The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

| rdllrOdQ, was tea up from ii o
clCckW ednesday till 8 80 Thurs
day morning on account of
serious wreck, in which a freigh
engine, seven freight cars, anc
two cabooses were smashed il
rear end collision, which oc
Cured at the Third street rail
road viaduct at IL :05 Wednesda,
Three trainmen were inlued
in the collision, none OF which
will be fatal. The injured mer
are,
THE INJURED
]. P. HALEY, 40, Fl. Wayne
conductor of First Extra was rid
ing in caboose.
Roy Mcfarland Warsaw brake,
man on first extra, was riding
in eaboose.
Charles Moore, 33, Ft. Wayne
engineer of Second Extra.
Haley received the most sc.
rious injuries of any. He re-
ceived a four inch scalp wound
lgaSll i'm the forehead one-hal1
inch long, an ugly cash two and
half inches long, almost sew
cred the chin, neck bruised and
cut, both elbows cut and bruised
back bruised, wrist cut and ankle
badly sprained. He was taker
to his home in Fl. Wayne al
6 20 Thursday night.
Roy Mcfarland brakeman oI
the first extra, who was riding
in the caboose, suffered dislo-
ton OF the left shoulder, which
was reduced, He was returned
TO Warsaw at 1927 Thursday
Charles Moore, engineer OF
second extra, received a scalp
wound two inches in length, left
hand cut and bruised, back bruIs-
ed entire length, left ankle brurs-
ed. Was returned to Fort
Wayne at 1927 Thursday morn
ing.
Miraculous Escape
The escape from ins< ant death
OF all OF the men in the caboos,
and in the engine which struck
is considered miraculous. The
trains which collided were two
extras following the regular train
and the second extra struck the
rear end OF the first, while run.
ming at a rate OF 40 miles pei
hour, while the train struck was
proceeding ait a zen mile pace
The first extra carried two ca
booses. the first being a dead
head crew, enroute to TT. Wayne
The engine, two cabooses and
seven freight cars were crushed
into a tangled mass, covering
both tracks of the railroad and
effectively blocking all traffic fol
almost ten hours. Both OF tht
tracks were broken and twisted
out OF place. The cars started
down the high embanknents o
both sides of the right-of-way
tearing out completely the inter
locking apparatus. The tangled
mass OF wreckage, the manner
in which the locomotive wa:
turned upside down, with its cal
smashed to pioes and the manner
in which the two cabooses were
crushed seem to indicate a mir
aculous escape for the men occu
pying these positions.
Narrowly Missed Bridge.
The trains. both OF which wer'
east bound, crashed together.
couple of hundred feet west o
the viaduct over Third street
and the wreckage plowed alons
and did not pile up, until
reached the east end OF th'
bridge. Had the cars been pre-
cipitated over the bridge to th'
street below. the seriousness o
the situation would have beer
horribly increased. AS it is th'
crash is the worst which has oc
Cured in or about this city tol
wears. and equals the smash-uI
which occurred at the O. NJ
tower west OF Plymouth six year
ago. when Contractor Cliifore
and three other members ot M
crew were killed. That hal
| dozen lives were not lost in th'
wreck of ednesday is nothing
less than marvellous.
Mistook Train
| The real cause OF the wreck i
difficult to determine, owing L
the silence of the railroad mel
who really know how it occurred
All profess ignorance OF I'M
cause. Charlcs Moore, eng1nee
OF the second section Thursda.
morning gave his version OF TN
wrtck, in which his confusion o
a train far ahead for the first eX
ira OF his train seems to o.
the cause of the crash. Moore
story, in effect is as follows
Three freight trains were follow