The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
While Speeding to Indianapolis for Football Game Cars
 Turn to SpIinters
FIFTEEN ARE DEAD AND
 OVER FIFTY ARE INJURED
Purdue Football Team Was in Next Coach to Engine and the Coach, Trainer, Three Players and
 Many Substitutes Killed.

IndianapoIis. Ind, October a.-Fifteen persons were killed and over fifty injured some fatally, at 10:30 o'clock this morn- ing hv A collision between special pas saneer train on the Big Four railroad and A freight engine with cut or coai cars The accident occurred in the cage of this city. The passenger tram or twelve coaches was carrying 954 persons nearly all of whom were students ol Purdue university and their frienas rom Iafayette to Indianapolis for the annual football game between Purdue ana ln- diana university for the state champioh- shin, which was to have been 1ougnl this afternoon
 In the first coach back of the engine were the Purdue football team, sup players and managers. Three players the coach trainer and several substitute play CTS of the university team were killed ana every one of the fifty-three other persons in the car were either fatally or serioEsly injured.
 The Dead.
 Following is the list of the dead:
 Charles Grube Butler, Indiana, substi- tute player.
 Charles Furr vedersburg. Indiana guard.
 E. c. Robertson, Indianapolis, assistant coach.
 Walter L. Roush. Pittsburg, Pa-, sub stitute. I. Pc yell Corpus Christi, Tex, end. W. D. Hamilton, Bridgetown, Ill.,. cen 
 Gabriel s Bellinger, Lafayette, substi- ute s Samuel squiba Lawrenceburg Ind i suhstitutei
 N. R. Howard, Lafayette, President ln- diana Lahndrymen's association
 patrick McClair Chicago, trainer
 Samuel Truitt, Noblesville Ind, substi- ute.
 G l.. Shaw, Indiana Harbor' Ina.
 Bert Price, Spencer. Ind, substitute.
 ]. c. Coab, Berwynn, Pa.
 The Injured.
 of the fifty injured, thirty-nine are seri- o,,sIv hurt. nearly all having broken homes They are as follows:
 K F Whitehead. Monetora, O., SOD hali ,.aai, hn Purdue team crushed and bruis- ed serious.
 Sim Miller, Ninevah Ind, end on Pur- due team both legs crushed, serious. q w Nichols, ot' Ae''A hack on second Purdue team, left shoul- der broken and several ribs broken. E s Mills, Rennesslaer, Ind, quarter hack on Purdue team, both legs broken cuts and bruises, serious
 w W. Taggart, owen, Ind, tackle on scrub team, arm broken, injured about head. Dan o,Brien Syracuse, N. Y, guard on scrub team, Purdue, left leg broken.
 acxrt11 Ind quarter back on Purdue team both legs crushed and shoulder broken, very serious. L, E. Rush Darry Station Pa, member of scrub team. both legs broken, serious. Carl Wilmore, Winchester Ind, broken legs. suffering from shock critical | H. Mowbry Chambersburg, Pa, | half back on scrub team left leg crushed. Louis Smith, East Lafayette, Ind, cen ter on team, injured about head and spine, serious. A. L. Hotter, Oberlln, O., half back on team, legs crushed, skull fractured. seri- l ous Harry Adams. Frankfort, Ind, sub half, back on team. left ankle fractured and ribs broken. R. w Rusterhose, Peoria, IL, presi- dent junior class, Purdue, broken ribs. w. M. Frank, Lafayette Ind, left hip broken 1. chest crushed fractured skull and broken arm; serious. Harry VanTuyl Indianapolis, Big Four fireman. left ankle broken. w R. Butler Pittsburg Pa, fracture of base of skull; may die. Maurice Steele Canton O., badly bruised and cut. William McManus, Davenport. Ia, sub | tackle of Purdue team, both legs broken. | ~ Tar Cincinnati fractures; serious, may die J. B. Napp, Evansville, Ind, halfback on Purdue team. dislocated knee. William Bailey. New Richmond Ind, J sub end on Purdue team. several broken l ribs. c. P. Weitz. Butler. Ind, sub-fullback. arm broken and bruised John Henderson, Indianapolis, assistant | Big Four fireman, internal injuries and bruises. D. H. Long Louisville, Ky. end on Purdue team. cut about head and body. left leg crushed. 1 S. osborne. Dover. O., captain of team, left leg fractured. D. M. Allen, Lafayette. Ind, tackle on team. bruised about head and body. l. H. Rush. Newcastle, Ind. nose broken bruises about head and body. IT O. Wright sub-tackle on team. in- i1ries to spine and left leg broken.
 pr. A. W. Fitting. Lafayette, state ex- perimental physician. disocated hip. cut about head. yoIney Ray. Laporte. Ind, cut and bruised about body. Walter P. Shaw. member of team, bruised Oliver Cutts. coach of Purdue team. left leg injured. w. F. Collar, jaw broken, leg broken. L. E. Irwin, Indianapolis, Big Four fireman, bruises and cuts O. c. Wright, Marion, Ind, left leg broken head cut Maurice Rush. Pittsburg, Pa, scalp wounds.
 Joyous Cries of Rooters.
 From the twelve coaches were coming the joyous cries of thousand rooters for Purdue clad in gay dress with colors streaming. while in the front coach sat twenty great muscular fellows trained to the hour, on whom the hopes of a