The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-04
HEAD ON COLLISION
Sixteen Persons Injured in a
Panhandle Wreck.
BROKEN DRAWBAR DELAYS
Heavy Fog Prevented ,Passen-
ger Engineer Seeing Flag.

Hartford City, Ind, Aug. 3.-Sixteen
persons were injured in a head-on col
lision early today between westbound
Panhandle freight and the eastbound pas
senger
The seriously injured are:
W. H. Paul, Logansport; leg cut and
bruised
George AIdworth, Chicago; leg crushed
of below knee.
NJ. T. Balm, Richmond; leg shattered.
C. H. Frederick, Ridgeville, Ind; leg
broken.
]. A, Watts, Chicago; leg cut in several
places and dislocated.
Christopher Ge.hardt, Chicago: both
legs crushed and hurt internally.
William J. Wells. Chicago; both legs
crushed and side injured.
P. j. Barrett. Chicago; both legs broken.
George Rowe, Logansport, engineer Of
the freight train; right foot torn and
badly bruised.
Ben Palaors, Denver, on his way to
Italy. leg bruised.
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leg broken and foot bruised.
George Galewein. Chicago. bruised and
cut and back sprained.
E. w. Snyder, Logansport; foot
crushed.
w. A Rumen, Logansport; leg bruised.
Emphriam Whistler. Logansport; leg
badly bruised and left side bruised.
Richard Havey. Elmwood; leg broken
and foot crushed.
In addition to the above list of injured.
five or six others were cut and bruised.
but their wounds are not serious.
The accident happened opposite the
CleIland factory. The freight had orders
to get TO the lap track west of the Clel-
land factory and let the passenger by.
A broken drawbar caused six minutes
delay. The engineer sent the brakeman
ahead to the flag the passenger The
freight stopped at the Washington street
crossing. but soon followed the fiagman.
There was a heavy fog, making it i'm
possible to see fifty feet ahead. Opposite
the Clelland factory the 1agman saw
the passenger coming at full speed. He
had just time to give a shout and jump
when they met, but the momentum was
not checked to any extent. The passen-
ger train consisted of six cars. There
were two baggage and express cars, a
smoker, a ladies' coach, the pullman
sleeper Woodland and a tourist sleeper.
The second baggage car telescoped the
smoker. tearing through half its length.
The check threw many people from their
seats. The passengers from the other
cars rushed to the aid OF those in the
front of the smoker. but ii was nearly
an hour and a half after the accident
before the last one was taken from the
wreck Of the smoker.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. 3.-The death
list resulting from the head-end collision
between two freights on the Cincinnati
Southern Saturday night has grown to
eight, five men having died today. The
following is a revised list of the dead:
ENGINEER T. S. DUKE, Salisbury,
n. c.
FIREMAN D. A. PHILLIPS, Roanoke,
Ala.
FIREMAN JOHN PRINCE. Salem, Ala
FIREMAN JOSEPH WALTERS, Som
erset, KY
FIREMAN FRANK FLETCHER, Glen
MATTE, Tenn.
E. SIMPSON, brakeman. Somerset. KY
TWO UNKNOWN MEN.
Walter Powers brakeman. Somerset
Ky. was seriously and perhaps fatally
injured and Engineer N. S. Fitzgerald
seriously hurt
Portsmouth Ohio, Aug. IA Norfolk
and Western passenger train southbound
was wrecked at East Portsmouth this
afternoon by the rails spreading. Engin-
eer William Simonton Of Columbus. Ohio.
and Fireman S. y. Mcdonald Of Ports
wouth. were fatally injured. Twenty
five persons were more or less injured
The seriously hurt:
Orville Cakes of Portsmouth: internally
injured.
DR.. J. NJ. W. Crawford. Portsmouth:
arm broken
John Wnhalm. Portsmouth; internally
injured
il Kelley Of Columbus: arm broken