The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-09-29

seven seriously injured il a head
on collision between two mterur
ban cars on the Fort Wayne and
Button division Of the Fort
Wayne and Wabash Valley line
today.
The dead are: w. 3. Bowman,
Button; A. e. Hyde, Pennville,
S. &. Stuckey, Vera Cruz; William
S. Beers, Button; Lloyd Browis.
Button; i. G. Justus. Button.
general manager Bluffton, Greya
and Celina Traction line S. II.
Robinson, Button; Fl. D.. Cook,
Button Ernest Grouse, Button,
Silas Thomas, Warren Ralph
Walser, Button; W. D. Burgan,
Button; Oscar thinner. Button;
Miss Pearl Sayler. Button; r.. f.
Folk, Washington, Ind. Jacob
Swartz, Uniondale F. B. Tamm,
Warren, Ind. John w. Tribolet,
Button; Miss Bertha Tribolct,
Button Chas. Reber, Uniondale
Blanche Archbold, Ossian; Thomas
Gordon, Button; Frank King and
wife, Warren; Son of Lloyd
Brown, Bluffton; Harold Nelson,
Bluffton; John johnson, Markle;
Jesse Hoffman, Marion; DR.. S. e.
Thompson, Ann Arbor, Mich. :
Mrs. Hiram Folk, Button; Mrs.
Myrtle HaWley, daughter of Mrs.
Folk; Mary Daughtery, Button;
Daniel Debach, Petroleum, Ind. !;
j. 3. Sawyer, Button; Jos. Saw,
yer, Button; John Smith and
wife, Montpelier; Joe 49,, piano
polisher, Button John Reed, bat
terry 3, fifth artillery, New York;
two unidentified men; unidentified
woman.
The wreck occurred seven miles
north of Button at a sharp c:1rve.
The cars In collision were a north
bound local ear loaded to the steps
and a southbond extra" car from
Fort Wayne. They met while
both were running at high speed.
The collision is said to have been
caused by a misunderstanding OF
orders In regard to the South
bound extra cars taking a switch
neal Kingland so that the north
bound car could pass it.
There were two physicians on
o nthe cars at the time of the
wreck. One of them escaped Sc
rious injury and the other, who
had himself been painfully hurt,
rendered assistance to those who
survived the shock of the collision.
Relief cars Wer hurried from this
city and physicians went from
Button in automobiles. Many of
the dead are already had been re-
moved from the debris of the
sphntered cars and the grewsome
work of taking out the mangled
remains of those In the farther re-
cesses of the wreckage was taken
mp by the more skiHfu hands of
the company's wrecking crews.
Most of the people on the north
bound car were en- route to the
fair at Fort Wayne. Help from
nearby residences wa srendered
to such as could be removed from
the wreckage.
The motormen on the two cars
did not have time to set brakes
when they sighted eac hother.
The heavily loaded north bound
a was crushed, and the bodeis
of the dead and injured were
strewn on either side of the track
amid the Wreckage. The screams
Of the injured men and women
following the crash Of the cars
brought the neighboring farmers
to the scene.
Conductor Spiller of the south
bound car was unhurt and ran
back toward Kingland and fagg-
ed a car which was approaching the
wreck at full speed and would
have plunged into it.
Wrecking cars and physicians
were rushed from Fort Wayne
and Blnffton an dthe bodies of the
dead and injured were conveyed
to hospitals in the two cities.
The wreck was one of the most
horrible railway accidents in re-
cent history. just what caused
the wreck no one seems to know.
At least no one yet has offered a
clear explanation. AT 11:56 the
train left on schedule, a regular
train consisting of one car left
Button for Fort WAYNE. At the