The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-28

il was necessary ior the wrecking crew TO
work from the cuDola to release the pres
sure OF steam TIE front end of the ten
der way->Ss.SeS> and its front trucks lifted
from the track and set forward on the en-
CINE. The baggage coach back OF the Ten
der was not damaged more than twisting
of the draw bars and coupling appillaiSes-
The other coaches were not oanasvo-
WILD EXCITEMENT.
The passenger coaches were the scene Of
wild excitement Immediately after the col
lision. Several of the women passengers
tainted and number of others were
frightened so badly that for a few minutes
none was able to realize just what had
happened. When the crash came the lights
in one of the coaches were put out and
the passengers in all thrown from their
seats Mrs. Jennie Kinaeber. OF Columbus.
Ind who was seated the front seat OF
the second coach, was thrown Iorwafo
with great violence and her head thrust
through a window. Beyond painIui out
not serious cut the chin she escaped
with little injury. Peter hesler, OF Sey-
mour. was sitting with his wife on the OPP
apostle side of the same car and when the
crash came he was thrown completely
around against the side OF the car ana ms
right shoulder damned against the WOOD
work and bruised Other passengers, whose
names We're not given the attending phy-
sicians. were scratched and bruised, ana
after their injuries were dressed they were
enabled TO proceed to their destinations
Peter kesSer, one of the injured pas
sengers. in speaking OF the SITUATION IN
his car when the crash came, sald that ms. ne
felt stunned when thrown against the size
of the car His first thoughts were Tor the
safety of his wife, but he saw her craving
from the floor where she had peen throNn
by the force of the collision. She assured
her husband that she was not injured.
Kessler then saw Conductor Charles Hor-
ney lying PROSTATE in the aisle, Horney
ten-year-old son was kneeling beside him
and calling for the father TO answer III ne
were hurt Kessler, who is an acquaint-
ance of Horney's. asked him IL he was hurt.
surmised that Horney was seriously hurt'
| and at once made efforts 10 assist MN.
All this time the little boy, In great agony.
ted the boys head and told him that his
father yet alive. He then jumped
out of the coach and procured some snow.
| which he brought back and placed between
| Horneys lips. Instantly the stunned man
showed signs of life. and Horney's son was
almost wild with joy. Horney was assisted
| to a seat, where Ii was found that he was
| but slightly injured.
BRAKEMAN'S STORY.
Edgar Phillips. the rear brakeman of the
freight train, said that he was returning
from the Raymond-street crossing, and was
| about half way back to the freight cars
when the passenger train ran into the
| switch Realizing the awful consequences.
| he ran, terribly frightened, to the scene.
He said he found the mangled remains OF
Frazier lying on the ground about fifteen
| feet from the engine. With the assistance
! of one of the other brakemen he carried
the trunk of the body into field about
! fifty feet away, where they placed IT. They
returned TO the engine and found the limbs
| tightly wedged between the uplifted driv-
| ing rod and the boiler. The limbs had to
be pried loose. Then Phillips. with the
| other searchers, found Grant, the fireman,
lying on a snow bank, where he, in his
| semi-consciousness, had crawled out of the
| way of the train.
| Phillips said that ii the duty of the
| other brakeman, Angel, to close the switch.
| That he did not do so was evident, and
| why he, Phillips, could not even try to ex-
| plain. He said that Angel had been in
| structed to close the switch, or that he
| had understood that he was TO close IL. as
| is the custom of train crews when cars are
| left on siding.
The two most seriously injured.
| Clayton and Grant, We're taken with the
| passengers who were slightly injured TO
| St Vincent's Hospital by the city ambu-
| lance from the J., NJ. & l. yards at South
and all of them were able 10 be sent home
was broken, and whose nerves are shat
tered by his two wreck experiences of the
past two weeks, was kept the hospital,
where his condition is not regarded as
serious.
The body of Frazier was brought to the
| city and prepared for burial by under
taker. Later Ii was taken TO his home, on
Walcott street, and turned over TO his
| family.