The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-22
Cars Jammed Into UnreCOg-
nizabIe Mass,
PATHETIC SCENES WITNESSED
Men, Women and Children PiniOn.
ed In wreCkage Make PiteOus
Appeal For DeIiveranCe From
F, Suffering.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 22.-Forty.
two were killed and 20 or more seri-
ously injured In the most disastrous
traction car wreck that has marked
interurban traffic since the system
was established, when a southbound
limited and a northbound local car
on the Wabash Valley line collided
near Kingsland, north of this city.
The accident occurred on a short
curve, and many of the bodies were
30 mangled that identification is rem.
dered slow, il not in some cases i'm.
possible.
Hardly any OF the passengers in
the two cars escaped injury, but the
less seriously hurt gave what assist
nnce they could, and in few mo-
ments 26 bodies, horribly mutilated,
were carried to the roadside and laid
along the track. Others were so pin
toned in the debris that they could
not be reached till wrecking crews
arrived upon the scene. The north.
bound car was loaded with people
coming to the county fair here, and
among them were many women and
children.
What led to the accident Is not
known, but it is supposed that there
was misunderstanding of orders.
The car carrying the people to the
fair was an extra, and it is believed
that it's position on the road was not
definitely known, and the limited,
running on schedule, was not aware
Of its existence.
The scenes following the wreck
were peculiarly pathetic. Mothers
saw the mangled forms of children
and husband saw wife or a wife
a husband taken out so mangled that
identification could be made only
from the clothing. Physicians and
nurses were rushed TO the scene of
the wreck from this city and other
places on the line, and many of the
injured are now in hospitals. Some
OF them died before medical attention
could be given, and two died while
being conveyed to hospitals.
That the cars were running at a
very fast rate is demonstrated by
view OF the wrecked cars after they
had run into each other; the iron and
wood of one could not be distin-
guished from the other, so tangled
was the mass, and in this was a
struggling. shrieking mass Of human
ity. praying calling for help and
pleading for relief from their misery.
OF the identified dead, IS were
from Bluffton, and many Of them
we're among the most wealthy class.
They were going to see the races at
the Fort Wayne fair, and just as the
two cars met many of them were
singing comic songs and cracking
Jokes. There were number Of young
people in the northbound car and
they had been in a specially hilarious
mood from the time the car left
Bluffton.
The Identified dead are: William
Beer, l.. Bird, Lloyd Brown, news
paper man; w. f. Bowman, William
Burgan. Mrs. William Burgan, II. d.
Cook, William Corkwell, motorman;
Ernest Grouse, Miss Falk, Miss Mary
Folk, Jesse Huffman, l.. S. Justas,
general manager Bluffton, Geneva &
Celina traction line; Harold Nelson,
Seymour Robinson, Democratic can
didate for county auditor; Miss Pearl
Saylor, Pearl Taylor, Ralph Walser
and Oscar thinner all of Button
Ind. and Howard Daugherty Hun
tington, Ind; r. +. Folk Washing.
ton. Ind; r. j. Falk, Bryan, o.;
Jesse Huffman, Warren county, Ind;
], r. Hyde, Portland, Ind; Mrs. Lola
King, Warren, Ind; William King,