The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-01
Heavy Coach Plows Through Car
Filled With Passenger on Way 70
Fort Wayns Falr-Many Are In.
Jured.

me fair at Fort wayne.
The deaa:
Motorman Charles Van Dine.
Conductor Ernest Spillner.
Conductor Dell Wilson.
J. e. HOFFMAN, Marion, Ind.
#. E. Thompson. Ann Arbor. Mich.
Frank Smith. Montpelier. Ind.
Frank King. Warren. Ind.
Mrs. Frank King.
Lola King, Warren.
Frank Parker, Bluffton.
Thomas Gordon, Bluffton.
Phyne Falk, Burton.
Harold Nelson, Bluffton.
Seymour Robinson, Button.
Dell Locke. Bluffton.
r. 8. Molk, Bryan, o.
w. e. Bowman, Burton.
A. r. Hyde, Portland.
e. e. Stuckey, Vera Cruz.
William Beers, Burton.
Lloyd Brown. Bluffton.
l.. C. Justus, Bluffton.
8. H. Robinson, Bluffton.
H. d. Cook, Bluffton.
Ernest Grouse. Bluffton.
Silas Thomas, Warren.
Ralph Walser. Burton.
w. d. Burger. Burton.
Oscar thinner, Bluffton.
Miss Pearl Sayler. Bluffton.
r. F. Folk, Washington. Ind.
Jacob Schwarz. Uniondale.
F. r. Tamm, Warren, Ind.
John w. Tribolet, Bluffton.
Charles Reber, Uniondale.
The injured:
George Swethurst, Warren. Ind, n
tally: Tom Gordon. Burton. fatally;
A. N. Ellenberg. Berne, Ind. fatal;
Frank Brown, Warren: Fred Kane
Fred Jones, Burton: Clyde
Brown. Blufftoa.
The wreck Is said to have occurred
from a misunderstanding Of running
orders. The road curves at the place
Of the disaster and both cars, running
at high rate of speed were aware o
the danger in time to prevent the Yer
rible slaughter. The north-bound 10
cal car was crowded with passengers
and despite the strenuous efforts o
both crews to prevent the collision
the heavy limited coach completed,
the lighter car, blowing III
way through the crowd Of passenger
and causing instant death to more thar
q score.
The story of the wreck AZ told b!
John r. Boyd of Bluffton. the only pas
senger to escape, follows:.
IT was the last passenger to ge
aboard the car at Bluffton. The PEG
pie we're packed tightly in the rear o
the car and 1t was some little tim.
after the car started before I go
aboard the steps on the rear platform
The conductor then was trying to &c
the people to move forward into tn
less crowded portion of the car there
I decided to avoid the crush and go
down on the step. After we haa
passed Kingsland and were rounding
q curve swung out a BIT and got |
long view ahead. Probably distanc'
Of 200 yards from us was the limitet
bearing down at terrific speed. W.
were then going at speed of approx
mately Is miles an hour. Then 1t ap
peared to me the motorman of tn
local car saw the approaching collision
and lost his head.
Our car suddenly gave a lunge for
ward. Our speed increased to full,
miles and hour almost q
once. The limited bearing down upol
US at rate Of 40 miles an hou
doomed up not hundred feet away.
saw what was coming and droppe,
on.
"Ther was a splintering crash. Thu
big limited car like an angry monste
seemed to climb upon the Trailer an,
heavier loaded car and from It's pilo
TO within six feet of the rear swep
over the doomed coach, taking It al
most clean. That anything alive coul'
have survived that terrible sweep o
splintered wood and twisted steel, 4
a miracle.
"One by one the dead were takel
from the wreck and taken care Of Of
the ground the best that could be don,
under the circumstances. The Injuries
were taken from the wreckage - faq
as 1t could be cut away. Fortunatel.
there was no means by which tn,
debris could be kindled or fame
would have added to the death liz
and to the horror Of the disaster
Mrs Ttnulav ~ = lsItar