Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-10
TRAINS COLLIDE IN
HEAVY SNOWSTORM
Three People Killed -Outri gh
And More Will Die.
REAR-END COLLISION OF TRAINS.
The Scene About the Wreck Was
athful--Many People Were Con-
ereaated About the spot-crash
Was Heard All over the City.

Ada. O., Jan. 9.-Three men dead
and Il or more other persons injured,
one fatally, is the result Of a collision
between two trains on the Pennsylva-
MIA system on the main street of this
city at o'clock Thursday evening.
The dead:
Joseph Stein, of Fort Wayne.
- McPool, of Fort Wayne.
Alonzo Hadley, Of Vanwert, o.
The injured are w A. Freese, Of
Chicago; ]. j. Casey, of Toledo, cannot
recover; Mr.. and Mrs. Durselman and
little daughter, of Vanwert; Peter
Tracey, conductor of train No 35;
Curtis McElroy, of Ada; Andrew Brun-
non, of Fort Wayne, Ind M. Geise,
of Ottawa; Walter Klinger, of Ada;
W. D. Blackburn, baggagemaster OF
train. No. S5; Guy Kingsbury, editor
of The Dunkirk Standard; Benjamin
Cooke, of Fort Wayne; T. J. Burdette,
of Dayton.
On the Main Street.
The accident was one of the worst
that ever occurred on this division of
the Pennsylvania system, and was
highly sensational in all its details, oc-
curing as it did on the main street
Of the town at a time when the thor
oughfare was crowded with people.
Train No. 35, westbound for Fort
Wayne, had started out of the station,
but at the main street crossing was
compelled to stop on account of some
accident to the brakes.
A f1agman was sent back to notify
No. 10, freight train going in the
same direction, which was several
minutes late. Owing to the snow
storm, the engineer of No. 10 was un-
able to see the signal in time to slack
en- his speed. His engine crashed into
the rear of No. 35. No. 35 consisted
of two coaches, the rear one being a
combination baggage and passenger
car, with another passenger car in
front. Both were telescoped, and
scarcely a passenger escaped injury
Of some sort. The engineer and fire.
man Of No. 10 were also slightly hurt,
but not enough to prevent them from
rendering immediate assistance to
those who were in greater distress.
The scene about the wreck was
frightful. Many people were con
gregated about the spot at the time,
and the street was well filed by way
farers on their way home from work.
The crash was heard all over the city,
and almost the entire population was
soon on hand to render what assis-
tance they could in caring for the
wounded and dead, who were at once
carried to the freight house and sta
tion and laid on improvised cots.
The engine on No. 19 was almost
demolished, but the cars behind ii
were not damaged in the least, and
none of the passengers were bruised,
The wrecRage was strewn all over the
tracks, and in a few minutes the Chi.
cago and New York limited, east.
bound, dashed through on the other
track, at go miles an hour, hurting the
accumulated debris in all directions
but never pausing in it's fight until
half mile from the town. Then the
train was stopped and backed to the
scene Of the accident to get orders
No damage was done to the engine OF
the flyer, but 1t was learned that q
piece of wreckage flew into the cah
as the train dashed past and painfully
bruised the engineer. He was. how
ever, able to continue his run. and
left in a few minutes with his train.