South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-27
SPEEDING WRECKING
TRAIN DEMOLISHES
AUTO; TWO INJURED
Goshen Accident Nearly Fatal
to Husband Hurrying
Home to Family.

over ~ FlLtspuIEf a. ear lt LoAo1
there awaited the arrival OF a high
powered motor car and It's occupants
mother and her seven-year-old
sou Il was with happiness that
they looked toward the coming of
the husband and father from whom
they had been separated by their ex-
tended visit In Il, eastern city. They
pictured the Saturday arrival Of
Edward Brown. and the return by
motor next week 20 their home IN
Milwaukee.
But the tap OF the messenger at
the door gave the rap Of sorrow; the
yellow envelope aroused fear and for
q moment a mothers heart was
dampened with disappointment
NervOus,q she read the story OF an
accident and picturssi the husband
father on g cot p the Goshen hos
pnal Then she found that his escape
from death had been mira culous-
She was happy that he was living
the motor didn't matter But fur
Their sorrow burdeued the mothers
heart as she read Of the critical con-
ditiou Of Joe Przychocki who had
held the black card as the machine
was demolished by wrecklng train
al the Main 81. crossing in Goshen
early this morning a. the train sped
/ 10 the scene Of wreck a few miles
from that city. And anxiety spent
her nerves
spent Night Here.
on the white covered cot OF the
surgeons room in the Goshen hos
pitaI lies the victim o. fate Beside
him on another cot lies the hus-
band father. suffering only from the
shock 81 the collision and the real
ization that his companion is hold
Ing life by a tiny thread Surgeons
find a fractured skull. a face further
marred 10y the loss Of the nose. His
hours are numbered. they believe az
they resort 20 every means OF medi-
cal science within their power i'm an
effort 20 save his life Death looms
Brown and his companion reach
cd South Bend late last night from
Milwaukee II was raining ana
they stopped At the home OF Justice
Joe WypisZinsN where they spen'
The night. They arose early and
had reached the Main 81 crossing IN
Goshen at $40 o'clock as they sped
madly on 10 Pittsburg where the
mother. father and son were 20 he
reunited wreck had occurred
near the city where a hot journal
had sent more than score Of box
cars drawn by fast locomotive.
tumbling into the right OF way. \
wrecking crew was speeding 20 the
scene OF debris 70 clear the tracks.
The automobile reached the tracks
Just as the wreck train bore down
upon the crossing.
Taken To Hospital
The occupants of the machine
thrown from the vehicle were rush
ed TO the hospital The wreckage
was removed from the crossing. The
wreck crew proceeded to i;s des-
tination. the crew unhurt.
The freight train was within a
few miles of Goshen when shortly
after 3 o'clock journal on
freight car. the 39th from the loco
motive broke. causing the trucks 20
tump the tracks Going az a rapid
rate or speed. the train buckled T., q
OF the cars leaving the tracks.
etrewn about the right-of-way COW
ering the three main tracks. No
one was injured.
one track was cleared at :
o'clock. but prior 70 that time traf-
fic was re-routed over the Old line.
Several trains westbound. were re-
turned to Toledo. a distance of $50
miles wreckinE crews now working
a. clear the line are reported Of
the belief that the other two tracks
viii not he cleared for traffic before
evening
Death Expected
PrzyChocki continues unconscious
and rapidly losing in his 6ght for
life. according To- late reports re-
Ceived from Goshen Brown re-
covered consciousness but could
cive no coherent story 10 throw
lirhf upon the cause of the accident
FrzychockEs injuries in addition to
a fractr - OF the skull. consisted OF
several L-ep cuts and bruises His
nose was severed from the face.
Trzychocki is a relative by marriage
~ Joseph Y. Wypiszinski, local
y Justice OF the peace
Brown IN a moment or conscious
ness. told attendRnts that he and his
COMPANION were residents of Nil
vaukee and that the two had re-
manned overnight as guests Of
South Bend man Acting upon this
information the homes OF local
5urists were called and the identity
81 the two men was obtained from
Justice Of Peace WV iszinski. Wypis-
z.nski told or the men stopping over
for the night az his home on their
way from Milwaukee 20 Pittsburg.
Pa. where Brown was 20 meet his
wife and seven year-old son return
Ing with them 20 Milwaukee.
Took Wrong Course.
The man who death is momen-
tarily expected. Is a brother 20 the
local mans brother-ln-law. and Is
unmarried They had arose early
this morning 10 obtain an early
start. leaving the Wypiszinski home
az 4.45 o'clock The accident oc-
Cured less than an hour and a half
nfterward
T. is believed that the men took
The wrong direction n Goshen
when they came 20 Main 81. II they
had turned north they would have
continued on the Lincoln highway
bu; instead. according 10 the report
turned south in the direction OF the
railroad tracks.
More than 400 feet Of track was