The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-29
The Last Accident Occurred at Car
bon, and While No One Was In
jured There Was Long Delay.
STREET CARS COME TOGETHER
MOTORMAN PORTER AND TWO OR
THREE PASSENGERS HURT.
Another Street Car Has a Narrow
Escape and a Belt Engine
Jumps the Track.

Bad luck pursued the Exposition Flyer.
train No. 43 on the Big Four railroad, run
ming from New York to ST. Louis, that was
wrecked early yesterday morning at Avon,
twelve miles west of this city. After the
train left the scene of the early collision
it ran to Carbon, small town fifty miles
westward, where it ran into an open
switch. causing the engine and tender to
become imbedded In the soft earth. This
occasioned another delay, and it was nearly
noon when the train was able to proceed
with the car of injured to st. Louis.
The second wreck, fortunately, did not
shake up the wounded or cause them any
alarm. The engineer Of the train, knowing
that there is a patent interlocking switch
at Carbon, slowed down when nearing the
town. He was unable to stop the train,
however, until 1t ran off the ends of the
open switch. The track was torn up about
forty feet.
1t was said by railroad officials aboard
the train that the engineer. who was IA
miliar with handling heavy trains, evil
IDENTIFY forgot the loss of the heavy Pullman
sleepers, and when he saw the open switch
he Immediately applied the airbrakes, but
the lightness of the train caused the engine
to slide forward and off the rails. The in
jured were hardly aware of the accident
until some time later, when the long wait
aroused their curiosity. Investigations
were made, and the former good cheer Of
the passengers was resumed, and the situ-
alton was accepted in the most optimistic
mood. Drs. j. H. Ford. chief surgeon of
the Big Four. and l.. n. Ensminger con-
tinued with the train to look after the in
jured. DIR. Ford left the train at Terre
Haute. DR.. Ensminger was delegated to
proceed with the train until ii reached ST.
Louis. He took charge of all the injured
until the train reached its destination.
which was at $3.50 o'clock yesterday after
noon. DR.. Ford said that after the train
left the scene of the first wreck the in
jured seemed to improve with the hope of
getting to their homes and all were In a
cheerful mood. Notwithstanding their haz-
to be badly bruised recovered sufficiently
to walk about the train and participate in
the badinage that was INDUCED in by many
of the young men the train.
The most seriously injured were the two
women, Mrs. s. A. Englehart and daughter.
Miss Anna Englehart. of MiddIeport. o.
These women were badly cut and bruised
about the body. They also suffered great
nervousness. Much attention was shown
them by DIR. Ensminger until the train
reached St. Louis. where he placed the two
women in a hospital. They were on their
way to a small town in the center of Mis-
souri,.
CONDUCTOR IMPROVES
Georee c. Dean, the conductor of the
Pullman cars. who was thought to be seri
ously injured. greatly improved YES
terday afternoon and appeared to be not
badly injured. He was crushed about the
hips and suffered shock. Dean was the
man who was pinioned in the rear of the
car and was rescued by persons who
chopped away part of the car.
Otto Gresham was able to leave the train
at Terre Haute and proceed to his home in
Chicago. Mr. Gresham suffered the dislo.
cation of his right shoulder. Other injured
neonle were able 10 sit up and seemed Ia
he in good spirits when the train reached
St Louis. DIR. Ensminger looked after
each one and saw that they were placed
aboard their proper trains for their des-
tinations-
was a hard task and II was not until late