Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-08-17
4 DEAD, IS HURT
IN FLYER WRECK.
PENNSYLVANIA 1a-HOuR TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK AT FORT
WAYNE, IND.
SEVERE TEST FOR STEEL CARS
poubIe-Header, Late, Runs Into Open
Switch at Mile at Minute
Men Fight Women to
Escape.

Escape.
THE DEAD.
PETER MALONE, Fl. Wayne, en-.
gineer, on Flyer
w. CREIGH, Fl. Wayne, fireman on
Flyer.
UNIDENTIFIED PASSENGER at
BIT. 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
band and legs crushed.
L. B. Ravens, aviator, New York
pity, hands and arms cut.
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 week on the Pennsyl-
yania railroads Chicago-New York
l8-hour train.
Pulled at top speed by double
header locomotives, the heavy train
tan into temporary switch that was
too weak to stand the terrifice strain.
Fhe rails of the switch were swept
aside, the engines of the flyer ca
reened crafty and sideswiped the en-.
CINE of freight train on sidetrack
Engines and passenger coaches, sec
pnd 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
pm the scene within half hour OF
the time the trains came together and
within short time thousands of PEG
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 anG
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 the
Tiers engines. The allsteel cars OF
The f1ier were put to the first 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 were much smashed.
Passengers on the seven rear cars
escaped with only cuts and bruises,
whereas, it is declared by railroad
fashioned wood construction the dam
age would have been frightful.
1t will take day or more for the
wreck trains to clear away the debris,
rs the cars are extremely heavy. The
wrecking crew from Fort Wayne ar
rived at the scene within half hour
Df the time it occurred, while the
wrecking trains from Crestline and
Chicago arrived later in the evening.
Thirty or 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, was
recovered from 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 a
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 is
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. Summoning his last strength,
he managed to crawl away to where
he was found.
w. B. Craig Of this city, fireman on
the freight train, which was waiting
for the flyer to pass, says that the
speed at which the flyer came was ter
fife.
"My engineer, Arick, who was
killed. said Craig, called my atten-
ton to the flyer. My God, look at
those fellows come he cried. Just
then the flyer hit the switch and I
saw the train had jumped the track.
/ jumped, too In midair, it seemed to
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