The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
FORTY-s|X KILLED
AND MANY INJURED
WHEN ARMY TRAIN HITS HAG-
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ENeEcK-WACLAcE CIRCUS.
ENTIRE TRAIN IS DEMOLISHED
Fire in Wreckase Follows the Acct
dent-Injured Being Cared For
At Hospitals in Gary and at
Hammond, Indiana.

Hammond, Indiana.
Gary, Ind, June 22.-At least forty.
six persons were killed early today
when an army equipment train on
the Michigan Central railroad crashed
into a Hagenbeck-W Wallace circus train
at Ivanhoe, Indiana. More than one
hundred other persons were injured,
many of them seriously.
Thirty bodies have already been
brought into Gary and sixteen others
have been taken to Hammond, Indi-
ana.
Fire Follows Wreck.
Fire broke out in the wreckage soon
after the accident occurred and many
of the bodies were charred until they
were beyond recognition. Other bod
les are believed to be lying in the
debris.
Hospitals at both Gary and Ham.
nond are filled with the injured. The
wreck occurred at daylight.
Cause of Wreck.
According to the railroad men, the
circus train had stopped at Ivanhoe
because of hot box. Flagmen were
sent back to set up flares.
The equipment train was said to
have been running at speed of fifty
miles an hour. Whether the crash
into the circus train occurred before
Or after the signals had been set has
not as yet been determined.
Whole Train Demolished.
The engine of the equipment trair
tore into the rear end of four Pull.
nan cars and completely wreckef
hem, hurting the passengers on board
1t least several hundred feet.
Practically every car On the circus
rain, which included twenty-four, was
lerailed and badly damaged and prac
tically every passenger in these
coaches was either killed or injured
A few who were unhurt work.
frantically in the wreckage.
Many Burned to Death.
Many of the victims were burned
o death while their shrieking and pit
full cries for help were heard far and
hear.
Wreck trains which arrived at the
scene soon after the crash could not
be used for some time because of the
intense heat.
Famous Clown a Victim.
Among those dead are the wife and
TWO small children of Joseph Coil OF
Cincinnati, famous circus clown.
Coil was badly injured but he tore
Practically into the wreckage endeav
)ring to rescue his wife and children
Mrs. Coil apparently had been kill
ed instantly but the two children
we're burned to death while Col
}lawed helplessly at the debris.
Mrs. Coil had brought the children
from Cincinnati to spend a few days
With her husband.
Many Circus Stars Killed.
Many of the star acrobats and the
Dther artists of the circus were or
BOARD the train and it is believed Ger
ain that practically all of them were
,ither killed or injured.
The circus train was running in two
sections. The largest part of the
xecutive staff is believed to have
Deen riding in the first section which
escaped the wreck.
Animals Were Not in Wreck.
Practically all of the menagerie
cars were attached to the first sec
ton.
Reports that many of the animals
had escaped were denied.
Rosie RoseIand Among Dead.
Among the circus performers be
ieved to have been on the train and
thought most likely TO be among the
lead and injured were Rose Roseland
'amous bareback rider, and Harry
LaPearl, the famous clown.
Other stars of the sawdust ring who
were on the train were the Rooney
Family, Ed DeCore and Mac Adams,
clowns, and the Meyers Family, the
noted animal trainers.
Manager German a Victim.
Charles German, manager of the
circus, was on the train and is re-
ported to have been killed.
The task of identifying the dead
and the seriously injured persons this
afternoon was hopeless.
Not only were many of the bodies
burned so badly that recognition was
but practically every one
on the train was either killed or
hurt and until the circus managers
are able to visit the morgues and the
hospitals identification will proceed
slowly.