The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-06
Regular Hospital Train Rolls Into
Chickasha With Injured
Aboard; Take Oft Ten
Cases Hero.
CARRIER BOY TELLS
STORY on SMASH UP
Comanche Red Cross Does Won
derful Work in Caring for =
Men; Doctors Praise Or
ganization for Efforts.

The train that pulled into Ch'cka-
sha from the scene of the Comancho
wreck Yesterday afternoon gave
every appearance Of having como
from the battle front. 1t bore the ton
Of the wreck in the form Of some 80
injured Garfield County selectmen
who blithely left Enid Wednesday
night enroute for a Texas training
camp. They were soldiers, wounded
before they ever got to take a whiff
of powder smoke, hear the roar Of
bursting shell or the whine of a
sniper's bullet. Some probably WIN
not be able to ever take a cracb<aT
the Hun, while others will be fit in
a few days
The more seriously injured were
resting on cots and sretchers in the
baggage car Those whose injuries
were slighter were riding in the Pull
man attached Bandaged faces, heads
and arms could be seen at almost
every. window of the lone Pullman
While the interior Of the coach
looked like a real hospital train. IN
there, some were sitting While others
were stretched out in the beds made
down All were more or less band
aged up
Ten Removed Here
The following were taken from the
train and rushed to the ChicEasha
hospital
Seriously Injured Garrett II Eng
Ter, Enid Badly Bruised. internal in
iuriee Joe X Taylor Enid Bruised |
and Cut About Head and Face, |
claud Leonard, squad captain Enid; |
injuries, body and head
bruises.
Victor Lewis, Hunter Okla; arm
bruised, back bruised, Fred Rankin,
enid; bruised and cut on head and
ace, F. Tucker Hunter Okla; in
ernal injuries, Arthur OcIeschlauger
Iunter; cut on head Frank candy
enid; bruised and cut on head and
'ody, George Haddook, Enid; bruised
nd cut, c. e. Robertson, Enid,
ruised about Head. All the above IN
ured men were taken off the relief
rain here and rushed to the Chick
sha hospital.
Red Cross On Job
When the Chickasha relief train
rrived at the wreck it was found
hat the three cars had toppIed over
nd had come to a stop some 10 to
5 feet from the track, virtually ON a
reez bank. Had the momentum car
led them much farther, they would
ave plunged into the creek and ahe
fe and injured toll would doubtless S
ave amounted TO appalling figures.
The relief train carried the injured
o Comanche where their wounds
'ere cared for. James Arthur Mills,
{ Enid, died enroute to Comanche
/. Chickasha doctor in speaking Of
he affair said, TOO much credit
annot be given the Red Cross ws
len Of Comanche. They certainly
ook hold Of the proposition and
pared nothing to make the boys
omfortable and happy and to care
or the injured They were every
There and worked like beavers until
he last man had had attention"
From accounts Of those who visit
d the wreck, the cause was appar-
ntly a broken rail Whether it had
'arted before the train arrived at the
pot. or whether the break came
ghile engine and the heavy equip
nent was passing over is not deter
mined. The fact remains that the end
# the broken rail passed entirely
trough the first of the three ill
ated couaches, from floor to roof,