The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-01
MANGLED in A WRECK
TWO CARLOADS OF ExCURSIONISTs
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Two Dead, n Dozen Seriously Injured
Hurt-Left the Track Mt a Curve.

ROCHESTER. N. Y, April ao-Two per-
sons were killed, more than a dozen serious
ly injured and fifty less seriously hurt as
the result of wreck at PAS O'Clock this
afternoon on the Rochester & Lake Ontario
Railroad, better known as the Bay Rail-
road. at Rosenbaur's Corners. about one
half mile north Of the city line, when two
cars of an excursion train filled with pas
sengers left the track while rounding a.
curve at full speed and were completely
wrecked.
The Dead
JOHN HELBERG. aged twenty, died at
homeopathic Hospital.
UNKNOWN MAN, died after being re-
moved from the wreck.
Seriously Injured
j. TIERNEY, aged twenty-four, at the
ii JULIA SULLIVAN. eighteen. fractured
GEORGE BRAssER, thirty-six. COM
pound fracture of forearm.
EMIL sTEINGRABER. twenty-three
OTTO HAHNKE. twenty-one. both legs
badly bruised and bones of right hand
WILLIAM GoRMAN. twenty-five, severe
scalp wound.
EMIL SCHRAM, eighteen. small bones of
right foot broken.
JOHN BRIESHALI.. twenty-four, COM
pound fracture of right leg.
EMMA TUEFEL,. seventeen, nose broken
JAMES LOMBARD. internal injury; may
prove fatal.
j. F. MOORE.
III. l.. BORIE.
OSCAR DORSCHAL.
WILLIAM DOERRER.
c. r. HINEHART.
CHARLES WERNES.
JOSEPH ZIMMER.
The two latter are very seriously injured
and may die. The slightly injured and who
were able to go to their homes are: Chas
Darrow, back Injured and face CUT A E.
Burnham, head cut and both legs bruised
Henry Koehlin, back injured Valentine
Lochner, injured about chest and back;
John Russinger. back and head injured :
Henry Rosenthal, left leg hurt; Frederick
Goldsworth, side Of face cut and left shoul-
der injured; Charles Nachaler left leg
bruised; John III. Fredericks, both legs in
jured: John Fleming. arms bruised Fred
erick Scheleber. back and legs injured: AL
bert Lippens, back injured; Fred j. Wehner
right hand crushed; w. s. Woodruff. left
arm bruised; John De Roller, left side in
jured; Joseph Hicks, of the Rochester Rail-
way Company, face cut and badly bruised |;
Mrs. Joseph Hicks, injured internally. Be-
sides these at least twenty-five were cut
about the face and otherwise injured. They
went home without giving their names.
The train, which was crowded with ex-
cursionists bound for different points along
the shores OF Lake Ontario in the Ironde-
QUOT bay district. left the bay station in
this city at 2:i1 o'clock this afternoon about
fifteen minutes late. Every seat in the
coaches was filled and large number of
people were standing on the platforms The
train was made up of an engine, one closed
and two open coaches. There is a grade
about one hundred yards from the corner
of North avenue and Ridge road. and when
this grade was reached the speed of the
train increased preceptibly. Down the
grade swept the train, its speed increasing
constantly. When the far curve was
reached the engine rounded it with startling
rapidity. Next TO the engine was the closed
carriage, divided into compartments, and
when 1t reached the curve 1t veered over to
the north and rode around the curve on the
left wheels. 1t had gone but part of the
bend in the track when ii left the track and
shot straight ahead. There was a sudden
crash as the couplings between the engine
and coach were severed, and then the coach
again veered over and plowed through the
earth for several feet before dropping on
its side.
When the first coach left the track the
engine sped on down the track and the
other coaches were forced off the track.
The closed coach. which was overturned
had partition which divided the front part
from the rear The front apartment was a
smoking compartment In IL were several
men and standing in the entrance were two
women and little girl. These were thrown
into jumbled mass over against the roof
OF the car. and were pinioned under the
seats and the partition in the car. which
was torn in splinters.
John Hilberg was standing on the plat
form between the second and third cars
when the crash came and was caught be-
tween the two cars and crushed to death.
His body was removed with great difficulty
and sent 10 the morgue.
The work of rescue was energetically car
ried on and as soon as each sufferer was
taken out he was sent TO the hospital Am
balances had been quickly summoned from
the city. The ambuances carried extra
doctors so that the wounded were quickly
! attended 10.