The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-06-26
10 DEAD; 40 INJURED.
CROWDED TROLLEY CARS COL,
LIDE AT HIGH SPEED ON
INDIANA LINE, =.
BLAME ON DEAD MoToRMAN
O'sobeys Orders and Sends His Car
Crashing Into Another While Run
ming Fifty Miles an Hour-Victim
Describes Awful Scene.

South Bend, Ind, June 21.-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. I,
According to General Manager III.
U. Wallace. the wreck was due to-
disobedience 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.
Dead and Injured. .,s
The dead: George A. Reed, motor
man. Michigan City. Ind, formerly of
Villa Grove. ILL.,; Ray f. Merrlman,
married, South Bend; Charles John.
son, Porter, Ind; Edward Gilberts6n,
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 Motor
Works. Dowagiac, Mich; H. H. Hut
son. Niles. Mich.
Those most seriously hurt are Fred
Wusth. Chesterton. Ind, chest
crushed; Arthur Johnson, Chesterton
skull fractured; F. G. Schimmel
Michigan City. Ind. leg broken:
Charles Neissen. Tolleston, Ind, hack
head and shoulders bruised; Delbert
f. 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; Don
aid Bruegar. South Bend. left, LEI
broken; Mrs. Esther Graffenberger
South Bend, right ankle sprained;. E
E. Brothers, South Bend. leg broken;
Mrs. Guy stutzman, Mishawaka,. Ind.
hole cut in back of head and face cut
by glass: Mrs. Rose Hershey, Goshen,
Ind. severely cut by glass; c. A. Sim
mons, Benton Harbor. Mich. both legs
broken: Miss Nan Larsen, Chesterten.
Ind, internal injuries, may die; Ed
ward w. Burlingamc. Gary, Ind. nose
broken and body bruised; L. " Teto,
Michigan City. Ind. both legs broken:
Albert Pagels, Michigan City, arm
broken; Louis Mantofrel, East Gary,
nose broken; r. w. Luce. Knox, Ind.
facial artery cut. cheek bone split;
T. w. Louie. Mishawaka, Ind, badly
cut all over body; Paul Wilson, MICH
igan City. assistant general superin.
tendent of the Wallace G. South Shore
railroad. leg broken, head cut and in.
ternal injuries; Miss Name Robertson.
Sidney. O., cut on head and nose
broken; A. LEU, Stevensvllle, Mich,
broken leg. a.
Slckening Scene Follows.
The scene Of the wreck Immediately
after the crash was described by eye
witnesses as being sickening in the
extreme. The two cars were welded
together into q mass Of debris in
which lay the ten dead and dying and
the two-score injured. The home 'of
Z. r. Borg, near by, was converted
into temporary hospital and morgue.
All but one Of the killed were in
the smoking compartment of the car
in the front end. David Bradford, a
chauffeur of South Bend, Ind, related
a graphic story of the accident.
about nine o'clock, when we we're
running between so and GO miles an
hour, noticed Kinney, the conductor,
in the smoking compartment" said
Crawford. Suddenly there was ter.
rife crash, smashing of timbers and
creaking Of steel. Then suddenly
everything was dark and death-like
stiffness followed. a"
But 1t was for second only. I'M
mediately afterwards the stiffness was
broken by the cries of the injured and
dying. Shrieks and groans Mortified
the passengers who had escaped. The
cars telescoped each other The for
ward trucks of each car were welded
together"
Motorman Describes Wreck. -
G. A. Schimmel, motorman of the
west bound car, said his car was alta
full stop and the east-bound car
struck it. -. 4,
"My car was nearing Dune. Park
when saw the headlight, of No.. IS
flashing in the distance. No. SO was
ordered to wait for my car at Wilson,
some distance west of Dune Park. II
realized at once that the motorman 81
the car had overlooked his orders.'I
put on the brakes and succeeded In
bringing my car to a STOP. All this
time No. SO was rushing on toward
me. l tried to start my car backward.
but the air brakes had not released
the wheels and l could not move It.
Then the crash came" ~
Coroner Carson says he probably
will not be able to give decision, or
in any way fix the blame. for the
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