The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-15
SWITCH OPEN; TRAINS CRASH; THIRTY HURT
Accident in Union Station
YardS-F0ur Taken to
Hospital.

"A TdlIOdu BWllCHs tuIOW1 lilS
wrong way by one switch tender af-
ter another had fixed 1t right, early
today caused a head-on collision OF
Big Four passenger train and two
Pennsylvania coaches pushed by an
engine at East ST. and the Belt Rail
road elevation, in which approx
mately thirty persons were injured.
Four persons hurt in the wreck
are in the hospital, but none is In
serious condition.
The majority Of those injured were
in a special car, en- route from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, to a sales convention
of the Beaver Products Company of
Atlanta, Ga, IN Chicago. About ten
other persons, said to have been cut
and bruised left the scene before
police arrived. Names of twenty
three injured persons were secured.
Those in the hospital are Carl M.
Adams, 80, Williamsburg, KY, and
George T. Eshman, Asheville, N. c.,
both from the special car, at Metho-
dist Hospital in good condition;
Eshman, with rib injuries, and Ad-
ans hurt about the spine Ray
mond Ross, 20, of 2041s w. Wash
ington ST., Pennsylvania brakeman,
broken left leg, st. Vincent's Hos
pital and Burney Miles, IS, Negro
porter, Covington, KY, bruised
chest and decorations above the eyes,
city hospital.
Shortly after 1 a. m. Austin Hav-
erly, 7O3 Lynn St., switch tender,
noticed that a switch at the Belt
tracks and East st. was turned
wrong, according to police report, so
he proceeded to turn it right. A
little later another employee, G. A.
Logue. lao S. McKim ST., who had
noticed the switch before Haverly
had fixed it, turned it again, think
ing that he was setting it in the cor
rect position, Sergt. John Volderauer
said.
About 1870 p. m. the collision oc-
Cured, Big Four train No. 81, west
bound from Cincinnati. being
switched onto the wrong track and
smashing into the two empty Penn
sylvania cars being pushed to the
Panhandle coach yards by Pennsyl-
vanla switch engine No. 1874.
Little Damage
The front Pennsylvania coach was
telescoped about twelve feet by the
impact. but otherwise little damage
was done to either train.
Three members of the Pennsyl-
vania crew, Ross, w. II. Reasner,
another brakeman, and r. j. Hines,
230 N. Grey St., engineer, were in
jured, Hines being Gu. about the
face. Earl Singleton, 27o7 Marker
ST., fireman on the Big Four engine,
suffered injuries to his left arm when
he jumped.
Others on the Pennsylvania en-
CINE and cars were c. w. Steigel-
myer, 1929 Bellefontaine St.. fireman,
and ]. H. Quick, S15 E. Iowa ST.,
conductor. Charles Wallace, 1882
Fletcher Ave, Big Four engineer,
was shaken up.
After the crash, the Big Four
train was packed up and pushed on
into the Union Station by a switch
engine, arriving there before police
reached the scene.
Others Injured
In charge of the special car was
e. Joseph Kollros. Atlanta, sales
manager OF the Beaver Products
Company.
other persons injured, but not
taken to the hospital were: r. J..
Elfers, Lexington, KY, cut and
bruised; Harry Neville, New York
City. neck injuries and cuts above
the eyes; Mrs. Harry Wolfe, Nome
stead, Fla. bruises; A. II. Parks,
Chicago, neck and left side injured;
Charles Adamson, Cedartown, Ga,
head cuts; l.. f. Butterfeld, Chi
cago, neck injuries and cuts above
the eyes; r. S. Weinshanker, Chi
cago, head cuts; Mrs. Deal Veins
henker, his wife, wrenched back and
neck and bruises; Grant Weinshank-
err. 3, their son, cut head; Edward
Slowey, Cincinnati, cut head; Mrs.
Sidney Goodman, Williamstown, w.
Va, head and neck injuries; H. G..
Keller, st. Louis, Mo-, shoulder in
juries; E. r. Fisher, st. Louis, Mo-,
cut head; j. II. Butler, New York
City, mouth cut; c. H. Allen, Negro
porter, 450 Douglass ST., left arm
injured, and John Hayward, Negro
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