The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-21
TEN KILLED AND FORTY INJURED IN
COLLISION s. s. ,E;!ECTRC :! RAILWAY
scene Of utter confusion 1or many
minutes. Soon, however, the cool
headed among the passengers

scene Of utter confusion 1ur many
minutes. 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, nearby, into a
temporary hospital and morgue, 9TH
ers turned their attention to rescue
the injured. Darkness greatly inter-
ferred with the progress for the
rescuers, and to make matters worse,
the nearest telephone was three
quarters OF a mile away. Thus it
was impossible to procure speedy aid
from Michigan City. w. H. Parry Of
Gary, Ind. formerly of South Bend.
was among the first to realize the ex-
tent Of the catastrophe. The arm Of
man lay near him in the sand,
bringing him to realization of the
fact that ccol-headedness and quick
action were necessary.
All but one of the killed were in
the smoking compartment Of the car
in the front end. This space orig
inally used as baggage and freight
room, was fitted up for the use of the
smokers and was crowded.
Titus E. Kinzie, real estate deal
er and Cordius Kline, both of South
Bend, left the smoker less then a
minute before the crash came and es-
caped with their lives, although the
latter suffered severe injuries.
David Crawford, q chauffeur of
South Bend, related a graphic story
Of tho accident:
There were about fifty on our
" ao{H Hro ruRNWH ttMrSot
on at Hammond, having been at the
automobile races at Grown Point. 1t
seemed to me that the majority were
from South Bend and Mishawaka.
Tired out by the long day, Of excite
men many OF the passengers were
asleep. :, .--s.3.. ~ Z:
"The car started at fast rate Of
speed and the momentum increased
until believe We were going fully
fifty miles an hour.
About 9 o'clock we were running
between fifty and sixty miles an hour,
noticed Kinney, the conductor in
the smoking compartment. Suddenly
there was terrific crash, smashing
9f timber and cracking Of stesl. Then
everything was dark and q death-like
stillnes1 fclioWe4ss: ,,.:s
"But it was for q second only.
Immediately afterwards, the stiffness
was broken by the cries Of the in
jured and dying. Shrieks and groans
terrified the passengers who had es-
capped. The cars telescoped each 9TH
er. The forward trucks of each car
were welded together. AS soon az
possible those Of us who were unin-
jured, helped the living victims
buried in the wreck and carried the
dead from the scene of the catas-
trophe. Motorman George Reed was
pinned between the vestibules Of the
two cars 80 solidly that it was i'm
possible for US to remove his body.
"As far as l could determine the
accident occurred on a straight away
tract. There was no reverse made
by the motorman to check the speed
Of the east bound car. I was told
that the west bound car was at a
standstill." ~
G. A. Schimmell, motorman Of the
west bound car stated today that his
car was at a full stop when the east
bound car struck 1t.
my car was nearing Dune Park
when saw the headlight Of No. So
flashing in the distance. No So was
ordered to wait for my car at Wilson,
some distance west of Dune Park.
realized at once that the motorman
Of the car had overlooked his orders.
put on the brakes and succeeded in
bringing my car to stop. All this
time No. So was rushing on toward
me. tried to start my car back
ward but the brakes had not released
the wheels and could not move 1t.
Then the crash came"
Help Rushed.
Superintendent Welsh Of the In
terurban line was in Michigan City,
when the accident occurred. When
he learned Of the collision he dis
covered that 1t would be impossible
to run electric cars to the scene be-
cause the .trolley wires had been
broken. Three physicians we're sent
in q gasoline traction speeder and
three more were dispatched as soon
as possible in an auto. When the
physicians reached the scene of the
accident, they found scores of farm
ers and villagers rushing about en-
deavoring to care for the wounded
and to extrioate the dead and dying.
They were working under difficulties,
the only light being furnished by a
few lanterns produced from nearby
farm houses. All around the wreck
lay the injured, covered with blank
cts and comforters brought from the
nearest homes. Many of the wound
ed were so plnioned In the wreckage
that 1t was necessary to use axes to
rescue them, and the sound Of the
blows upon the splintered wood and
twisted iron mingled with cries Of the
sufferers.
"oficials Of the Lake Shore rail-
road. notified the west bound train to
take on doctors and nurses at La
Porte and South Bend and to put
them off at Dune Park. Similar in
structions were given the crew of the
east bound train which brought as
sistance from Whiting and Indiana
Harbor. The New York and Boston