The herald., 1897-03-11
Make Railroad Travelling Dam
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A HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE
Results From wasIout on a. Isdiaas
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Five People Killed and nany refs MSnsIed.
An Express Train Looted by Rsb.
bsss In Georgia

Associated Press Special Wire
PRINCETON, Ind, March 10.-One OF
the worst railroad wrecks that has oc-
Cured in this vicinity for many years
happened today at 8 o'clock, to the Pitts
burg and Nashville limited southbound,
over the Evansville and Terre Haute
railroad, one mile north of Hazelton.
The train was made up Of an engine In
charge of Engineer John K. McCutchan
and Joseph Bowman, fireman; a combi-
nation baggage and mail car. smoker,
ladies' coach and one sleeper. The en-
gine went over the embankment, falling
a distance of fifteen feet into six feet Of
water. The smoker was telescoped by
the baggage car and the ladies' car and
sleeper remained on the track. The en-
gineer says he was running twenty-five
miles an hour and when he approached
the washout saw nothing but a very
small hole. The engine passed oyer it
and went down the embankment.
The dead are:
George A. Seers, conductor.
Joseph Bowman, fireman
Three passengers, names unknown.
The injured are:
John X. M'Cutchan, engineer; bruises
received by jumping.
John B. Baueiss. brakeman; horribly
mashed and otherwise bruised.
All the passengers in the smoker are
supposed to have been killed. Four
persons besides Conductor Seers were
seen in the smoker as 1t broke loose
and rolled down the embankment and
fioated OFF in the current.
Harry ]. Hill. the baggageman, was
the only member Of the train crew that
escaped unhurt.
The only passengers who went down
in the wreck whose identity can be
traced was travelling man representing
w. B. Phillips of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Herbert Allen, doorkeeper in the
late Indiana legislature, was in the
wreck and was probably killed.
Where the wreck occurred today FIVE
trains had passed over the same place
within the hour, and the roadbed had
been pronounced In good condition by
the different crews that has passed the
scene of the wreck. A track walker
had also passed over the same route
SHOEtly OClOIc tHC tL0Iu WCAt uOWAs
The track at the point Of the washout
was still intact and dark water filled the
space formerly occupied by the embank-
ment.
McCutchan did not realize that danger
was ahead and as the engine went on to
the unsupported rails the monster piece
Of mechanism plunged down and beneath
the water. 1t 10 believed that six per-
sons were killed and 1t is known that
five actually perished.
Brakeman Baueiss was pinned in
the smoker by the broken timbers Of the
car. His head remained above water
and for Ave hours men tried to rescue
him. His sufferings were terrible and
he begged that some one take an AK
and cut off his head. Finally the water
undermined the car and released him.
and as he was dragged from his position
the car f1oated away.
Brakeman Baldwin received several
cuts and bruises, as did also Harry Hill.
express messenger.
The wreck and other damage along
the line from floods have again caused
a suspension Of traffic on the entire
system.
Yesterday was the first day trains had
passed over the entire road since the rec
cent floods. A wrecking train and 200
employees Of the line were sent out to-
day to repair damages.
AMONG THE MISSING
FORT WAYNE. Ind, March 10.-The
only travelling man on the road for w.
B. Phillips g. Co of this city is H. w.
Lange, So years old and married. Mr..
Lange left here yesterday morning for
Richmond, Ind.
ONLY ONE MISSING
CHICAGO, March 10.-The following
dispatch was received at the office of
the Evansville and Terre Haute rail-
road in this city at 5 o'clock from Presi-
dent Barlow:
The injured passenger IL named Hen
derson. from Kokomo. Ind. He is only
slightly injured about the legs. We
have located all Of our passengers but
Mr. Allen Of Adamsville, Ind. and an un-
known man We feel that they are lost.
If so then we have lost two Of our men
and two passengers.
A TRAIN ROBBERY.
LOUISVILLE. March 1o-A special
from Birmingham. Ala, says: The
express train on the Louis
willie and Nashville road. due at Louis
VILE at noon, Wednesday was held UP
by six masked men near Calera Tuesday
morning. At water tank In the woods
two men boarded the engine. covered
the engineer and fireman with pistols.
and forced them to uncouple the To-
comotive and express car from the re-
mainder Of the train and run forward
half mile. Here four more men were
waiting. The messenger refused to open
the express car The door was broken
open and the messenger covered by pis-
tolls and forced to open the safe. A num-
ber of packages Of money WAS secured.
A posse Is in pursuit Of the robbers, hav-
ing gone from Birmingham on special
train at o'clock this morning.
The Louisville and Nashville officials
say the amount Of booty secured by the
bandits was about $1,000.
THE VALLEY ROAD.
eAN FRANC1sco. March 1o.-Ths