The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24

j, Lafayette and Indianapolis,
lore injured.
The two who could not be
removed were:
SiIas Dodd, AZ, of 20 North Thir-
teenth avenue, Beech Grove, yard
conductor for the Big Four at the
indianapolis union station, who suf-
fered a broken back.
Mrs. Frank Fischer, Cincinnati,
who suffered internal injuries and
possible skull fracture.
Even as railroad officials prepared
to move the other victims, double
barreled investigation was under
way into the causes of the wreck.
For the railroad, F. N. Reynolds, In
dianapolis, Big Four general super
intendent, was heading the investi-
CATION. County officials were follow
ing their own course.
Besides Mr.. Dodd, a veteran rail-
reader, seven of the listed injured
were from Indianapolis. They are:
Mrs. Madeline Mary Dodd, 80,
wife of Silas DOdd; bruises and head
injuries.
Jack Dodd. 10, their son; slight
bruises.
Mrs. Moreno Rice, SO, of 1916 HOyt
avenue; cut about head.
Mrs. Sarah Jenny SnOddy. 81, Of
1910 Spann avenue; cut over eye.
Henry Schupp, SO, of 40 South
Meridian street, retired Big Four en-
plOye; head injuries.
Mrs. Clara Collins, r. r. 10;
bruises and head injuries.
Mrs. Stella Wright, r. r. L;
bruises and head injuries.
Six Cars Derailed
The train. southbound out of Chi
cago. was travelling at high rate
Of speed when the accident oc-
CURED. Mr. Reynolds, who said he
believed one of the coaches had
thrown" a wheel, thus precipitating
the wreck. placed the speed at be-
tween sixty and SiXty-five miles an
hour.
Mr.. Dodd, however, set the speed
at between eighty-five and ninety
miles an hour.
Of the six cars derailed, five left
the tracks completely, one lurching
thirty feet into the air and falling
across State Road 50, which parallels
the railroad right-of- near Fow-
Ter, Ind. which the train was APP
preaching when the accident oc-
Cured.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore ll:55 p. m, the time the train
was due in Fowler.
Locomotive Stops on Track
Most of the injured were in the
car which fell across the road,
day coach, many of them re-
turning from gay visits to A Cen
fury Of Progress, Chicago. Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Black. Fowler, passengers
in the coach, had arisen and gone to
the vestibule ready to alight from the
train when it reached Fowler Mrs.
Black was thrown from the vesti-
bule and shaken badly.
The locomotive, driven by James
I. Alley, 1852 North New Jersey
street, Indianapolis, and the coal
tender with Peter Yutmeyer, 1441
Fletcher avenue, as fireman, stayed
on the tracks, as did the first four
cars of the train, which carried
baggage and mail.
The first two cars 10 leave the
track were day coaches and it was
the second of these which sprawled
across the highway, one and one
half miles north OF Earl Park.
They were followed by Pullman,
in which comparatively few pas
sengers we're riding. and then by a
parlOr car and diner These latter
two were being hauled "deadhead"
and only a cook and few walters
were in them.
The diner remained half on the
tracks. The first day coach, the Pull
man and the parlor car rolled over
into a ditch beside Road 50. where
they lay on their backs. their wheels
spinning in the air.
Car Flies Into Air
State police were called to guard
the highway, but. before they could
arrive, Emile Laloux, Terre Haute,
drove his small automobile into the
side of the day coach which blocked
the road Travelling about fifty
miles. an hour, he apparently failed
to see the crowd and 70 realize the
significance Of the hastily lit flares.
Mr.. Laloux suffered head injuries.
His wife also was injured, though
less seriously. but their 7-months-
old son, Florent Laloux, slept unhurt
through the crash. Witnesses TO
the train wreck said the same had
been true Of a baby in one of the
day coaches. but the identity Of this
infant could not be establisne
The highway was blocked ntil
well into the day with state police