The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-15
Coach of an Excursion Train Smashed
by the Locomotive of Another Ex-
cursiOn Train at Crossink
AN ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE
He Failed to Stop His Train as
the Law and Rules Direct.
Fled to the Swamp After the Accident
Woman and Two Girls Killed
While Driving at Buffalo.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14-Engineer Simp
son, of the East Louisiana railroad. is re-
sponsible for frightful accident that oc-
CURED this morning at the crossing OF the
Louisville & Nashville and the Northeast
ern road. about two miles from where the
Louisville & Nashville road leaves Elysian
Fields street-an accident that will in all
probability result in at least one fatality
while a score of passengers on the Louis
Vile & Nashville received severe injuries.
The injured are:
ROBERT CARE. sugar broker. left leg
broken and head cut
A. c. WHILIOW, left knee and hip hurt.
MRS. JULIA MUIR, left leg and ankle
ANDREW LEE, confusion of the neck.
6 c. COURTNEY, head slightly injured.
FRANK ARAMBAT. slightly hurt about
MRS PRANK CARAMBAT, severely in
jured about the side.
ELLA SHARP, niece of Mrs Carambat,
confusion of the neck.
f. J. EVANS. slightly cut about the face.
ID. r. FLEMING, left leg broken
F. T. MDONALD, badly bruised about
the left side of the head and right arm.
r. T. TKEENAN. of Biloxi, slightly
MIR. LEHMAN. severely hurt about the
c. s. CoUNGER, bruised about the body.
MRS. A. S. COSA. badly bruised.
MRS. l.. St'lIS, Dduly DIulSSu.
A son of Gen. A. S. Badger was also
badly hurt. small boy was seriously hurt
about the head. but Immediately after the
wreck he left the scene in charge OF his
father.
The Louisville & Nashville across the
lake. excursion train, consisting Of eight
coaches well loaded with pleasure seekers.
a large proportion being women and chill
dren, pulled out on time. AS the train ap-
preached the crossing Of the Northeastern
tracks engineer Hanley brought his train
to a stop and whistled, as the law requires.
He then gave the signal TO go ahead and
proceeded to cross the tracks of the North
eastern. Before the train had crossed, how
ever, the East Louisiana train, carrying
excursonists TO points in Saint Tammany
parish, with a shrill shrek from its whistle
for down brakes" crashed into the sixth
coach of the Louisville & Nashville. train
The collision threw crowded coach into
the ditch while the attacking engine was
derailed and buried its nose several feet
in the soft mud. All the passengers on the
East Louisiana train were uninjured, except
for the shock of the collision. Not SO with
the coast excursion train, however. Just
before the locomotive struck the sixth coach
several passengers saw il coming and a
escape but before one of the passengers
could reach either platform the approach
ing engine had struck and the coach with
it's living freight was hurled from the tracks
into the ditch. Women and children
shrieked in their terror, while men fought
their way blindly for escape. Seats were
torn up and hurled in every direction by
the force of the collision. After the first
wild panic had subsided, there were heard
piteous means from different quarters of
the wreck, telling Of painful injuries. WILL
ing hands went to work. and within a
short time the wounded passengers had
been taken from the coach and made as
comfortable circumstances would permit.
The greatest indignation and anger pre-
vailed among the witnesses of the collision
against engineer Simpson, who had ruth
lessly disregarded the law requiring him
to stop and had caused the wreck. Inquiry
developed the fact that Simpson had es.
capped TO the swamp. A section foreman on
his hand car brought the news of the oolli-
sion to the city, and the Northeastern off,
Gals dispatched a special train to convey
the injured TO the city.