The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-11
8 KILLED IN WRECK
Train PIungss Through BRIDGE
at ktiICa, led; Many Hurt.
WABASH EXPRESS WRECKED
Continental Limited Drops 20 River
When Structure colIapses-Steel
Cars Avert Horrible Catastrophe
Few Of the Injured Are Believed TO
Be in Serious Condition.


Be in Serious Condition.
ATTlCA, IND. Three per-
sons were killed, another fatally iI'
jured. and fifty others less seriously
hurt when the Wabash River bridge
collapsed and hurled the Continental
Limited train OF the Wabash system
into the ditch and partly into tie
river.
Mrecking crews had just cleared
away tie debris caused by a wrecA
earlier in the day Passengers trou
ne former train we're transferred 20
the Continental Limited, and, arriving
al the bridge. the train started over
very slowly.
lne engine had nearly cleared the
last span, about $50 feet from the eX-
IRENE end of the bridge, when the
crash came Down went the engine,
and down went the bridge clear back
TO the first pier in the water, and
down went the cars on these spans.
The dead are: Tim Hull, engineer,
Peru, Ind married; Jacob Miller, fire.
man, Peru. Ind, married; j. A. Thorn
as, Wells-Fargo express messenger,
Huntington, Ind.
The engine, tender and three cars
plunged through the broken span, all
falling distance OF about thirty feet
TO the bank OF the river and one car
was partly submerged. Only the
breaking Of the couplings prevented
the remainder OF the train from fall
ing. and only the fact that the cars
were OF steel ayerted terrible loss OF
life.
Engineer Dies In Cab.
Tim Hull. the engineer, died at his
post, and was probably killed instant
ly. The engine turned over back
wards and Hull was crushed. Fireman
Miller was flung out OF the engine cab.
but caught by falling fragments OF the
bridge.
Express Messenger Thomas was kill.
ed In the combination express, bag
gage and smoking car by some heavy
express packages, or possibly his own
safe, falling on him as the ear plung
ed through the opening in the bridge
The Injured.
The injured are Walter q. Rush.
Georgetown. H., head hurt; Charles
Sluscher Catlin, H., right leg twisted
accompanied by wife and TWO chill
dren, but they were uninjured Jacob
Johnson, Williamsport, Ind, back
rprained; Mrs. Fred l.. Gemmer, In
dlanapolis, Ind. shoulder broken aud
badly bruised Lorenz Gemmer. In
dianapolis, Ind, skull fractured, Ter,
side OF face paralyzed. chin bruised
fourteen-year-ol son OF Mrs Gemmer
Miss Marie Kramer West Lafayette
Ind, right leg sprained and bad,y
bruised Warren c. Scott, Attica, Ind
right knee wrenched; Rev A. w
Wood, Lafayette. Ind, superintendent
Of the Northwest Indiana Distric;
Methodist Episcopal church, baca
wrenched: w +. squier. Quincy, H.
neck strained. Walter Mathes, VIII
Transport. Ind, back hurt Mrs Tom
Powell. Williamsport, Ind, back bad
two ribs broken; ]. Il. Webb, Peru,
Ind, negro brakeman, caught between
coaches, leg and arm smashed. back
vrenched and bruised j. w. Shaw.
Lima, o., back wrenched: G.. ID. Dunn.
bond. haywood. Ill. chest bruised.
Frank Warin. Detroit. Mich, flagman.
hip hurt; Ray Wright. Lafayette, Ind.
shoulder and arm hurt, rib cracked.
II o. Black, Danvils. H., chest hurt
Earl Lincicum, Homer Ill.,. back
bruised and wrenched, ed Riggle.
Peru. Ind, car repairer, hurt I'm head
chest and abdomen. serious, may do.
Frank Bliss. express messenger De
t,oit, Mich, leg fractured below knee:
A. b. Adams, Legro. Ind. chest and
right leg hurt George Blair Peru
Ind, both legs sprained and bruised
Leonard c. Gorton Perry city, Ind
right lobe OF ear torn on and head
bruised Edward Susanka. 33s Con.
cord street. Detroit. back badly
wrenched and suffering from nervous
shock. Frank Krause. Wheeling, w
Va. head hurt badly; William Moss
ST Louis. Mo, right leg fractured be
low knee: Charles Grace, PA west
Seventy.fourth street, DelpHos. Ohio.
broken ankle, head and face bruised:
Herman Baumgart. SIC Bryan avenue.
Danville. H.. scalp wound. ear torn
and back wrenched J. r. Price, 4247
st. Louis avenue. ST. Louis. No. pitch
Ell through window. body cut arr
bruised. not serious; Mrs George Tay-
lor. Clinton. H.. bruised internally and
suffering from nervous shocks: sam
uel Wheeler. negro. indianapolis Ind
sprained knee. J G English. Dan.
vile. H.. mail clerk. shoulder blade
fractured Charles Grace. Fairmont.
ILL.,. left foot smashed ". Palmer, 81.
Louis, news agent. scalp wound.
Youth Walks into Train.