The Indianapolis journal., 1902-07-26
ONLY FOUR KILLED.
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crew and the postal clerks there was none
injured. Of the postal clerks Forsythe and
Clifford were badly burned. The former
will recover, and the latter. while in a dan
gerous condition, may pull through.
Yesterday morning Superintendent Mans
field received "A message stating that Rail
way Postal Clerks Charles McKown, of
Greenfield, Ind. and NJ. NJ. Peters, of Co
lumbus. o, were instantly killed. William
q. Forsythe. or Indianapolis, and George
A. Clifford. of Indianapolis. were seriously
injured, the message read, having been
badly burned by the conflagration that fol-
lowed the wrecking of the train. Both Will
be brorg ght to their homes in this city as
soon their condition justfies removal.
Forsythe lives at No. 2SO5 North Illinois
street and Clifford at No. 50 South Ritter
avenue, Irvington.
James McFadden who formerly lived at
No GIG East Washington street with his
wreck, but in view of the statements of
the Pennsylvania Company officials his in
juries are probably not serious. Fred +.
Carpenter, of No. 1929 Hoyt avenue.
ceived a telegram from him yesterday say
ing that he would continue his journey TO
akron fA6r o CARPENTER ere recently returned
peter in the Forty-flrst Infantry.
MUCH NAIL DESTROYED.
superintendent Mansfield was informed
yesterday that a vast quantity of mail was
destroyed by the fire that consumed the
wrecked cars. All of the train mail and all
of the United States sacks were burned
except twenty-five sacks removed before
the fire got too hot for the trainmen TO
work. All east-bound mail deposited in the
Indianapolis office between 225 p. m. and
7:15 p. m. was burned. The mail taken on
the train here includes sacks for New
York city and Brooklyn, for Pennsylvania.
New Jersey, Delaware, and. in addition all
foreign
The loss includes one locked registry pouch,
one locked first-class mail pouch and twen-
ty sacks of local mail. Thrty-two regis
tered mail pouches were also consumed.
The story of the accident was told yes
terday by a Pullman car conductor, II. A
Blakely, of St Louis. who was In charge
of the second Pullman. When the train
struck the fat car | was standing in the
second Pullman sleeper he said. In
stantly confusion ensued lights went out.
and in the pitch darkness men began to
call out and women to shrek. Men and
women were calling for friends and rela-
tives, and the uproar was nothing less than
frightful. The sleeping car passengers got
out, it seemed, without great difficulty, and
many of them hurried TO the front part Of
the train to do what they could toward
helping those injured there. In the for
ward end of the train the mail clerks and
engine crew were pinned under the wreck
age. The cars had caught fire and the peril
of those who had escaped instant death
was extreme. Every attempt to eXtinguish
the blaze was fruitless, and slowly but
surely the mail cars and sleepers were con-
sumed. Physicians and people living in
the neighborhood OF the wreck did every
thing In their power 10 care for and re-
lieve the sufferings OF the injured. About
l. 80 O'Clock this morning they were taken
10 Xenia on a special train and placed in
the care Of physicians. Two of the Pull
man cars destroyed are from the Indian
apolis yards. The Marseilles one OF the
finest in service. was put on the line
last night and was burned. On nv car
none were injured except woman that L
am sure got on at Indianapolis. She re-
ceived deep cut over one eye. and il was
though at first that the sight was de-
stroyed On examination il was found that
the sight not injured. She went on
east to New York and I could not learn
her name"