Butler County Democrat from Hamilton, Ohio • Page 7

1 'HE Jc ROAD When the Twentieth Ccnlnry Flyer, I lho finest and fastest train run by Dig Four between New York and IL Pangstat Baker, Cincinnati, Q. Cincinnati, reached Daylon it rcceiv. I I I f. t.n i 11 rm llfl 1 1 END' OJTTHE AT MIDDLBTOWN, THE DEAD. jioy B.

fenydor. London, 0 George H. Frohle, 170 Franklin 10 c. H. ed ordersto go into Cincinnati over Dayton, p.

In tlio meantime a north-bound C. William Anzingor, 35, Springfield, jj yj freight had received orders Ohio, to lake the siding at Poasltown lo Prank Cleveland, O. lhe flyer lo pass. From.the H. A.

Smith, Davis Building, Day- cso orders were received until wy-: man's coach, and the badly splintered sleeper aroused wonder how any oc? cupant of any of them escaped in- slant death. One MM Wu Saved. One of lho passengers owes his escape from dealh or serious injury lo tho fact that he remembered his hat. lie is a Daytonian, but his namo was not learned. Seated in the dining coach, he bad llie- -in- charge ot the 0.

11. It' was miming nearly 1 Arnin-pilot wns William Wflld, and tl, engineer'in lhe cab from lho C. H. D. who hail the Ihroltlo was William Wcisner, ot Cincinnati.

Weisncr, who had his leg went on lo CineinnaTi. It was 2:30 whc the C. D. relief train reached Middlelown, just an hour and a half after lho ac ton, O. MM.

Hi, rushei nue, Dayton, 0. 8. Garrlgus, We.t Towne the not Cha H. Moultop, a 17, tempted, so the reporl current in Mid- top, Ulelown following wwck says lo ntf milM IIR DiUUfi I i of 'I'c selection for his meal, when he either to Daylon or Hamilton. ins Lngim his hnl.

He returned for At 0 o'clock last Coroner it to the coach and then went back J. Burnett commenced the task of KC hiici.rjiavV'k'cpi in 'closeMOnch ie siliiatioi'i I am not in a posilioil (i'makc an official slatclnent. Our fain was running as the second scfr on of a regular C. D. trnio, id was about one hour late.

was in charge of C. D. rainmen, upon whose report lhe de- sion as lo the cause will probably jc bused, -1 have received reports as tho number of killed nnd injured, ml have no authoritative or official nforinalion beyond this, ghtr realizing that he could siding at- 0. hack his train onto siding at Mid- Mrs. Garigus, wife of W.

A. Gar- dlelown. He failed. The fa 'plunging around small curve at 50 an hour, dashed headon into the freight. "The fearful carnage fol- II6 wmiam 128 Yorheea a'n liour, dashed headon into street, Dayton, O.

Jesse J. Bodey, Portrait, had lowed, been visiting In Tlie impact was terrific. only Thomns Dunlevy, 128 Yorbees a ne engine become imbedded in street, Dayton. the other to the depth two feet, King Yen Len'g, 216 South Hlgn ))ul the Combination baggage cnr and smoker was knocked into kindling wood, thrown across the track and down nn embankment. I The dining cnr behind the smoker I practically was demolished nnd Die Btreet, Co'lumbue, O.

0. P. Grant, 401 Forest Btreet, Springfield. Edward Cain, chef, Dayton. John W.

Cooley, Sycamore box 83, McCutcheonvllle, 0 'jobn Le Uoy nankin, Sprlnglleld 0., died Sn Mercy hospital, Hamilton. I about and the shreds. pail smashed to to Ihe diner. At that moment the collision occurred. He was merely jolled.

When Ihe crash came passenger in a chair car found himself suddenly hurled to the roof of the car. will, lhe impact the parted, making an immense hole through which he crawled lo safety. Celebrating his narrow escape he later hied himself lo lhe bar of a hold, where he treated everybody in sight, refusing, however, lo divulge his name. Fireman Wallace's Story, Wallace, fireman oE the freight train, declared, immediately after the wreck, lhal lhe passenger train was running ahead oE schedule. 'We had seven minules lo make Even Ihe first of the three Heavy Mrs Fdward Lloyd, vaudeville act- Pullman sleepers, "Dnvas," was lorn New York, died in Dayton hos- asunder.

