The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-14
Pennsylvania Fast Train
Leaves the Rails and
Hits Freight
THREE ARE KILLED
AND MANY HURT
Mrs. Samuel McRoberts and
Mrs. Herbert J. Wylie
Are Among Those
Who Are Injured

FORT WAYNE, IND, August IA
The Pennsylvania famous 1s-hour
train between Chicago and New York
city known as the flyer. jumped a
swftch on the western outskirts of this
city about $40 o'clock this evening
while running at terrific rate OF
speed in an end to make up an
hours lost time and the double
header train dashed square into a
freight train on the track north. At
least thirty-hve people were injured.
several of whom will die.
One OF the flyer engineers. Patrick
Malone, OF this city, will die. The
remainder of the crew has not yet
been accounted for and II Is thought
that their dead bodies will be found
4 in the debris. The wreck was the
worst in which this famous train
I has ever participated. All of the
nine all-steei cars were loaded with
| passengers. but only the first two
! Goa aches of the train were badly dam
aged. These were rolled from To-
/ foot embankment into Swinney Park
! on the edge OF which the wreck &C.
Cured.
I Mrs Samuel McRoberts, ri 90 East
1 Sixty fourth street. New York city
| wife Of the vice-president 'of the
! National City bank Of New York. and
| Mrs. Herbert J. Wylie. of Los An
| geles, whose husband Is noted West
/ err fnaucier. were IN the wreck. They
were seated IN the third car from the
/ engine and were thrown into the
aisle when the engine left the rails.
/ receiving severe bruises. They were
practically Frustrated as result OF
/ their experiences.
We seemed To- hit number OF
awful Jumps" declared Mrs Nc
! Roberts. "tust as though the train
| had met with that number Of coll
| ltsions. When these were over we
| managed TO get 10 our feet and
| rushed TO the rear platform where
We made our exit by an open door"
Making Up Time.
1 The wrecked passenger train was
! drawn by two engines In charge OF
Engineers Malone and Berger and was
| approaching the city at & speed Of
more than a mile a minute. The
| freight was on the siding headed
| The rails split and the engines
crashed full head into the freight
The engines were badly smash ed
ana the baggage. smoker. diner and
| Pullman car were sent into the ditch
and smashed almost to spiinters
Every car OF the train. save the
last one. left the tracks. The news
spread quickly and every ambulance
I in the city. the police patrol and pri-
vate automobiles We're put into SER
vice. The darkness interfered great
ly with the rescue work. but as rapid
( ly as possible the injured were taken
~ Al l.,
] pitfalls for treatment q
At 10 o'clock tonight three dead
| bodies had been recovered and II In
| jured had been conveyed to two OF
the hospitals. Besides these. a large
number OF persons received injuries
! In the way OF severe cuts and bruises
which requires but slight or no dress
/ ing. and they sought the hotels or
/ later continue don their journey.
Dead and Injured,
The dead at the undertaking es-
Establishments are:
| Unidentified engineman: crushed
and scalded
Unidentified engineer; buried under
! wreckage
Unidentified man; died after reach
| Ing hospital
| Late tonight the railroad officials
| could not locate Fred. X. Berger, engt-
neer on one Of the engines on the
| flyer, and r. c. Bolyard his fireman
! and It Ia believed both were killed.
! Among the more seriously injured
are:
| Robert Russell Toronto. Ont. back
wrenched.
| b Summers. mail clerk, body
| bruised and back hurt.
! Patrick Malone. TT. Wayne, engf-
neer on flyer; arm torn off. leg brok-
1 en-. cut and bruised probably fatally
/ Valentine Snyder, Crestline Ohio
/ haggageman: skull fractured: proba-
| bly, fatally.
| r. c. Bolyard, FIT. Wayne: injured
about head and face.
H. c. Burton and Fl. c. Kohl, CHI
cago. coiored porters; hands and
arms bruised.
Earl Morris. East Palestine. o.;
right hip bruised. seriously cut abou,
| head and face
! f. j. Massager, Milwaukee,; lief,
/ hand and leg badly injured.
! J. Il. Ravens. New York City: hands
and arms injured.
J. G. Sullivan. New York City; in
| jured about arms and legs
! II. X. Bose. New York City; head
bruised.
Leroy Berz. Chicago; right hand
and head cut.
| n II. Crawford. Philadelphia.
! Fl. b. Russell. Toronto, Ont
Sam Rosenthal. Grand Forks, ". d
| Victor Sewers Mansfield, Ohio
/ Ed Cohn. New York City.
| F. Brobst steward dining car
William Marshall. tcolored) dining
! car.
| w. r. Thomas (coioredl. Chicago,
Roy Berry. Chicago.
| Ed. c. Ham. New York City.
! N. F. Thomas, Chicago.
William Creig. FIT. Wayne and c
c. ChatteIl. Chicago.
Negro In Arrested.
| Policemen Goldsby and Spur, OF
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