The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-21


cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton pas
Senger train ran into an ODen
switch ut Irvington, suburb.
carry this morning and crashed
head-On into a freight train of
the same road, killing at least
eighteen persons and injuring
nineteen badly.
THE DEAD.
Albert Alien and wife, Los An
gcIes.
Chris Imholt, Cincinnati.
Mrs. Chris ImhOlt, Cincinnati.
Joseph u. Palmer, Ettawa,
Clifton Cheney, jackson. XIV.
John Cheney, father of Cliff
ton. Breathitt county, Ky.
Mrs. Clifton Cheney, jackson,
Ky.
Cheney, brother of Cliff
ton Cheney.
Hester Cheney.
Charles Cheney, son OF Clifton
Cheney.
William sharkey, passenger
engineer.
Irwin NJ. Virgins, conductor.
Bert White, brakeman, Indian
Harold Burg, fireman.
Ben Boyle, passenger.
{. II. GrundhOefer, Winton
One unidentified boy. with
clothing bearing Louisville mark.
THE INJURED.
Fred Emerson, fireman. In
dianapOIis.
Fred Patterson, Madison. VA,
tratnman OF passenger train.
Willis York, freight engineer.
Burton Jones, Dayton, Ky.
baggage man; badly hurt
j. :. SkiIlman, baggageman.
indianapolis.
Mrs j. 5. Skillman, Indian
apolis.
J. w. Jefferson, coIored porter,
Chicago.
w. j. Filler, Liberty, Ind.
a. c. Filler, Liberty, Ind.
Fred Emberton, fireman, freight
train, badly scalded, Indianapolis.
Mrs. Mary Sears, INDIANAPOLIS.
Harry Sell, Chicago, leg broken.
Fred w. Hutcheson, Madison.
Va.
Mary Hutchcson, Madison, Va.
Mrs. w. +. Sell, Sycamore, Ill.
Carl Gross, brakeman, Indian
apolis.
Hugh Kent, Berlin, Ky.
Most of the dead were in the
first passenger coach, which was
tcleScoped with the baggage car.
One engineer Is believed TO be in
the Wrcckagc, as well as one of
the conductors.
F1remen and police worked
with axes for more than two
hours before the first body I'm the
passenger car was uncovered.
One OF the first acts of the
tireinen was To- cut a hole I'm the
top OF the car and pass water TO
the injured passengers, who were
crying pitifully for aid.
Soon after the crash the wreck
caught fire. The trainmen fought
the flames with the limited means
available, but were unable TO sup
press the fire or cut away the
burning sections.
The city was called on for help.
The entire family of Clifton
Chcny, of jackson, Ky, was
wiped out, and MIR. Cheny's father
was buried under the Wreckage.
The grOanS OF the aged man
could be heard, but desperate ef-
forts failed TO locate the victim.
The bodies of the Chenys were
dragged forth one by one.
Clifton, the father; his wife.
two children and a brother were
discovered. When the crash came
the aged father was pinned un-
der the seats. He was terribly
crushed. but life survived, and
the aged Cheny, conscious and
suffering, could be heard calling
for help.
WRECK CAUGHT FIRE.
The wreck caught fire and the
flames threatened TO eat their way
TO the spot where the old man
was imprisoned and burn him
alive.
The reScuers were appalled, by
the deadly danger threatening old
man Cheny as lie lay entombed
under the arch of the crushed
coach. Before the fire depart
ment had arrived the axes and
saws were hacking at the timber
wall Which kept them from the
dyi~~ man.
Albert Seeds, OF Louisville, KY,
hau "A remarkable escape when he
was thrown from the window OF
n passenger car and landed safely
on a pile of underbrush.
II was awake said Seeds.
land had just put on my overcoat,
as il was getting chilly, when
suddenly 1 heard crash, and,
before i knew what had happen
ed, I was sitting alongside the
wrecked train.
81 could hear men, women and
children crying for help, and
with the assistance of another
COuhE SOt aAC OAAC
of the rear coaches and cut a
hole i'm the side OF the car. A
number of other men reached the
place a few minutes later. They
went TO work making the hole
larger and pulled several bodies
from the car"
HEARD EXPLOSION.
The sound of a terrific eXpIO-
sion followed with a flash OF light
that startled the sleeperS in the
nearby houses and brought them
from their beds.
Mrs. Joseph Setter, whose home
is within n few rods of the wreck,
described IL as follows:
IL deep, terrific rumble, which
shook our house, was the first
thing we heard. a big flash of
light seemed TO make everything
outside as bright as day. Rushing
ont we could see railroad men
running back and forth with their
lanterns, and we ran over TO the
wreck" The people inside the
passenger cars who were still
alive were calling frantically for
water.
lit made our hearts bleed to
hear them, but we could do Moth
ing for them until hole was cut
In the top of the ear. My hus-
band got on top of the car and
helped take out tuc-- dead and
dying.
''Onc OF the first bodies taken
out was that of n little girl with