Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-16
40 |MM|GRANT IS BURNED.
BALTIMORE & OHIO PASSENGER
AND FREIGHT TRAINS IN A
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
ERROR IS THE CAUSE.
Half Hundred Doctors Rushed to Scene,
Where Ditched Cars Burn After
Tumbing Into a Heap.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-At l
o'clock officials of the Baltimore & Ohio
announced they had received positive
news from the wreck at Woodvihe, and
it was known that out of 135 people on
the train, forty were killed, thirty-fve
others injured and sixty escaped IN
hurt.
Forty Burned in Wreck.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Nov. 12.-Forty
out of 167 immigrants who were on a
Baltimore & Ohio train, which collided
head-on with a freight train this morn
ing at Woodville, ten miles north of
here. are missing 1t is believed their
bodies were consumed by the fire which
destroyed six coaches of the Immigrant
train.
Error Is the Cause.
The accident, it is declared was the
result of a instruction Of train dis
patchar He ordered a west-bound train
held at Chicago Junction, Ind, to al
low an east-bound passenger to pass.
The passenger was running in two sec
tons, but the conductor of the west
bound train was not notified of this.
When the first section had passed, he
therefore pulled out, and started for Chi
cago on the main track. The collision
followed.
Scores of Physicians Come.
The railway company gathered physi-
clans from every available point and a
wreck train from Chicago brought 9th
erS. There were fifty at the scene to
attend the injured. The wreck occurred
on a curve and the engineers had but
time to reverse their levers and jump.
The entire immigrant train of six cars
was burned, as We're three cars in the
freight train. The fireman of the freight
train is dead and Fireman Cutler of the
immigrant train is badly hurt, and it IS
believed he cannot live. Engineers
Wrenneman and Burke of the two trains
and Baggage Master Snyder of the i'm
migrant train are badly injured.
Came from Russia.
Both engines were turned over on the
south side of the track and fell clear of
the main track. 1t was expected to
have the main track clear and repaired
by noon. Passenger trains were de-
toured by other lines with as little delay
as possible.
The immigrants consisted of Russian
Jews, Servians and Poles and were en-
route via Chicago to the northwest.
Hurled Into Fire Pit.
The two trains came together at full
speed, and the impact wrecked both OF
them completely. y NUMBER OF the cars
of the emigrant train were hurled down
ten-foot embankment, and Immediately
caught fire. Although every possible effort
was made to eXtricate passengers from
the wreckage, the flames spread so rap
idly that this was impossible in many
cases, and it is certain that many were
burned to death before aid could be
given them. 1t is known that five of
the immigrants were killed outright.
Fourteen Ambulances Ready.
CHICAGO, H., Nov. 12.-Immediate-
ly after notifying Mercy hospital to pre-
pare for the reception of fifty wounded
in the Woodville wreck, the officials Of
the Baltimore q Ohio requested the aid
of the police department in caring for
them and Chief of Police Collins at once
ordered fourteen ambulances to meet
the train at the depot.
1t was then announced by the officials
of the road that the train would not
reach this city before $3.50 o'clock.
Overland Train Wrecked.
SAN JOSE, Cal. Nov. 12.-West-
bound overland train No. 102 on the
Southern Pacific from New Orleans to
San Francisco was wrecked near Sar-
gents station, eighty-seven miles
south of San Francisco shortly be-
fore midnight. Three men are reported
killed and another blinded by the explo-
sion of the engine
The depot is burning. A special train
has left San Jose with physicians and