The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-06
MANY STUDENTS ARE
KILLED IN A WRECK
Fsted Special Was Carrying
Students Of Purdue to
a Football Game.
COLLIDE AT HIGH SPEED
Engineers on Both Trains Which COL
lided Disclaim Responsibility
Fearful MutiIation of Many
of the Bodies.

s0Sl 0'SSlG'u -.
Fearful Mutilation of Many
of the Bodies.
Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. "a special
trainson+the Big -Four, bearing 1854 La
fayette passengers, including several
hundred students of Purdue university,
was wrecked Saturday near Riverside
park, at the edge of the city.
Fifteen dead have been taken from
the wreck. Forty passengers We're in
Jured, t~wenty-four Of them seriously.
Among the dead are several members
OF the Purdue university football team.
Which was to have played Indiana uni
Verslty for the state championship here
this afternoon. The dead thus far
identified are:
w. H. CRUDE, substitute player, IN
dianapolis. Ind.
WALTER FURR, member of the
team, Texas.
E. G. ROBERTSON, assistant coach.
WALTER r. ROUGH, Pittsburg.
i. j. POWELL. Corpus Christi, Tex.
w. D. HAMILTON, center rush, La
fayette.
GABRIEL S. DRoLLINGER; be-
headed.
SAM SQOlBB, Lafayette. &
HAMILTON, s~uD-player, Hunt
ington, Ind.
y. r. HOWARD. Lafayette.
WALTER ROBERTSON.
PATRICK McCLAlR, Chicago, as
s1stant coach; died at hospital.
SAMUEL TRUiT, N%oblesville, Ind,
sub-quarterback: died at hospital.
G. L. SHAW, student, Lafayette.
List of the Injured.
The injured:
William Sprau, %Sandusky, O.;
bruised hip.
II. c. Adams, Frankfort, Ind; ankles
fractured.
John G. Taylor, Lafayette; bruised.
Harry Van Tuyle, Indianapolis.
j. G. Coates, Burwin, Pa; left side
crushed; may be fatal.
Louis Smith, Purdue, student; back
hurt.
Al. Holler; leg crushed.
J. r. Whitehead.
r. w. Rusterbolz, Lafayette.
s. Miller, student.
q. Nichols, student. 5.#
y. w. Frank, Lafayette.
r. S.. Mills, student.
w. w. Taggart, student.
Z. S. O'Brien, student.
Hendricks tombstone. student.
Walter Rush, student.
r. Wilnore, student.
NJ. Steele, Canton, @.
j. w. Mowrey, Indianapolis.
g. G. Leslie, student.
L. P. Rush, Pittsburg.
John Miller, player.
Prof. A. w. Biting of Purdue; dislo-
Gated hip.
w. G. McManus of Davenport. Ia:
legs crushed.
Carlk Meyers of Monticello. Ind.
T. A. Bailey of Richmond, Ind.
II. 0. Wright of Pendleton, Ind: in
ternal injuries.
The accident vas due to cars run
ming down from a switch at the gravel
pit at Eighteenth street. The engi-
neer of the special saw the cars an
preaching and jumped from his en-
CINE. h first coach was cut in two
and the engine thrown on its side.
Many of he students who We're in the
rear coach We're shaken up. The Sec
ond car, occupied by the Purdue band.
was telescoped.
rooters, numbering nearly 1000. It
consisted of twelve coaches and was
running Jas the first section at a hirh
speed. AT the gravel pit switch near
Eighteenth street the switch engine.
with the cut Goa cars, colltded with the
passenger.
The passenger engine and first three
iliiOos c -AGSlICyGO..
The first coach was crushed to splin-
ters, the second telesccped and thrown
down an e~mbansment fifteen feet high.
and the third overturned and thrown
across the track.
Engineers DiscIain. Blame.
There is confusion ssto What caused
the accident, each engineer insisting
he had the track and did not know OF
the other train. The deep cut prevented
a clear view OF the track. Tie crash
of the two trains threw the coal cars
through the first two coaches in which
were many players and substitutes.
The engine, two coal cars and two
coaches were crushed into q confused
mass of wreckage. Under this pie OF
debris were fifty or more students of
the university. The uninjured ones III
the rear coaches hurried to aid the VIC
Tins. x
The condition of some Of the dead was
frightful; n body was entirely be-
headed; others terribly INITIATED. Two
OF the dead Hamilton boys we,.a broth
II lived at Lafayette and ere at
Huntington.
Scenes Were distressing.
At 3 o'clock it Was learned the list Of
dead reached fifteen. The WOUNDS OF
the injured were temporarily dressed
and they We're hurried to hospitals. a.
FEW going TO the nOfneS q NttcEGs.
All the killed We're in 49, rstgcoach,
which was smashed to lI1luiing wood.
They We're found, mangied and bleed
ing, with the injured pinned against
them. All were young. Seventy per-
sons We're in the coach, and those re-
tanning consciousness Urged friends to
hasten to the telegraph Office and in
form friends of their escape with a few
Injuries.
The number OF injured win reach
about thirty, IaarySof when it is feared
are fatally hurt. TSe injured are be-
ing cared for Ut hospitals. as14 surgeons
have already a~nlputated several limbs
and are still at work over the danger
ously wounded. Incoming trans
brought friends ind relatives Of the in
jured students, Who ct 0nce began to
search the hospitals and morguea.
Downtown LOO cheering students ar-
rived on a special from Bloomington.
When the news OF the disaster reached
them the cheering ceased and the bands
stopped playing. Tie colors were in
stantly lowered and tears followed
laughter. college yelis fading into
mournful expressions of heartfelt sym
pathy.