The f6rwanf veslilmle was a mass broken timbers a ress, pital. THE INJURED. I lered woodwork throughout. In Hie smoking car were five pas- Joseph Davis, 805 street, Cin- at the moment of the collis- Ciintati; broken leg. ion.

Kverv one was killed. Oscar Callamice, colored, 3116 Boll i le ncl we re 15 passengers, avenue, Cincinnati; broken jaw. 10 one of whom escaped serious in- Harry Oswald, Daylon, O.j scalp wounds. "Alfred Dnnx.elman, 3518 Shaw avenue; Hyde Park, sprained' ankle. J.

K. Brown, Cincinnati, salesman eniployed by Collins, Mansclman Cincinnati, badly cut about face anil body; lakeii 16 Cincinnali. W. 0. White Cleveland, 0., cut about the head.

Joseph Davis, Cleveland, 0., cut ahoiit the head. Oscar Weisner, Cincinnati, injured jury Nearly all were killed. Three women met death in the women's coach, as did some of the male occupants. Although given a fearful jolting, none of those in the sleepers suffered more than bruises or broken limbs. It is denied by the members of the crew of Ihe passenger Irain lhal they jumped lo save their lives, but the engineer and fireman of the freight leaped and saved Ihcir lives, So Iremcndons was (he collision seriously about head and shoulders.

C. Doty, Bellefonlaine, leg broken. Peter Jennings engineer of Big Four Flyer, home in Delaware, 0., internal injuries; badly scalded. Lamb, Delaware, 0., Big Four cngineman; internal injuries. L.

11. Kelleny, 'Louisville, injured hips. Irkskine, 1250 Union Trust building, Memphis, injured back, and possibly injured internally. William Lilscy, Harrodsbnrg, badly scalded. F.

Dayton, Latonia, back and.legs injured. that one of Ihe loaded cars was thrown upon another as smoothly as though it had been placed there through human effort. Tim "Big Four" flyer was hauled jy engine No. 0118 with Peter Jeu- 'ings'as engineer and W. P.

Lamb as Both men live at Delaware, Ohio, Jennings was so badly hurt that amputation of his leg is necessary, and Lamb is also injured. William Wald was pilot for Ihe "Big Four" train. He was uninjured. Condnclor Tom Mollony, of the passenger train, had a lucky-escape, tho siding when we left Ihe Middletown yards, just below Hie cily," lie said. "That must have given us fully five minutes' margin, as we passed the station.

"Yet we had hardly cleared the depot with our rear flags when the flyer caine around the curve. "I yelled lo the engineer and jumped, and he did the same." a I i pilot engineer, is said to have declared lhat he was strictly on schedule, and Ifl have expressed the belief that Hie freight train crew had miscalculated the time necessary lo reach Ihe Vcrnou Wallace, fireman the first section freight train No. 00, made up at Cincinnati and hound for Lima, his home, places llujjjlame for the wi'cck upon the act of the crew of the passenger train passing Poasl- town, a place three miles above Jlid- cnring Ihe names of lho dead and II, description of the unknown dead Assisted by a young man whom lie im pressed as bis clerk, he commence) to make Ihe rounds of tho severa temporary morgues, first visiting lha of Bailey Kathman. There await ed him several bodies, every one mi lilated about the head and body. E.

Brown Gives His Version the Wreck. Cincinnali, 0., July fi--J. R.Brow a salesman employed by Collins, Ha selman Company, local silk me chants, whose home is in Newark, passenger on Ihe wrecked train, was able to reach his rmim at the Monroe hole! last nighl. His del lies ere ml to ribbons, and his body was IhUt Ihey-bai never, seeii exoilcd iiiwn willi pcrs6iis so'tyrpught up for bom's after l.he.-week Sullivan it was impossible lo get cW un-Uietked train, erstanding just what bad hap- of who knows him well, nencd bow il a happened and hays he not one of (he, dead. Jf She toll i a lives bad hint Mr.

