The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-01
TERRIBLE WRECK ON BIG
FOUR NEAR INDIANAPOLIS
Fifteen Badly MangIed Victims Taken From the
Ruins Of an Excursion Train.
Scores Of Others Badly uredPudue Football Players Meet
Awful Death

INDIANAPOLIS Ind Oct. 51.-Fif-
teen persons were killed and over
fifty injured, some fatally. at 1920
"a a collision between a special pas
senger train on the Big -Four railroad
and freight engine with a train Of
coal cars The accident happened in
the edge Of this city. The passenger
train OF twelve coaches was carrying
s54 persons. nearly all OF whom were
students Of Purdue university and their
friends from Lafayette to Indianapolis
for the annual football game between
the Purdue team and the Indiana uni
vcrsity squad for the state champion
shin. which was Co have been fought
this afternoon. In the first coach back
OF the engine were the Purdue football
team. substitute players and managers
Three players the assistant coach. the
trainer and seven substitute players
of the university We're killed and every
one of the ffty-three other persons IN
the car were either fatally or seriously
injured
Charles CRUDE, Butler, Ind, substi-
tute player.
Charles FUR. vedeersburg, Ind,
guard.
To- G. ROBERTS AlltALdlldl AIll4S oloe4e'L
ant coach and captain of team two
Walter L. Roush. Pittsburg. Pa, sub
sttute.
r. J. Powell. Corpus Christi, Tex
end player.
W. d Hamilton. Lafayette, Ind. cen
ter rush.
Gabriel S. DoIinger. Lafayette, Ind,
samuel squibb, Luxembourg, Ind,
substitute.
jay Hamilton, Huntington, Ind, sub
stitute.
N. r. Howard Lafayette, Ind, pres
ident OF the Indiana Laundrymen's as
Patrick McCIair. Chicago. trainer.
Samuel Truitt. Soblesville. Ind, sub
Etitute.
G.. ]. Shaw. Lafayette. Ind.
Bert Rice. Spencer. Ind. substitute.
j. C.. Coates, Berwin. Pc.
List Of Injured.
or the ffty-one persons injured in
the wreck thirty-nine are seriously
hurt nearly all having broken bones.
They are as follows.
j. r.. whitehead. MOuelOra, o., sub
rtitute halfback on Purdue team, frac-
turp. cut and bruises; serious.
Sim Miller Ninevah. Ind. end on
Purdue team; both legs crushed seri-
Gus.
G.. w. Nichols, Philadelphia. halfback
second Purdue tenn, left shoulder
broken and several ribs broken.
T. : Mills. Rensselaer,. substitute
quarterback on Purdue team, both legs
broken. cut and bruised: serious.
W. W. Taggart owen. Ind. tackle
on scrub team, arm broken and IN
iured about head.
Dan O'Bricn. Syracuse. y. y. guard
On scrub team. Purdue. left leg broken.
Hendricks Johnston. Evansville, mo.
quarterback on Purdue team, both
legs crushed, shoulder broken; very
serious.
L. f. Rush. Dairy station. Pa. mem
Der or scrub team. both legs broken
serious
Carl Wilmorc. Winchester. Ind. bro
ken legs suffering from shock; criu-
cal
j. IT, Mowrey Chambersburg. Pa
halfback ON team. left Leg crushed
Louis Smith East la Fayettc, Ind
center on team. injured about head
and spi1e. serious
A. T. Hotter Oberlin, O., halibach
on team. legs crushed, skull fractured
serious.
Harry Adams. Frankfort. Ind. sub
Edtute halfback on team, left ankle
fractured and ribs broken.
r.. w. REsterh0se. Peoria. III. presl-
dent Junior class. Purdue broken ribs
- w. Nichols. Philadelphia, lef'
shoulder crushed