The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA 1s-HoUR TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK AT FORT
WAYNE, IND.
THIRTY-SIX ARE INJURED
DoubIe-Header, Late, Runs Into Open
Switch at Mile at Minute
Men Fight Women to
Escape.

Fort Wayne, lndiana.-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-
yania 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 en-
CINE of freight train on a sidetrack.
Engines and passenger coaches, a sec
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 were
on the scene within a half hour of
! the time the trains came together and
within a short time thousands of peo-
pie had collected about the wreck.
Two passenger engines, 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 acct
dent occurred. The main track and
the track on which the freight train
was located were torn up for 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 this
fier's engines. The all-steel cars o.
the fiier were put to the first actua
wreck test they have ever undergone
and proved to be all that has beer
claimed for them by their designers
Only the first two cars of the heav!
nine-car train were much smashed.
Passengers on the seven rear car
escaped with only cuts and bruises
whereas, IL Is declared by railroa,
, men, II the cars had been of the ole
fashioned wood construction the dan
age would have been frightful.
II will take day or more for tn
: wreck trains to clear away the debris
as the cars are extremely heavy. Tn
wrecking crew from Fort Wayne nj
rived at the scene within a half hou
of the time IL occurred, while tn
I wrecking trains from Crestline an
Chicago arrived later in the evening
Thirty or more passengers, all badl
bruised and cut, are ut the Anthem
I hotel.
o The body of Fred Zimmerman, VIII
, died In Milwaukee, and which wa
being brought here for burial. wa
recovered from the baggage car. On
n OF the cars caught fire and was burr
n ing by the time the fire departmer
o arrived.
Patrick Malone. the veteran engil
Ger of the special. was found in
q fainting condition several rods fro
II the wreck. One leg hung by a mel
n thread and IL was necessary to amp
tate both his legs and an arm. II
expected he will recover. Flung fro
a the engine at the crash, he was pinnt
m under the wreckage and the stea
Al from the engine completely blindt
him. Summoning his last strengt
he managed to crawl away to whe
IN he was found.
:. w. b. Craig of this city. fireman {
a, the freight train. which was waitiI
for the flyer to pass. says that Il
speed at which the flyer came was Il
., rife.
=. My engineer. Arick. who VI
"a killed" said Craig, called my attic
~ ton to the flyer. My God. look
those fellows come he cried. Ju
then the flyer hit the switch and
:. saw the train had jumped the trac
:. jumped, too. In midair. 1t seemed
me, I turned around and saw my G
CINE buckling up and Arick pinion
against the tender"
:" ]. +. Sullivan of New York. w
~, was slightly injured, is a former pr,
az ident Of the Amateur Athletic uni
and is well known in sporting circl,
He attended the A. A. u. meet in G.
~, cago Saturday.