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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
BROWN IN DEFENSE
Conductor of Freight Train
Gives New Version of
The Wreck.
BLAMES FREIGHT NO 81

Conductor Elisha Brown of freikht
No. Is. gave an entirely different yer.
sion of the wreck at Collinsville yes.
terday afternoon. than has been the
general understanding, and the proof
of his claims will probably exonerate
him and his crew from all blame
Mr.. Brown stated that neither he nor
any other member of his crew wero
aware that the switch was open ~
they had not come through the north
end switch. but had entered the siding
from the south end.
According to his version, q freight
train said to be No. 81. passed through
the switch before No. 15 entered Il.
1t seems that In passing out the north
end switch of the siding. the mem.
bers Of the freight crew failed to close
it. Freight train No. 81. laid over at
Summitville last evening and II was
impossible to find q member of this
crew to affirm or deny the story
In discussion the death of Louis Mar.
shall. Mr.. Brown said that he did not
believ that Mar knew Of his dan.
ger until the crash came. Fireman
Jackson on the freight train was re-
ported to be unhurt by Mr.. Brown.
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He is survived by wife and a two
months old child. both of whom are
at Anderson.
Mr.. Webb was the martyr of the
trainmen who were on the ill-fated
trains. He was not the regular fire
man on the passenger, but had taken
the place of F. A. Mann of this city.
Mr.. Mann stated last evening that his
wife had induced him to stay at home
because she had a premonition that
something was going to happen. AS
he was slightly ill with cold. he con-
sented.
Mr.. Webb has been married but two
years. His wife is 10 years old while
he was "a years of age. He has a
mother living at Wabash. The body
was brought to this city last evening
at II o'clock and taken to a local un-
dertaking establishment, where it was
embalmed.
He was killed almost outright, sus-
tanning a number of broken bones and
severe burns about the face. His en-.
tire left side was crushed. His left
arm between the elbow and shoulder
was broken in ten to fifteen places.
Webb was warned to jump by Engi-
neer Brown but did not have time to
do so. The body was sent to Ander-
son this morning at IL o'clock for
burial.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
COIlinSVille Wreck Most Terrible
Ever Occurring on Richmond Division

morning, included Louis Marshall,
Richmond, engineer: Everett Jackson,
Richmond. fireman: Elisha Brown.
Richmond. conductor: Albert Brown,
o. E Coleman and Ralph Mcdonald.
all brakemen and residents of this
city.
1t was the duty of one of the freight
brakemen to open and close the switch.
but just which one is not known Con
ductor Brown, it is said. should have
seen the switch was closed, as he is in
charge of the train.
Mr.. Green said that the damage 20
the railroad property could not be es-
timated at this time. The master
mechanics who were called to the
scene were unable to estimate the
damage or to announce whether any of
the cars or engines were damaged be-
yond repair. Reports received by Mr..
Green, say that three cars on passen-
ger train. including a baggage car. and
mail cars are badly damaged. Three
freight cars are also reported as very
badly damaged. Other cars in both
trains were more or less damaged.
The two engines are mass of
wreckage. according to those who have
seen them. However. Mr.. Green says
they may not be So badly damaged as
reported by persons unfamiliar with
them. The passenger engine is num-
bered $3.50 and that Of the freight is
$40.
The main tracks were clear at $50
o'clock this morning and traffic was re.
sumed. However, it will be sometime
before the siding is opened and the
wreckage entirely removed. The
wreck train and crew will remain there
until the last vestige of the wreck L.
removed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
GROUND TO PIECES.
Terrible Fate Of Louis Marshall Of
This City.

Louis Marshall, the engineer on tn 2
freight train. was ground to pieces un-
der the wheels of his own and the pas
senger engine Small pieces of his
body were picked up along the track
for a distance of more than 100 feet
The largest portion of his body found
was his left arm, which was intact
from the elbow to the fingers.
Mr.. Marshall was standing beside his
engine when the catastrophe occurred.
It is said that he had ample time to get
out of the way. but that no doubt when
he saw the Chicago Flyer turn on TO
the switch on which the freight was
standing, he became Mortified with
fright and could not move.
Mr. Marshall has been a resident Of
this city all of his life and was we'll
known. He has been railroading for
about eight or nine years. He was a
member of st. John S Lutheran
church and the Knights Of Pythias.
Mr.. Marshall. who was % years old,
is survived by wife and four broth
ers, Howard, Everett, Walter and John
The funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
KILLED INSTANTLY.
O. O. Raines Met With Horrible
Fate.

