South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-10
Six of the Coaches on the Penn
SyIvania Are Flung From the
Track at WyIie'S Station But
None Are Killed.
THREE THOUGHT TO
BE FATALLY HURT
Defective Rail Sends Engine
and Cars Off the Rails When
Engineer is Trying to Make
Up Lost Time.

NEW MADISON, O., Sept 1O.-An
all steel train probably saved a score
of Tuesday when the Pennsyl-
var IT that left New York at
$50 Monday night and was due in
St. Louis at $50 Tuesday night, was
ditched by a raised rail at Wylies
station. four miles west of here. Tues
day and 80 persons were injured
Three. it is believed, were fatally
hurt and Is are in a hospital at Rich
mand, Ind.
Running at a terrific speed TO make
up lost time the fast train struck the
defective rail on the Columbus & In
dianapOlis division of the Pennsyl-
vania about 80 feet from the APP
prOach to a small steel bridge located
in the little town OF Wylie's station.
The train ran along the cross ties
until the engine hit one side of the
bridge. tore it from its foundation
and fell with it half a dozen feet TO
the creek bed Six steel coaches were
flung to the other side of the track
and turned over in a corn field, the
first near the edge of the little
stream. Two rear coaches. an obser-
walton diner and a Pullman remained
upright on the track bed.
Fatally Injured.
Those believed to be fatally injured
are:
j. w. Tharp, fireman, Columbus.
o.. internally injured. one leg brok-
en-, scalds and bruises.
Geo. b. Wright, st. Louis, manu-
facturer, injured about hips and alb
dOmen.
George Walker. colored porter. Co
lumbus. O.
A partial list OF the injured follows:
A. T. Hackworth. postoffice inspec-
tor, Kansas City Mo.
George ,. Wright. Kansas City. Mo-
II. w. Ewing, dining car steward.
Columbus, Q.
Ellis Gibson, dining car cook, La
gansport, Ind.
]. c. Rogers. engineer. Columbus
NJ. II. Sheeer. 20S Marks av.,
Brooklyn, N Y.
Jesse Porter, 1873 Holiday ST., New
York.
r. d. Goodman. 941 r. St. North
west, Washington, d. c.
r. j. Rector, Columbus.
l.. II. Reenberg. New York.
Mrs. johanna Casey, St. Louis.
II. G. Swaysic, Indianapolis.
w. Somerville, St Louis.
A w. Chester, Baltimore.
w. b. FORTS, New York
William walker, St. Louis. cOnduc-
tor dining car, face and legs lacerated.
f. A. Dewitt, Whitman, Mass,
scalp wound, serious.
News Comes Slowly.
News of the wreck came in the
form OF a call for physicians and il
was hours before any information re-
garding the disaster could be obtain
ed. the first reliable stories coming
from returning physicians and news
papermer who made trips to the
! scene The isolated little station af-
forded but meager wire connections.
Relief trains were rushed from
| Richmond and Columbus. and a
wreck train from Cincinnati, physi-
clans from New Madison. Richmond,
New Paris, Ohio. and other surround
! ing towns were hurried TO the wreck.
Women supplied underskirts 10 make
temporary bandages for those hurt.
and as soon as possible the Richmond
relief train returned 10 that place
with all whose injuries required medi-
cal attention.
The portion OF the track where the
! wreck occurred was washed out dur
| ing the floods in March. A partlcu
! larly sharp curve leads 10 the bridge
1 and the new filling there never had
settled. Heavy engines passing over
/ this weak track are said to have
caused the raised rail.
Repair the Track.
As soon as the injured were cared
/ for the wrecking train began recon
! struction of the so feet of damaged
track and the wrecked bridge. 1t
was expected traffic will be resumed
/ Tuesday night.
| None of the steel coaches were
much damaged. though all were scar
red by rails ties and earth, and with
comparatively little repair all can be
replaced in service Injuries TO
! passengers were caused almost eX-
| clusiyely by falling and being thrown
about in the coaches. though some
I were cut by flying glass.
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