The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-19

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. ia spe-
cial from Lafayette, Ind. says that
25 persons were killed in the wreck
of Big Four passenger train No. 50
near Fowler early this morning twen-
ty of whom were cremated. Owing
to a dense fog the engineer of the
flyer was unable to see the light of
the semaphore, which directed him
to stop, as a west bound freight had
the right of way. The train dispatch
er waved his lantern frantically and
fired at least a nalf dozen shots from
a revolver, but the train went on.
The tender of No. 80 telescoped the
baggage car and cut through to with
in ten feet of the rear of the smoker.
The firemel, of both trains were in
stantly killed, but the engineers es-
capped by jumping. Immediately fol-
lowing the crash the wreckage caught
fire and the bodies were burned be-
fore they could be eXtricated from
the ruins. The killed include men,
women and children, aid all that
could be seen at daybreak was the
smouldering skeletons of human bod
les. None of the passengers in the
sleepers were killed and none of the
sleeping cars were destroyed by fire,
as first reported.
Later information shows that the
Pullman cars, with the exception of
the vice presidents private car, did
not turn over, but left the track and
were burned after the passengers had
been taken out
Another Report.
Chicago, Jan. 19.-Passenger train
No. SO eastbound on the Big Four
railroad collided head-on with west
bound freight, No. 40, at Fowler, Ind,
of Il
cite, about 2: so this morning, killing
and injuriag a number of persons, va
riously estimated at from II to 25.
The passenger train, which left Chi
cago at 11:30 last night was known
as the Queen City Special and
consisted of a combination baggage
and day coach, three sleepers a1d
the private car of c. E. Schaaf, vice
president of the road. the train was
running at fifty miles an hour, and
the force of the collision was so
great the tender of the passenger en-
CINE was driven the entire length of
the combination car in which there
were from Is to 25 passengers All
the dead and injured were in this
car, none of the passengers in the
sleepers being hurt. SOol after the
collision the wreckage caught fire
and all the coaches, except the pri-
vate car of Mr.. Schaaf were destroy
ed. Paul d. Harris, an attorney of
Chicago, was so far as known the
only one to escape from the combina-
ton car. According to him, both
trains had orders to stop at Fowler,
but the passenger train ran by the
signal, which the engineer failed to
see in the fog Mr.. Schaaf was not
in his private car, but mis- wife was
She was unfnjured-
Kankakee, ILL.,, JAN 19.5Seven of
the people injured in the Big Four
wreck at Fowler were brought here,
including the engineer of the passen-
ger train who jumped Into a pool of
water beside the track. and whose
conditions is serious. The others here
probably will recover.
Train Runs Into Washout-
Peoria, ILL.,. Jan. 19.-Train No.
337 on the Rock Island early this
morning ran into a washout three
miles west of Bureau, Ill The engine.
baggage car, chair car and sleeper
were deraileri. The engineer and fire
man were seriously injured and four
passengers slightly nurt
Locomotive Expiodes
De Soto. Kan. Jan. 19--The loco
motive driving the eastbound freight
train, No. 36. exploded ON a bridge
near here this morning. The bridge
was demolished and the engine and
fourteen freight cara went into the
creek The engineer, fireman and one
brakeman were buried beneath the
wreckage and killed
Wreck at Sea.
Dover. England, jan I9.-The Red
Star steamer Vaderland. bound from
New York for Antwerp. collided with
and sank the Dundee steamer. Ha-
worth Castle. four miles east OF the
South Goodwin Hghtsnsp during the
night. So far as known, only three
Of the HaWorth Castles crew nf 20