Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07
A FRIGHTfUL kahn MRtCk
IA PERSONS KED NEAR IN
DIANAPls IND.

on Their Way Football Game
tor Championship lndiana-Train
CoIIoeo With SIGH Engine.
indianapolis, NJ IA special
Craln on the Big pur, bearing 9o4
Lafayette passen$, including sew
eral hundred studs OF Purdue UNI.
Versity, was wrech near Riverside
park, at the edge this city. Four.
teen dead have bA taken from the
wreck ana 40 paengers were in
Jured, "a of them rlously.
Among the deadre several mem.
oers OF the Purdudniversity football
team, which was tplay Indiana uni
yersity for the ste championship
here.
The train consisd of II coaches
and was running the first section
at high speed.
AT a gravel pit witch near Eigh-
teenth street, stitch engine with
a couple of coal hrs collided with
the passenger. Til passenger engine
and first three coehes were almost
totally destroyed.
The first coach was crushed tC
spllnters, the secdd telescoped and
thrown down an eIbankment Is feet
high, while the thil coach was over
| turned and thrown across the track
There is confusionas to what caused
the accident, the Engineer insisting
that he had the rack and did mo-
know Of the othr train. A deey
cut prevented a lear view of tbs
track. The crash of the two train:
threw the coal can through the frs
two coaches, in witch were many o
the players and substitutes. The en-
CINE, two coal carsand three coache
were crushed into a mass OF wreck
age.
Under the pile of debris were SO o
more students of tie university. TIL
uninjured in the rear coaches hurrie
to the aid of the victims. The wor
OIL pulling out the victims was col
tinued by the students and passel
gers, including many girls from l.;
tayette, until surgical help arrived.
| The condition of some of the dea
were frightful. One body was entirel
beheaded. Others we're terribly NUT
lated. Two of the dead, the HamiltC
boys, were brothers. One lived
Lafayette and one at Huntington, In
The scenes following the rescue
the dead and injured were distressin
Strono- M -,,7.-A ---l-4I-- si-~~- l--1--
upon the faces of their dead and
jured classmates. Many of the cir
knelt at the side of victims end bath,
their wounds until the services of
surgeon could be secured. The VOL
en- on the train did everything pos
BILE that their limited means won
permit.
All the young men killed were
the first coach, which was reduc
to kindling. They were wound ma
gled and bleeding, with the engi
pinned against them. The coach he
about 70 persons. Those who regain
consciousness when laid upon t
grass urged and in some cases {
manded that their friends hasten
the telegraph offices and inform the
parents that they had escaped with
few bruises.
Several of the suffering fellows p
iously pleaded that their names not
published because of the anguish
would cause their mothers and fat
ers.
Down town, three miles away, IL
cheering students had arrived on
special train from Bloomington, In
with the boys of the Indiana elev
eager for the contest. They pour
out of the train with bands playi
and colors flying, to be met with t
news of the tragedy to their rivf
from Purdue. Instantly bands cease
colors were lowered, and hidden
meath coats. Tears followed Taught
and college yells faded into mournt
expressions of sincere and hearth
sympathy.
Joe Blackburn outpointed Joe Ga1
the lightweight champion, in a ia
six round bout recently.
The strike of the Portland, Or
longshoremen has been amicably s.
tied.
Dickens Home Sold.
The birthplace of Charles Dickel