The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-15


Chicago. Nov. 12.-At one o'coc
officials of the Balimore& OHIO an.
bounced that they mad received pos:
tive news from ,he wreck at Wood,
Vile and 1t was known that out
the lSo persons on the train, 40 were
killed, 81 others In. ured, and 81
escaped un,,nrt.
Chicago, Nov. IA wreck oc.
Cured Monday on the Baltimore
Ohio railroad a! Woodvile, Ind
about 80 miles from this city. Onc
man was killed on right in tie col
Hsion, and 90 to 80 others were ser
ously Injured, The man killed ant
a majority OF those injured are EN-.
grants.
The accident Is said to have been
caused by confusion regarding signal /,
which allowed the emigrant train Il
pass a station when a freight was
approaching from the opposite d rec
ton. The two trains came togetAe.
at full speed and impact wrecked
both OF them completely. A number
OF the cars of the emigrant train
were hurled down a ten.foot embank
ment and Immediately caught fire.
Woodville Is a small station abou
ten miles north of Valparaiso, and
aid was Immediately summoned from
that place. A wrecking train whic~
WIS at once made up at Woodvil.e
was dispatched along the line to Sc
cure medical aid and every physi
clan within reach was at once taken
on board Of the train and hurried
back to Woodville.
The colliding trains were express
train No. AZ, westbound, made up OF
express and passenger cars. an6
freight train No. SO, eastbound. The
express train had $50 passengers on
board. nearly all immigrants. The
railroad company gathered physicians
from every available point and a
wreck train from Chicago brough,
others. There were so at the scene
to attend the injured. The wreck
occurred on curve and the engineers
had but little time to reverse their
levers and jump. At 1890 o'clock
the Baltimore & Ohio road notified
Mercy hospital here to be prepared
for the reception of 40 injured per.
sons. The train was scheduled to
rive here at noon.
The accident, it is declared, was
the result of misdirection by a
train dispatcher. He ordered a west
bound train held at Chicago Junction
Ind, to allow an eastbound passen.
ger to pass. The passenger train
was running in two sections but the
conductor of the westbound train was
not notified of this. When the first
section had passed he therefore pulled
out and started for Chicago on the
main track and the collision fol.
lowed.
Immediately after notifying Mercy
hospital to prepare for the reception
of the wounded in the Woodville
wreck, the officials Of the Baltimore
& Ohio requested the aid of the poles
department in caring for them and
Chief of Police Collins at once Or
dered IA ambulances to meet the train
at the depot. It was then announced
by officials of the road that the train
would not reach this city before $3.50
o'clock.
La Porte, Ind, Nov. 1.-THE in
jured in the Baltimore G. Ohio wreck
will numl er 40. The passengers
were asleep when the accident oc.
CURED. The cars caught fire at
once, and many were caught in the
wreckage and were unable to release
themselves and it is thought they
we're consumed by the flames. Cries
Of the victims filled the air and those
who were not badly hurt tried to save
others but they were not very sue
cessful the flames drove them back.