Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-08

0uth last Friday shortly after 6 p. no.
when word was brought that horrible
train wreck had occurred near the
tower, two miles west of the city. The
Pennsylvania local. No. 81, west bound,
ran into construction train, which
train engine was pushing the csboose
in front of it, and in this csboose were
six wOrkmen who were the victims of
the awful disaster. This train was
coming down the east side of the
Donaldson hill at full speed when 1t
met the local freight.
The result of the wreck Is here told:
HOWARD p. COMPTON, conductor
on the construction train, who made his
home at Ft Wayne, but whose parents
live at Larwill, was killed instantly,
both legs being cut off and otherwise
horribly mangled. He was 35 years of
age and unmarried. His brother, An
drew J. Compton, of Ft. Wayne, came
Saturday and after Undertaken
Bunnell had prepared the corpse for
burial, took it Larwill, where interment
occurred at p. 10. Sunday.
JOSEPH HCLIFFORD, a construction
man, and son of Contractor Clifford,
was instantly killed. The BODY was
brought to Undertaken Bunnell and
prepared for burial. Contractor Cliff
ford came and took the body to Y slpa-
raisO Saturday. The young man
was % years of age and had been mar
ried about one year. He and Mrs Cliff
ford have resided at Bender's Boarding
house during the summer.
CHAS. COVER, construction man of
Valparaiso, aged 23, had one leg cut off.
He was brought to the office of BortOn
and Aspinsll, where he was at
tended by DIR. Aspinsll and
DIR. Preston. He died at IL p. NJ.
His body was dressed and sent TO
Valparaiso on the early morning train.
Injured.
F. WORDEN, a brakeman of Fort
Wayne, received crushed foot. His
wounds were dressed by DIR. AspinslI
and DIR. Preston and he was sent to his
home in Ft. Wayne. He will recover.
MEDE LOGAN, of this city, was in
the csboose and was lying down at the
time of the accident. This fact doubt
less accounts for the fact that he is
alive today. When the two trains
came together be was pitched through
the door and under the tender of the
engine. While IN this position the cold
water poured out of the engine upon
him. He was taken from the wreck
and brought to his home on West
CAIRO street. His neck was hurt some
and his back wrenched. He perhaps
suffered most from the effects of the
cold water. The physicians say that 1t
was very difficult to get him warmed
up. He was unable to get out of bed
Saturday morning.
SCHUYLER GREGG, Of Plymouth,
received a fractured collar bone and
his back was wrenched somewhat. He
was brought TO his home in West Plym-
outh. His injuries are not serious.
DIR. Kaiser and DR. Borten went i'm
mediately to the scene of the wreck
and aided In giving relief to the injured.
Particulars of Wreck.
The local train was in charge of Con-
ductor Lenfesty and Engineer Frank
Simonson. Fireman Flickenger was
also in the cab. How the enginemen
of both engines escaped instant death
is a miracle.
The scene of the accident is forty five
car lengths west of the o. NJ. tower,
which is two miles west of Plymouth
on the east eide of what is known as
the Donaldson hill. The Pennsylvania
company have been making extensive
improvements near the hill and Con-
tractor Clifford was in charge Of the
work. 1t was in connection with this
WORK that they were on the tracks at
the time the wreck occurred. The
local was running at full speed and, be-
sides having her engine derailed and
pretty badly used up, she had eight cars
derailed. The dead men were literally
buried under the wrecked csboose and
it was some time before they were
located. Some of the injured men
were also pinned beneath the debris.
The wrecking car was rushed to the
scene as soon as possible and later a
special train was made up and some of
the company's officials and Drs. StomeD
and McOscar, of Ft. Wayne, FASTENED
to Plymouth on 1t.