The San Francisco call., 1905-08-14
Nickel Plate Express Runs
Into Freight Train in Ohio
Causing Death or Injury
to Many of the Passengers
ENGINEER DIES WITH
HAND ON AIRBRAKE
Watch Eight Minutes Slow
Said to Be Responsible for
Blunder Which Led to
the Fatal SmaSh-Up

CLEVELAND. Aus. 13.-A fast east
bound passenger train on the Nicke
Plate road collided with a westbound
freight train early to-day at Kishman
Ohio, near Nermulion, resulting in the
death OF twelve persons, while at least
twenty-five others were injured, eight OF
whosa will probably die The wreck, ac-
cording TO the officials OF the company
was caused by misunderstanding Of or
ders OF neglect TO obey them on the part
OF the crew Of the freight train. The
dead:
CHARLES W. POOLE, engineer pas
senger train, Connaut Ohio
JOSEPH ALEXANDER. Newark, n. J.
FRANK WEAVER, Findlay. Ohio.
NINE ITALIAN LABORERS.
The injured included the following:
John w. Long, Cleveland; Richard A
Long, son Of J. w. Long; Mrs. John W
Long; Louis Reihnbold, Bascom, Ohio;
E. E. O'Hara, Findlay, Ohio; B. L. Kerr
Grafton, Ohio; John W. Murphy, West
Haven. Conn; Philip Baskim, Tifin
Ohio; Floyd Trumer, Ada. Ohio; John
Dedtout, Tifin, Ohio; Frank Phillips
Findlay, Ohio.
Aside from the engineer the men killed
on the passenger train were all riding in
the smoking-car and were mostly foreign
laborers in the employ of the Standard
Oil Company on their way from Fort
Seneca, Ohio. 10 Brookfeld, Ohio, in
charge Of foreman.
Engineer c. c. Poole of the passenger
train was killed while trying to reach for
the air brake His fireman, Haefner,
saved himself by jumping. The high
speed Of the passenger train threw its
locomotive and first three coaches over
on the engine Of the freight train. tele-
Ecoping the smoker and the car follow
ing. Several cars of the freight train
were splintered to fragments.
OF the passengers in the smoker none
escaped injury. Fortunately there was
no FIRE but the heavy timbers of the
wrecked cars pinned down many and pre-
vented them getting out until assistance
arrived Doctors We're sent on special
train from Lorraine.
The injured were hurried to Lorraine
and placed in the hospital The dead
were conveyed TO the morgue at Lorraine.
When the trains came together almost
everybody in the smoker was doZing. The
sudden jar hurled them out Of their seats
into the aisle and threw several persons
10 the roof and sides Of the car, which all
at once crushed in Ike a paper bag, pin
ming down the passengers. The passen-
gers in the second car were more fortu-
nate. There the violence of the impact
was not so severe. although few got off
without cuts, bruises. sprains or broken
DDAlEe- lAt lND rear CdlSs clEtptlSs Will
stood the shock. No passengers in the
sleepers were injured.
The men on the train who escaped in
jury worked hard to rescue the victims.
snd were aided by residents from the
vicinity Of the wreck Some of the in
1ured were placed in the sleeping-cars.
while others were moved to houses near
the siding.
President Caniff of the Nickel Plate to-
day stated that from the information in
the hands Of the officials he freight crew
had orders 10 go on the siding at Kish-
man and there await the passage Of the
passenger train. Why this was not done
in time to permit the passenger train to
go by or a fiagman sent out has not yet
been learned A rigid investigation is be-
ing made by the railroad officials. II is
said that the watch Of the engineer of the
freight train was slow and that the en-
gineer believed he had eight minutes to
get his train on the siding before the pas
senger train was due. The freight train
had slackened speed and was about TO
back in on the siding from the main track
when the passenger train came tearing
along at the rate OF forty-five miles an
hour and dashed into IT.