Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-08-15
TERRIBLE COLLISION.
Prightful Accident Happens on the
Nickel Plate Road.
SIGHT IS SICKENING.
Twelve Persons Aro Killed, Twenty.
Five Injured and Several OF the
Latter, n Il Thought,
Cannot Survive.

Cleveland, AuE. IA taat eaht-
bound passenger train on the Nickle
Plate road colllded with a westbound
freight train Sunday at Kishman. o.
near vermillion resulting In the death
Of twelve persons. while at least
twenty -nve others were injured. eight
Of whom viii probably die. The wreck,
according to the officials OF the com
pany. was caused by a misunderstand-
ing OF orders or neglect TO obey them
on the part Of the crew OF the frelgh,
train.
The forward cars OF the freight train
were splintered 20 fragments OF the
passengers IN the smoker none escaped
injury. Fortunately there was no FIRE.
The injured were hurried 10 Loraln
and placed IN the hospital The dead
were conveyed 10 morgues az Lorain.
When the trains came together al
most everybody In the smoker was doz-
ing. The sudden jalr hurled them out
several persons 90 the roof and sides OF
the car. which seemed all crushed in
like paper bags. plnning down each
passenger In the position IN which he
was caught. The passengers IN the sec
ond car escaped easily as the violence
Of the impact was not 20 severe. al
though few got on without bruises.
sprains or broken bones. The two rear
cars were sleepers and they withstood
the shock without suffering serious
harm. 40 passengers IN the sleepers
were injured.
Aside from the injured the men killed
on the passenger train were all riding
In the smoker az the head OF the train
and mostly foreign laboTers employed
by the STANDARD OF company on their
way 20 Brookeheld. O.. In charge OF a
foreman. Engineer Poole OF the pas
senger train was killed az his post
while trying 20 reach for the air brake
after seeing the headlight OF the freight
train. His fireman. Haefner. saved him
self by jumping.
The high speed % the passenger
train threw its engine and FIRST three
coaches over on the engine OF the
freight thraip. telescoping the smoker
and the car following.
The engineer and fireman of the
freight train saved themselves hy
jumping as soon az they saw the pas
senger train coming.
Roy Winch ~ Iindlay who. although
severely injured. was the first man to|
rush into the wrecked smoking car to|
take part in the work 81 rescue. gave
the following account of the terrible
sight Within The living. the wound
ed and the dead were piled in one indis-
criminnte mass an over the floor of the
car. the living entangied with the arms
and legs of the dead. and many OF them
pinned down hv the dead bodies OF the
Italians
some ~ the dead were 20 badly
smashed that through their mouths
protruded hiieous masses ~ intestines.
Two men. Italians saw pinned
down. one ON top being caught In some
way about the chest 80 that he could
not get away. The man underneath him
was also held down mainly bv thel
weight Of the man on top who. in his
frantic efforts 20 get away. kicked the
man under him literally to death.
'rerrorized by the deaths OF their
companions, the hiss OF escaping steam |
and the fear of death IN the darkness. !
the Italians fought with one another
and stampeded over the living and dead
In their efforts TO get out OF the car.
Several were almost as badly injured
by fighting each other as by the wreck. |
The engineer ot the passenger train
was nipped between the engine and
tender and when we found him he was |
hanging head down by the shreds OF
one leg over the side Of the engine. Two
men held him In an upright position for
over half an hour bef-re we were able |
TO release him. He died shortly after !
ward. He was conscious only a part OF
the time"