The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-07

brought i'm. DR.. Kaszer went with
DIR. Borton to the wreck to render
emergency aid. Undertaken Bunnell
received the dead at the station with
the ambulance, which was also used to
transport the wounded to Dr. Borton s
office. On the first trip of the relief
train Mead Logan, Schuyler Gregg
and Fred Worden were brought to the
city.
Mr.. Logan was suffering from a
sprained back, bruised thigh and neck
and confused nose. He was sent to
his home on West CAIRO street and is
getting along nicely, though he ex-
periences much pain.
Schuyler Gregg sustained fracture
of the collar bone and severe bruises
i'm the back. He was also sent home
and no serious consequences are antic-
ipated.
Fred Worden, age %, has COM
pound fracture of the right leg at the
ankle. He was sent TO his home in
FIT. Wayne on special late in the
evening and will readily recover.
Onthe second trip Charles Courier, or
Croyer, age "a, who was fatally injured,
was brought in. He had been crush
ed by a beam across his abdomen, his
right leg was mashed TO a pulp and
was taken off by the physicians and
he was injured internally. He died
from shock at DR.. Borton IS office at 10
O'Clock and his body was taken in
charge by Mr.. Bunnell. The same
train brought the bodies of Joseph
Clifford, age %, and Howard p. Comp
ton, age SO, both of whom had been
killed instantly, and they were taken
to Runnell's morgue. The bodies of
Clifford and Courier were taken to
Valparaiso early in the morning and
that of Compton to Larwill at 1923,
in charge of his brother.
William Van Buskirk, age %, fire.
man on the freight engine, and Charles
Martin, age %, brakeman on the
freight, were injured, but not serious
ly, and were sent to Fort Wayne in
the evening with Worden.
Joseph Clifford was the son of John
Clifford, one of the contractors on the
railroad. He and hisyoung wife have
boarded at Mrs. John Bender's during
the summer and had just rented the
Ryder residence on Walnut street, in
tending to move in Immediately. At
the time the accident occurred Mrs.
Clifford was at the station waiting for
her husband. They had planned to
attend the concert at the opera house
in the evening. She overheard some
men talking of the wreck and one of
them said "Joe Clifford is dead; / saw
his body" She hurried back to the
house, overcome with grief, and spent
the night in moaning. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. NJ. Lauer remained with her
to care for and comfort her. Mr.
Clifford IS brother was at the station
when the body arrived and his sorrow
affected all who saw him. The dead
man was universally loved by his as
sociates.
DR.. BortOn said that in his expert
ence of many years in Plymouth this
disaster is the worst that ever came
under his observation in this vicinity.
1t is the most horrible and the blood
lest. Mr.. Logan said he was half re-
Ginning on a seat in the caboose.
There were five men inside and Two
on the platform. The first he knew
some one called ssEook Quit" and t1at
instant the shock came He picked
himself up from the mass of ruins and
found that he was too badly hurt to
help the others. Compton was not
standing in the door, but was sitting
in the east end of the caboose; he may
have jumped to his feet when the
alarm was given and thus reached the
door in time to be struck.
The FIT. Wayne wreck train arrived
at o'clock and in half an hour had
the sidetrack at the Summit cleared
for the passage of trains, several of
which were blOckaded on both sides of
the wreck. The westbound passenger
train, No. 9, was held here three hons.
In the morning the mass of debris
was gathered up and burned. In
clearing away the wreckage portions
of Comptom's body were found.
Compton was unmarried and Courier
is said to have been married but a
short time. Scion Lenfesty, formerly
of Plymouth, was conductor of the
freight In and Ed Haslanger was
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