0. o. Raines, the railway mail clerk
of Kokomo. was killed almost instant
ly, according to the belief of those who
removed his body from the debris. His
body was brought to this city this
morning and dressed. 1t was sent to
Kokomo this afternoon for burial.
His injuries were such that he could
not have survived even though he
lived through the wreck. He was
bruised all over the body and head
One foot was cut nearly off. He also
suffered a number of scalds.
Raines was sorting the mail at the
time the accident occurred. He was
thrown to one side of the car and the
heavy timbers fell on him pinning him
down. 1t was necessary for the res
cue party to literally chop his body
from the debris
According to accounts from Kokomo
Raines had a wife and four children.
He was well known among the rail-
road men Of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
STATEMENT By GREEN.
Says Investigation Is Not Vet Com
pieted.

Charles Green, chief clerk for
charge locally today, in the absence
OF Mr.. Neff, who was at the scene of
the wreck, and who is not expected
back until this afternoon, said that
the company could not as yet attrib-
ute the blame for the catastrophe. An
investigation is being made, but, how
ever, Mr.. Green said that the company
was centering it's efforts at the pres
ent time in caring for the injured and
clearing the wreckage.
Mr.. Green said that before any
blame was attached to an individual
or individuals the officials would in
vestigate all details. 1t will probably
be several days before an Official
statement is made, relative to the
wreck.
Station agent Charles Wright OF Col
linsville is not held as party to the
accident by Mr.. Green. Mr.. Green
said that Mr.. Wright had no connec,
ton with the wreck, whatsoever, and
that he did not have to attend to the
switch. Likewise Mr.. Wright's as
sistant. Ed Johnson, who was on duty
at the time, is held guiltless.
Crew Of Freight.
Judging from orders which all train
men are given. members of the freight
crew are probably the ones on whom
the blame for the wreck will fall. The
crew of the freight, which is No. 70
and arrives here at 2:3O o'clock in the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
JUST A DEREIlCT.
Dead Tramp Left No Identification
a. to Identity.

a. to Identity.
An unidentified man, supposedly a
tramp, who rode the blind baggage on
passenger train No. Is, was killed al
most outright. His body was recov-
cred this morning from underneath tho
tender and baggage car and brought to
this city to be buried.
No marks Of Identification, such as
cards or initials, were found in his
clothing or on his body up till noon
today. However, a more complete in
vestigation was to be made this after
noon.
The man is described as follows:
light complexion; between forty and
fifty years old: partially bald and his
hair gray; heighth about five feet
eight inches: weight about 175 pounds;
we'll developed; face full and slightly
pug nosed; wore brown coat and vest
and slouch hat 1t is also understood
that he had a short beard. but his face
is so badly scalded that it appears as
though he had not been shaved for a
week or more.
w. A. Simms. a resident Of Fort
Wayne avenue. who was unloading
stone for the city in the Pennsylvania
yards yesterday afternoon, said that
the man was the same one as boarded
the train in this city. He said the
man came over where they were work
ing and asked about the Dayton train.
He said he was going to ride the blind
baggage. Mr. Simms saw him board the
train as it was pulling out of the yards
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

