The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-03-13
COSTLY AND FATAL
Disastrous Wreck en- the Evans
vile 81 Terre Haute Railroad
Caused by Break In the tioadbcd diving to
oyorfowing Waters Futile Attempt of
the Railroad Omcials to Suppress the
News The Killed and Injured

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 10.-The
Chicago and Nashville limited passen-
ger train, south-bound from Chicago,
was wrecked this morning at 1890
o'clock at d point one mile south Of
Hazelton, Ind, and 81 miles south Of
Evansville, on the Evansville & Terre
Haute road. 1t was very difficult
matter to secure accurate information,
as the railroad officials were unusually
reticent and refused Evansville and
Hazelton newspaper men transporta-
ton to the scene of the wreck. The
latest and most reliable report is that
five men We're killed and two seriously
injured, as follows!
The Killed.
Herbert Allen, 81 this city, head
janitor state house, caught in the
smoking car and drowned,
Joseph Boleman, of Evansville, loco
motive fireman.
John Sears, Of Terre Hautc, con-
ductor.
Two unknown men.
The Injured.
Brakeman Haueisen, of his city, and
j. b, Henderson, brother of ex-State
Auditor Henderson, Both are Sc
riously injured, but they will recover.
They are at house near the scene of
the wreck
The accident was the result Of the
heavy rains in southern Indiana since
Saturday. White river, near Hazel
ton, overfowed, and the backwater
washed out fill on which the Evans
Vile e Terre Hautes tracks are laid.
All trains were running on slow or
ders, as the roadbed was known to be
in bad condition.
When the Cannon BALI train
reached the fill this morning the en-
bankment suddenly gave way, and the
engine, baggage car and part of the
smoker dropped into about six feet of
water The engine turned over, but
the baggage car remained upright.
The smoker hung over the end of the
track. The sleeper remained on the
track
Engineer John McCutchan escaped
death by jumping, but his fireman,
Boleman, was caught in the cab and
drowned. Conductor Sears, Brakeman
Baldwin, Mr.. Allen and the two un-
known men were in the smoker
Laueisen was near the door. When
the baggage car went down the jar
threw him against seat, injuring one
of his legs. He crawled out the door
and swan a considerable distance to
reach land.
Mr.. Henderson was injured by being
thrown against seat.
Wrecking trains were sent immedi-
htely to the scene, but the railroad
officials are unable to state when traf-
fic will be resumed. The passengers
not injured in the wreck were carried
north to Vincennes; thence over the
Big Four to GRANVILLE; thence south
over the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville
road to Evansville. They are expected
TO arrive here early in the morning,
Sheriff Covert and wife, Miss Ada
Ragon, State Senator LEIGH and wife
and Representatives Kratz and Pecllin
paugh, of this city, were in the party.
They were in the sleeper of the
wrecked train.
Supt. Corbett, who is at Hazelton,
sent this message to President Barlow
late this afternoons:
II have just seen Mr. VIM. f. Hen
derson, of Kokomo, Ind, and Brake
man Haueisen. They were in the
smoker. They report five people in
the smoker at the time of the accident,
as follows: Conductor Sears, Brakman
Mr.. Henderson and Herbert
Allen (the latter was an employe in the
state house at Indianapolis) and one
man unknown.
Doctors Davenport WOrsham and
Davis advise that HaueiSen and Hen
derson are only slightly injured about
the legs by being caught by the seats.
The other three, with Fireman Bole-
man, are lost
"Dr. Davis, of Deckers, reports the |
lights all burning at the time. Our
men and others from here were in the |
coach at the time and until three min
utes before it went into the stream,
and all corroborate what the doctor
says, and all agree that there were
only five men in the car. am advised |
that Sheriff Covert OF Evansville, just |
went out of the smoking car into the |
ladies' car, and he stated to Engineer |.
Hyde and others that there were five |
7, tha oar. as stated
The trains were all on slow orders, |
md this one was furnished with an
electric headlight
The damage to the roadbeds of the |
Evansville & Terre Haute and the Ev-
lnsville & Indianapolis railroads to
late is estimated at 81, 900, 600,
The action of the Evansville & Terre
Haute officials in attempting to sup
press all news of the wreck is severely |
on all sides. Twelve hours
ifter the accident they refused to ad-
nit that more than two persons were
lilled, although confronted with a veri-
led list Of five. 1t is possible that
more were killed. One report is that
5 collins were purchased at Princeton,
en- miles south of the wreck, by the
1t was reported to the
'ourier at three o'clock this morning
hat an accident had occurred, but the
,ficials denied all knowledge of it.
SYMPATHY FOR GREECE.