The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-12
ATTY. MEYER
IN WRECK
Doctors and Ambulances
Rushed to Scene of Dis
aster From All Points.

In head-on collision, at o'clock
this afternoon, between two limited
cars the Chicago, Lake Shore and
South Bend interurban line at Cava-
naugh, three miles east of Gary, twen-
ty passengers from Gary, Hammond,
Indiana Harbor and many intermediate
points were injured, and of this num-
ber ave will die.
At Cavanaugh the Chicago, Lake
Shore and south Bend tracks pass over
an elevation over the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern railroad tracks, and 1t was at
the foot of the elevation that the acci-
dent occurred.
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
The collision occurred when a west
bound car, which had the right of way.
collided with an eastbound car which
was trying to make a switch. For some
reason or other the eastbound car fall
ed to negotiate the switch and before
the motormen on the cars could slack
en- the speed, the collision occurred and
the rapidly approaching cars tele-
seoped each other
Both of the cars were what are
as limited coaches. One was on the
way from South Bend to Chicago, and
the other was on the way from Chi
cago to South Bend.
BOTH WE'RE FILLED.
Both cars were comfortably filed and
when the collision occurred the pas
sengers were tossed about in the coach
es like dice in a box. AS soon as the
terrible shock was over those who sur
vived without injury went to the near
est telephone and sent an emergency
cal Ito Gary for doctors
Word was also sent to East Chicago
and Indiana Harbor. asking that every
doctor in the city and every availabl
ambulance in the city be sent to the
scene of the accident.
WORD SENT TO GARY.
In the meantime the officials of the
South Shore line at Gary took steps at
once to have a special train sent to the
scene Of the accident. The Gary un-
dertakers were instructed to have their
ambulances waiting at the interurban
station to carry the injured to Mercy
hospital.
Word was also sent to this institu-
tion to prepare TO look after from twen-
ty-fve to forty injured persons. The
special car sped to the scene of the ac-
cident bearing all of the doctors who
could be found and such supplies as
would be needed in temporarily caring
for the injured
CRIES WERE TERRIFYING.
When the scene Of the wreck was
reached the rescuers at once set about
extracting the passengers from the
wreckage and placing them on the spe-
cial car. The cries and groans of the
were sickened by the smell Of blood
and by the sight of the injured lying
about them.
One of the heroes OF the wreck was
DR.. T. L Eads of Michigan City. He
was knocked unconscious by the force
of the collision and was badly hurt
about the head. but he soon came to his
senses and, half dazed, went about the
work of assisting those who were more
dangerous injured than himself He is
said to have rendered valuable assist
ance to many of those who We're in
jured.
TAKEN TO GARY.
As soon as all of the injured had
been placed on the special they were
taken to Gary. Here the car stopped at
the Broadway crossing and the ambu-
lances were there to take care of the
victims of the accident
As fast as the injured passengers
could be loaded on the car they were
taken to the hospital. Here every pre-
caution had been made to care for the
injured and they were placed on com
Portable cots where there were plenty
OF doctors to care for them.
While the list of twenty-five injured
is believed to cover all of those who
were badly hurt, 1t is believed that
there are many more who suffered
slight injuries
SEVERAL FROM HAMMOND.
All of tha tArrible details of the ac-