The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-06-24
10 DEAD; 40 HURT
As CARS COLLIDE
Crowded TrolIeys Crash While Run
ming At High Speed.
MOTORMAN DlSOBEYED ORDERS
Many of the Victims Were Homeward
Bound From the Crown
Point Automobile
Races.
MOTORMAN DlSOBEYED ORDERS

Races.
South Bend, Ind, June 2l.-Ten per-
sons were killed and 40 injured in the
wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore &
South Bend railroad In Porter county,
Ind, Saturday night, when two of the
big electric cars collided head-on.
According to General Manager H. U.
Wallace, the wreck was due to dis
obedience OF orders by Motorman
George A. Reed of the east-bound car,
who was killed.
Reed received instructions at Gary
to wait at Wilson. short distance
west of Baileytown, the point at which
the disaster occurred, for the west
bound car to pass. The impact Of the
cars was SO great that they were re-
| duced to mass of wreckage. II.
The Dead. Is
George A. Reed, motorman, Michi-
gan City, Ind. formerly of Villa Grove.
Ill. ..E.
Ray F. Merriman, married, South
Bend. ...s... .........
Edward Gilbertson, Porter, Ind.
e. A. Barber, Mishawaka. Ind.
F. T. Moore, residence, unknown.
William Leon, secretary of the Dow.
agiac Motor Works. Dowagiac, Mich.
F. A. Lake, president Dowagiac Mo-
tor Works, Dowagiac, Mich. -
H. H. Hutson, Niles, Mich.
The Injured.
Fred Wusth, Chesterton, Ind, chest
crushed; Arthur Johnson, Chesterton,
skull fractured; F. G. Schimmel,
Michigan City. Ind, leg broken;
Charles Neissen, Tolleston, Ind, back,
head and shoulders bruised; Delbert
E. Kinney, Michigan City, conductor
east-bound car, right arm and three
ribs broken, right leg cut; Mrs, A. D.
Scholley, South Bend, left eye badly
bruised and right eye lacerated; Cor
dius Kline, South Bend, cut on legs,
face and head; Donald Brueger, South
Bend, left leg broken; e. c. Calvert,
South Bend, body badly bruised; r.
Lyle Kelley, South Bend, head cut and
body bruised; Mrs. Esther Graffen.
berger, South Bend, right ankle
sprained; e. e. Brothers, South Bend,
leg broken; Meyer Roderick, South
Bend. severely cut; B. E. Crawford,
South Bend, slightly injured; Mrs.
Guy Stutzman, Mishawaka, Ind, hole
cut In back of head and face cut by
glass; f. L. Tucker. Mishawaka, Ind,
bruised and cut. on body; Mrs. Rose
Hershey, Goshen, Ind, severely cut by
glass; C.. A. Simmons, Benton Harbor
Mich, both legs broken; Miss Nan
Larsen, Chesterton, Ind, internal in.
turies, may die; Charles Nice, Gary,
Ind, back and shoulders bruised; Ed
ward w. Burlingame, Gary, Ind, nose
broken and body bruised; L. v. Teto,
Michigan City, Ind, both legs broken;
Albert Pagels. Michigan City, arm
broken Louis Mantoffel, East Gary.
nose broken; A. C. Phillips. Chicago,
cut on head; Mrs. A. C. Phillips, Chi
cago, body bruised; George Aaron
Robertson, Sidney, O., cut and bruised
on head; G. H. Barnum, Knox. Ind,
slightly cut on head; T. w. Luce,
Knox. Ind, facial artery cut, cheek
bone split; 7. w. Louie. Mishawaka,
Ind. badly cut all over body. -,
Assistant Superintendent Hurt
Paul Wilson, Michigan City, former
ly of Cleveland, o., assistant general
superintendent of the Wallace g.
South Shore railroad, was among the
injured. His leg was broken, head
nj nd hn Cfain INF al lit
He Is not expected to live. Others
hurt include: ... ,-.t. III.
Mrs. Stella Mendyke, South Chicago,
slightly hurt; Fred Heath, Chester,
Ind. scratch and suffering from
shock; Ed. Austin. Michigan City,
head gashed; George Wordine, Michi
gan City, leg bruised; Miss Name Rob
ertson, Sidney, o.. cut on head and
nose broken; Adolph Erickson, Porter.
Ind, cut face and head; A. Moore,
Hillsdale, Mich, scalp wound; uniden-
titled Pole. Gary, scalp cut; A. LEU.
Steyensyille, Mich, broken leg; John
F. Miller. Michigan City, cut in face.
Going Fifty Miles an Hour.
The eastbound car, running as train
No. So, It is stated was going at the
rate of so miles an hour, to make up
lost time. When the crash occurred
the east-bound car was telescoped and
almost entirely wrecked In this train
were all Of the killed and most Of the
injured, passengers on train No IS,
west-bound, escaping with slight
bruises and scratches.