Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-15
Eighteen-Hour Pennsylva-
MIA Train, With Double
Header Engine, Leaves
Track Near Ft. Wayne.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ESCAPE JJNINJURED
All Were in Observation Car
at End of Train and Were
Only Shaken Up; Greatest
Damage in Diner.

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Fort Wayne, Ind, Aug. 14.-A list
of the dead and injured as a result of
the east bound 1S-hour Pennsylvania
Flyer from Chicago to New York leav-
ing the track one mile west OF here
last evening shows that two are dead.
two missing and thirty-three injured.
It is practically certain that the two
missing men, fireman and an engin-
eer, are dead.
Wrecking crews are today search
ing the debris for their bodies. None
Of the injured will die. physicians say.
While the cause of the wreck has
not been positively ascertained, the
best explanation seems to be that the
second engine of the flyer, which was
a double header, "split" switch and
threw the engine ahead of 1t from the
track. Then as flying wedge the two
left the track and crashed into west
bound freight engine on track to
the north Of them. All of the several
Pullman cars which the passenger
train carried were derailed. Without
exception they were steel cars.
List Of Dead.
The known dead:
William p. Arick, Fort Wayne,
freight engineer.
Valentine Snyder, Crestline Ohio:
baggageman, died at st. Joseph's hos
pital this morning from internal in
juries.
The missing:
Ira r. Burger, Fort Wayne; engineer
of the second passenger engine.
J. F. Wilson, Fort Wayne; fireman
of the first passenger engine.
The injured.
Among the injured are:
Samuel Rosenthal, Grand Forke, N.
D.; right hip dislocated; at st.
Joseph's hospital
Roy Berry, Chicago; minor injuries.
Daniel Daugherty, Chicago; face cut
and hip injured.
William Creigh, freight fireman, Ft-
Wayne.
w. G. Boleyard, fireman on first pas
senger engine, Fort Wayne; serious.
W. e. Thomas (colored), Chicago;
arm broken and head and breast in
jured
William Marshall (colored), Chi
cago: scalp wound; right arm and legs
scalded.
R. s. Perkins (colored) Chicago,
dining car waiter; right hip hurt.
F. H. Brobst, Chicago, steward on
dining car; right arm dislocated;
scalp wound.
H. c. Doze; head bruised.
Theodore Robinson (colored), II
East Thirty fourth street, Chicago,
chef: knee cap broken and hands cut.
BY the light Of torches wrecking
crews worked all night in an effort
to flLd the bodies Of the missing men.
Little progress was made, however,
for the engines are piled into q
twisted mass OF scrap iron.
This morning, 5000 persons sur
rounded the wreck and were held back
by a strong force of special officers.
Most of the injured passengers were
taken from the diner and combination
car. Only seventy passengers were on
the train, say officials.
No Women or Children Injured.
While one OF the Pullman's kept all
OF their trucks on the track, none of
them turned over. Nearly all the
thirty women passengers were seated.
in the parlor and observation car on
the rear Of the train. The occupants
of the car were only Jared and
bruised. It is peculiar that not
woman or child was injured.
During the first few hours following
the wreck all the local hospitals were
80 badly crowded that 1t was neces-
sary to place cots In the halls.
TLis morning, however, rooms have
been provided for all the injured.
Physicians say that all Of the patients
with the exception Of Engineers Ma
lone and Theodore Robinson spent
comfortable night.
Traf1ic was resumed over the line
this morning.
One Of the sisters at st. Joseph's
hospital has q souvenir Of the wreck
that came into her hands in a peculiar
manner. One OF the colored walters on
the diner was just in the act OF lift
ing a lump of sugar with a pair OF
tongs when the crash came. when
physicians picked him up half an hour
afterwards, the negro still held the
tongs tightly In his hands. The tongs
were not removed until he reached
the hospital.
Aviator Holds Airships Safer.
Down at Salisbury, Maryland, the
promoters Of an aviation meet are
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