The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-22

THE INJURED.
Joseph Myers, wreck master. S25
North III street, Richmond, severe
bruises. internal injuries feared.
Joseph McGriff, 323 North Thir-
teenth street, Richmond bruised.
William Owens, 80 North Tenth ST..
Richmond, leg fractured; internal in
juries feared.
Frank Calkins, engineer, 81 South
Seventeenth street, Richmond; leg
broken.
Joseph A. German, 81 South Twelfth
street, Richmond, collar bone broken;
badly bruised.
Joseph Meyer, Richmond, body
bruises and internal injuries.
Morris ShowaIter of Mddletown,
Ind, bruises and cuts.
Oscar Green, Richmond, injuries
about the face.
While making an attempt to get up
speed to take long hill Immediately
vision Pennsylvania wrecking train
crashed into the rear section of local
freight train No. 70, instantly killing
Roscoe E. Freebern of this city, while
eight other local men were badly in
jured. The accident occurred at GAS
o'clock Wednesday evening.
1t was about an eighth of mile di-
rectly east of the Hagerstown station.
just across the old Whitewater canal.
All injured men were members of
the wrecking crew which was return
ing from a call to a small wreck on
the northern part of the division
Wild reports spread broadcast and it
was rumored in Richmond that the
Logansport and Richmond accommoda-
tion had been wrecked and many lives
lost. Physicians, six in number, were
called from this city by the Pennsyl-
vania officials and hurried to the
scene of the accident. The cause for
the wreck has not as yet been determ-
ined upon by the railroad officials, al
though Ray Deetor, the regular day
operator at Hagerstown, who was serv-
ing in the capacity of night operator
i'm the absence of the regular man, is
blamed to some extent for the loss of
property loss will amount to several
thousand dollars. The dead and in
jured were brought to Richmond as
soon as a relief train could reach the
scene.
Was Peculiar One.
The wreck was the most peculiar
one with which the local division
Pennsylvania officials have had to
deal One of them stated that |
IT was decidedly the "meanest" wreck |
and most complete smashup he had /
seen since his duty with the Pennsyl- |
vania railroad first began. How all
but one man escaped from death was
n miracle. and was commented on by /
all who saw the debris. which stood /
for several hours before the wreckfng I
trains from Bradford. o.. and Logans |
port arrived on the scene, long after
midnight.
The story of the wreck was vivid as
told by the members of the wrecking
crew. The story told by one of the
participants follows:
Story of the Wreck.
1--WE were called near Anderson,
Wednesday morning TO repair and
clean up a small section OF track
where a small wreck had occurred.
The work was completed yesterday
afternoon. and our train in charge of
Engineer Calkins and Fireman Showal-
ter started southbound for Richmond.
The train was pulled with good speed
to Mirville. but nothing extraordinary
was accomplished. At Millville our
a -. .Ne, Y Il
Richmond accommodation No. 40
which passed us While standing on
this track we wee again passed by a
small freight train. Following this.
however. the operator at Millville gave
MS the high sign that the track was
rlear. and we had the right of way. A
Few miles this side of Millville there
S a long grade three miles or over in