Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
Several Members of the Purdue Uni versity Team Among the
 Killed and Injured.
WRECK OCCURRED NEAR RIVER
 SIDE PARK, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Cars Running Down From q Gravel Pit Switch Struck the Big Four Train Broadside, Cutting the First Car in Two and the Second Was TeIescoped.


 from Lafayette was wrecked near Riverside park, Saturday morning at the edge of this city. Several players are among the killed and injured. The team was scheduled to play with the Indiana state university Saturday aft ernoon.
 Twelve dead bodies have been taken from the wreck thus far. There are still others in the wreck.
 Some of the killed and injured are members of the football team, The list of dead thus far identified follows: The dead: w. H. Grube, substitute player; But Ter, Ind
 Walter Furr, member of the team; Texas.
 E. c. Robertson, assistant coach.
 Walter R. Rouch, Pittsburg.
 R. J. Powell, Corpus Christi, Tex.
 w. D. Hamilton, center rush, Lafay- cite.
 Gabriel S. Drollinger, beheaded.
 Sam Squibb, Lafayette.
 Jay Hamilton, substitute player; Huntington, Ind.
 N R. Howard, Lafayette.
 Walter Robertson.
 Patrick McClair, Chicago; assistant coach; died at hospital. Samuel Fruit, Noblesville, Ind; sub stitute quarterback; died at hospital.
 G. l.. Shaw, student, Lafayette. Injured:
 John Miller, player
 Prof A. w Biting, Purdue; dis located hip.
 w G. McManus, Davenport, Ia.; legs crushed.
 Clark Meyers, Monticello, Ind.
 T. A. Bailey, Richmond, Ind.
 H. o. Wright, Pendleton, Ind; in- ternal injuries.
 William sprau, sandusky, o;bruised hip.
 H. c. Adams, Frankfort, Ind; ankles fractured.
 John c. Taylor, Lafayette; bruised.
 Harry Van Tuyle, Indianapolis.
 J. c. Coates, Burwyn, Pa; leg crushed; may be fatal.
 Louis Smith, Purdue; student; back hurt.
 A. L. Holler; leg crushed.
 J. R. Whitehead.
 R. w Rusterholz, Lafayette.
 s. Miller, student.
 G. Nichols, student
 E. w. Frank, Lafayette
 E. S. Mills, student.
 w. w. Taggart, student.
 D. B. O'Brien, student. Hendricks Johnson, student.
 Walter Rush, student.
 R. Willmore, student.
 M E. Steele, Canton, O.
 J. w. Mowrey, Indianapolis
 H. c. Leslie, student.
 Irving Osborn, Dover, O.. captain of team; bruised and left leg fractured.
 A. Butler, Indianapolis.
 L. E. Irven, fireman; badly bruised.
 Dennis H. Long, Louisville; bruised. leg injured; Purdue player.
 Volney Lay, Laporte, Ind.
 L. E. Rush, Pittsburg.
 Nearly n Thousand On Board.
 The special train carried the Lafay- cite rooters, numbering nearly 1000. It consisted of 12 coaches and was run ming as the first section at high speed At a gravel pit switch near Eigh- teenth street, a switch engine with cut of coal cars collided with the pas senger. The passenger engine and first three coaches were almost total ly destroyed The first coach was crushed to splintsrs, the second tele- scoped and thrown down an embank- ment 15 feet high, while the third coach was overturned and thrown across the track. There is confusion as to what caused the accident each engineer insisting that he had the track and did not know of the other train. A deep cut prevented a clear view of the track.
 The crash of the two trains threw the coal cars through the first two coaches in which were many of the players and substitutes. The engine, two coal cars and two coaches were crushed into a confused mass of wreckage. Under this pile of debris were 50 or more students of the uni versity.
 The uninjured in the rear coaches hurried to the aid of the victims
 Taking Out the Victims.
 The work of pulling out the dead and injured was continued by the stu dents and passengers, including many girls from Lafayette, until surgical help arrived. The hospitals and sur geons' offices were telephoned for aid and physicians began rushing up in automobiles and carriages.
 Ambulances and special vehicles for taking away the dead and injured were hurried to the wreck. A large force continued tearing away the debris and removing bodies.
 The condition of some of the dead was frightful. One body was entirely beheaded. Others were terribly muti- lated The two dead Hamilton hoys