Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-14
CORE OF PEOPLE
BURNED TO DEATH
"a Crash Of Fast Trains on B.
And o. Railway.
20 70 40 PERSONS cREMATEo

Ruins Of Train Burns Up-Many Are
Hurt Who Escape the Flames-Rs.
lief Trains Have Been Rushed to
the Scene.
Chicago, Nov. ia disastrous
wreck occurred Monday on the Bal
limore and Ohio road at Woodvlle,
gnd. 30 miles from this city. Re-
ports 30 far are conflicting, but the
majority OF them place tne number OF
dead at killed outright in the coll
lision, 20 to 30 Others caught in the
NrecRage and burned 10 death and 20
s0fIously injured The majority OF
The killed and injured are emlgrants.
The accident Is said TO have been
caused by confusion regarding sig
mails which allowed the emigrant train
10 pass station when a freight was
approaching from toe opposite direc-
tlon. Tho two trains came together
at iull speed and the impact was 50
teFrlhc that Il wrecked both tralns
completely. A number OF cars Of
she emlgrant train were hurled down
i0-fo0t embankmeut aud lmmedl-
aieiy caught Gre. Although every
possible effort was made TO extricate
them from the wreckage. the flames
spread 80 rapidly that this was im-
possible In many cases and II Is cer-
tain that fully a score we're burned
70 death before aid could be given
them.
Il Is known that i've Of the emil
grants were killed outright and tho
engineer OF the cmlgrant train was 80
badly injured that his recovery Il ip-
possible.
Woodylllo Is a small station about
40 miles north OF Valparaiso. Ind.
and aid was Immediately summoned
from that place. A wrooling train.
which was az once made up az Wood
Vile, was dispatched along the line
90 secure medical aid and every
physician within reach was AZ once
on board OF tho train and hurried
back TO WOodylllo.
Later reports from the wreck de-
claFed that tho number OF dead was
but ave, aud none OF The immigrants
were burned TO death In tho wreck
age.
The collidlng trains were express
train No. 81, west bound. made up OF
cSpreaa and passengers cars, and the
frsdght train No SO. eas bound
The express train had 100 passen-
eoFa on board. nearly all OF whom
were omlEfants. Tho railroad COM
tany gathered physicians from every
available point aud wreck train
from Chicago brought others There
we're hfty a. the scene to attend che
injured The wreck occurred on a
curve, and the engineers had bul ilt.
Ne time 70 reverse their lovers and
Sump,
Five persons we're killed aud twen.
y were inluFed, some Of whom may
die.
Baltimore. Nov. is.--Advicos 90
she baltimore and Ohio SEVERAL oaicei
acre say;
Tao oolll'son was between q west
bound immisrauy train and Chicago.
New Vera east bound frciEhs train.
TAeTo vere isS immigrants on the
paaEengcf train, Tho last report
says thar up 60 80 O'Clock only oae
tmmlsranl Vas found dead aud a. hear
- can Ae told. ahout 60 or SO werp
missing, they NAY prohably have
NcaUefed over he coubtfy. The en-.
uFp immigrant train ~ sx can.
WEs hurned. a. weTv thrce oars Ia che
frelEhi train, The nrrman q ne
frslgti irsin o. dead and Frcman Cal.
kF, az he Immigrant train h badly
huFt. and q Is believed hv can uol
live. Egriuesrt WFeeheBlah ana
hsrke, 90 ghg tao iFains, sha bar.
sac nasisg SnSdsT. q che immi.
gsAl uain. are eaais iuiare1 hoys
eaEines etrs tarne1 over oa tAe south
t,ds a. tae Jract sH8 tcl clear q 1s
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