St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-06-26
June 26, 1909.
one Dollar a Year.
Terms, CASH IN ADVANCE.
Head-On Collision.

;' were Killed and forty injured
- wreck on the Chicago, Lake shor,
u southern Railroad last night, tw,
u the big electric cars colliding heat
= IT. according to General Manage,
=. Y. Wallace, the wreck was due t.
uisooedlenee of orders by George A
Neeu' motorman of the east-bound car
who was killed.
Reed received instructions at Gary
70 wait at Wilson, a short distance
west OF Baieytown, the point which
Inc disaster occurred, for the west
pound car to pass.
The impact of the cars was so great
That they were reduced to mass Of
Wreckage.
The dead are: George A. Reed,
motorman, Michigan City, Ind. F.; Ray F.
maerrlman, married, South ~ Bend;
onas. johnson, Porter, Ind; Edward
ulioertson, Porter, Ind; A. Barber,
Mlshawaka, Ind; f.. T. Moore, re-
silence unknown; William Leon. sec
rotary of the Dowagnac Motor Works,
-DoWagnac, Mich; H. A. Huston,
Niles, Mich, and Charles Swanton.
Porter, Ind.
-, among the badly injured are: Fred
Wusth' Chestertown, Ind, chest crush
eo' Arthur Johnson, Chestertown. skull
fractured; F. G. Schimmel, Michigan
nity' Ind, leg broken; Chas. Neissen,
oiieston, Ind, back, head and Shout
oers bruised; Delbert E. Kinney,
micnlgan City, conductor east-bound
' right arm and three ribs broken,
rignt leg cut; Mrs. A. D. Scholley.
south Bend, Ind, left eye badly bruis
60 and right eye lacerated; Cordius
Mine, South Bend, cut on legs. face
ana head; Donald Brueger, South
6end' left leg broken; E. C. Calvert,
ooutn Bend, body badly bruised; R.
Lyle Kelley, South Bend, head cut and
Doay bruised; E. E. Brothers, South
Bend leg broken; Meyer Roderick,
south Bend, severely cut; Mrs. Guy
atutzman, Mishawaka, Ind, hole cut
N back of head and face cut bv glass:
7. A. Simmons, Benton Harbor Mich
noth legs broken; Miss Nan Larsen
0nestertoWn, Ind, internal injuries,
may ole; L. V. Retoe, Michigan CITY.
Doth legs broken; Albert Pagel, Michi-
gan City, arm broken; T. w. Luce,
Knox, Ind, facial artery cut, cheek
bone split; Z. w. Louis, Mishawaka,
Ind, badly cut all over body; Paul
Wilson, Michigan City, formerly of
Cleveland. O., Assistant General Su-
perintendent- Wallace, South Shore
Railroad, leg broken, head cut and in
ternal injuries, not expected tolive.
FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.
The east-bound car, running as train
No. SO, it is stated, was going at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, to make
up lost time. When the crash occur
red the east-bound car was telescoped
and almost entirely wrecked. In this
train were all the killed and most of
the injured passengers, while those on
train No. So; west-bound, escaped
with slight bruises and scratches.
The scene of the wreck Immediately
after the crash was described by an
eyewitness as being terrible. The
two cars were welded together in
mass of debris, in which were ten
dead and dying and two-score injured.
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.
Borg, near by, into a temporary
hospital and morgue, others turned
their attention to rescuing the injured.
Darkness greatly interfered with
the progress of the rescuers, and to
make matters worse, the nearest
telephone was three-quarters of a.
mile away. Thus it was impossible to
to procure speedy aid from Michigan
City.
All but one Of the killed were in the
smoking compartment Of the<car, IN
the front end. This space originally
was used as baggage and freight
room. but was fitted up for the use of
the smokers and was crowded.
Titus E. Kinsea, real estate dealer,
and Cordius Kline, both Of South Bend.
left the smoker less than minute
before the crash came, and escaped
with their lives, although the latter
suffered severe injuries.
STORY OF ACCIDENT.
David Crawford, chauffeur of
South Bend, related graphic story
of the accident.
.eThere were about fifty on our car,
.o;d Crawford. "Most of US got on at
Hammond, having been at the auto
mob;le races at Crown Roint. 1t
seemed to me that the majority were
from South Bend and Mishawaka.
T;rad out by the long day of excite
rent many of the passengers were
asleep.
sgrbe car started at fast speed, and
increased until, believe,
we were going fully fifty miles an
hour Suddenly there was terrific
arasb Motorman George Reed was
,,;nnad between the vestibules of the
! 49, ao,s "a solidly that it was impos-