Sullivan resumed jou" been. After tho newspaper men had Ley 01 was among Ihose taken fo no organised thoroughly, howev- Daton. Chef Clerk Ba-ley, th. cr they soon brought order out of Big Fom, did not limp Bull van chaos and to their pemslenl and i i lut e.the. dead 01 dcfutigable work is due the fact that "Our trait, was being brought inlo as many as there were of tho dead were early nnd their made public so that their i despite i i nil unes were down, and within Cincinnati on the II.

D. because Thousands Visit Sceae, News of lhe wreck npiead an accident to a freight train on he Big Four near Sharon, which iu- erruplcd traffic. i thorough nvesligalion is made il will be im- to locale the responsibility." a ve, ami friends might know of Ibcu all wnes vtre down, and wilhiq tives a Hmely a i of the bom at least were on hich held swa oser tho htene It.e D. pany covered will, bruises nnd cuts. Brown was attended here by W.

H. Grimes. Mr. Brown said: "I was sitting in the smoking parlment of the clitiir car with W. 0.

Erskinc, of Memphis, and a Mr. Dangh, of Columbus, Ohio. We had just remarked thai the Irain wits running at an awful rale of b-poai over strange territory when I the danger whistle sound. "There was one terrible ernrti, nn then a second more violen than the first. I picked myself and started to pet out of ca the partition of I lie smokin fell over on me.

William Rudlg, On Wrecked Train, Tells His Experience. Cincinnati, 0., July Riulig, of 030 West Sixtli slrccl, was in Ihe dining cnr, where he is cm- ployed, with his brother. Ifndig lasl night said; "As soon as Ihe cmsh came I ran to the front of the car. The door leading inlo the pnrlor car had been open by the forte I it wns Ihrowil against me, rip- ring my coal from one end to the The dining car was fiflli from front of the Irain, and lhe wheels the parlor car went beneath us, using the floor to sag. Directly 'tor I-realized Ihe extent of the dis- Icr I jumped to the roadside into oii)l of ilnsl, not caring where I awful anxiety which held sway our.

airy homes' from which had a BQuad of pecia had gone forlh but a few bom, lhe scene, and he chief of the for will, the purpose in view 0 dletown police detailed a squad of, of- Ukine 1 ill-fated train, or those tieen to keep Ihe crowds back. The i ich loine loved one gathered fiom miles around ''flicj aimetUn eieiy sort of vehicle and the road leading lo lhe scene ot carnage was lined for a milo TYifh being anxiously awaited. Sisters Were Cared Tor. Sister Kimnnminl and Sisler Mary anded, hut bent only on escaping beg burned lo a by the flames, hich were rapidly gaining headway, lacovering myself in a field I ran to ie all of woman, who wns hanging al of ktii window of Ihe parlor car for llelp. I wns able lo pul er dwn Ihcn left Ihe scene." "I looked up and saw Hint tl root of the car was split wide opei 1 managed to climb out mi the roo and dropped from there lo Hie TOO oC a freight car.

The escaping slea was burning me as I left Ihe car. believe I was the last one lo get alive. 'Once outside I was joined a northbound train was lo have taken the siding (o leave the passenger laden train by en route lo Cincinnati. "The passenger," he said, ahead of its schemile, and that is the jujuved, and the three us sta way il happened. I did not see luy i rescue work.

Ei-skiue and Baugh, who had al 'ran though they were pretty bai engineer's orders, hut from what he gaw suc a sig said lo me shortly after 'receiving ufe beforc am lnt 0 them, evidently from the dispatcher goain We iMSKT IMmmiiiiK-i i of St. Calhariue's convent, Spring-) field, Erom dealh. miraculous escape I Jl was not long before wrecking crews from Dayton, Hamilton and I-ere practically lhe only two Cincinnali were at lhe wieck timing i nf i ho Mash, but be- 1 icv wore nrn i jj'j i -1 ,1 dav co ch who worn not killed away the result of the uash, but be- in inc uu) muni i wnv hpnnft me- 0 Middlclown. John Ranke Dies In Hospital. ere cared scnted of the most complete destruction imaginable.

