The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-27
Weight of the Heavy Train Causes
the FIJI To Collapse, the Train
PIunging TO the Bottom.
VICTIMS OF THE CATASTROPHE
SEVERAL ARE INDIANIANs, But
MOST ARE I,IMIGRANTS.
The List So Far as knOwn-Many Per-
sons Injured in wisconsin
wreck-TrOIIey Car Accident.
ecial 20 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind. June 26.-In the wreck of the
Wabash limited passenger train No. nine
miles west of this city half an hour after
last midnight thirteen persons were killed
and forty-five were injured. OF the thir-
teen killed six are men, four are women
and three are infants. But one of these
has been fully identified. All are Italian
cmigrants en- route TO the West OF the
fourteen most seriously injured who are at
the Wabash Railway Hospital two, man
and a woman. are expected to die. Both
are of the emigrant party. The funeral
OF the thirteen dead will take place to-
morrow with services at the Catholic
Church. OF the killed and injured fifty
one were passengers and seven employees
Of the Wabash Railroad. Only a partial
list of the injured is obtainable. as many
who were slightly injured refused to re-
veal their identity.
Killed
FANNIE MUEHLvIC. New York.
TWELVE ITALIAN EMIGRANTS,
names not learned.
injured
H. A. sEARIGHT. Logansport. Ind.
Z. p. CLOUGH. baggagemaster and ex-
press messenger, Toledo. o.
JULIA DE PAPE. st. Louis.
MRS. THOMAS JONES and EARL. her
son. Cedar Springs. Ont.
MIR AND MRS. JAMES RAY. en- route
to Dallas, Tex. I
r. g. BRADSHAW. Fort Wayne. Ind.
A. D. THOMPSON, Peoria. Ill
WALTER LAIDLAw. Wabash. Ind.
CHARLES FLANAGAN, brakeman. To-
ledo.
CHARLES c. VOORHEES,. New York.
JOHN WILKINS. Lafayette, Ind
NICOLA POLASRI. address unknown.
JOHN c. ICKES and son. JOHN F.
1CKES, Fresno, Cal.
ANNIE GRUBER. nine years old. and
LENA, two years old, ST. Louis.
G. A THOMPSON. Pullman porter, Lit
tie Rock. Ark
JOHN MUEHLVIC, Italian, New York.
WILLIAM BRADE. Angola. Ind.
JAMES CRUISE and WIFE, New York.
MARTIN BLYE. Logansport, Ind.
CLARK TAYLOR, Logansport, Ind.
OTTOFF LUKENVILLE, Hoboken, n. ].
CHARLES PARK, coal miner, residence
not known.
MRS. CHARLES PARK and three-year-
old son.
IRENE PARK. two months old
DAVID AGNEW. Greenup. Scotland.
JOHN OMARRO, Italian, New York.
JOSEfA BOZZA, ltailan.
JOSEPH CRUISE. Costergate, Utah
GEORGE s. MILNER, Alton, ILL.,
F. f. BRoWNELL, baggageman. To-
ledo, o.
ITALIAN and WIFE; man probably will
die.
]. B. WOOD, engineer. Logansport Ind.
c. p. HORN. Logansport.
JOHN DERWINNIS. Pittston, Pa.
E ]. CALKINS. Toledo.
ENGINEER BUTLER and FIREMAN
JOHN ADAMS. both OF Peru, slightly In
5ured and will recover.
Two sections OF train No. 3-one coming
from Detroit and the other from Toledo
were consolidated in this city into train
OF eleven cars, making up the flyer for its
journey to St. Louis. 1t consisted of a
combination baggage and smoking car, day
coach. emigrant coach. three chair cars
three sleepers and the private car of Cen
eral Superintendent William Cotter Iron
Mountain Railway. Having left this city
one hour late, the train was speeding west
ward at high rate, when. at point nine
miles west, the engine plunged into wash
out caused by the recent heavy rains. The
culvert which washed out was a stone box
three feet square, under tweaty-five-foot
NIL The water was about five feet above
the opening of the culvert and about 200
feet wide. causing the earth above 10 slide
High water had never been observed before
at that point.
Owing 10 the momentum OF the train
the engine appeared 10 leap nearly across
the abyss. plunged into the soft earth
the opposite side and fell back TO the bot
tom. Engineer Butler and Fireman Ad-
ans were thrown from the cab but not
seriously hurt. The express car and the
first chair car were telescoped. The emf
grant car followed by two other cars. went
down the left side OF the track. and the
first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass
Of debris. It's windows and trucks were
injured The remaining cars also left
their trucks. but were not badly damaged
II was in the emigrant and day coaches
that most of the deaths and injuries oc-
CURED
Heavy foliage lined the banks on both
sides OF the culvert, the approach TO which
.sas over a reverse curve" There was
absolutely no means by which the engine
crew could see the impending danger. In
fact, the engine ran out upon the weak
ened embankment before the track gave
way The night was intensely dark. For
a few minutes after the fatal plunge and
dreadful roar of crashing timbers a death
like stiffness prevailed, which only
broken by the cries OF the injured.
Trainmen caught up their lanterns and
rushed 10 the neighbOring farmhOuses for
assistance. The farmers. with their wives
and children. bearing torches. hastened TO
the scene, and all efforts were bent 10 Civ
ing first ala 10 the injured. Telephone
messages were dispatched 10 this city ana
every physician was hurriedly taken 10 a
sneciai train which carried them 90 the
sce1.e. The injured were placed aboard the
cars ard brought 10 the general hospital
here. where everything possible was done
10 amenOrate their condition. Many oper-
ations were necessary. the most notable
OF which was the one performed on John
Williamson. the news agent. lad Of four
teen years. Both the boys arms, both
his legs and the right shoulder blade were
broken Under the surgeons knife the
boy bore up wonderfully and possibly will
recover For a time after the rescuers
reached the scene OF the wreck little could
be dcne IN the way of removing the dead.
Hundreds OF tons OF twisted iron and