The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-06
Several of These Are Seriously Hurt
and Fatal Results Are Expected
I'm a Number Of Cases.
BLAME FOR THE OCCURRENCE
1T HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND RAIL
ROAD MEN ARE RETICENT.
Second Accident of the Kind on the
Same Road-StOck Men Injured in
q Collision Near Chicago.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL. Ind, March. 5.-The miners
train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Railroad, conveying about three hundred
workmen from the north mines to Brazil
and vicinity, was wrecked by local
freight train at $50 o'clock tonight. Two
men are known to have been killed and at
least one hundred injured. The list fol-
lows:
Killed
MELVIN EASTER, miner, Brazil; mar
ried; leaves widow and children.
Missing
CHARLES ALBERT. miner. Brazil;
body thought to be in the wreckage.
Seriously Injured
THOMAS BARROwMAN, left leg dis
located: left arm broken.
CHARLES KRAMP, left arm. left leg
and thigh broken, internally injured.
BROWN, badly cut about head,
and back severely sprained.
JOHN DIXON, sprained ankle and back
FRANK KANE. sprained back: inter-
nally injured.
RALPH LUMsDoN. badly cut on the
head.
WILLIAM LUMsDEN. nose broken;
face and head badly cut.
MATTHEW LUMSDEN. head bruised
and jaw broken.
HENRY GORDON. hips sprained.
CRESTON GORDON. back badly
sprained.
JOSHUA HORSFIELD, severe cut above
right eye; head bruised.
CHARLES p. PIERCE, elbow dislocat-
ed; badly cut on the head.
EDWARD McGoRM, spine and hips
bruised and sprained.
THOMAS O'CoNNEbIs bruised head
and chest
MARTIN SHULTZ, breast bruised and
| rib broken: internal injuries feared.
JOHN GAzDA, shoulder dislocated and
wrist broken.
RICHARD WATKINS, spine severely in
jured.
WILLIAM MCINTOSH, engineer of the
freight arm broken and severely bruised
about the head and shoulders.
- SHEEHAN. fireman of the freight.
badly bruised and probably sustained In
ternal injuries.
In addition to the severely injured. at
| least hundred men on the train are
| suffering from less severe hurts.
Many others are severely bruised and
crushed. but the extent Of their injuries
has not been ascertained.
The men were being brought home from
work The engineer had stopped his train
L u
| off some Of the miners, when suddenly To-
| cal freight train No. It's darted around the
| curve and dashed into the rear of the min
| ers' train, crushing the caboose to splin-
| ters and badly smashing two coaches
| loaded with miners. Two more coaches
| were derailed and pield in shapeless mass
| at the foot Of a decline Easter and
| Crampey were instantly killed. Their bod
| les have been recovered. Fully fifty men
were injured, and of these several prob
| ably will die. There may be dead men still
| under the wreckage.
| AS soon as possible after the wreck the
| engine and two of the coaches, filled with
| the uninjured miners and those who were
but slightly hurt were brought to town.
| Then the company sent special train to
| bring in those who had to be handled care
| fully. When the depot was reached the
| waiting rooms were converted into a hos
| pital and the wounded were made as COM
| Portable as possible until vehicles could be
secured to take them home. Every vehicle
| available was employed by the railroad
company for that purpose. All the physi-
| clans here were summoned and cared for
| the wounded rapidly possible. The
| families of the injured were at the depot
| when the train arrived and the cries from
the women and children when they greeted
! their husbands and fathers were Distress
| ing. The men were covered with coal dust
| and the blood flowing from their wounds
| added to the horror of the scene.
The engine of the freight train is lat
| tered almost to a shapeless mass Engi-
| neer William Mcintosh and Fireman Fred
| Sheehan were seriously injured by jump
ing when they saw the impending danger.
AS yet, the blame for the wreck has not
been placed. The place where it occurred is
deep cut in the middle OF sharp curve,
and the fact that there was heavy fog
| made 1t impossible for the engineer even
| to see the lights on the caboose of the min
ers' train until within few yards of 1t.
| The property loss will be heavy. The
wreckage caught fire from a stove turning
over, and the uninjured men fought the
flames desperately to prevent the injured
who were pinioned in the wreck. from be-
succeeded in extlnguishing the fire before
any loss of life occurred. due to this
| cause.
An effort was made to secure a state
ment from some OF the railroad officials.
but they are averse to speak OF the matter.
| A similar accident occurred to the miners
train about three years ago. No lives were
lost, but many men were injured. and the
company was mulcted in heavy damages
before all the claims arising from the
wreck were settled.