The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-11-05
The Perdue University Football
Train in a Collision With
Coal Carsa at indianapolis.
SIXTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
Nearly 50 Persons Injured in One OF
the Worst Railway Catastrophes
iu Indiaua's History.
The First Two Cars o. the Special
Train Were Crushed ss Though
They Were the Fraiiest
o. Toys.

o. Toys.
Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. a ca.as-
trophc SOB awful that q fairly surpasscs
almost an that death has done Ia wan.
ton cruelty. occurred Saturday mora
ing upon the border of the city % In
dlanapolis. Speeding into the state
capital thc Purdue college football spe-
cial. laden with Joyous youth. crashed
into cut % coal cars. and IN an in
Ftant rs young lives were most hcrri.
bly, ended About a. people were in
ssred
no scene ~ carnage ln var ever pro
scented moro frlghtfui frort than that
which succeeded when. without wa-n-
ing. came The shock of che collision.
Tho drst two cars ot the special train
were crushed ne though they were the
frailcst ~ Toys In tho first rode the
members 90 tho Purdue team. trained
go fhe hour fo- a game that was o.
have decided precious mpionshln.
and flushed wifh the hope ot victory
over their oidtime opponents.
Following is The ust of those Killed
outright W no CRUDE. Butler Ind
substitute player. Charles fnrr. We
dershurT. ind. guard. r. G. Robertson.
East Helena Mont assistant coach
and captain of team two years ago.
Walter d. koush. Gas City lad SUBJ
fttutr. u Powell Corpus Christi
Tex. cnd player w ID Hamilton.
lii. center rush. Gabriel s Drollnger.
Newcastle. IND. substitute. Samuel
Squibu lawrcnccburg Ind. suhs.i-
tute. , 81 Hamilton Huntington. Ind
substitute. g. r Howard Lafayette.
president of the Indiana faundrymcn's
association. Patrick McClair. Chicago.
trainer Samuel Trult. Nobicsvire.
substitute. o. B.. shaw. Indiana Har-
hor Bert Price Spencer Ind. suhafl-
tufe. D g.. Coates. herwin. Pa
William Bailey. of New Richmond.
ind. substitute PLAYER on the Purdue
university football team died Sunday
afternoon from internal injuries ra-
celsci loo the Wr Four wreck This
s. the 10Th death Ills father arrived
before hc died.
Fourteen dead bodies were shipped
20 fhfIr homes Sunday and the body
of Joseph POWELL ~ Corpus Christi.
Tex. was sent home Monday morn
inr ln charge of Paul Sturm. an oid
Ciaesmatc living here Services were
held sunday afternoon over the body
of b. O. Robertson of East Helena.
Mont uY TO- D Cumming smith be
fore thc body was shipped home.
There are stiI lying in the hospitals
80 Victims 90 the wreck. 31 of whom
are students of purluen nlversty OF
these l5 are in serious condition.
A. D. Hotter 90 Oberiin. o. halt
back on fhc team has his legs crushed
and is suffering from shock sim Mil
Ter of Nneyah. Ind. played end of ;he
team. has one leg broken twice and
the other crushed 70 is believed. how.
ever. De win recover te is a brother
OF Long John" Miller. who was cap
tain 90 the Purdue team two years ara
e.. o Taneeman. of Fern Bank. % stu-
Gent has slight fracture OF the siuii
but 90 is believed VIII recover c. G..
Adams. of Osgood. Iud.. member OF the
band. has an injured spine and Is Ia a
precarious condition Il was not
known until Sunday that be vas hurt.
as be- was taken 90 the home of rela-
tives. Coach o. F. Cults. of North An
sonia. Ne who worked over the inlur-
81 an day and night. was ordered 70
the hospital Sunday afternoon and viii
Aave both legs Ia plaster casts FOR sew
eral weeks. There are crushed bones
in each ankle
II. c. Lestie. OF West Lafayette. cap
tain OF last years team and this years
fuliback has been under the Influence
| r.N al
ken Lex and broken jaw.
+ Prof A. W. Biting. OF the PurdaA
faculty is Improving and his condl-
ton Is not thought TO De serious
w Collar. OF IAporte. Ind. sub
stitutc player. has a broken Jaw and
Is recovering
j r Whitehead. Of Toledo. o. sub
stitute halfhack. has broken leg. but
I Viii recover
Otaers Of the injured. whose conGi
tion rs not serious and who are expect
ed 20 be able 80 leave the hospital In
e few days. are.
d. B. O'Brien. Of Syracuse. n. Y:
NJ. Esteeie. Of Canton. o.. J. r. Nov
rey. OF Chambersburg. Pa. who Is
spending his time encouraging The
more seriously injured in spite OF his
own wounds: l. Il. Long and D. n
Long OF Louisville. l. 5. Osborne. OF
North Dover. o.. captain OF the foot
ball team. and W. c. Sprau. OF san
dusky. O.
General Superintendent Van WinkIe
Of the Big -Four Co. when asked Sun
day night as 10 the cause Of the wrccl,
said he was yet unable 10 state whs
was responsible. Il have no more ides
as 20 the cause than bad two min
utes after "a hapDenedr - said he. NJ,
time has been devoted to looking aftsi
the injured and the shipment Of tt,
dead"
The Magnetic Storm.