The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-04

klnding Wood ard the Bodies OF th, Vic.
tins We're rearia.ly Mangled-Deaih List
Likely to Grow.
Indianapolis, Ind. (SpcciaD Fifteen
persons were killed and over so injur-
ed, some fatally, by a collision between
a special passenger train on the Big
-Four Railroad and a freight engine
with cut OF coal cars. The accident
happened on the edge OF this city. The
passenger train Of IL coaches was car
rying o54 persons, nearly all OF whom
were students of Purdue University
and their friends, from Lafayette to
Indianapolis, for the annual football
game between the Purdue team and
the Indiana University squad for the
State championship, which was TO have
been fought in the afternoon.
In the first coach back OF the en-
gine were the Purdue football team
substitute players and managers.
Three players, the assistant coach,
trainer and seven substitute players OF
the University team were killed. and
every ono OF the fity-thrcc other per
sons were either fatally or seriously in
jured
From the II coaches were coming
the joyous cries OF thousand rootcrs
for Purdue clad in gala dresses, with
rn1nre ,,sl,f, -, Ia, fr,,,t
coach sat 20 muscular fellows, trained
10 the hour, on whom the hopes oi
brilliant victory on the gridron were
confidently placed.
Around a curve at the Eighteenth
street cut Engineer Schumacher found
directly in front OF him the freight en-
gine and coal cars moving slowly from
a switch leading to a gravel pit. lie
reversed his engine and jumped.
The crash hurled the passenger en-
gine and three front coaches against
the steel ircights loaded with coal that
plowed their way through and buried
under pile OF wrcckage weighing
many tons fully 90 human beings.
The first car, in which were the
players, was completely demolished,
the roof being torn away and landing
across a car OF coal, while the body OF
the car was reduced TO kindling wood
against the side OF the steel freight
cars. The second coach, containing
the band oi musicians, was partly tele-
scoped, while the third coach was over
turned and hurled down a I5-ioot en-
bankment.
The other coaches did not leave the
track. President Stone, OF the univcr-
sity, with his family, was in the fifth
coach and was not injured.
Immediately after the shock the pas
scngers, men and women, began the
frantic work OF tearing away the
wreckagc and pulling out dead and dy-
ing classmates and fraternity brothers
Young women performed heroic work |
Though the bodies were in several in
stances horribly manglcd. one COM
pletely and ono partially behcadcd, they
took upon their laps the heads OF the
dying and injured and soothed their
sulferings as best they could, until the
surgeons arrived. Their bloodstaincd
and grimy garments were gloomy wit
nesscs oi their hcroism.
A general alarm was sounded, and
every assistance the city could afford
was rushed to the wreck. which was
three miles from the business centre.
Surgeons dashed up in automobiles, |
fire wagons, ambulanccs, express wa
gons, undcrtakcrs' vehicles, private
convcyances. and even delivery wa
gons, were sent TO carry away the dead
and injured
While these we're being carried to
the morgucs and hospitals the work OF
tearing away the wreck and rescuing
those pinned beneath went on. Big /
muscular students wcpt aloud as they /.
stood over the bodies OF their dead /
friends and icllow-workers or gazcd |
aiciplcss upon the sufcrings OF their
college mates writhing in pain.
To add to the horror the wrcckagc |
caught fire. but the flames were extn- /
guished by the students alter a hard |
fight.
All the young men killed were in the |
first coach. They were found lying |
tangled and bleeding, with the injured /
pinned against them. The coach held |
about 10 persons.
While the work oi rescue was goin |
on tneTc arrived IN the city over 600 /
cheering followers OF the rcd and white |
OF Indian University. at Bloomington. |
Banners waved, college yclls we're be- |
ing hurled IRON the windows and |
streamers were displayed from the win
dows OF the car bearing the university
football team.
AS the happy and excited students
poured from the train news oi the trag-
edy to the black and gold OF Purdue
was received. Instantly all was sad
ness and sympathy. The throng melt .
ed into sorrowng groups that separat-
ed TO search morgue and hospital for
friends, or took cars for the scene OF
the wreck to lend any possible aid.
Welsh Miners neportsd.
Philadelphia (Spccial) - twenty-five
Welsh miners who were ordered deport-