The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-03-13
TRACKS GAVE WAY.
Train Wrecked by q Washout
Near Hazelton, Ind
SIX Persons Known 20 Have Lost
Their Lives - Several Others
Are Injured-The Details
OF the Disaster.

OF the DtsnhteF.
Princeton, Ind. March 11.-One of the
most horrible and th-deallng wrecks
which has ever occurred on the Evans
Vile a. Terre Haute road happened
Wednesday morning at three o'clock.
The Chicago and Nashville limited over
the L. a. T. H., south bound, went down
in a washout On the leyee one mile north
OF Hazelton. The train was composed
OF engine o.. in charge of Engineer
John McCucheon and Joseph Bow man,
fireman. II was pulling combination
baggage and mail car, smoker, ladies'
coach and one sleeper. The engine
went over an embankment and fell a
distance of 16 feet in ten feet OF water.
rhe baggage car pitched down head end
first. The smoker was telescoped by
the baggage car. cutting the top of OF
IL. The ladies' coach and sleeper re-
manned on the track.
The damage to the roadbeds of the
Evansville Terre Haute and the Evans
vile 81 indianapolis by the recent rains
and floods to date is estimated at ST.
000, 900.
Engineer McCucheon states that he
was running at about % miles an hour,
ard when he approached the washout
saw nothing but very small hole. The
engine passed over ii and went into the
ditch. The trainmen and other parties
killed and injured are as follows:
Herbert Allen. one of the doorkeepers
OF the state legislature, whose home is
in Evansville. was killed.
George A. Seis. conductor, Terre
Haute. killed. He was seen In the
smoker with one arm hanging out OF
window; his body was mangled, but
could not be rescued. The body with the
ear fioated down the river distance of
about 500 yards, and sank out OF sight.
Joseph Bowman. Evansville. fireman,
Is buried somewhere beneath the en-
CINE in the water. No one has seen
him, and Engineer McCucheon states
he remembers Of seeing him jump just
rs the engine pitched over the bank.
Three passengers dead. names un-
known. bodies foated away with the
wreck.
Engineer John X. McCucheon. Evans
Vile. says that he was thrown out of the
cab in some manner. he does not know
how. Both Of his legs were scalded
slightly, his right arm was bruised and
scslded, cash cnt in his neck several
inches in length and his face badly
bruised.
John Il. IIaueisen. Evansville. brake
man, foot badly mashed.
All the passengers in the smoker are
supposed to be killed. There is a wide
difference in opinion as to the number
thatwere in the conch. The ladies' coach,
which had been lying crosswise on the
track. went into the torrent OF water
during the afternoon by a cave-in. The
emily passenger whose identity can be
traced is n travelling man, name un-
known, representing w. b. Phillips, OF
Fort Wayne. selling ladies' fine shirt
waists. His grip and telescope, pair of
gloves and card bearing the above i'm
formation were found near the wreck
Back water from the river had risen
mp 10 within few feet Of the roadbed,
which is on very high embankment
of the levee. Other trains had passed
over this place few hours previously,
and the roadbed was then thought to be
safe This Inflated train crossed the
bridge and was running about 25 miles
an hour. when suddenly the embank-
ment gave away under the train, pre-
ciptating the engine and the combina-
ton mail and baggage and the smoker
into the ditch. In an instant the water
from upstream rushed with terrific
force through the break. tearing the
lcvee away rapidly.
The mail car went down end first and
the smoker plunged under II. The
wrecked smoker sank from view sew
eral hundred yards from the track and
The bodies in that car cannot be recov-
cred until the water recedes. The la
dies coach WINS derailed. but did not
turn over, and all the occupants escaped
Ia the sleeper on the rear OF the train
and were taken back 10 Vincennes.
All the officials Of the road are here
with about 100 workmen. doing every
thing in their power to save the re-
rnainder OF the levee, which Is in great
danger OF being washed entirely away.
Carload after carload OF sand in bags is
being placed on the east side. Waves
Is and 20 feet high leap through the
breach, and all the sand bags that can be
secured seem 10 be OF no effect In stop
ping the washing. Present Indications
are that IL will be several days before
traffic can he resumed over this place.