'Ihe two huge engines were reduced to pile oC worthless junk, Hie passenger I I I I i i i i i i i i i for at home of John Dillon oC destruction tail- -dies were splinlcred and bn-tan Four 'C I I D. wreck nt Mid- inlo an unrecognisable mass knidl- i i i iiftc iii" while aloii" lliu track lor JUU dlelown were brought to Mercy hos- sti a roiiLel lot Riuke Spriugficl.1, died at of personal property dioppcd in (lie 7 oV ock st Just before dy- wild scramble of lhe prssengeii to I tl 1 A ittai- I i I i ing murmured "Don't lell mother I am hurt. 1 Joe Davis, a barber nt 805 lince sired, who is in Mercy hospital with a broken leg, said of the wreck: Coroner Burnett on the Scene. Coroner Kurnell wns nt tiauo at he time lie was notified the wreck al Middlelown. He had been culled (Inuo lo view lhe body of a stranger who had been killed in a small Vcighl wreck which was the cause of the Big Fonr flyer being clefoured over the II.

and lo ils ftilc. lie hastened lo Hamilton, and then lo Middlclown, where he visited the undertaking establishments, viewed the bodies of lhe dead, and made nn investigation lhe wreck. He could learn hill lillle beyond what he could see, as lo what had happened. Coroner Hurnell hns not set lhe time for I lie but will push I was silling well up in front in lhe smoker, smoking n. cignr, (he crash came.

"The car seemed lo go sniling up in Ihe air. The root wns lorn off, and all 1 heard was nn awful grinding and tearing the car and the shrieks of lhe injured. I must have been unconscious when taken out. Detectives Strieker, linhle'aml Koth- well, of the Hamilton police force, were early on the scene nnd aided materially in assisting in the work of rescue. Alfred Dunzelman Lives In Hyde Park.

Alfred Dumelman, one of the vie linw of lhe wreck, who wns hi'ough iiciey hospital, lives at 3f)18 Shin at Dayton, we had a free (rack after lhe cc lihge of our own we passed West Middletown. Our I ani BCVcra in lu C( i a i i somewhal late, but we had (s of tbe lrail One of Ihe plenty of' lime to have made the siding at I lie scheduled place. Instead of taking this chance he told me he would take the siding in Airs'. Carrie Ferguson, Dayton, ie brakcman, Frank Golden, was the station at West Middle- right Iliigb crushed. Emma Linda, Caledonia, both thighs erushe.d.

'William Hughs injured. Frank Edwards, Latonia, injured about head and arms. William Haller, Dayton, similar injuries. Joseph Lewis, Cleveland, 0., injured about legs. Wilbur Greenwald, Springfield, injured about head and arms.

Chester Hagan, Hamilton, cut killed. The freight was manned by Harry Hammel, of Cincinnati, engineer, nnd itown. had 'hut four car Icnglhs to tlp elia the brakeman to about head. Joseph Davis 05 Race street, Gin- Vernon Wallace, of Lima, fireman. throw the -switch when he saw the Both saw the impending disaster and Li ji e( shoot ont from the bend leaped from Ihe locomotive jnst in ia OV( us time to save I heir lives.

cinnali; internal injuries and left leg broken. 0. H. Kabn, Cincinnati, cut about the head. James McKenney, Louisville, Ky.

righl leg and three ribs broken. 'John J. White, Daylon, livery man; badly bruised. I A. Sinilh, Daylon, leg cut off.

William Schultlieiss, 2533 Freeman nvenne, Cincinnati; injured about head and body. John Oswald, Daylon; scalp wounds, cars slit and head injured. Miss Laura Whilsou, 1115 East McMillan street, Walnut Hills, bruised. Miss Elberta Biglcr, 210 Williams strccl, Lockland; bruised. J.

B. Macklcy, Columbus, bruised anil cut about body. T. H. Carpenter Columbus, slightly bruised.

George A. Allen, colored, Columbus. Wayne liankin, Indianapolis; contusions of head and body. Thirty lo fifty slightly hurl bnt who left without reporting to physicians, and whose names are not on record. Many of the passengers were pinned beneath the debris.

The News Spread. The news of the disaster, which has not been the Miami valley since the wreck of Ihe National Cash Register train at Middletown twenty years ago, spread with the greatest rapidity. The people of West Middlelown threw open their 'The engineer, Harry Hamel, pulled the winslte and then jumped. He sprained his left ankle in landing. I followed suit, hurling my "When we first saw the train it wns 3ft ear lengths away and had it been just few minules later we would surely have been off (ho main track and in safety." J.

