Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-22
Believed Crew of Light
Car Caused Indiana
Horror.
TOOK A LONG CHANCE
Thirty-Nine Killed Outright and
Nearly All Other Pas
SengerS Hurt.
THE DEAD.

THE DEAD.
w. c. BERGEN and WIFE, BIuffton
LLOYD BROWN, newspaper report
er, BIuffton.
SEYMOUR ROBINSON, democratic
Candidate for auditor of Wells county
ERNEST GROUSE, BIuffton.
WILLIAM BEER, BIuffton.
n. D. COOK, grocer, BIuffton.
PEARL sAYLoR, sIuhton.
JACOB SCHWARTZ, UniondaIe.
w. e. SCHWARTZ, UniondaIe.
JESSE STUCkEY, UniondaIe.
GEORGE SMETHURST, Warren.
RALPH WALSER, BIuHton.
WILLIAM BOWMAN, BIuffton.
BLACK MUTHERS, Warren.
LOLA KING and HUSBAND, War
rem.
OSCAR ZIMMER, Bluffton.
HAROLD NELSON, BIuffton.
J. w. TRIBOLET, BIuffton.
TOM GORDON, BIutfton.
LOUIS JUSTIS, general manager of
Buffton & Geneva Traction company.
CHARLES RABER, UniondaIe.
A. e. HYDE, Portland.
MRS. HIRAM FOLK, Bluffton.
PTRRY or HOWARD DAUGHER-
TY, Huntington.
DR.. S. w. THOMPSON, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
AMOS STUcKEY, Vera Cruz.
r. r. FALk, Bryan Ohio.
JESSE HOFFMAN,, Marion, Ind.
TOM BOYNToN, BIuffton.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, lived near
Berne.
DAVID DIEeEcK, died on operating
table at ST. Joseph hospital.
SiLAS THOMAS, Warren.
MRS. MYRTLE HARLEY, daughter
of Mrs. Folk.
MARY DAUGHERTY, Blutfton.
JOSEPH SAWYER, BIuffton.
JOHN SMITH and WIFE, Mont
PeIier.
JOHN Reed, battery E, Fifth artiI-
Iery, New York.
THE INJURED.
r. A. Parkhurst, BIuffton; broken
spine and head wounds.
Fred w. Jones, Warren, banker;
both legs crushed.
c. M. Browne, Warren; both legs
broken.
Margaret TriboIet, Burton; concus-
sion of the brain and Internal injuries.
John Echenberger, Berne; legs
broken and internally injured.
Fred Kain, Buffton, internal in
juries.
Mrs. w. D. Burgan, BIutfton; leg
broken and numerous body wounds.
BIT. CORKWELL, Fort Wayne, mo-
torman; scalp wounds.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 22.-Thirty
nine is the toll of dead in the interur
ban disaster yesterday Rumor fixes
the blame for the disaster with the
crew of the special train which was
speeding south from Fort Wayne
empty 1t is reported the crew, know
ing the local was 10 or Is minutes
late, took chances on making a siding
and failed.
Six Injured in Hospital.
Six of the injured who are in a Fort
Wayne hospital are:
Mrs. w. D. Burgan, Bluffton.
Miss Margaret Tribelet. Bluffton.
S. A. Parkhurst, Bluffton.
c. NJ. Brown, Warren, Ind.
B. F. Corkwell, motorman of the spe-
cial train.
A. Ellensberger, Bernee, Ind.
Two Investigations On.
Both the state railway commission
ers and the company officials are max
ing a searching investigation and hope
soon to be able to place the blame. 1t
is stated that of the 60 passengers on
the car bound to the state fair scarcely |
one escaped. Some bodies were so ter
ribly mutilated that Identification is
difficult.
Among the victims of the wreck was |
Miss Pearl Sayler, daughter of Mrs.
Clara Sayler of Bluffton, and sister of
Banker Sayler of Watseka, ILL.,, who
was shot and killed by DIR. Miller
year or so ago. For the crime. which
attracted widespread interest, Miller
and Mrs. Sayler now are serving
prison sentence
Nearly All Killed Outright.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 22.-Thirty-
nine passengers were killed and score
or more injured, many probably fatally,
when a northbound crowded local car
on the Fort Wayne & wabash Valley /
interurban line collided with a south
bound special car shortly after noon
yesterday while both cars were going
at high rates of speed. Nearly every
passenger was killed outright.
The crash occurred at Kingsland,