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IS HURT IN WRECK
0FPENNSY FLYER
ST louis.New York Train Jumps
Track at Wy;ies, 0.
WAS RUNNING At HIGH SPEED
That No Lives Were Lost In Wreck
is Due to Fact that 1t Was an All
Steel Train-Loosened Rail Blamed

That No Lives Were Lost In Wreck
is Due to Fact that It Was an All
Steel Train-loosened Rail Blamed
New Madison. O., Sept 10.-The New
ork-St. Louis flyer on the Pennsylva
mia railroad was derailed at Wylies
station, four miles west of here, injur
ing forty-fve of seventy-f1ve passen
gers and fatally injuring three of the
crew. se;
Six coaches went into cornftdd
on one side of the track, the engine
and tender striking bridge abutment
on the other side of the track and
turning one span of the bridge into
the air.
The rear coach remained on the
rails, and the next coach, though on
the track, did not overturn.
The following is a partial list oi
injured:
L. E. Reeberg, New York; Mrs. 10:
hanna E. Casey, st. Louis; H. O
Swaysie, Indianapolis; W. Somerville,
st. Louis; A. w. Geister, Baltimore:
w. B. Foriss, New York city; A. r
Hackworth, Kansas City; c. w. Ew.
ing, dining car steward, Columbus,
O.; R. Rodgers, engineer, Columbus,
o.; J. w. Tharp, fireman, Columbus.
O.; R. ]. Rector, stoker, Columbus. o.:
M. H. Sheeler, Brooklyn; Jesse Por:
ter, Jersey City, N. j.; R. M. Good
man, Washington, D. c. ssss
Two firemen were so badly scalded
and crushed it is believed they win
die, and a chef in the diner was sert
ously scalded.
The engineman suffered severe
scalp wound.
The wreck occurred on sharp curve
where the track was weak and the
train was travelling at high speed.
The injured were taken to Rich
mond, Ind, on a relief train sent tc
the scene of the wreck from that
place.
Because of absence Of telegraphie
communication with Wylies, it was not
at first known how many persons were
injured, but some of the farmers liys
ing near there sent an urgent call for
doctors and nurses, saying that many
persons had been hurt.
The train passed through New Mad
ison about six minutes before it was
wrecked, and its speed at that time
was about fifty-five miles an hour.
The train was composed Of m&1f
car, baggage library car, four PIllg11l
sleepers, diner and observation
It was an alEsteel train
fact that mere was no. loss q i = :! : r
attributed to this fact.
The train was known as the New
York-St Louis flyer. 1t left Columbus
fifty minutes late. 1t was one of the
finest accommodation trains on the
Pennsylvania lines. There Is no tele'
graph station near the place where
the wreck occurred.
Because of this, news of the wreck
was some time reaching New Madison
and Bradford.
The train was in charge of Con-
ductor f. L. Fallon and Engineer r.
e. Rogers, both of Columbus.
The engine left the track on one;
side, and two coaches Immediately inI
the rear of the engine jumped to the;
other side and plowed into corn
field, according to reports reaching
the Pennsylvania offices.
Relief cars, carrying doctors, were
rushed to the scene from Richmondy
Ind; Greenville, New Paris and Brad
ford Wreck trains were sent from
Columbus, New Madison and Rich
mond.
The cause of the wreck is not
known yet, but is supposed to have,
been a loosened rail. The officials
said the train was travelling sixty
miles an hour at the time of the acct
dent. The latest report is that all the
cars but one went into the ditch
General Manager McCarty said that
he attributed the fact that no MEeaI
were lost directly to the a]l-steel eQuipj
ment of the train.