The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-04
DASHED INTO HUMAN MASS
EXPRESS TEARS THROUGH 1000
 TOLEDO E1CURSIONISTs.

hoahe Afom Detrott when Pansb mers
 tcan Flyer Comes Along and Strikes
 Them-dany Killed and IDjnred-
 Shocking scenes.
 Detroit, May 3.-A day of merrymak- Ing and celebration by fifteen hundred Polish excursionists from Toledo was brought to a close by frightful catas- Irophe at the corner of Garfield and De Quindre streets at S:30 o'clock this eve ming, in which at least seven of the ex- cursionists were killed and over thirty injured. The excursion was given by the Polish Lancers of Toledo over the Lake Shore road.
 About s o'clock tonight the visitors began to gather at the corner of Can field and De Quindre streets to take their train back to Toledo. Both the Lake Shore and Grand Trunk tracks run out from the Brush street station on De Quindre street. Four policemen stood at the corner of Garfield street and endeavored to keep the excursion ists from crowding through the gates onto the tracks. Despite their efforts hundreds erawled under or over the gates and walked down the dark tracks to await the arrival of their train, which could be seen coming slowly up from the station. Probably one thou sand persons were scattered along the tracks for two blocks waiting to board the Lake Shore excursion train and se- cure seats. It was only few blocks down the tracks, creeping carefully along. Suddenly from out of the dark ness came the Grand Trunk Chicago and New York express, known as the Pan-American flyer. It ploughed through the mass of people, throwing them to both sides of the track, bruised and maimed, and grinding number of them under the wheels.
 Patrolman Frederick T. Schultz John Zynda,, "a prominent local Pole, and numbers of others who were at the crossing assert that the flyers whistle was not blown nor was the bell rung. No statement could be secured on this subject at the local Grand Trunk office tonight.
 The flyer was checked and stopped as quickly as possible and backed back to the scene of the catastrophe, where for two blocks the track was covered with 1nangled and dying people, Four of the dead were killed outright by the train and the others died after being taken to the hospitals. The tracks are very dark below Canfield street and lanterns had to be brought into use toa find all the victims. A neighboring coal office, several neighboring houses and the gateman'sg shanty at the cross. ing were made temporary hospitals and the wounded were carried into them until the ambulances arrived a few minutes later, Every ambulance in the city was called to the scene and the in- jured were very soon under the care of surgeons in the hospitals.
 Patrolnan Schultz, who was one of the officers on duty at the crossing, said: .@gs sq,1G
 I've made every effort to keep the people off the tracks, but it was impos- sible. There were fifteen hundred ex- cursionists going back to Toledo, and twice that number of local Poles, who had been entertaining them, were down at the crossing to see them off. Those behind pushed and showed the foremost ones and they crawled under the gates, which were down properly, or jumped over them, despite our best efforts. There was no warning whatever of the approaching Grand Trunk train. No whistle was blown and the bell was not ringing, I should think that one thou sand was a small number for the people who were on the tracks for two blocks trying to be among the first aboard the Lake Shore train and thereby secure seats for the homeward trip. The Grand Trunk train came out of the darkness up the track like a meteor and was through the crowd almost be- fore I realized what had happened. A terrible cry went up from those who had witnessed the accident and rescu- CTS swarmed down the tracks. The cries and moans of the injured guided us in the darkness, and we picked them up from both sides of the track for two blocks Some of the sights were too sickening to describe"
 George Bardell is the aged gateman at the Canfield street crossing and he, too, insisted that his gates were down properly.
 < A cry for vengeance went up from the Poles as soon as they realized what slaughter the Grand Trunk train had done. " A demonstration was started against the engineer of the flyer. Some one shouted, sGet the engineer; kill ,lim!'' and rush was made down the track to the cab of the engine. The police had forestalled them, however, and an officer guarded Jach door of the cab. The angry Poles stood about and uttered threats until the flyer resumed its trip into the station.
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