The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-11-16
Al WERE KILLED
Torty-Five Bodies Were Consumed
In a Fire Which Followed a
Wreck Near Woodville, Ind.
ON THE ALTIMORE AND OHIO
The Train Carried 165 Passengers
and but so Escaped Unhurt
Coaches Rolled Down Embank-
ment and Caught Fire.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-More than one
half the passengers ON an immigrant
train on the Baltimore d Ohio ROAD
were killed or injured in COLLISION
Monday between the passenger train
and a freight near Woodville, lnd'
One hundred and sixty-five pasSeu-
gers were on the train, and OF .AeSe
AZ were either killed outright or
we're burned to death in the IRE
which broke out in the wreckage imme
diately after the collision. The names
of all of the dead will probably never
be known. as As of the bodies were
consumed in the flames or were so
badly burned that Identification Is
impossible.
Thirty eight people were injured
and several of these will die. Eighty
others escaped unhurt, but lost near
ly all their baggage and clothing.
The disaster was caused by
blunder of some employe of the rail-
road company, but just where the
blame lies has not as yet been deter
mined. The passenger train which
was loaded with Russian Jews, Ser
VANS and Poles, all of them recent
arrivals in this country, and Dounu
for Chicago or places in the North
west. was the second section oil
Through train from Baltimore. The
engineer of the freight train NO. Vs.
Ind, waited at siding at Babcock'
Ind. to allow the immigrant train to
pass. One report is that the engineer
OF the freight train had not been In
formed that the passenger train was
running in two sections, the other IS
that the first section of the passen-
ger train carried no lights or signals
OF any kind, indicating second sec
ton was close behind. AS soon as
the first section of the immigrant
train had passed the switch at Bah
cock the freight train in charge OF
Engineer Burke and Conductor Moste,
started eastward. A light snow was
falling which increased the darkness
Of the early monring and as the freight
was rounding sharp curve just west
of Woodville the second section OF
the Immigrant train came in sight a
short distance away, tearing toward
Chicago at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, The two trains came together
with unslackened speed and in the
crash six passenger coaches and sew
erai freight cars were knocked into
kindlng wood and together with the
locomotives went rolling down the
ten-foot embankment.
Fire broke out almost Immediately
In the wreckage and although mum
Der Of the injured were saved by the
desperate efforts of the train crew and
surviving passengers the greater part
of those who were pinned down in the
debris were burned to death. The
flames spread through the wreckage
SO rapidly that it was impossible to
save a number of people who were but
slightly hurt, but were held fast by
timbers. These were burned in plain
sight of the throng which stood
around the scene of the disaster ut
terly unable to lend assistance. The
fire continued until all of the shat
tered cars we're entirely consumed and
Of AZ people whose death followed the
collision As were burned to ashes.
Relief trains were at once sent ou
from South Chicago and from Valpa
raise, Ind, with every available pro
vision end every possible aid was
given to the injured. A large mum
Der of the relatives Of the passeD
gers of the Inflated train were IL
Chicago awaiting the arrival ant
when the report of the catastrophe
was received scenes around the Bal
timo C Ohio depot were narrowing