Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-15
4 DEAD, IS HURT
IN FLYER WRECK
PElaAlovlvANlA 1e.HoUR TRAIN
/ JUMPS TRACK At FORT
WAlNE, IND.
SEVERE TEST FOR STEEL CARS
povble.tApadeR late, Runs Into Open
0aAuh q Aslje 1t Minute
~ Men Elght Women 70
IN Escaps.
the DEAD.

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gineer. on Flyer.
w. CREIGH. TT. Wayne. fireman on
Flyer.
UNIDENTIFIED PASSENGER at
81. Joseph's hospital.
WILLIAM e. ARRICK, freight en-.
gineer, 1920 Winter street. Fl Wayne.
ind.
Among the injured.
Sam Rosenthal, Grand Forks, N. D..
left hip dislocated.
e. J. Massadr. Milwaukee. Wis, left
hand and legs crushed.
L. B. Havens, aviator, New York
u1ty, hands and arms cut.
r. Brussell, Toronto, Ont, right ear
torn on, 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
srn limits Of this city in the second
wreck within q week on the Pennsyl-
vania railroads Chicago-New York
lShour train.
Pulled at top speed by double
header locomotives. the heavy train
ran into . tsnpoys1y svkee thst was
too weak to stand the teryl0ce strain.
Tho rails Of the GvitsA were swept
asiAe. the essiuss Of the nZer q,
reened crnziy ana sideUwlDsd the en-
gine Of a freight tain on . stdetIaek.
Hagines ana passsnoss saae1ss. 80
ond later. were pile1 n 0els ssdeA
h the panic q passengers which
followed the pilinS up Of the fast
train, men fought women to escape.
and scores were trampled and beaten
The police department, the IRE de-
pastment, and every ambulance In the
city were called to the scene OF the
accident. At least nifty doctors were
on the scene within half hour Of
the time the trains came together and
within short time thousands Of peo
pie had collected about the wreck.
Two passenger engines. with the
freight engine. were piled up In .
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 acct
dent occurred. The main track and
the track on which the freight train
vas located were torn up for dis
lance Of 200 yards.
The two engines Of the flier we're
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
Aier's engines. The all-steel cars Of
the fiier were put to the 1rst actual
wreck test they have ever undergone.
and proved to be all that has been
claimed for them by their designers.
Only the first two cars Of the heavy
nine-car train we're much smashed.
Passengers on the seven rear cars
escaped with only cuts and bruises.
whereas. 1t is declared by railroad
men. II the cars had been of the old.
fashioned wood construction the dam.
ase would have been frightful. "a.
II will take q day or more for the
wreck trains to clear away the debf4s
% the cars are extremely heavy. Thu
Wrecking crew from Fort Wayne ar
rived at the scene within half houl
Of the time 1t occurred, while thu
wrecking trains from Crestline and
Chicago arrived later in the evening
Thirty or more passengers. all badl.
bruised and cut, are at the Anthony
hotel.
The body of Fred Zimmerman. who
died in Milwaukee. and which was
heing bSo0ght here for burial, was
Iecovereduffom the baggage car. One
Of the cars caught fire and was burn
ing by the time the fire department
arrived.
Patrick Malone, the veteran engin
Ger Of the special, was found in 9
fainting condition several rods from
the wreck. One leg hung by mere
thread and it was necessary to ampu
tate both his legs and an arm. 1t ID
expected he will recover. Flung from
the engine at the crash, he was pinned
under the wreckage and the steam
from the engine completely blinded
him. Summ0ning his last strength
he managed to crawl away to where
he was found.
w. b. Craig of this city, fireman OF
the freight train. which was waitin,
for the flyer to pass. says that thu
speed at which the flyer came was ter
riac.'
"My engineer, Arick, who wa
killed." said Craig. called my atten
ltion to the flyer. My God. look a
those fellows come he cried. JUS
then the flyer hit the switch and
saw the train had jumped the track
I Jumped, too. In midair, it seemed t,
me, l turned around and saw my en-
CINE buckling up and Arick pinione'
against the tender"
j. e. Sullivan of New York, VIII
was slightly injured. is a former pres
ident of the Amateur Athletic unio
and 10 we'll known in sporting circles
He attended the A. A. U. meet in CHI
.aRo SATURDAY..
TYPOS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Business land Pleasure Will Keep tn
International Union Busy.
San Francisco, Aug. 14.-Presiden
James M. Lynch of Indianapolis calle'
to order this morning the fifty-seventl
annual meeting Of the Internationa
Typographical Union, and the dele
gates were officially welcomed by tn