The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
II KILLED.; 20 HURT :.
IN INDIANA WRECK!
PASSENGER TRAIN cRAoHEA
HEADLoNG INTO STANDING
FREIGHT.
FIRE THREATENED LIVES
Firemen and Police Work For Tw,
Hours Before Finding First Body
In the Mass of
Debris.

Indianapolis, Nov. IA. - Seventies
persons wer killed, two are missing
and twenty or more were injured
when a Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day.
ton passenger train from Cincinnati
crashed head on into a standing
freight in an open switch at Irving.
ton. and Indianapolis suburb.
The wreck caught fire from an e0.
ploding gas tank and for time the
lives of the imprisoned injured were
threatened, but bucket brigade Of
citizens and tho 1rvinEton firemen pat
out the blaze.
The dead: Mrs. Clifton CLANCY and
son Chester. aged s months, Jackson,
Ky; Charles CLANCY, aged ID; Lily
CLANCY. aged 2; Chester CLANCY, Sr.,
aged 50, father of Clifton CLANCY;
John CLANCY. brother Of Clifton
CLANCY: Christ lmholt and wife,
theatrical people, Los Angeles; Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Allen. Los Angeles;
Harold Burg, Indianapolis; Ben Boyle,
indianapolis; c. F. Grundhoerer. Gin.
cinnati; unidentified boy, aged IL. wore
clothing purchased in Louisville: Con
ductor Earl Virgins Of passenger
train, Indianapolis; Bert White,
freight brakeman. Indianapolis; Engi
neer William Sharkey Of passenger
train. Indianapolis.
A gas tank under the mail car, sup
plytngthe train lights, exploded after
the collision and set IRE to the wreck.
but the lrvington fire department e1.
tinguished the blaze.
The freight was ordered to meet the
passenger at Irvington. 1t backed into
the siding, but the switch was left
open and the passenger ran into the
siding The trains met head-on.
Tells Of Marrow Escape.
Albert Seed. Of Louisville, one Of
the passengers. told Of his remarkable
escape.
II was awake" said Seed. " felt
chilly and was putting on my over
coat when suddenly l heard 4 crash
and the next thing knew I was sit
ting beside the wrecked train. ] could
hear women and children crying for
help, and with the help of others
found an ax and chopped n hole in
the side of the car. Firemen soon ar
rived and began carrying out the
bodies"
The crash aroused the neighbor.
hood. Many homes were thrown open
and the injured were carried in and
given first aid treatments before be-
ing sent to the hospitals.
al
pletely telescoped. They reared up
when they came together and we're so
wrecked that It was hours before the
body of the engineer ON the passenger
train was found In the cab. The bag
gage car was badly sphntered but
the two passenger coaches just behind
looked more like pile Of kindling
wood. The ends we're 50 jammed that
holes had to be cut In the sides to
take out tho dead and injured.
Five In Family Killed.
Ont of family Of SIX, the Chaneys
Of Jackson. KY. on the train. only one
was alive today and he, Clifton
CLANCY, was at a hospital badly in
jured. His fathr. wife aud thres
children were among the killed. They
were on their way TO logging camp
in Wisconsin.
Mrs. Joseph Setter and her husband
were among the first In the neiehbor
hood to reach the scene Of the wreck.
She said the shock Of the impact a.
most threw them out Of bed.
Mr. and Hrs. c. Imholt and Mr.. anl
Mrs. Albert Allen were unidentified
until the body Of Albert Allen was TAX
en- from the wreckage and the names
found on their ticket, which 1as p1r.
chased at Los Angeles.
From the newspaper and magazine
clippings, It is beloved they aso
theatrical people
Fred Hutchtnson, fireman On The paS
senger train, who was nrst reported
dead, was badly soaAded and vao eos%
died into a nearby house. It vas
some time before de omoia1s lsorne0
his whsreabou1s and he vos rupsRtcA
ns dead IN tho wroskaOe.