Arizona republican., 1910-09-22
ORDERS MISUNDERSTOOD
Then Came the Crash of Flying Cars; the Burial of Dead and Dying Tn Debris, and the Screams of the Injured.

F'rt Wayne, Ind. Sept 21.-Forty- two were killed and seven seriously injured in a head-on collision be- tween two traction cars on the Fort Wayne Bluffton division of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley line today.
 The wreck occurred a mile and half north of Kingsland, at a sharp curve.
 The traction cars in the collision were a northbound local crowded to the steps, which left Bluffton at 11:15 a. m, and a southbound extra car from Fort Wayne. They met while both were running at high speed.
 The dead are w. E. Bowman of Bluffton, A. F.. Head, Pennville; $. E.
 Stuckey, Vera Cruz; William S Beers. Bluffton; Lloyd Brown, Bluff ton; l.. C. Justus, Bluffton, the gen. eral manager of the BIUfftOn, Gen eva & Celina Traction company; $ IT Robinson, D. Cook Ernest Grouse. Ralph Walker. W. D. Bur gan, oscar Zimmer. Miss Pearl Say lar John w. Tribolet, Thomas Cor don, Harold Nelson. a son of Lloyd Brown, Mrs. Hiram Folk, Mary Daugherty, J. F. Swartz. Joseph Sawyer. all of Bluffton; Silas Thom as, F. E. Tamm, Frank King. Mrs Frank King. all of Warren. Ind; R. F. Folk, Washington. Ind; Jacob Swartz, Uniondale; Blanche Arch bold, Ossian; Charles Reber. Union dale; John Johnson, Markle; Jesse Hoffman, Marion; Dr. S. E. Thomp- son. Ann Arbor Mich; Mrs. Myrtle Harley. daughter of Mrs. Folk, Bluff ton; Daniel DeBach, Petroleum. Ind; John Smith and Mrs. John Smith. Montpelier; Mrs Garrett Maxwell. | Garrett Ind; John Reed Battery F., | Fifth artillery, New York; Joseph | Edins, Hartford City. Ind; George Semthurst, Warren; and Ben Cramer, Frankfort.
 The collision is presumed to have been caused by a misunderstanding of orders in regard to the south bound extra car taking the switch near Kingsland to let the north l bound car pass.
 The mOtormen had no time to set | the brakes when they sighted each | other The heavily loaded north bound car was crushed, and the bod ies of the dead and injured were strewn on either side of the track amid the wreckage. The screams of the injured following the crash of cars brought neighboring farmers | to the scene of the disaster.
 Wrecking cars and physicians were rushed from Fort Wayne and Bluff | ton and the bodies of the dead and 1 injured were conveyed to hospitals in i the two cities.
 A heroic act that will stand out | in the annals of the wreck, was that | performed by Conductor Spiller of | the northbound car. Though in- | jured severely he staggered down the
 track and Jagged a limited train only a short distance away, that
 would have otherwise have plunged | into the wreck.
 | It was a long, hard task to remove the bodies. The dead and injured were laid in rows at the side of the | tracks Farmers wives brought sheets to cover the dead and make ! DtlludSeS TOT lne MDuHutAl iit bONAtS of all were fearfully mangled Many
 bodies were entangled in the timbers
 of the crushed cars.
 Flies settled on the long rows of
 dead and injured in great swarms.
 The physicians had little assistance, and the injured suffered for two hours
 before they were relieved by lotions and narcotics brought by the doctors Pending the arrival of the physicians,
 the injured screamed, while the crowd stood awe-stricken and helpless.
 Ross Nelson, a reporter on the
 Bluffton Banner, was sent out to
 cover the wreck. While assisting in
 the rescue work he uncovered the
 body of his brother Harold, fatally injured. Harold died on the way to
 the hospital
 | Dr. L. H. Cook of Bluffton, one of those summoned to aid the injured
 in going through the debris came
 across the corpse of his brother, H. D. Cook.