorgan. Audrienne. Pa,
hands hurt.
Mrs C. Roundy. La Noble. Ia. leg
broken.
C. s. Hodgson. Dover. N. H.. back
bruised -