Trainman's Dash Futile.
It is said by Wallace H. Hermann, of
Hamilton, who was driving through
Collinsville at the time, that he saw d
trainman dashing up the track toward
the switch in question.
Hermann says the man was swinging
2 lantern frantically.
''He tried, evidently to get to the
switch before the passenger hit it, but
he did not have time.
"The flyer tore through the switch
at an appalling speed. and, when it hi.
the standing locomotive, it seemed as
if both engines rose on end. Then they
settled and rolled over on their sides.''
Not passenger sustained serious in
j''ry. Several were cut by flying glass
and jolted by being hurled from their
seats, however.
Three Die in One Car.
In the mail car of the passenger train
three lives were snuffed out.
Charles A. Johnson and Oscar O.
Raines were killed outright.
Bert H. Hatfield of Greensboro, was
buried under timbers, and the rescuers
literally had to chop him out of the
debris. He is now dying at the local
hospital
Baggagemaster J. W. Keaner, of Lo-
gansport, Ind, and Express Agent R.
G. Shriber. of Richmond, escaped
with slight injuries.
Adding to the horror of the scene the
mail car, in which the three clerks
were injured fatally. caught fire.
Citizens of Collinsville and trainmen
worked desperately to save the bodies
from the flames, and succeeded by a
narrow margin only.
Saved by Bucket Brigade.
With buckets of water the fire finally
was extinguished, the rescuers forming
a brigade.
A quantity of the mail in the car
was damaged by the fire.
The force of the collision was so
great that the engines were demol-
ished.
The wreckage of freight cars was
strewn along the track. The baggage
and mail cars were telescoped. and the
express and smoking cars derailed.
Relief trains arrived an hour after
the collision from Richmond.
The collision occurred on a practic-
ally straight track.
Collinsville is about % miles south
east of Richmond and seven miles west
of Hamilton, Ohio. Its population is
about 200 persons.
Rescue Was Delayed.
It was an hour and a half before suf-
ficient help arrived to rescue those
pinned beneath the debris.
A special train carrying 25 physi-
clans and several nurses came from
Hamilton, and soon almost every home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

closely gripping About them ee
of
eggshels.
DEATH.
the killed a s
the mail cara and tender Of the passenger train.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
A PATHETIC TOUCH.

Eaton, Ohio. Oct. o3.-The body O.
Charles A. Johnson, killed in a Pam
handle wreck at Collinsville, Ohio,
was brought to the home here last
night. johnson was f. years OF
age and married. He had been in
the postal service about IA years
He was prominent Knight OF
Pythias and Mason. Mrs. Johnson.
who had been in Cincinnati several
days, had arranged to join him in
that city last night at the end of
his run and accompany him to Ea-
ton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
PASSENGERS NOT HURT.
Physicians Describe Scenes at the
Wreck.

DIR. Charles Marvel, company physi-
clan, who in company with DR.. Frank
Ross and DR.. NJ. F. Johnston left this
city on the wreck train, arriving at
Collinsville, Ohio, at 7:45 o'clock. said
that the reports of the passengers in
jured were greatly exaggerated. He
said none of the passengers were in
jured beyond few minor bruises and
cuts from glass.
Upon arriving at Co!linsville. the
physicians learned that four men were
killed and they paid no attention to
the dead, but confined their time to
the injured DR.. Marvel said that on
ly two men were injured sufficient
ly to mention. These were Elmer
Brown. of Logansport, passenger en-
gineer, and Bert Hatfield, railway mail
clerk, who lives at Greensboro Mr..
Hatfield's injuries are most serious
and his chance for recovery is regard
ed as hopeless.
His Lungs Punetured.
Mr. Hatfield's injuries include sew
eral broken ribs on the left side, pune
tured lungs and many other bruises
and perhaps internal injuries. The
air in the tissues of his lungs was re-
leased when his lungs were punctur.
ed, which produced emphysema- He
was taken to Reid Hospital on the
first special from Collinsville to this
city, which arrived here about IL
O'Clock. At 10:30 this morning it was
announced that Mr.. Hatfield was
barely living"
DR.. Marvel said that Elmer Browns
injuries were of a minor character.
They include a few bruises about the
head and body and a few flesh burns.
Mr.. Brown was not unconscious at
any time. When visited by DR.. Mar
vel, Mr.. Brown said that he was not
badly hurt and asked that others be
attended to. Mr.. Brown told DR.. Mar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
FAMILY SURVIVES HIM.

