New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-23
Travellers DIE IN
Wreck and Flames
FAST PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES
INTO FREIGHT AT FOWLER,
INDIANA.
AT LEAST THIRTEEN
PERSONS KILLED
Rail Disaster Occurs, in Early Morn
ing During Fog-Fire Adds to
Horror-car Of Official Is Only
One Saved.

Fowler, Ind, Jan. 21-The most
horrible railroad wreck of the year oc-
CURED on the Big -Four. railway a quar-
ter of mile east Of this station at
2:15 Saturday morning. Queen City
special No. SO, which left Chicago at
1880 Friday night, going at, the speed
of 500 miles an. hour, crashed head-on
.:into5a westbound freight and at least
10 lives were. sacrificed: The tender
of No. 38 in front of the day :combinas
ton. coach crashed into it and reduced
it to splinters. The coach caught fire
and high wind from the southwest
famed the flames. Inside of half an
hour many bodies were cremated.
Partial List Of Victims.
A partial list of the dead follows:
Higgender, e. j., Indianapolis; con-
ductor of the passenger train Nc
Gee, j., baggageman of the passenger
train. Minor, Henry, fireman of
freight train. Outcalt, Henry, Cincin,
natl; fireman of the passenger train.
Shannon, John, $50 Potomac avenue,
Chicago.
The injured, all of whom were taken
to Kankakee, are: Barnes, c. L., Gin
cinnati, passenger; severe bruises.
Creton, M. A., New York city, an Ar
menian, last man rescued from cOmbl-
nation car wreck; escaped death from
flames by narrow margin. Grid, Ed
ward. Indianapolis, engineer OF the
freight train; badly cut and bruised.
Harris, Walter B., Indianapolis, pas
senger in combination car; both legs
mangled in wreckage. Lang, l.. F.,
Chicago, back hurt and leg injured,
condition not serious; was passenger
in com ination car. Link, T. W., Mich
igan. Lynch, H. w, 2S6 Wabash ave-
nue., Chicago; leg broken, back
bruised, internal injuries; will prob
ably recover. Trip, E. W., Indianap-
oils engineer of passenger train;
saved life by jumping; was nearly
drowned in pool beside railway en-
bankment; condition serious.
Dense Fog Cause of Wreck.
Owing to the dense fog the engineer
of the Big Four flyer was unable to
see the light on the semaphore; which
! directed him to stop, as a westbound
/, freight had the right of way. The
train dispatcher. knowing that the
dense fog would prevent the train
men from seeing the block signal
went outside and waved his lantern
| frantically and fired at least half a
| dozen shots from his revolver, but the
| trainmen went crashing by with their
train and moment later the crash
came.
The firemen Of both trains were
killed instantly, but the engineers
escaped by jumping. The report OF
| the collision was heard all over town
! Fire bells and whistles called the peo
| pie to the aid of the injured.
Immediately following the crash the
| wreckage caught fire and the bodies
were burned before they could be ex
! tricated from the ruins. The heat Of
| the burning cars was so intense that
| the would-be rescuers could not get
| near enough to help. The injured and
some of the dead were taken to Kan
kakee, ILL.,, on the private car of Vice
President Schaff, which was not de
rallied Mrs. Schaff was in the private
car, but was not injured.
| Only Two Are Rescued.
! One man who was pleading piteOus