The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-15
Both Legs Cut OF i'm n Collision Of a
Passenger Engine with a
Switch Engine.
WAITING FOR TOWER SIGNAL
CALLAHAN'S TWO COMPANIONS ES-
CAPPED By JUMPING.
Engineer Clark Carries His Fellow
EmplOye to st. Vincent's-CalIa-
han Soon Expired.

Albert L. Callahan, yard conductor at the
Panhandle Railroad yards, was injured last
night at 1880 o'clock in a wreck at East
street and the Union tracks, and died
twenty minutes later while being taken to
ST. Vincent's Hospital. Callahan's legs
were both severed from his body. He also
suffered other injuries that made death
certain. His death was due largely to the
loss of blood he suffered after his legs were
cut off.
The wreck in which Callahan lost his
life occurred on a side track of the Union
Railway Company, about one hundred feet
east OF East street, near Pogue's run.
Switch engine No. $685. in charge of Engineer
William Clark and Fireman James M.
Chisman. was standing underneath the
overhead tower light waiting for the signal
from the watch tower at Delaware street.
In the cab with Clark and Chisman were
Brakeman James p. Childers and Conduct
or Callahan The men were busy hugging
the front of the fire box in their efforts
to keep warm. Immediately behind them.
and without any warning, came two pas
senser engines from the Panhandle round
house on their way to the Union Station.
The engines were to take out New York
Express No. 2. which was late in arriving
in this city from st. Louis. They were
coupled together and were running at a
speed of probably twelve miles an hour
When they struck the switch engine the
into the cab. Childers and Chisman iumped
when they heard the approach of the pas
senger engines. Clark was the running
board alongside the boiler. Callahan was
the last one TO try to get out of the engine
Before he could crawl through a window
the huge tender with its steel apron was
pushed against him. The steel apron cut
BACK TO HIS FRIEND.
Callahan's cries attracted the attention
of Engineer Clark. who rushed back to
the cab to exrricate his friend, who he
thought had got off safely. Seeing that
Callahan was tightly wedged i'm the cab
he yelled to the engineer of the passenger
train to pull away. When the passsn-
ger engines backed away the tender of
the switch engine settled down and Gala
hans body slid down between the tender
and engine. Clark, with the assistance
of Childers and Chisman, placed the bleed
ing form of Callahan in the engine. un-
coupled IL from the broken tender and
started the engine to st. Vincent's Hos
pital. He ran the engine to the South
street crossing of the j., NJ & /. tracks
Callahan was yet alive and preparations
We're AT once made to carry him to the
hospital! The men had succeeded in carry
ing Callahan to Delaware street, across
from the hospital. when he expired. They
continued over to the hospital. where the
body was taken in charge by Collier g.
Reynolds, undertakers.
The two passenger engines. after the
crash, continued on their way to the Union
Station. The pilot of the first engine ryos
broken. but the machinery of the engine
was not injured in the least The tender
OF the switch engine was completely
broken. ''o
Callahan was twenty-nine years old and
leaves a widow and one small child. They
nVe nVe at No 10 keystone avenue. He has
been employed by the Panhandle Railroad
since he was fifteen years old