The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
Forty-Ffve People on the Limited
Car. Some from Indianapolis, and
All Were Shaken Up.
TWO HURT IN THE EXPRESS CAR
ELIJAH GRAY AND FRED sIssMONDS,
BOTH OF THIS CITY.
Were i'm Charge Of Horses Belonging
to the Dickerson stabie-A Cool
Headed Motormsn.
THE INJURED.

THE INJURED.
ELIJAH GRAY S14 Hosbrook street, In
dianapolis, hurt internally.
FRED SIMMONDS. 129 South Illinois
street. badly scratched and bruised and
arm broken.
]. NJ. ANDREWS, Louisville, hurt inter-
nally.
HOWARD GATES, Anderson. thrown
against frame work and stunned.
MISS NELLIE HAUGH. Anderson, slight
ly bruised and shaken.
MR. AND MRS. DUNBAR. Anderson,
slight injuries.
JOHN FORTWENGLER, Anderson, back,
shoulder and leg injured.
SAMUEL COHEN, Muncie, cut above
right eye and head bruised.
]. ]. BARETO. Baltimore. back wrenched
and cut on the head.
c. B. ELLENBoGUE. Chicago. cut over
the eye.
WILLIAM NJ. CRoAN, Anderson. both
legs bruised.
DIR. w. H. ALLEN, Muncie. suffering
from slight injuries.
: ]. o. JENSEN. Muncie. bruised and
shaken.
ROY HAYNES. indianapolis. slight in
juries.
NEWELL METZGER. indianapolis. slight
injuries.
EDWARD JEssUP. Cincinnati. slightly
bruised.
p, A: BoGUL. Indianapolis. skinned and
bruised.
JOHN L. JOHNSON. Gas City. slight
injuries.
MICHAEL sTAUB, Anderson. bruised
slightly.
ISAAC BoILEs. EIwood. shaken and
bruised.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 5-There was a
serious accident on the Union Traction
Company line little before o'clock to-
night, when a limited car due to leave In
dianapolis at o'clock collded with an ex-
press car and trailer. one mile west OF Oak
landon. No one was seriously hurt. but the
forty-five people on the limited were badly
shaken up and some received severe cuts
and bruises.
The accident happened at q curve at the
top of the big hill west of oaklandon. The
limited crowded with passengers. left In
dianapols about ten minutes late and made
pretty fast time until the Oaklandon hill
was reached. From Indianapolis to Oak
landon the distance is about ten miles.
The limited was No. 255. in charge of
Motorman Willis Eller. of Muncie. and Con-
ductor Johnson, of the same city. The ex-
press car was i'm charge Of Conductor John
Crull of Anderson. The motorman was
John Butler, of Anderson The limited was
approaching the top of the hill. when Mo-
torman Eller saw the express car and trail
er coming around the curve, west bound.
The express was running rapidly and his
own cat. was making fast time. His prompt
action, il was afterward said saved great
loss of life. He put on his brakes. shut OF
the current, jumped out of the vestibule.
and just as the crash came, sprang from
the side door of the smoking apartment and
saved himself.
CONCLUSION WAS TERRIFIC.
The motorman of the express car also was
lucky enough to save himself. When the
cars struck the limited had almost stopped.
but the concussion was terrific. The pilots
of both cars were torn of and the vestibules
wrecked. Among the passengers I'm the linn
tied there was instant confusion. Every
seat was torn lose from the floor and the
windows were broken. Nearly every pas
senger in the car was thrown violently for
ward when the collision occurred. Five es-
capped bruises. There were many women
in the car, but they deported themselves
with unusual coolness, the men say.
Samuel Cohen, of Muncie, was cut over
the right eye and bruised on the head. j. ].
Bareto, of Baltimore, Md, who has been
stopping at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis.
received an injury to his back and was cut
on the head. +. A Bogul. solicitor for the
Indianapolis News. and Newell Metzger. OF
indianapolis, stenographer in the employ
of the Reporter of the Supreme Court. were
slightly injured
William NJ. Croan, Of Anderson, declared
tonight that the presence OF mind OF the
,,otorroau I'm stonnfng the limited tndoubt-
ediy saved loss of life. Mr.. and Mrs. Dun
bar. of Anderson. were among the passen-
gers and received a shaking UP. MIR. Dun
bar is an employe OF the Onion Traction
! Company. Miss Nellie Haugh. stenogra-
pher i'm the office of the treasurer of the
| company at Anderson, was on her way
home from Indianapolis and was among
those injured.
MR. GATES'S EXPERIENCE.
Howard Gates. of Anderson. formerly
identified with the Democratic state COM
mittee at Indianapolis. was sitting in the
smoking apartment OF the limited and
saw the express car approaching on the
curve lie knew that trouble would fol-
low and started toward the rear OF the
car. but as he passed through the partition
door the collision came. Gates was thrown
ten feet and received severe jolting. One
of the passengers said that the instant
Gates appeared at the door he could see by
his face that something was wrong. The
next instant the cars crashed together
Gates afterward explained that the reason
he did not warn the passengers Was that
he feared they would all rise up. and he
quickly reasoned that should they be
standing when the cars collided the sf-