The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-06-03
SIX PERSONS CRUSHED TO
DEATH AND SEVENTEEN
MANNED, CUT OR BRUISED
Disastrous Collision Between Pas
senger and Freight Cars on
Ohio Electric Line.
RALPH WILLIAMS DEAD
Negro Who Is Said to Have Lived
Either at indianapolis or
Toledo.
RALPH WILLIAMS DEAD

NORWALK. o.. June I'm an accident
on the Lake Shore electric railroad six per-
sons were killed and dozen or more badly
hurt late tins afternoon as the result of a
collision between an east-bound fast electric
passenger car and a west-bound package
freight" car at Wells Corners. few miles
east of this city. The dead are:
CHARLES PECK, Lorain. o.
w. w. SHERWOOD. Garrettson, o.
NEIL SULLIVAN, an inspector of safety
appliances for the Interstate-commerce
Commission, Binghampton. n. Y.
CLARENCE KELCHAM, Lorain, o.
RALPH WILLIAMS, colored, Indianapo-
lis. Ind.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN; in his pocket
was key ring with the name George Judd
Taylor, Alliance, o.
The injured are: Steve watergo. body
crushed, terribly cut about head: Frank
Libling. Cleveland. head cut: Amelia Fur
nice. Cleveland. head cut; Rose Burns,
Cleveland head badly cut. teeth knocked
out; Gertrude Miller. Cleveland cheek cut.
leg injured; Mrs. Louise c. Miller, Cleve-
land. head cut: Chief Electrician Moore, of
the Lake Shore electric head cut; Mrs.
George E. Jansen, Cleveland, head cut; NJ.
Mcdonald. Cleveland. internal injuries. left
side badly crushed: D. c. King Fremont
head and back bruised X. d. Hawkins.
conductor passenger car. left shoulder in
jured; Mills Beebe. motorman passenger
car, back injured; William Fletcher East
Norwalk. right arm injured; c. II. Otto.
Elyria, head cut; Mrs. w. r. Ensign, To-
ledo, leg broken; Mrs. r. c. Seyers To-
ledo. head crushed; Myrtle Nagle, Cleve-
land. head and arm hurt; George Sturgeon,
motorman on package car badly crushed.
The accident occurred at point quite dis
tant from any immediate means of COM
munication. and assistance was sent from
Norwalk, where every physician and nurse
in the city was called into service and hur-
ried to the place OF the accident on special
car.
When the injured had been attended to
they were placed on a car and brought to
this city, where they now are at the ST.
been turned into hospital
All those who were killed were in the
smoking compartment of the passenger car.
and death came instantly, the bodies show
ing no sign OF life when the rescuers went
TO work after they had recovered from the
first shock of the accident. The injuries of
several of those hurt are SO serious that
they may result fatally.
Just why the accident occurred is not
known. Superintendent Streler, of the Ere
mont division of the road, arrived shortly
after the accident and Will make a thorough
investigation.
The cars were the largest type of subur-
ban electric cars and they were smashed
TO pieces. the freight car being broken in
two. Both were running at high speed when
the collision occurred.
Ii was necessary 10 jack up the freight
car. which lay across the bodies of the men
in the smoking compartment of the pas
senger car. Many OF the women pasSen-
gers had tainted. others were on their
knees Offering thanks for their safety,
xyif heir
hands TO their ears to shut out the cries OF
the injured.
Manager Stoul. of the Lake Shore electric
said as to the cause OF the wreck: Some
one did not live up 10 the rules of the road;
who IL was | don't know"
Williams. one of the killed. whose resi-
dence was given as Indianapolis. also is said
To have lived at 32l Missouri street Toledo.
His mother is in Muncie, Ind. Watergo, one
OF the injured. is Hungarian and lives In
Toledo.