Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-15
TWO DEAD, THIRTY INJURED
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and treasurer Amateur Athletic union,
bruised.
Miss Margaret Bartholomew, Peoria, ILL.,,
bruised.
Mrs. j. B. Bartholomew, same address,
chest and eye injured.
Three Engines Pile Up.
The train was running with two engines,
and these with the freight engine were
piled up in a mass. of bent and twisted
iron. The baggage car, smoker, buffet
and two sleepers turned over in the ditch.
Most of the injured were seated in the
diner and smoker when the accident oc-
Cured The main track and the track on
which the freight train was located were
torn up for a distance of 200 yards.
The two engines of the flyer were torn
from their trucks and thrown down the
embankment to the park, while the engine
of the freight reared up in the air over
the trucks ofsdhe flyers engines.
The all-steel cars OF the flyer were put
to the first actual wreck test they have
ever undergone and provo 10 pe all that
has been claimed for them by their de-
slgners. only the first two. cars OF the
heavy nihe-car train We're badly smashed.
Passengers in the seven rear cars escaped
with only cuts and bruises whereas, 1t Is
declared by railroad men, II the cars had
been Of the od-fashioned wood construc-
ton the carnage would have been frlghtful.
1t will take a day or more for the wreck
trains to clear away the wreck, as the
cars are extremely heavy, :-
The wrecking crew from Fort Wayne ar
rived at the scene within a half-hour Of
the time It occurred, while the wrecking
trains from Crestine and Chicago arrived
later in the evening. Thirty more passen-
gers, who are badly bruised and cut, are
at the Anthony hotel.
Evidence seems to Indicate that the flyer
was going at an extremely high speed over
a temporary switch.
From Valparaiso to Winona lake the en-
CINE which brought the train out Of Chi
eago was going badly, so the engine which
was to take the train from Fort Wayne to
Crestlne was sent to Winona lake to meet
the flyer. n
The two engines were then coupled to.
gether and the double-header brought the
train toward Fort Wayne at seventy TO
eighty miles an hour.
Just east Of the western city limits q
switch was constructed to swing trains
from the regular main track to another
track This change in routing was made
necessary by track elevation work.
RunninE at Terrific Rate.
C. c. Chattell of Chicago was in the din
ing car when the accident occurred. He
escaped with only slight injuries to his
head and face.
1.-THE train was running at a terrific rate
of speed" he declared. The first intima-
ton 1 had that anything was wrong was
when the passengers in the dining car
were thrown headlong the entire length Of
the car. The next thing l realized men
were fighting like beasts to get out OF the
car and the steam escaping from the
kitchen was choking us. Another man and
] fell 70 the floor and crawled along in the
Hemi-darkness and among the cursing,
screaming men TO a window from which we
made our escape"
Engineer Terribly Manned.
the special. was found In a fainting con-
dtion several rods from the wreck. One
leg hung by a mere thread and he was
otherwise bruised and cut Although it
was necessary to remove both legs and
an arm, the surgeons say he may recover.
Dragged from the engine at the crash
he was pinned under the wreckage and
the steam from the engine completely
blinded him. Summoning all his strength
he managed TO crawl away,
Every effort is being made to get the
rails cleared and discover il any more
are pinioned under the cars. All OF the
injured have been taken to hospitals and
many are quaTteTed at the Anthony hotel.
Among the slightly injured was Mrs.
Samuel Roberts of 50 East Sixty fourth
street, New York, wife of the first vice
president of the First National bank OF
New York.
w. b. Craig OF this city, fireman on the
freight train. which was waiting for the
flyer to pass, says that the speed at
which the flyer came was terrific.
Rock Island Train Wrecked.
FARIBAULT, MINI. Aug. 10. Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific passenger train No.
-. wsstbound, was partially wrecked here
today, when the train plunged into wash
out. While the tender, baggage car, smoker
! and day coach left the track and toppled
halfway over no one was injured. The
track for 200 feet was plowed up,