The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-26
Collision Near Mauds,
 Illinois. TEN MEN WERE INJURED Operator Failed to Deliver Instructions. Hing Given by His BethrOthed Was Only Identification Mark for Fire man Hutts-Many Pathetic
 Incidents.
TEN MEN WERE INJURED

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 25.-The passen- ger train which left St. Louis at g o'clock on the Southern Railway, col uded head-on with the train leaving Louisville about the same hour. near Mauds, H., today. One passenger and six employees were killed and two pas sengers and eight employees injured:
 The dead-Charles Schmidt, Gen. tralia, Ills. Engineer Bowen, Prince ton, Ind; Fireman Charles Hut, Princeton, Ind: Mail Clerk H. D. Hogan, Georgetown, Ind; Section Fore man Underwood, Princeton, Ind; em- ploye Henry Oskin, Tenneson. Ind; em- ploye Cyrus Hutchison. East St. Louis. section man.
 Injured-Albert McNelly. Princeton, Ind, bruised; Albert Oskin, Tenneson. Ind, ankle sprained; employe Eugene Carlton, Dale, Ind, internally; Express Messenger C. D. Minter, broken leg; Conductor w. H. Beatty, Louisville. shoulder dislocated: Mail Clerk M. G. Mitchell, St. Louis, hip injured; Ex- press Messenger J. A. McWilliams St. Louis. slight: Flagman Joseph Lowe; Section Foreman, Henry Austin.
 The St. Louis-Louisville and St. Louis Knoxville sleepers were drawn by both trains, but none of the pas sengers in these four cars was injured. Both engines were badly damaged and four coaches turned over. The col aision occurred between Mount Carmel, Ills, and Princeton. Ind. and according to the Southern Railway officials. was caused by the failure of the operator at Browns Ills, to deliver to the east bound train an order naming a meeting point for the trains.
 All of the employees with the excep- nf the n in tha COrn- bination baggage and smoking car.
 Engineer Buchanan and Fireman Taggart escaped by jumping. Noth- ing was found of Fireman Huttss body but some charred bones, which werc identified by watch and ring The bones were gathered into a water bucket by the rescuers. Only 5 the trunk of the body of Engineer Bowen was recovered and it was found pin toned beneath the burning tender Under h'm was a portion of his tool box. .e limbs was burned off and the he..V had been burned from the trunk. The body was identified by means of a watch and an Elks badge.
 Reporter Among Injured.
 McNeely one of the injured, was riding on the engine. He Is report CT on The Princeton Clnd) Clarion. and was going to spend Christmas at
 
 was in a coach behind.
 The cars of the eastbound train were telescoped and caught fire. The cars of the westbound train were only par tialiy telescoped and the passengers escaped without serious injury.
 A wre, 5ing crew and relief party left Princeton, Ind, at once and began clearing the track and removing the dead and injured. The hardest task was to extinguish the flames. which had broken out among the shattered en- zines and coaches. Water was carried in hats and rain coats and thrown on the flames by the passengers before re- lief arrived. The wounded were un- cared for until relief arrived from Princeton and Mount Carmel.
 Several cars were burned before the fire was extinguished. Each train car ried day coaches, a chair car and two sleepers. The chair car and sleepers were not injured. Fireman Hutts was to have been married in April to Miss Jennie Husk of Princeton, and the charred remains of his body were par tially identified by ring given him by Miss Husk.
 His former home was at Eldorsville, III. He was a member of the Birming- ham, Ala, Lodge of Knights of Pyth- ias. Engineer Bowen's mother, who Is an invalid. is not expected to recover. '. Before leaving her Saturday night he said to her. Good bye, mother, and a merry Christmas to you. If l don't come back 1t will be all the same"