The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-27
An Express Train Crashes Into Freight
While Going Mt Terrific Speed and
o Terrible Wreck Follows
Twelve Persons Killed %%
and n Score Badly
wounded.

tion OF the fast express came west at
the rate of fifty-fve miles an hour, and
bufore the brakeman could turn the
switch, dashed into the side track and
collided with the freight train. The
wreck was complete, and the houses
for miles around are filed with the
dead and wounded. The list OF killed
Is as follows:
J. H. McKenna, Hyde Park Mass
Harry French, i3-years.old, member OF or.
phans bell ringers, London, Eng
Charles Birbee, San Francisco
Miss Alice H Reed East Boston, Mass
Miss Nellie b Tucker Newton, Mass
Condustor James Coulter, Of passenger train
Engineer John Green, Ashley, Ind, of passen-
ger train
Warren C. Rider, Phoenix. AriZ
II G. Seile, Berlin, Germany.
Baggagemaster Lyons, passenger train
L. D. Roundy, Lamoille, 10
The injured are:
Mrs E. X Burbank, New Orleans, arms and
one leg broken, jawbone fractured; will die.
Williams Adams, Il years old, London, En-,
gland, both legs broken and injured internally;
will die.
Miss Hattie Hutchins, PhoniI, Ariz, bruised
about head and injured internally; recovery
doubtful.
Firemap Barber, OF Ashley on passenger train.
leg broken and severely burned; recovery is
doubtful
H. J. vutkenoy, fireman on freight train,
burned md soalded about head and breast; may
die
William J. Haskins, IL years old, London,
England, compound fracture OF right leg left
shoulder broken: recovery doubtful
Edward Rush, 10 years old, London, bruised
npout the body, head cut
SVEN Canneld, Ironwood, Mich, bruised
about head and shoulder dislocntod
Mrs L Canheld, Ironwood, Mich, left arm
broken, shoulder dislocated and head badly cut
1t was the worst wreck the Wabash
road has ever had. To add TO the hor-
rors OF the terrible collision the boiler
Of the passenger engine blew up, scat
tering human bodies and car wreckage
in all directions. The Toronto and
Montreal express was due in Chicago
at 7:i5 q. m. and does not stop at this
station. The freight train lay here on
s:ietrack 10 allow the express to
pass. Ten minutes later the accident
had occurred and the most frightful
scenes were transpiring. The passen-
ger engine and the freight locomotive
collided at full speed and the two ma
chimes lay jammed together, their boil
ers meeting end TO end.
The force of the collision drove the
freight engine back against the box
cars, completely demolishing the first
three. The passenger engine was par
TALLY stopped by the collision and the
baggage car, smoker, day coach and
one sleeper were tclescoped. The rest
of the coaches piled up on top Of each
other in a tangled mass of wood and
iron and the passengers, who were
nearly all asleep, awoke TO meet an
awful death, serious injuries, or wit
ness the undesirable suffering Of
their less fortunate companions. The
boiler Of the passenger engine exploded
and hurled debris in every direction, a
pair of trucks were torn apart and
each half sent flying in opposite direc-
tions. The steam escaped, scalding
the injured who werO unable TO crawl
TO place Of safety.
News Of the accident was received at
the headquarters OF this division of the
road at o'clock and Division Superin-
tendent Gould and trainmaster T.. A.
Timewell were brought 70 the'scene
with wreclsing crew. When they ar
rived, however, the citizens Of Kings
bury had carried away the dead and
injured who could be reached. The
Masonic hall was turned into a morgue
and drays and farmers wagons were
kept busy for two hours hauling the
dead and wounded TO the village, a
mile distant from the depot, where
medical help and nurses were sum-
moned.
There were two sleepers on the train,
the Marion and the Kansas City, tho
former escaped injury, but the front
half OF the Kansas City was converted
into kindlingwood by the day coach
which smashed into II. The smoking
car was twisted into heap Of splinters
and few Of the passengers escaped
death or injury. The day coach which
followed was also entirely wrecked by
being hurled against the sleeper.
Division Superintendent Gould ad-
mitted that the freight brakeman, Her
bert Thompson, was TO blame for the
accident. He turned the switch In the
face OF the express and let II 90 on the
side track where the freight train was
standing. How he could make such q
mistake said Mr.. Gould, II can't un.
derstand. The first section had gotten
by all right, then he ran back TO the
switch and, in spite Of the fact that
the other section was in sight he
opened the switch for the purpose,
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