Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-10
Ohio GuardSmen en- Route
From Camp PerShing to
Witness High School Drill
Meet Disaster Near City,
TWO PRIVATES THOUGHT
TO BE FATALLY HURT
Vehicle Is SpIintered and SOL
diers Are Hurled Onto Paved
Street; PerShing Orders In
Quiry,

! El PaSO, Feb. 9.-PriVate Charles
Eaton, of Company l., Fifth Ohio in
fantry, and Sergeant Karl Eisenhart,
of Company X, Fifth ohio infantry,
were killed today when the Golden
state Limited" train of the Rock Is
land lines from Chicago struck a mo-
tor truck in which they were riding
downtown from Camp Pershing. Pri-
vate Eaton was from Conneaut. O.,
and Sergeant Eisenhart was from
| Cleveland.
Private Rudolph j. Smith of Com
pany X, Fifth Ohio infantry, and Pri-
vate Dan 4. Toomey, of Company l.,
Fifth Ohio infantry, We're so badly in
jured they were reported to be in a
dying condition following the accident.
Ten other members of the Fifth Ohio
infantry were also seriously injured in
! the accident.
Those Injured
other soldiers of the Fifth Ohio in
| fantry who We're injured were:
Private A, j. Roehl, of X. company,
Cleveland, shoulder crushed and ear
| torn off.
Private II. J. Clark. of * company,
Cleveland. head lacerated and teeth
| knocked out.
Private Daniel Dingwell, of X com
pany, Cleveland, foot broken.
Private Dan Ray l. company, Con-
neaut, bruised on legs and body.
Private Floyd Rugar, l. company.
Conneaut, bruised on head and body.
Private Grant Rood, l. company,
Conneaut, bruised on body and head.
Four others were reported to have
been injured.
Going to See school Drills.
| None of the. officers of the regiment
We're in the truck at the time of the
accident, which occurred soon after 3
o'clock. The soldiers of the Fifth
Ohio infantry had accepted an invi-
tation of the high school cadets to wit
ness a drill at the school stadium
downtown this afternoon, and were
on their way to the city from Camp
Pershing when the accident occurred.
The accident occurred at the cross
ing of the El Paso and Southwestern
railroad on Dyer street, at the en-
trance to Camp Pershing. The limited
train from the east was running late
and was speeding down the Fort Bliss
hill when the truck started across the
tracks. There was a crash of splin-
tered timbers as the engine and truck
colided and the paved street was
covered with Ohio infantrymen who
had been thrown from the truck by
the impact.
Maj, Gen. John j. Pershing ordered
an investigation of the wreck imme-
diately after it was reported to district
headquarters.
Forty Soldiers in Truck.
The motor truck was being driven
by Private Karl Kalda. an enlisted
regular soldier of truck company No.
I16. In the truck were twenty seven
members of Company L, Fifth Ohio
infantry, and thirteen members of
Company X. of the same regiment.
The heavy truck had just started
downgrade toward the city when the
Golden State limited train whstled
for the crossing Hearing the whis
tie, five of the Ohio guardsmen
jumped from the truck before II
reached the crossing, after warning
the driver to stop his truck or turn
out, according to the survivors.
Sergeant Esenhart had his left side
caved in and his neck broken, accord
ing to the medical officers at the Fort
Bliss base hospital. Private Eaton
was said to have rolled against the
wheels of the train and his neck was
broken by a brake beam and he suf-
fered a compound fracture of the
skull.
Has Narrow Escape.
Sergeant Harvey was thrown from
the truck and was thrown in such II
position that he saw Eaton killed
alongside of him but was unable to as
sist him. Sergeant Clark also had a
narrow escape, a the cord on his hat
had been cut by the wheels of the
train.
Sergeant Eisenhart's nearest friend,
as given in the regimental records
is j. w. Lucas of 2S45 Bellville ave-
nue., Cleveland. He was an architec-
Etural craftsman, was ~ years old
and had no known relatives. Private
Eaton's mother. Mrs. Eva Eaton, lives
at Albion, Pa, although her son
worked as n street car conductor in
Conneaut before enlisting. He was 2l
years old
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