The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-14
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Three Men Lose Their Lives
!, collision in Michigan.
Employees of Wallace
a s,'sr.' cireus-wild Scene
r,,Iows the Crash.
Mich, Aug. s.-Twenty-three
fan'' Lead, several others probably
a. gre II their injuries, a dozen are
le u ,,,rt and the bodies OF an ele-
psly ' two camels lie mangled asa
a.a . collision here Friday morn
.. fine trains carrying Wallace.
e'Ss We circus. The dead were men
s s.,a with the show and employees
Fc,, .,rd Trunk railroad, on which
e. u wreck occurred. Failure Of
:. makes on the rear train to work
the collision. $4,000
scene in the Granu iiunn o.ue
~ collision was an appalling one.
-.aclage of the engine and four cars
N..awn about, while the shrieks Of
,',sd victims and the believing of
I;rhtened animals could be heard
. .Sa hiss of escaping steam and the
d shouts of the rescuers.
Fist Of the Dead.
! dead circus men are; John LIE
%srringheld. ILL.,; Andrew Rowland,
" York; Frank Thorp, Dundee,
charles Sand, Peru, Ind: Joe
~ pittsburg; w. ]. Mccoy, CO.
h; O.; Edward York, Terre Haute,
lanes Toffelmire, Orient, Ia;
T. y Clair, Robert Rice, George
residences unknown; seven I'M
m men; James Mccarthy, Battle
trainmaster Grand Trunk road;
Large, Battle Creek, special OFF,
Grand Trunk.
story of the Catastrophe.
circus travels in two trains OF
"a cars each. After last nights
hilton at Charlotte the two trains
for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk
the second section leaving a half
after the first. 1t was 3:45 o'clock
the first section pulled into the
end of the Grand Trunk yards
A red light was hung on the
car to stop the second section.
ineer Propst, of Battle Creek, who
running the engine of the rear
says he saw this light and ap-
the air brake. To his horror it
sed to work. He reversed his en-
!. but the momentum Of the train
Ind was too great and with a crash
aroused all of the town near the
BIS, the two trains met. Three cars
he stationary first section were tel
)ped and the engine and five cars
The moving train were demolished.
! rear car Of the first section was a
bose in which the trainmen were
ping, and the next two were filled
J sleeping circus employees. The
btest loss Of life was in the caboose.
of the wrecked cars Of the sec
section was occupied by five ele-
|nts and several camels. One OF
elephants and two camels were
ed outright.
Horrifying Spectacle.
he escaping steam and screams and
IS Of those pinned in the wreck
lie a horrifying spectacle in the
y Of the early morning, when thu
nmen in the yards and the aroused
nspeople first reached the scene.
rescuers could see unfortunates
'ugh the tangled wreckage and
It furiously to work without wait
for tools to extricate them. A
cking crew is kept in the yards
:. and it was on the scene in a very
minutes, bringing tools and equip
1t in plenty. All the physicians
trained nurses in town were Sent
and those in nearby places were
1ed to the scene on hand cars
Taken Out Dead.
our of the injured died at the hos
before $3.50 o'clock. When the
train crews had finished pull.
to pieces the tangled and broken cars
lead men were lying on the grass
lung removal to the morgue. ANA
W OF them were killed while asleep
circus performers were on the rear
ne moving train and escaped injury
lace Brothers say that their loss will
very heavy, but have given no esti-
e OF it as yet. This is the second
ok the Wallace shows have expert.
90 within a month.
Send Bodies Hone.
ne bodies of the dead have been
cd IN caskets and are being shipped
nelr homes as rapidly as possible
injured who are still here at the
porary hospital In the Hotel Richie
are those suffering from lesser hurts
seriously wounded being removed tc
oft this afternoon.
ae Grand Trunk tracks have been
req and the officials of the road place
r loss at $4,000.
Kills His Daughter.
llwaukee, Aug. ga special from
lsvllle. Wis, says: During 9 quar-.
'etween Gottlisb Schultz and mem
OF his family In the town Of Self
lltz shot and killed his daughter