The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-26
FAST TRAIN WRECKEJ
SERIOUS ACCIDENT on THE SANTA
FE, NEAR SHOEMAKER. \. VI.
Collision Between Chicago Limited
and Frcight-TwO Postal Clerks
kiiled-Many People Hurt.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 25.-General Man
ager Frey received word tonight OF head
end collision that occurred just east of
Shoemaker, y. NJ, between the east-bound
Chicago limited-and freight train. The
trains met on a sharp curve. Both engines
were destroyed. The mail car was thrown
on top of an engine and baggage car, and
one coach is upside down in the river.
About twelve passengers were more or less
seriously injured. Engineer Bourne, of the
Flyer" and the postal clerk are missing.
The injured passengers are being taken to
Las Vegas Hospital. and wrecking crews
have started from Ration and Las Vegas
TO clear the way and repair about six hun
dred feet of track which was torn up. The
accident happened about o'clock this aft
ernoon. Shoemaker is about the third sta
tion east OF Las Vegas.
Later-Two persons were killed, two in
jured so that they may die and seventeen
others received injuries more or less Sc
rious The dead are:
H. G. RUSSELL, postal clerk, instantly
killed
+. d. PITNEY. postal clerk. died shortly
after the accident from his injuries.
The injured are:
BENTON CUNNINGHAM. newsboy. of
Zeley, Kan; will de.
j. NJ. ROBB, freight conductor, badly in
jured and scalded Will probably die.
ZII4ER, San Francisco.
d. d. FULLER, Sedalia, Mo-. head hurt
and knee bruised; slightly scalded-
JOHN MACKIN. Chicago.
TEODORIO MAI.DONADO, wife, daugh-
ter and two children. Wagon Mound. " VI.
A. ID. MrNROE. Cripple Creek. Col.
GEORGE ANTON. Santa Fe. n. NJ
JOE COIN. I.eavenworth. Kan, slight
bruises and scalp wound.
j. r. MURPHY, residence unknown.
slightly bruised.
CONDUCTOR DRURY, of No. 4,
scratched and bruised; injuries moi. serious.
W. X HODGES, fireman of train No. &.
left ankle sprained
ENGINEER BOURNE. of No. 4. arm
broken and body bruised.
j. V. y. GRANGER, head brakeman of
No. %. badly bruised.
j. T. ROBINSON, express messenger. seri-
ously cut on the head and arm; injuries not
serious
w. H. BROWN, chair car porter rib
broken.
Five Men Injured I'm Wreck.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 25.-Early this
morning there was railroad freight wreck
on the PENNSYLVANIA road near Richie o..
twenty miles east of this city. No one was
killed, but five men were more or less In
jured The train parted and came together
with crash. breaking open several cars
of grain. The injured men are: Conductor
| j. j. a. Herring and fiagman $. Waass, OF
Fort Wayne: j. Il. Weber. of Decatur o.;
y. C. Vance. of Martins Ferry, o.. and =
A. Wilson, Of Mareneo. o. When the crash
came Herring was thrown through the ca
boose window, his left arm and wrist being
| badly injured by the fall Flagman Waass
| at the time sitting in the cupola of the
| caboose. and was thrown violently TO the
| floor Three ribs were broken by the fall
| and he was also injured about the head
! and arms. Weber, Vance and Wilson were
| drovers in charge of the stock. They were
| able Ito continue their journey. Waass
| and Herring were brought to this city or
the limited and conveyed to their homes.
Engineer and Fireman Killed.
JACKSON. Tenn.,s Nov. Pa passenger
train. north-bound, due here at about II
o'clock ran into a box car which had been
blown on to the track at Lamar. Miss. and
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