The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-17
DISASTER
NEAR FATAL CURVE
Northbound Passenger Crashes into
No. 23-One Killed and Many In
jured---E Engineers Remain
at Their Posts

Sweeping around a sharp curve at
the south end of the Ninnekah yards
under orders to proceed on the main
line and pass south BOUND passenger
train No. 20 on the siding, Rock Island
passenger train No "a crashed into
he' sister train at Ninnekah Monday
afternoon at S;l5 o'clock. killing one
passenger and iniuring many others.
No. % was in charge Of Conductor
Libby with Engineer Hutson and Fire
man Meadows in the cab, while No. "a
ives in charge Of Conductor Anderson,
With Powell and Founder, engineer and
fieman, respectively No. "a was run.
ming late and No, % had orders to
take the siding at Ninnekah, allowing
IA to pass on the main line. She was
in the act OF complying with these
orders when the crash came. A local
freight was occupying the siding, max.
inc it compulsory for 23 to proceed to
the south end Of the yards and back
onto the house track in order to clear
the main line for No. "a. The run to
the south end Of the yards had been
made, the switch had been thrown and
Engineer Hutson was in the act Of re-
versing his engine when "a dashed
around the curve only few hundred
feet distant. Both engineers took in
the situation at a glance, Hutson en-
deayoring to back his train out Of
danger Of the oncoming "a, while EN-
gineer Powell was doing all in his
power to stop his train before it was
toe late. The distance was too sbori
and the momentum behind the tons oi
steel IN 24's hulk was too great to b.
overcome and the next instant the
two monsters crashed together.
The firemen on both engines, seeing
the imminent danger jumped and eaet
received secure cuts and bruises. Th,
engineers stayed with their engines
until the end in an endeavor to aver
the collision. Hutson was badly Gu
about the head and suffered interna
injuries, while Powell came through
The melee without scratch. How
East were you running when yol
struck 2S?" was asked Engineer Pow
ell. when he arrived in Chickasha "
didr't have time to speculate on tina
or on which way the breeze was blow
ins, said Mr.. Powell. 4 was simpl.
giving her all Westinghouse had pu
irto her in an effort to stop
The only dead is a young man VIII
wa riding the blind baggage on Ne
30 and is unknown. The trainmel
haC put him off at the Ninnekah sta
tiou and as the train pulled out. pre-
paratory to backing onto the sidins
hs climbed on the blind agar
meeting his de-.h b few seconds late
The injured are
A c. Walters, Royston, Ga, nos
broken; Mrs. Mary Burnes, Bale,
mouth mashed and teeth knocked out
Leona Noyelle, Lawton, arm fractu
ed back sprained; Mrs. Susan =. Bal
OF. Duncan, head bruised and probabl
loss of left eye; Joe Litteer. mail cler
On "a, leg broken, head bruised Mr
S F. Kimbrell, Comanche, mouth an
head bruised; James Hutson, engine'
on %, head cut and internal injuries
Lima Johnson. colored, Chicago, hea
bruised and leg injured; J. w Gu
nirgham, Bowie, Texas, back spraine
arc foot broken; Representatives. -ele
Brown. TuttIe, cut over left eve ar
probable skull fracture + S Hilbis
mail clerk on "a, Hennessey Il
broken, cuts and bruises about hes
and body; ". Z. Epler Kansas Cit
cut over eye and sprained back; HI
c. D. Hunt Chickasha, shoulder al
body bruised, probable broken rib
{ Thos H Dwyer, chickasha, no
/ broken and cuts about head and fac
z Conductor Anderson Of "a, boz
3 bruises; Mac Little, colored, porter
d ~. head bruised John Bailey Ru
. Springs, face cut; John Bott Dunea
: face and head cut Rev. c. s Walk
4 chickasha, bruised lip and nose, q
serious
1 First aid to the injured was adm
S istered by Dr. G. r. Gerard Of Mini
g kal, who came TO Chickasha with
5 injured on the rescue train and aid
I. tie physicians in the local hospits
Q Ia redressing the wounded oh
t than painful suffering the iniur
d ones are doing well today and it
i reported that none Of them are fata
wounded Two amhulanees we're t