Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-05
FAST TRAIN
WRECKED; 23
ARE DEAD
Big Four New York Flyer
Meets Disaster at Mid
dIetoWn, Ohio.
RAN INTO A FREIGHT
Many in List of Injured Not Ex-
peCted to ReCover-ReSpon-
SibiIity Not Fixed.
RAN INTO A FREIGHT

Middletown, Ohio, July 5.-Three
victims Of the wreck of the Big Four
Of the New York flyer here yesterday
died of their injuries during the night.
| bringing the total dead to %. A re-
port from the hospital, where many
of the 81 injured were taken. indicate
number of these will die. Some of
them are frightfully mangled and no
hopes are held out for recovery.
Try 10 PIace Blame.
Officials are trying to place the
blame for the wreck. It is known a
misunderstanding of orders caused the
! frightful catastrophe, but which train
crew is at fault is not clear. The Big
-Four and c., II. & D., it is said. are
endeavoring to place the responsibility
ior the accident on each other.
Instant Death 20 10.
Middletown, Ohio July 5.-Nineteen
persons met instant death. three others
were probably fatally injured and sew
eral more were seriously hurt when
the Cincinnati section of the Twen.
tieth Century limited train on the Big
-Four railroad crashed into the second
section or freight train on the Gin
clnnati, Hamilton and Dayton road
mere yesterday. The collision occur
red on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton tracks. Eighteen of those who
were killed were passengers. the 18th
victim being member of the passen-
ger train crew. Many persons on the
passenger train who escaped death or
dangerous injury sustained broken
limbs and ribs and other hurts.
The Dend.
H. P. BAKER, Cincinnati
H. "A. SMITH. Dayton.
j. SMITH KIRK. Dayton.
GEORGE FROHLE, Dayton.
FRANK GOLDEN, passenger train
brakeman.
JOHN w. COOLEY, McCutcheons.
vile. Ohio.
MISS FAY H. DAUBENNIRF
Pleasantville. Ohio.
RAY B. SNYDER. London, Ohio.
A. S. GARRIGUS, Columbus, Ohio.
RICHARD VAN HORN. Dayton,
Ohio.
CHARLES H. MoULToN, Youngs-
town, Ohio.
MRS. JESSIE ]. BoDEY, Dayton,
Ohio.
KING YEN LUN, Chinaman, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
c. B. GRANT. Springfield. Ohio.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN,
about 40 years old
UNIDENTIFIED MAN. initials ~w.
A. on clothing.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN, sup
posed to be from Dayton.
Limited Hits Freight.
The freight train was attempting to
make siding TO give the passenger
train a clear track, when the flying
limited, travelling at the rate of so
miles an hour, flashed around a curve
and crashed into it.
The Big Four cleveland. Cincin-
natl, Chicago and St Louis) train had
been detoured to avoid a blocked track
on that road at Genoa, a few miles
south of here, caused by a freight
wreck earlier in the day. In addition
to it's regular crew It carried a pilot
engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton road, who was practically
in charge of the train.
A misunderstanding of orders caused
the disaster. which was one OF the
worst that this section of the country
has ever known. According to rail-
road officials. Pilot Engineer George
Wald had received orders to wait at
Post Town, a siding station three
miles north of this city. The freight
train was to have passed him there.
but was late in pulling out of Middle
town. Instead Of the seven minutes
margin which Wald thought he had 10
reach Middletown, the time was less
than five minutes
The crash when the trains met was
terrific. Directly behind the passen-
ger locomotive and the tender was a
combination baggage and smoking car,
followed by a day coach and a chair
car. All the dead and injured we're
in the first two cars. there being six
passengers in the smoker and 21 in
the day coach.
ReScuers Rush 10 Scene.
Even before the crash came rescuers
were running TO the wreck from fhe
Middletown station OF the Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton. some 300 yards
south of the accident. Every surgeon
in town was summoned 10 the place,
and calls for assistance were sent TO
Dayton and Hamilton. Relief trains
were made up at each of these places
and the injured were placed upon
them and sent to hospitals in those