Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-06
STUDENTS IN WRECK
Appalling Disaster on the Big Fou
Railroad at Indianapolis.
Train Bearing sPerdue Football
Team and Its Friends CoIIided
with Coal Cars-R0bbers
Wreck Santa Fee Train.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. IA special
train on the Big Four bearing 954 La
fayette passengers, including several
hundred students Of Purdue university,
was wrecked near Riverside park at
the edge of the city. Fifteen dead were
taken from the wreck and 40 passen-
gers were injured, "a of them seriously.
Among the dead are several members
of the Purdue university football team
which was to play Indiana university
for the state championship here.
The crash of the two trains threw
the coal cars through the first two
coaches in which we're many of the
players and substitutes. The engine,
two coal cars and two coaches were
crushed into confused mass OF
wreckage. Under this pile of debris
were so or more students of the univer-
sity. The uninjured in the rear coaches
buried to- the aid of the victims.
The scenes following the rescue of
the dead and injured were distress
ing. Strong men wept when they
looked upon the faces of their dead and
injured classmates. Many of the girls
knslt at the side, of the victims and
.bathed their wounds until the services
OF a surgeon could be secured. The
women on the train did everything pos
sible that their limited means would
permit. All the young men killed
were in the first coach which was re-
duced to skindling wood. They were
found lying mangled and bleeding
with the injured pinned against them.
Robbers Wreck a Santa Fe Train.
Fowler. Col, Oct. 31.-As the result
OF what is thought to be the work of
train robbers, the Santa Fee Colorado
Chicago special loaded with passengers
from Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo was wrecked on a bridge cross
ing the Apishapa river, between Fowler
and Marzanola, at 1:30 o'clock Friday
morning. The wreck was caused by
the removing of three rails on the ap-
preach to the bridge. The engine left
the track and turning slightly to the
right carried the train onto the pile
approach to the bridge and knocked the
bridge into the creek. The engine, two
baggage cars, chair car and day coach
plunged to the bed of the creek and lie
there in a mass of wreckage. Nobody
vas killed but 90 persons were injured.
Only four of these are reported to be
seriously hurt.
Among the injured are Mrs. Mary
Anderson. Nortonville, Kan; E. G.
Freese, Newton, Kan; P. M. Aubolun,
Eirenola. Kan; Mrs. Mary Laird. Cum
mings, Kan; Robert Collum, Carbon
dale, Kan: F. r. Risley, Gibbs, Mo-:
Mrs. Matilda Hamilton, Ness City,
Kan; p. w. Shoop, Unionville, Mo.
The entire train with the exception
OF two cars went into the creek. One
Pullman stopped with the front pro-
fecting over the embankment.
m-Fated Santa Fe Train.
La Junta, Col, Nov. S.-Santa Fe
passenger train No. 6. which was
wrecked by unknown persons at
Apishapa creek last Friday, met with
disaster again Monday at Thatcher.
where the engine left the track and
turned over on it's side, killing Fire
man Charles Everhart, Of Syracuse,
Kan. No passengers were hurt. The
accident is attributed to spreading OF
the rails.
killed Seven Carloads of stock.
st. Louis, Nov. 3.-While running at
high speed an inbound Wabash fast
freight crashed into freight ahead in
q dense fog yesterday, so miles west of
here, injuring seven men, two of whom
may die, and killing seven carloads
of stock The caboose of the train
ahead was split open and seven stock
men were hurled through the debris.
The ainjured were taken to hospitals
In Moberly.