The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-17
Amonu the Injured

UNIDENTIFIED PASSENGER at
St. Joseph's hospital.
WILLIAM E. ARRICK, freight en-
gineer, 1920 Winter street, Fl. Wayne,
ind.
Sam Rosenthal. Grand Forks, N. d.
left hip dislocated.
E. ]. Massadr. Milwaukee, Wis, left
hand and legs crushed.
l.. B. Havens. aviator, New York
city, hands and arms cut. i
R. Brussell, Toronto, Ont, right ear
torn off, face smashed, left collarbone
broken.
Fort Wayne, Aug. 1.-two people
were killed, two were reported miss
ing and 80 were injured at the west
ern limits of this city in the second
wreck within a week on the Pennsyl-
vania railroads Chicago-New York
1S-hour train.
Pulled at top speed by double
header locomotives, the heavy train,
ran into a temporary switch that was
too weak to stand the terrifice strain:
The rails of the switch were swept
aside, the engines of the flyer ca
reened crafty and sideswiped the enl
CINE of a freight train on a sidetrack.
Engines and passenger coaches, a seci
ond later. were piled on their Sides.
In the panic of passengers which
followed the piling up of the fast
train, men fought women to escape,
and scores were trampled and beaten.
The police department.. the fire de,
partment. and every ambulance in the,
city were called to the scene of the
accident. At least fifty doctors we're
on the scene within a half hour Of
the time the trains came together and
within a short time thousands of PEG.
pie had collected about the wreck.
Two passenger engines, with the
freight engine. We're piled up in q
mass of bent and twisted iron. The
baggage car. smoker. buffet and two
sleepcrs turned over in the ditch.
Most of the injured were seated in
the diner and smoker when the acct
dent occurred. The main track and
the track on which the freight train
was located were torn up for a dis.
lance of 200 yards. -
The two engines of the flier were
torn from the trucks and thrown
down the embankment to the park.
while the engine of the freight reared
up in the air over the trucks of the
f1ier's engines. The all-steel ears of
the flier were, put to the first actual
wreck test they have ever undergone,
and proved to be all hat has been
claimed for them by their designers.
Only the first two cars of the heavy
%nine-car train were much smashed.
Passengers on the seven rear cars
escaped with only cuts and bruises,
whereas. it is declared by railroad
men, if the cars had been of the old.
fashioned wood construction the dam.
age would have been frightful.
1t will take a day or more for the
wreck trains to clear away the debris
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 Crestline and
Chicago arrived later in the evening
Thirty OF more passengers. all badly
bruised and cut. are at the Anthony
hotel.
The body of Fred Zimmerman, who
died in Milwaukee,. and which was
being brought here for burial, wa.
recovered from the baggage car. One
nc fhn n re oouohf fu-0 or1 woe h,,~~
ing by the time the fire department
arrived.
Patrick Malone, the veteran engin
eer Of the special, was found in
fainting condition several rods from
the wreck. One leg hung by a mer,
thread and it was necessary to ampu
tate both his legs and an arm. 1t il
expected he will recover. Flung iron
the engine at the crash. he vas pinne'
under the wreckage and the steam
from the engine completely blinded
him. Summoning his last strength
he managed to crawl away to wher
he "a found.
w. B. Craig of this city. fireman o.
the freight train, which was waitin
for the flyer to pass, says that tn
speed at which the flyer came was tel
rifle.
"My engineer, Arick, who wa
killed." said Craig, "ca]led my after
ton to the flyer. My God, look q
those fellows come he cried. Jus
then the flyer hit the switch and
saw the train had jumped the tract
l jumped, too. In midair, it seemed t
me-, l turned around and saw my 81
CINE buckling up and Arick pinione
against the tender"
j. E. Sullivan of New York, VIII
was slightly injured, is a former pre-
ident of the Amateur Athletic unto
and is we'll known in sporting circle
He attended the A. A. U. meet in Oh