The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
SHOCK TO THE STUDENTS.
Many Pathetic Scenes Witnessed in
Hotels and ON Streets.

Many Pathetic Scenes Witnessed in
Hotels and ON Streets.
The scenes about the hotels and down.
town streets yesterday after the wreck of
the Lafayette train could not have been
more directly opposite from those that had
been expected. What promised to be an
ideal day Of gridiron battle. with its gala
scenes of bright banners and floating gon-
falons and clusters of pretty maidens and
swaying masses of shouting students ended
In day of sinister gloom and deep mourn
ing. At the Denison Hotel the rendezvous
OF the Purdue delegations there was much
excitement and anxiety when the news Of
the wreck was heard. great many of
the Purdue students came over Friday
evening and were preparing to go down to
meet the team at the station when the news
was brought to them. Most of them had
friends or brothers or roommates on the
wrecked train and hurried at once to the
scene Of the accident
AT the Claypool. where the Indiana stu
dents were stopping. the news, although
not so much of a shock disconnected the
bands OF enthusiastic students and silenced
the din of their enthusiasm. Some of them
hurried to the wreck while others sought
for further details of the catastrophe
TOUCHING SCENES.
There were many touching scenes en-
acted on the streets and in the Denison
Hotel yesterday. The reports of the wreck
were uncertain at first and it was hard to
learn who were dead injured or fortunate
enough to escape. Every student almost
without exception had a friend on the
wrecked train, a brother or a fraternity
brother. And when, after anxious search
Ing, two friends or brothers or roommates
one of whom had been In the wreck
CHANGED to meet they threw their arms
about each other and fairly wept for JOY
The second section of the Lafayette train
arrived at the Union Station shortly after
the wreck of the first section and the news
was shock that threw the passengers into
general excitement and alarm. There were
many girls on the second section who had
brothers on the wrecked train and they
became at once almost frantic. One pref
ty girl, bedecked with folds of old gold and
black, whose brother was on the first di-
vision of the train, rushed about wildly
seeking some news of him. No word could
she learn to whether he was dead
living. Rushing up Illinois street towards
the hotel, she met him coming down to
meet her and before he had scarcely recog-
nized her she was in his arms and her face
was streaming with tears. There were
many such scenes as these. Swapping
young fellows did not hesitate to throw
their arms about each other in the very
midst Of the concourse of people. Nor were
young girls shy about clasping the hands of
the men who had passed through the ter
rible accident
ROOMMATE KILLED.
At the Denison, In one of the rooms, sit
ting the edge of the bed Of injured
boy, was a young man, his head buried in
his hands. MY roommate was killed." he
sobbed, rising, land there wasn't finer
fellow ever lived. My God, this is terrible
A number of the injured were brought to
the Denison Hotel and placed in rooms
They were not seriously injured, but were
badly bruised and crippled. Immediately
their rooms were crowded with eager stu
dents seeking more information Of the
wreck. All the stories Of those who were
In the first two cars were about the same.
One young fellow named Hawthorne, suf
fering with sprained ankle and bruised.
said that all he remembered was a thunder
ing crash and he felt himself being hurled
through the air. He did not know where
he landed, but said that when he recovered
he was being hurried to the hotel He could
not tell how he escaped as he was near
the center of the car and supposed he was
thrown through a window, although it
seemed to him that the whole car flew
apart in splinters. Others who were in the
front car and were fortunate enough to es-
cape, said that the only intuition they had
of a wreck was hearing the airbrakes put
on and feeling the train suddenly slow
ing up.
GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
The lobby and halls of the Denison were
crowded all afternoon with groups of stu
dents discussing the accident in hushed
voices. All wore an expression Of suffering
and anxiety. In the upper halls the Pur-
due girls congregated and waited for news
of their friends to be brought to them. To-
wards evening, however, the groups be-
gan to break up. as many of the students
returned to Lafayette on the evening train.
BY o'clock the number had been greatly
depleted aud there were few Purdue men
about. The injured were kept over night.
Many OF them were seen hobbling about
the halls on canes or supported by their
friends
The majority Of the Indiana University
students, who were stopping at the Clay
pool, returned to Bloomington early in the
afternoon when they learned that there
would be no game. The hotel was brightly
decorated in their colors and elaborate
preparations had been made for attending
the game. Some of the Indiana students
had friends on the wrecked cars and re-
manned over to-day to be Of service to
them. President Bryan had a room at the
Claypool but he spent most of the day
with Purdue professors and students. The
remainder of the 1. u. students left the
city on the late train last night
STUDENTS ON THE STREETS
Hundreds of students, marked by stream
ing ribbons OF red and white or old gold
and black, were on the streets early yes
terday morning. The day dawned clear
and bright and their spirits were high in
anticipation of the royal battle of the aft
ernoon. Along Washington street almost
continuous stream Of laughing. pretty
faces, looking out over great bows land
punches Of red and white passed to and
fro In review. attracting the gaze of the
salesmen; while the boys moved along In
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