Kokomo, Ind, Oct 3.-Oscar o.
Raines, railway mail clerk, killed in
a Panhandle wreck at Collinsville,
Ohio, had been a resident here since
his boyhood. He was 3S years old.
A widow and four children survive
him. He had been in the mail SER
day run between Chicago and Gin
cinnati for several months. Prior
to entering the mail service he was
a school teacher. He was a MEM
Der of the Masonic Lodge Of this
city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23


this country. o.
coaches
of
twelve others
OF
terrible
in a
of
day.
Is AN
tale of the railroad
Freight a nohbound
passenger
which left Richmond
suddenly swerved
d~afening
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

vel that after putting on the air
brakes and sounding his whistle. tho
engine rounded the switch and he was
thrown from the cab back into tho
coal There he laid somewhat stunn.
ed and was pitched back and forth.
his injuries resulting from coal falling
on him and the escaping steam. Dr.
Marvel says that he will be able to
leave for his home in \ day or 20.
Improving Rapidly.
At the hospital this morning It was
announced that Mr.. Brown was rapid
ly improving and that no serious in
juries such as internal were antici-
pated. Mrs. Brown and two children,
Forest and Laverne, are at the hospit-
al. having arrived from Logansport
early this morning. Mrs. Brown was
enroute from Chicago to her home in
Logansport when notified OF her hus-
bands accident. 1t was announced
that he was seriously injured and
when she reached Logansport a report
was circulated that he was dead. Mrs.
Brown suffered greatly from the nerv.
GUS shock.
DR.. Marvel said that all who wero
familiar with the details Of the wreck
stated that Mr.. Brown was the hero
Of the affair. From what he learned.
Mr.. Brown saw the open switch and
that he pulled his whistle with such
force that the entire town Of Collins
vile was aroused. The whistle could
have been heard for miles, ACCORDING
to residents Of Collinsville with whom
DR.. Marvel talked. Mr.. Brown after
pulling the whistle, also set on tho .ir
brakes with all the force he could
command His presence Of mind
saved Collinsville from being tho scene
OF the worst catastrophe ever In tho
history OF the Pennsylvania railroad.
After attending to Brown and Hat.
field. DIR. Marvel said that he passed
among the passengers to ascertain
whether any were injured. He said
that he was unable to find any who
were more seriously hurt than bruises.
sustained by being thrown into tho
seats in front Of them when the two
engines came together. A few suffer.
ed slight cuts about the face and hands
from the shattered window panes.
But one or two passengers refused 10
state whether their injuries amounted
to anything. These said that they
could not tell as to the extent Of their
injuries at that time. However. DR..
Marvel said he could see no outward
appearances Of these few being injured.
They were standing with the other pas.
sengers watching the removal Of the
bodies from the cars
Dr.. Marvel said that none Of the in.
jured were taken to Hamilton 30 far a.
he knew The company made this
city the headquarters for the injured.
who were hurt 50 badly az to require
attention at q hospital.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
RECENTLY MARRIED.

Anderson, Ind, Oct. 23.-Fireman
Roland C. Webb, killed in a train
wreck at Collinsville, Ohio, lived at
1909 Morton street, this city. He
recently married a daughter of L.
c. Hood, of Anderson. Webb was
at home Thursday night and from
Logansport resumed his run yes
terday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

in the village was temporary hospit-
al. Physicians from this city were al
so sent.
A storm broke soon after the wreck
and the rescue was carried on in a
drenching rain.
Marshall, Johnson, Raines. and the
unidentified man are believed to have
met death almost instantly.
Fireman Webb, of the freight, was
literally scalded to death
He begged piteously to be put out Of
his suffering.
He was dead when removed from the
wreckage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
ENGINEER BROWN WAS
THE TRAGEDY'S HERO

Pilot of the Fast Flying Passenger
Train Saw Open Switch, Set
His Air Brakes, Warned the
T0Wnspe0ple of the Impend-
ing Catastrophe BY Mighty
Blasts of the Whistle, and
Then Was Saved From the
Fate of His Fireman, Roland
C.. Webb, By Being Hurled
Upon Tender-Details of the
Terrible Tragedy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
BACK TO HAMILTON
Body Of Dead Tramp Will be Sent Hoe
Identification.

The body Of the unidentified tramp
win be sent back TO Hamilton for iden-
tification- The body will be held 1t
the morgue In that city for several
days and In case no one claims II, the
man will be buried there.
The funeral of o. o. Rains viii BE-
held Monday at Kokomo. One Of the
members of the undertaking establish
ment said that the funeral Of Rolana
Webb would probably be held Sunday
at Anderson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
THE DEAD.

