The record-union., 1897-03-11
A Fatal Accident Occurs on the Evans
vile and Terr0 Haute Road,
Resulting in the Death of Two Train
men and Three Passengers.
A rlan and Woman Shot and Killed
by the Latter's Husband, Who Re-
turned Home Unexpectedly and
Found Them in Compromising
Situation.

EVANSVILLE Qnd), March 10
There was a wreck on the Evansville
and Terre Haute Railroad this morn
ing.
The train known as the midnight
cannon ball' from Chicago ran into
washout near Hazelton. and was
wrecked
The accident occurred on a fifteen
foot embankment along White river.
The engine turned over. the baggage
and express cars followed. The smol-
er and other coaches remained on the
track
Engineer McCutcheon escaped. Fire
man Joseph Bateman of Evansville and
Conductor Sears of Terre Haute were
killed. All the other trainmen and pas
sengers escaped.
LATER PARTICULARS.
CHICAGO. March 10-The following
statement was made to the Associated
Press at 1:25 p. m. blythe officials of
the Evansville and Terre Haute Rail
road: The Evansville and Terre Haute
train No. ., which leaves Terre Haute
at l2:O1 a. m, was wrecked by going
through a trestle at White River bridge
at Dacker, Ind. The engine and bag
gage, mail and smoking cars went into
the river. George Sears of Terre Haute,
Ind, and Fireman Boleman of Evans
vile We're killed"
The casualties reported by the Off
Gals of the road are: Conductor, fire.
man and three passengers, names un-
known. killed
superintendent Corbett of the Evans
vile and Terre Haute Railroad. who
went to the scene of the wreck, wired
President Barlow at , p. m:
Five or six trains passed over the
road up to within an hour of the acci-
dent. The engine, baggage car and
front end of the smoker went over. The
coaches and sleepers, with all the pas
sengers, are safe. The conductor and
fireman were drowned. One brakeman
and one passenger were injured"
This statement is regarded as exact
FIVE PEOPLE WE'RE KILLED.
PRINCETON Qnd.), March 1a-
Later particulars show that the acci-
dent was one of the worst wrecks that
has occurred in this vicinity for many
years The train was made up of an
engine in charge of Engineer John X.
McCutchan,and Joseph Bowman, fire
man, a combination baggage and mail
car, smoker, lady's coach and one sleep
er. The engine went over the embank-
ment, falling distance of fifteen feet
into six feet of water The smoker
was telescoped by the baggage car, and
the lady's car and sleeper remained on
the track. The engineer 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 over it and went down
the embankment.
Dead: George A. Seers, conductor:
Joseph Bowman. fireman; three pas
sengers, names unknown.
The injured: John X McCutchan.
engineer, bruised, received by jumping;
John 3. 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 it broke loose and
rolled down the embankment and float
ed 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 a travelling man represent
ing w. B. Phillips, of Fort Wayne. Ind.
Herbert Allen a doorkeeper in the late
Indiana Legislature, was in the wreck
and was probably killed. He lives at
Evansville.