The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-18
FIT teen HURT
IN WRECK AT
X GREENv|LLE
One Passenger Seriously In
gured When Flier Leaves
Track = Defective Switch
thought to be Cause.
CALL LOCAL DOCTORS

GREENVILLE, O.. Jan. 1s-Ap-
proximately Is persons were injured,
three or four seriously. when a day
coach on west bound passenger train
number Z, enroute from New York to
st. Louis. jumped switch here at
noon today and crashed into an east
bound freight train, standing on a
siding.
The injured are:
M. c. Kelly, conductor, Columbus,
Ohio, right leg injured.
John oonahey, Fall City, Neb., leg
mashed. =.
Howard Murray, disabled soldier Of
eiwood, Ind, collar bone broken.
Joseph r. o'connor, soldier, coIun,.
bus, Ohio, barracks, right leg fraetur-
ed, two middle fingers Of right hand
amputated.
e. w. Sutton, Parsons. Kan, COM
pound fracture right leg.
Harry Snyder, indianapolis, ribs
fractured.
Emma Smith, Bradford, Ohio, badly
shaken up.
Maggie Harrison, Bradford, Ohio.
badly shaken up.
J. F. Willis, Indianapolis, Pennsyi-
vania conductor, on way home, left leg
broken.
Harry RawIinson. Columbus, Ohio,
shaken up.
Robert r. Stanton, Madison, Ind,
injuries undetermined.
A. w. Myriek, Terre Haute, Ind,
collar bone broken.
w. n. Brown, New York. shaken I'D.
John Epps, coiored Pullman porter,
ribs broken
Mrs. }. spokes, Philadelphia, bruises.
The engine, tender and baggage cai
of the express train passed over ths
switch, but the first day coach jumped
the switch, throwing the end of one
car into the freight train. Several
other cars left the track but most of
the injured were in the day coach.
Call Relief Trains
Relief trains were ordered rushed
here from Richmond. Ind, and from
Bradford. O.. and the injured will be
taken to those places for first aid
treatment
The train Tas 80 minutes late and
running fast to make up lost time, it
is said. The injured were taken to
the offices of Dr. John Anderson and
of DR.. William Matchett, where their
injuries were treated. Some of them,
it is said. would be removed to hos
pitals at Richmond and Dayton.
The train was in charge of NJ. c.
Kelly. conductor. and William Jimby.
engineer. Kelly, veteran conductor
of the system, suffered injuries in his
right leg.
Soldier Injured.
One of the pathetic incidents of the
wreck was the injury which Howard
Murray, of Elwood. Ind, a disabled
soldier, who was being taken home
from the military barracks at Colum-
bus. Ohio. suffered. His collar bone
vas broken.
Joseph F. OConnor, soldier of the
Columbus barracks, who was accom-
panying him home, suffered fractur-
ed leg and the two middle fingers Of
his right hand were amputated.
1t was believed at first that facilities
at Greenville were sufficient to take
care of the injured, but later they
were taken to hospitals In other
cities. No Richmond persons were
injured.
Injured in Day Coach
Most of the injured were in the day
coach, which was badly smashed when
/ it sideswiped the engine. Rescuers
had difficulty in removing many OF
the injured from the debris.
]. A. Epps, Of Philadelphia porter
of Pullman car, suffered broken ribs
and may be injured internally. 1t is
believed that he was the most seri-
ously injured.
After the combination car left the
tracks, the train proceeded 400 yards
before it was brought to a stop. Five
cars were derailed, plowing up the
track as the heavy engine pulled them
| forward.
East of Station.
| The switch is east of the Pennsyl-
vania station. 1t is believed that the
switch was not securely closed ana
that the first part of the train Jared
! it loose.
The day coach was mass of wreck
age. The cries of the injured were
! heard for long distance, All the
! available doctors of Greenville were
/ rushed to the scene, and the injured
were hurried to the offices of physi.
( clans.
! A wreck train from Richmond and
four doctors arrived shortly after the
accident and helped take care of the
| injured.
Excitement Prevails.
Great excitement prevailed here
when news of the wreck spread
through the city. First reports said
that most of the passengers in the
day coach had been killed. Hundreds
rushed to the scene to assist the train
| crew in extricating the injured