The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

hurled against the locomotives.
 Among the known dead was L. Rauseh, bb, Evansville, fndp fire. man on the flier. Engineer Frank Blair, bb, Evansville, was injured Charles Rohlfer, bb, Evansville, enc gineer on the mail train, also was Injured. The fireman of the mall train jumped just before the crash.
 The Impact hurled passengers Of the flyer from their berths, but only the first few cas of the trains were thrown from the tracks. The en- zines were demolished; two bag. gage cars and three tourist cars on the i4-car flyer were derailed; and the first two cars on the ib.ear mali train were damaged, There were no passengers on the mall train.
 Reports on the total number of casualties varied, and the names Of the soldiers were withheld by mils itary authorities until after next of kin could be notified,
 Carl DauermelsteF, chairman Of the Red CrosB Disaster committee, who was compiling c casualty list. estimated that 3B were dead and perhaps as many as 100 injured.
 At Least 2S Dead
 Terre Haute police quoted wit. reSses as saying that "at least 20 persons were dead" and many more were injured, -.
 Railroad officials at Chicago said there were ct least nine known dead and 23 injured. They said the wreck occurred at 2 c, m,
 Railroad officials said they had no details of tho accident,
 Police said the injured were bee Ing brought to Terre Haato where the armory had been converted into Q temporary hospital, Arrangements also were being made to take care of aS many of the injured aS pos- sible at Terre HAute hospitalS, poe lice reported.
 Police said that the injured were lying oil over the ground near the wreck and oil available arnbulanees and doctors were rushed to the scene,
 Witnesses said the pullman ears on tho train apparently teloseoped from the impact of the crash, and the greatest number of dead and injured were among the sleeping passengers.
 Terre Haute police said they un. derstood between 76 and 100 per- sons were killed, but II. E, Harring. top, Danville, 1ll,, conductor on the Flyer, said there were about 10 or 20 persons dead and 3B or 70 injured.
 4B Soldiers
 Lieutenant E. 3. owens, 90, Chis cago, on army officer aboard the Flyer, said there were 4e soldiers in the first car which was demolished ana ct least ib were killed,
 Tie dead also included the en- gineer on one of the trains who was killed outright, c fireman who was Scaiaed to death in the cab and one other crewman, One fireman eB. capped serious injury by jumping from the engine just before the crash.
 Police said the mail train, which carried no passengers, Wag stopped when the Flyer, running ia Q heavy fog, crashed into 1t.
 Ralph E. smltH, c resident Of north Terre Haute, said the en- zine and the first car on each of the trains were demolished. The first cars were sheared off ct the floor, he said, and the superStruc. lures were piled Up or the tenders of the locomotives.
 There were i4 cars on the paBsen- ger train, which left Chicago ct lo:06 ?. m. last night, and eight cars on the mali train,
 Temporary Hospital
 All available ainbulanceS and doctors in Terre Haute were TuBhef to the scene and the dead and if jured were removed to Terre Hat hospitals. The armory at Ter Haute was turned into tempof' ary hospital and many of the in- juFed were taken there, police said.
 T was asleep in the second car and all remember was waking ID in the aisle" It. owens reported. "Our car was derailed and tipped