InE UEAU.
Roland c. Webb, Anderson, fireman on passenger.
Louis Marshall, Richmond, engineer on freight.
o. o. Ranes, Kokomo mail clerk on passenger.
Charles A. Johnson, Eaton, mail clerk on passenger.
Unidentified man, boarded passenger here.
FATALLY INJURED.
Burt A. Hatfield, Greensboro, mail clerk on passenger.
INJURED
Elmer Brown Logansport, engineer on passenger.
G. Taylor Schriber Richmond, express agent on pas
Senger.
Fred E. Graf, Cincinnati, passenger, cut and bruised
D. H. Miller, New York, passenger, head cut
Samuel Friedman Cincinnati, passenger, arms and
face cut
W. E. Henry, Cincinnati, passenger, face cut
Martin Julien Terre Haute, Ind, passenger, face and
head cut.
Mark Twitche|, Cleveland, passenger, badly bruised.
G. W. Kramer, Loganspoct, baggagemaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
THE WEATHER.

INDIANA-cioudy tonight and Sun
day; much colder.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

superintendent NettIeton Neff q
the Richmond division rotuIned IN
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

Passenger Plunged With Velocity
Fre1qh 75 Standing Siding, Five Met
Death, Four Instantly and the Death Roll Will Probably Be
Before Tomorrow Burt Hatfield, Mail
Passenger Train and Resident of Greensboro
Dying Reid Memorial Hospital-Passengers No.
18 Were O. Badly Shaken Up But None of Them
Any Serious INJURIES This Fact Being Regarded AS
Remarkable
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
HAD A PREMoNITloN.

F. A. Mann Was Saved BY His
Wife.
Roland c. Webb. fireman on the
passenger engine, who was killed. was
a resident of Anderson, but a large
part of his time was spent in this city
and he was anticipating moving here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23

He Refuses TO Talk About tlsO
Matter Of Blame.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-30

po e,trangulacion.
La prueba fue favorable para los
reos, y ell Jurado dict6 veredictt
de incuIpabilidad. r
Ell fiscal pidi6 la revision de la eau
sa y la Sala ,accedi6.
Al juicio acudi6 mucha gente de
distrito de Ortiguera.
Santsnder.
En- ell correo salio para Madrid el
inspector general de Sanidad, que
lleva un proyecto de ampliaci6n de
obras de lazareto de La Pedrosa.
Ell proyecto es admirable: tratase
de construir un sanatorio maritime
para nihos la altura de los meiores
de Europa, que sera inaugurado en-
ell pr6ximo agosto, con la aslstencia
de la reina Victoria.
Este Sanatorio sera para todo ell
Norte de Espana y Sc admitiran nj
nos de cinco a ounce amos, de Ma
drid, Segovia, Guadalarjara ra, Avila,
Palencia, ValIadolid, Leon, Logrofio
Zamora, Oviedo, Bilbao, San Sebas-
tian, y Santander.
AEI ndmero de plazas no excedera
de cuatrocientas. - "a
Pam ploua
HOY ha terminado la vista de la
causa seguida contra los gltanos pro
cesados por una rina tumultuaria
ocurrida en- ell pueblo de Lodosa.
De 10 procesados han sido conde-
nados 6y absueltos los restantes.
Bilbao
Sc ha sabido aquf que en- Victoria,
ell segundo regimiento de artilleria,
de guarnici6n de aquella plaza, ha
recibido orden de estar preparado
para marchar q AT rica.
AIgsras
Para primera co rrida de ferias Sc
lidiaron hoy toros de Aguera, 'antes
de Otaolaurruche, por Bombita y
Morenito de Algeciras.
La entrada, un lieno.
Ell primero, liamado "Capacito",
era grande y negro de pelo.
Bombita 10 lance6 y fu6 cogido
aparatosamente, saliendo engancha-
do por ell music izquierdo.
En- brazos de los asistentes pas6
a la enfermerfa, donde reconocido,
Sc lie apreci6 una profunda herida,
con orificio de salida por la nalga.
La herida no es de grayedad.
Morenito de Algeciras despacE6
toda la corrida, quedando admira-
blemente en- todo y cortando dos
orejas.
Ell pGblico lie ovacion6.