The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-11-07

FIRST cnr In Two and the Second
Was TeIcsooped.
Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 3i.-The Big
-Four train carrying the members OF
the football team of Purdue university
from Lafayette was wrecked near
Riverside park. Saturday morning at
tho edge of this city. Several players
are among the killed and injured. Inc
team was scheduled TO play with inc
Indiana state university Saturday att
ernoon.
Twelve dead bodies have been taken
from the wreck thus far. There are
still others In the wreck.
Some of the killed and injured are
mcmbere of the football team, The list
of dead thus far identified follows
The dead
w. II. CRUDE, substitute player But
Ter, Ind.
Walter Furr, member of the team
Texas.
u. C. Robertson. assistant eoach.
Walter X. Rouch, Pittsburg.
r.. J. Powell. Corpus Christi, Tex.
w ID. Hamilton, center rush, Lafay-
cite.
Gabriel S. Drollinger, beheaded.
Sam squbb, Lafayette.
jay Hamilton, substitute player;
Huntington, Ind.
N. II. Howard, Lafayette.
Walter Robertson.
Patrick Mcciair. Chicago; assistant
coach; died at hospital.
Samuel Trult, Noblesyille, Ind sub
stitute quarterback; died at hospital.
G. l.. Shaw, student, Lafayette.
Injured
John Miller. player.
Prof A. w Biting, Purdue; DIS
located hip.
w. q. McManus, Davenport, Ia; legs
crushed.
Clark Meyers, Monticello, Ind.
T. A. Bailey. .sRiehmond, Ind
II. o. Wright, Pendleton, Ind; In
ternal injuries.
William sprau, sandusly, o.;bruised
hip.
II. c. Adams, Frankfort, Ind; ankles
fractured.
John C. Taylor, Lafayette; bruised.
Harry Van Tuyle, indianapolis.
J. C. Coates, Burwyn, Pa; leg
crushed; may be fatal.
Louis Smith, Purdue; student; back
hurt.
A. l.. Holler; leg crushed.
J. II. Whitehead.
II. w. Rusterholz. Lafayette
s. Miller, student.
O. Nichols. student
e. w Frank, Lafayette.
u. s. Mills, student.
w. w. Taggart, student
ID. b. o'Brlen, student
Hendricks Johnson, student.
Walter Rush, student.
II. Willmore, student
NJ. Il. Steele. Canton, o.
J. w Mowrey, indianapolis.
II. c. Leslie. student.
Irving Osborn, Dover. o.; captain OF
team: bruised and left leg fractured.
A. Butler, indianapolis.
l.. f.. Iryen, fireman; badly bruised.
Dennis II. Long, Louisville; bruised.
leg injured; Purdue player.
Volney Lay, Laporte, Ind.
L. t. Rush, Plttsburg.
Nearly n Thousand ON board.
The special train carried the Lafay-
ette rooters, numbering nearly 1000.
II consisted OF ~ coaches and was run
ming as the FIRST section at high speed.
/ At a gravel pit switch near Eigh-
teenth street. a switch engine with a
cut OF coal cars coilided with the pas
senger. The passenger engine and
first three coaches were almost total
Iy destroyed. 1'hs first coach was
Crushed 10 splinters, the second tele-
scoped and thrown down an ennbank-
naent is feet high, while the third
coach was overturned and thrown
across the track. There is confusion
J aa 10 what caused the accident, eacn
engineer insisting that he had me
track and did not know of the other
train. A deep cut prevented clear
view OF the track.
The crash OF the two trains threw
the coal cars through the first two
coaches in which were many OF the
I nIavers. and substitutes. The engine,
/ two coal cars and two coaches we're
crushed into a confused mass OF
wreckage. Under this pile Of debris
we're 80 or more students OF. the uni
yersity. -
The uniniured In the rear coaches
hurried to the aid of-the victims.
Taking Out the Victims.
The work of pulling out the dead
and injured was continued by the stu
dents and passengers, including many
girls from Lafayette. until surgical
help arrived The hospitals and sur
geons' Offices were telephoned for aid
and physicians began rushing up in
automobiles and carriages.
Ambulances and special vehicles for
taking away the dead and injured were
hurried to the wreck A large force
continued tearing away the debris and
removing bodies.
The condition Of some of the dead
was frightful. One body was entirely
beheaded. others were terribly mutt
lated. The two dead Hamilton boys
were terribly mutilated They were
brothers. One lived at Lafayette and
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