The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-21
 TEN PERSONS WERE KILLED Blame is Put on Dead Motorman. RESPONSIBLE FOR CLASH Issued Orders to Meet G. at
 Given Point. Ears Were Running At Speed of Fifty Miles An Hour When Crash Came-The Injured Num-
 her Two-score.

and South Bend Railroad Tn Porter County. Ind. last night two of the big electric cars colliding head-on.
 According to General Manager H. U. Waiiace. the wreck was due to dis obedience of orders by Motorman George A. Reed. of the east pound car. who was killed.
 Reed received instructions at Gary Co walt at Wilson. short distance west of Baiieytown, the point at which the disaster occurred, for the west bound car to pass: The impact of the ,rars was so great that they were re- uuced to mass of wreckage.
 Gaorge A. Reed. motorman. Michigan city. Ind, formerly of Villa Grove, III.
 Ray F. Merriman. married. South Bend.
 chares Johnson, Porter. Ind.
 Edward Gilbertson. Porter, Ind.
 A. Barber. Mishawaka. Ind
 F. T. Moore. residence unknown. william Leon, secretary of the Dow agiac Motor Works Dowagiac, Mich.
 h. A. Lake, president Dowagiac Mos tor Works. Dowagiac. Mich,
 H. H. Hutson. Niles. Mfcn.
 Charles Swantson. Porter. Ina.
 4mong the seriously injured were. Fred Wusth, Chesterton, Ind, cnest crushed. Arthur Johnson Chesterton., skull fractured; F. G. schimmsl, Mich sgan City, Ind, leg broken CnaFies Neissen, Tolleston, Ind, DacK, nsao - as,o shoulders bruised; Deibert E. kinney, Mfchigan City. conductor eastbounu ear. right arm and three ribs broken right leg cut; Mrs. A. D achoney. South Bend, left eye badly bruised ana right eye lacerated; Cordius Kline. Donald Brueser. South Bend. left leg broken; E. C. Calvert. South Bend. body badly bruised; R. lyle Kelley. South Bend head cut and body bruised; E. T. Brothers, South Bend, leg brok- An; Meyer Roderick. South Bend. ser &a3a. Ind. hole emt fin bael< sfslsend &nd face cut by glass; Mrs. Rose Her Tchey, Goshen, Ind, severely cut oy glass: c. A. simmons. Benton HArbor. ATich., both legs broken; Miss Nan Larsen, Chesterton. Tnd.s internal tn- Huries. may die; l.. v. Retoe. Michigan City, both legs broken; Albert Pagels. Michigan City. arm broken; T ". Luce, Knox. Ind, facial artery cut, cheek lInd, badly cut all over body; Paul Wilson. Michigan City. formerly of Cleveland, Ohio assistant to General Superintendent Wallace. South shore Railroad, leg broken, head cut and internal injuries, not expected to live.
 Going At 30 Miles An Hour.
 The eastbound car running as train No. 50. it is stated, was going at the rate of fifty miles an hour. to make up 1ost time. When the crash occurred. 2 Ahe eastbound car was teiescoped and almost entirely wrecked In this train were all of the killed and most of the Injured passengers, while those on :, srain No. ss. westbound escaped with slight bruises and scratches.
 The scene of the wreck Immediately after she crash was described by an Va-w witness aQ Ia Ut cars were welded together in a mass of debris, in which the ten dead and 5 dying and the two score injured were buried.
 The cries and appeals for help were horrifying and caused a scene of utter confusion. Soon, however. the cool headed among the passengers brought order out of chaos and while some arranged to convert the home of E R. fBorg, nearby, Into a temporary hospi- fal and morgue, others turned their att nention to rescuing the injured.
 Darkness greatly interfered with Hhe progress of the rescuers, and, to pnake matters worse, the nearest tele- phone was three-quarters of a mile away. Thus 1t was impossible to pro- cure speedy aid from Michigan City.
 All but one of the killed were in the smoking compartment of the car in the dront end. This space originally was fASSu G1 Oa66a&c anu IIelknL room ana twas fitted up for the use of the smok- ers and was crowded.
 Titus D. Kinsie, real estate dealer, and Cordius Kline. both of South Bend 1eft the smoker less than a minute Before the crash came, and escaped with their lives, although the latter suffered severe inuries.
 David Crawford, a chauffeur of South Bend, related & graphic story of the accident.
 Were ReturnAmg from Races.
 There were about fifty on our car." said Crawford. Most of us got on at Hammond, having been at the automo. bile races at Crown Point. It seemed to me that the majority were from South Bend and Mishawaka. Tired out by the long day of excitement many of the passengers were asleep.
 "The car started at fast speed and the momentum increased until I be- lieve we were going fully fifty miles an hour"
 Suddenly there was a terrific crash. Motorman George Reed was pinned be- tween the vestibules of the two cars so soIidly that 1t was impossible for us to remove the body"
 c. A. Schimmel motorman of the west-bound car. said his car WAS at q full stop when the east-bound car struck it. He added
 When I saw the headlight of the east-bound train in the distance, I re. alized that the motorman had over looked orders. I put on the brakes brought my car to 8 stop aRd tried to back It. but the airbrakes did not re- lease the wheels, and I could not move before the crash came"
 It was impossible to run electric cars to the scene because the trolley wire had been broken. When physi. clans reached the scene they found scores of farmers and villagers rush. ing about endeavoring to care for the wounded and to extricate the dead and dying by the light of a few lam terms. It was necessary to use axes to release some of the wounded.
 One of the heroes of the wreck was C. A. Simmons of Benton Harbor, Mich. He lost consciousness immediately af- ter the collision. When he recovered his senses he was lying in the sand near a citch. Both of his limbs were broken, but when Dr. Axe of Michigan