Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-08-16
TERRIBLE COLLISION.
FrightfuI Accident Happens on the
Nickel Plate Road.
SIGHT IS SICKENING.
Twelve Persons Arc Killed, Twenty.
Five Injured and Several Of the
Latter, II Is Thought,
Cannot Survive.

Cleveland. Aug. IA fast east
bound passenger train on the Nickle
Plate road colllded with a westbound
freight train Sunday al Kishman. o..
near Vermillion. resulting IN the death
OF twelve persons. while at least
twenty-five others were injured. eight
OF whom VIII probably die. The wreck.
according to tho officials OF the COM
pany was caused by misunderstand-
Ing of orders or neglect 20 obey them
on the part OF the crew Of the freight
train.
The forward cars Of the freight train
were splintered 70 fragments OF the
passengers In the smoker none escaped
injury Fortunately there was no IRE.
The injured were hurried 10 Lorain
and placed IN the hospital The dead
were conveyed to morgues az Lorain.
When the trains came together al
most everybody In the smoker was dog
Ing. The sudden jair hurled them out
Of their seats into the aisle and threw
several persons TO the roof and sides OF
the car. which seemed an crushed IN
Ike paper bags. pinning 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
spraius 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 at the head of the train
and mostly foreign laboTers employed
BY the STANDARD oil company on their
way 90 Brookeheld a.. IN charge OF "a
foreman. Engineer Poole Of the pas
senger train was killed az his post
while trying 10 reach FOR the air brake
after seeing the headlight Of the freight
train. His fireman. Haefner. saved him
self by jumping.
The high speed of the passenger
train threw its engine and first three
coaches over on the engine of the
freight thrain. telescoping the smoker
and the car following
The engineer and fireman Of the
freight train saved themselves by
jumping as soon as they saw the pass
senger train coming.
Roy Winch of indlay who. although
severely injured was the first man 10
rush into the wrecked smoking car 10
take part Co. The work of rescue. gave
the following account OF the terrible
aHH
ed and the dead were piled ln one indis-
criminate mass al over the floor of tho
car. the living entangled with the arms
and legs Of the dead. and many OF them
pinned down by the dead bodies Of the
Italians
some of the dead were 50 badly
smashed that through their mouths
protruded hideous masses of intestines
Two men. Italians. saw pinned
down. one on top being caught IN some
way about the chest so that he could
not get away. The man underneath him
was also held down mainly by the
weight Of the man on top who. In his
frantic efforts 20 get away. kicked the
man under him literally 20 death.
'Terrorized 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 Of 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 before we were able
10 release him. He died shortly after
ward. He was conscious only a part OF
the time"