The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-30
sle FOUR TRAIN RUNNING FIFTY
MLEs PER HOUR. TURNS OVER.
ACCIDENT At ZIOh SvlLLE, IND.
sx Are Seriously Injured, While
scores Escape Unhurt in Mirscu-
lous Manner.

Ter. 1NaAlAA- july 80 Will DIE IOul
train No l6. enroute from Chicago e
Cincinnati. al louisville, seventeen
miles northwest OF indianapolis. Jump
"a me track and overturned some o.
The coaches. The train was runnini
Al ffty miles an hour.
There were about 200 passengers ii
he coaches. and the fact that none
was killed. Is regarded as miraculous
by the railroad officials.
Passengers who were imprisoned
IN the overturned cars escaped
through windows. Physicians from
louisville and indianapolis, among
them surgeons of the Big Four. dress.
ei NE victims injuries, and, with the
exception OF six persons who are now
ia hospitals in this city. all the pas
sengers continued their journey.
The cause Of the wreck. so far as
could be determined by officials OF the
road. was the dropping of a brake
beam or brake shoe from beneath one
OF the cars. causing the trucks TO pass
over the obstruction. The impact thus
caused. il Is believed. resulted in the
deraliment OF the baggage car. and
finally the entire train left the rails.
Many miraculous escapes are re-
corded. especially among those work
ing 10 the baggage and mail cars and
among the passengers riding in the
forward coach.
Clark Deer, a railway postal clerk.
who lives in Cincinnati. was crushed
beneath several hundred pounds of
mail pouches. and IL is believed he
may have suffered internal injuries.
G l. Burroughs. another postal clerk.
who lives in this city. was bruised BY
being thrown against a mail pouch
rack C.. VI. Anthony. Of Lafayette. an
other postal clerk. was in the forward
end ~ the car just before the train
vas derailed. and. believing that this
speed was greater than was safe at
thar point. retired TO the middle Of
The mail car.
He no sooner had left the front end
until The mail car was completely
turned over. All OF the postal clerks
climbed through the windows after il
VAS overturned.
Perhaps the most miraculous escape
Of The wreck was that Of Haskell Wall
a ilyear-old boy Of Lebanon. who was
riding the blind baggage between
ihe baggage car and the mail cars.
Wall boarded the train at Lebanon
and was going TO come to lndianap-
oils. When he felt the cars waving
ron side 10 side he knew something
vas wrong and he jumped from his
perch eiWeen the two cars. A sec
old after he leaped the cars between
Nhich he was riding were turned over.
put Wall had jumped far enough 10
tscApe tefng pinioned beneath them.
Nhrs Fisher. OF Thorntown. who.
WIN his wife. was on his way to In
annapolis. also had a narrow ESCAPE
from serious injury. Fisher was rid
ing N the smoker, and Just before the
wreck he started back TO the day
coach where his wife was waiting for
nm Just as he got to the door the
ca was derailed and the force pitched
MN pack into the coach. When the
car stopped again Fisher was thrown
olt on the ground. Mrs. Fisher
climbed through an open window in
{ w ANY overturned coach in which
she was riding.
q feature Of the wreck was the
position In which the derailed and
overturned cars lay after the acct.
.eht The mail car. which was coup.
~ lo the engine. was only a
"" i'et behind the engine when II
turned. and the baggage car
NNlch vas coupled TO the mail car
lpo Yards behind. Fifty yards
utAlll the baggage car were the five
passtAger coaches. II Is believed that
w hail car left the tracks first and
carried the entire train with II. The
engine was not overturned.
y Schaf. division superintend.
W n ne Big Four. was at the scene
Z WI wreck. He declined to give a
I'e statemtnt as TO the cause OF
"iahap. but he said he was rather
ul 20 the belief that IL was
ny some Of the pa~raphernalia
"edth the mail car becoming
ana striking the trucks.
i"a me wreck was not caused nv
aims rails was Mr.. Schaf's posi.
statement. He said the track
tF men In good condition. so far a.
iails were concerned. and The ties /
aiso In good condition. The rails /
w point where the wreck occurred !
MY been laid about three weeks /
NJ 'hey are OF the best material az.
.lAs 70 officials OF the road All I
\ M rails bear the 1909 stamp. hay- ,
o'en made this year. I
.ae Big -Four wrecking crew which
. ne scene as soon as word
led mis- city, had the main track
80 az > o'clock last evening 4
raj ONE at louisville were I
over freely to those SUFFERING n
INJURIES. and physicians were on n
\ oele until all had been cared for s
1ecident attracted many persons 5
n~elshboring towns and moro \
wv automobilists visited The n
from Indianapolis ami Lebanon \
,ae scene OF the wreck before
'raa VI train from Indianapolis ar.
mere was much confusion
We who had been imnrisonad n
overturned cars were frantic -
", who had been travelling -. !
.-rg were separated. All were con. :,
N. about the safety OF Others !,
N, .ondltion prevailed for hair an i
KY uhul families and friends were "
su'ld More oreadnouoh.. O.