The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-01
TWENTY OTHER PERSONS,
INCLUDING ONE WOMAN,
ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Team Was to Have Played
Indiana University for
Championship of State.
City Plungedin Gloom.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct. Si.-The
list OF dead IN the disastrous wreck to-
day Of the special train on the Big Four
Railroad. carrying the students Of Pur-
due University TO this city. where their
team was 10 play that of Indiana uni
verslty. for the State championship. re-
veals the names OF fifteen dead. with
two Of the injured not expected TO re-
cover.
The city Is shrouded in gloom tonight
and signs OF mourning are visible on all
sides.
responsibility for the disaster has not
yet been placed.
List of the Dead.
Following Is the latest Official list OF
the dead:
WI. GRCBE, substitute player. Butler. Ind
WALTER FURR. member Of team
F. c. ROBERTSON, assistant coach
WALTER r. ROUSH, substitute. Pittsburg-
D. J. POWELL, Corpus Christi, Tex
". D. HAMILTON, center rush. Bridgeton.
GABRIEL S. DoLSGER, south Bend; be
SAM soVIBB. Lavreneeburg.
JAY HAMILTON. Substitute player. HnnIing'
ton. Ind
PATRICK MeiARE, assistant coach. Chicago
SAMUEL TRFTTT, player, Noblesville-
4. a
BERT PRICE, Spencer
J. C. COATES. BarTin, Pa
Tne Seriously Injured.
The seriously injured are.
W R. Butler. Pittsburg, newa agent, in
A. = Hotter. Oberlin, Ohio, legs crushed
Fiensrieiss Johnston. Evansville. Ind, shOul-
der and both legs crushed.
N Ma-f far
-'I $ Miller. Ninersh. Ind. legs injured and
Daniel o'Brien, Syracuse. \. Y. left leg in
I. F. Rush, Dairy station, Pa. both legs
R. ". Rusterholz, Peoria. H.. left leg and
Louis smith. LAFAYETTE. Ind. head and back
injured.
John c. TAYLOR, Lafayette. head and arm
bruised and chest crushed
DT. A. u Bittig. West Lafayette. head in
jured and hip broken
I W 5. Sprau, SsndlIslCy, Ohio. head injured
O. c. Wright, Marion, Ind, ear torn OF,
I head injured. and arm tWis.ed.
". G. McMannrs, Davenport, Iowa. legs
crushed. scalp wounds
Mrs. J. Troop. injuries about head.
! Helen Troop. injured about head.
John Henderssn, Indianapolis, assistant ire
man. back injured
C. 0. Tsnsman, Cincinnati fractured skull.
T. A. Bailey, Purdue student. from Richmond,
I lscerated face and fractured RIB.
I. +. IrTan. fireman, badly bruised
Morris Rush, Pit;sburg, scalp wound player
Struck Switch Engine.
The special train consisted of twelve
! coaches and WIS running as the first
section at high speed.
At a gravel pit switch. near Eighteenth
street, q switch engine with coal cars
collided with the passenger train. The
/ passenger engine and the first three
] coaches were almost totally destroyed.
The first coach was crushed to splin-
tiers. the second tclescoped ard thrown
down an embankmcnt fifteen feet high,
while the third coach was overturned
and thrown across the track
Cut Obscured View.
The theories as TO what caused the
accident are confusing. each engineer
insisting that he had the track and did
not know OF the other train A deep
cut prevented a clear view OF the track
The crash OF the collision was heard
for blocks around and the news spread
quickly over the city People hurried
from every direction. and women who
live in the vicinity came prepared with
home remedies 70 assist the injured
/ All ambulances in the city, dead wagons
OF various undertaking firms, patrol
wagons. and hose wagons OF the IRE de-
partment were called out