The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-20
Two Persons Killed and Many Slight
~ Injured on the ID. a. O. s. w.
Thursday Night.
FIVE KILLED, TWO INJURED
In A COLLISION ON THE p. & w. ROAD
NEAR WILMER STATION.
One Man ManR1ed to eat and Others
Hurt on the Northern Pacific
Twelve Cars Burned.

CHILLICOTHE, o., Sept. 19.-The east
bound express No. 2, on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, with eight cars, was
wrecked last night by running into an
open switch at Leesburg, ~thirty-three miles
from here, killing two persons. injuring
two severely M IS slightly.
The train left Cincinnati at 6:10 last night
with a large number of passengers, many
from this city and quite a number OF
through passengers. The train, at Lees
burg, plunged into an open switch and
bumped into the rear end of a freight train
standing on the siding. The accident &C.
Cured about s o'clock. AS the train was
going at the rate of forty miles an hour
the havoc wrought was terrible. The engine
was dashed TO pieces, and turned over on
Its side, killing Engineer Philip Roe, of
this city, and Fireman Charles Studor, also
of Chillicothe. The baggage car was lifted
from the trucks and thrown over the tender
and engine. The mail clerks and baggage
master were injured. One mail clerk, f. l..
Stuck, of Loveland, o., was severely in
jured. Clerks Baumgardner and Hanger
were slightly hurt. The smoker was lifted
from the trucks, but remained in an upright
position. The next car, known as the
ladies' car, was turned upside down, and,
being we'll filled with passengers many
were injured. Their injuries, with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Sellars. of Wellston. were
slight, and consisting of bruises and cuts
from glass and falling articles. The two
sleepers, dining car and General Superin-
tendent i. G.. Rawn's car were not turned
over, but were bumped from the tracks and
from the trucks. The wreck caused the
mir 20 ha Ln0aLad dnup
The injured and wounded were brought to
this city and taken to the Warner House,
where physicians attended to their injuries.
The dead were taken to their late homes
here.
The Dead
PHILIP ROE, engineer, married, Chilli
CHARLES sTUDoR, fireman. married.
Chillicothe.
Severely Injured
E. L. Stuck, mail clerk, Loveland. o.
Mrs. John Sellars, Weilston. o.
Passengers Slightly Injured
j. NJ. McQuillin, New York; s. 8. Miller,
burg, w. Va; W. B. Cross and wife, Fay
Charles Martin. Green City, Mo; W; L
Moore, Meckell, Ind; Mr.. and Mrs. Ched-
rick. Lowell. Mass; Isaac Bethel. st
MaTy's Va; a; NJ NJ Ward, odin' md; s. Nv W.
u II - " o. IL AAAlelh Az
queman. w. Va; Miss Pierce, Timberville,
| w. Va; w. A. Mason, Springfield, o.; r.
Simon, New York; Misses Schaeffer, New
York; G.. w. Rockefeller, New York; George
d. Castor, st. Louis; T. T. Taylor, Louis.
Vile; Otto H. Barron, London, Eng; j
Clark, London, Eng; 8. ]. Friedman. Graf.
ton. w. Va; c. ]. Swarm. Louisville; ]. H
Camp, Spencer, w. Va; L. o. Curtis
| Spencer, W.. Va; N. v. Gubble, Buffalo
N. Y; s. B. Baker, Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mrs. ]. z. Sylvester and daughter, Wells.
ton. O.; Charles Kelso. Scotland; A. Levy
New York; James q. Tumble, Nashville
A. Soulfert. Cincinnati; William L. Ever
New York; A. L. Block, Kline, w. Va; w
L.. Glass, Cincinnati; George HI. Caskey
Fort Riley, Kan; Louise Ebert, Mrs. c. l.
Barrett, Troy. N. Y; James Charland, wife
and nine children, Italy; George w. War
ner, wife and child; o. Wissler, wife ant
child; Charles Mosher, wife and daughter
three Shehan sisters; Henry Greenbaum
Michael Welsh and wife. all of Chillicothe
fering only slight cuts and bruises. Will,
Mail Clerk Stuck and Mrs. Sellars are bad
ly injured neither Is seriously hurt, anc
both are resting well. All the other in
jured ones are doing well. many proceed
ing to-day on their journeys.
eral Superintendent 1. G.. Rawn, Genera
Master Mechanic John @. Neuffer and othel
officials had an indicator in their car, which
Is said to have shown a speed of sixty-fv,
miles an hour when the open switch wa.
struck. There were fffty-seven i'm all VIII,
All report that Engineer Roe applied tn,
brakes instantly on striking the oper
switch, but he was unable to check tn,
speed before the train left the tracks at tn,
other end of the siding. The tracks wer,
cleared with little interruption to traffic.
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