M. Foley, a fonner railroader, who lives at West Middlelown, saw homes for Ihe care of the injured. i ra i ng ben I hey were about the ambulances in Middletown' OQQ et apart and Ihei 2-pressed into service. The dead Kr! caused by the com heard the caused by were removed lo the various morgues es mpact of the in Middlelown, while the injured and jj 0 the scene Ihe dis- ilying were lakeh to the police bead- ns crj being joined on lhe way by (piarters in Middlelown, to physi- omns Hhies, a neighbor, who first cinns' offices and to various homes lcal accident through bis were generously thrown open. ili, Bri who was also among the Saw the Accident.

of (he collision. Foley nnd bodies we look out wiis a Cincinnati man who had been scalded lo dealh. The groans of! the injured were awful, and about an hour after lhe wreck I completely collapsed. "Erskine, Bangh nnd myself were taken in an automobile to home of Mr. Verity in Middletown, and from (here we got a trolley car to Cincinnali.

Bangh left for Lexington tonight, where he wns going on business, and Erskine for his home in'Memphis. I brought Erskine here nud had him washed up a bit. He has nn awful scar of his hack, hut insisted on going on lo his home in Memphis tonight." Brown was forced to borrow a suit of clothes from a friend at lhe hotel as everything he had on al Ihe time lhe accident was ruined, lie also lost a valuable lot silk samples which were mined by the steam that enveloped the wreckage, lie found his grip lying on two dead bodies after lhe wreckage had been cleared somewhat. it (o completion as soon as possible. State Investigation.

There be Iwo investigations the Middlelown wreck--that conducted by Coroner Burnett, nnd one cbn- duclcd by the stale commission. The laltcr investigation will be a thorough inquiry as to the causes leading up lo the wreck, and finding ot' lhe facts on the testimony offered. This investigation will bo heh either in Hamilton or Middletown but no dale has been set. Homes. Became Hospitals.

When the extent of the wreck became known people West Middle! own, as well ns Middletown generally opened their homes for the care of the dying. Inlo Ihese homes the dying anil injured were carried, and given the first aid to the injured. Here many distressing scenes were witnessed. All kinds of appliances anil home-made things were used. ivenue, llydc park.

He left his bom Sunday (o visit friends al Dnylon. He is 2" years of age, an artist by profession and recently completed a special cour.se of study at the Art academy, lie has a father and eight brothers and sisters living. Two Drummers Escaped. D. J.

Van Gildeveu and Rudolph Liebenherr, both drummers out New York, were passengers on the wrecked express en route to Cincin- cinnati. Neither one was injured though they occupied a sleeper. They worked about the wreck for several hours, assisting in caring for lhe injured and went lo Cincinnati by trolley. They both registered at the Sinlon and after informing their families thai they unhnrt Liebenherr went to his room and retired for tho get out of the coaches. Women's purses and men's some of them containing considerable sums of money, picked up along Hie hack, and several articles of jewelry were The police look c-harge all properly'anil turned it over lo Coroner llnriielt.

The property loss resuUing 'fiom he wreck is a question. Nolle of the officials of the railroad who were on he scene Monday afternoon nake an estimate beyond declaring bat it would reach many thousands dollars. Traffic on the H. D. was lied up for 'sevral lion re during the day, but during the evening trains run over a side truck, and a regular schedule was maintained.

The third coach jammed' inlo the locomotive and was rcduc'ed to splin- was here lhat the accident claimed most of the victims. No one would have been nble to lell what the wreckage had ever formed a mtniile ni'ler the crash. The roof was torn Many of Ihe passengers who were Hines, first upon the scene, helped not hurt walked over lo Aliddletown can-y lho dead and dying and hoarded traction cars for Cincinnati. The scene of thc'accident is what is known as West Middlclown, formerly called Ileno, within sight of the C. H.

D. passenger slalion. Several persons, wailing to board wrecked cars. Women Turned Heads. At the West Middletown station were quite a number of persons who had assembled Ihere to board the "Limilcd." They heard the screech of lhe locomotives and looked up the the flyer when il slopped, saw the ck aml saw frcigllt nm telescoping of the trains.

sengcr upon the same rails. In the With twenty dead and twenty-nine bndly injured the Frnrth oE July nade Middlelown a veritable cily of The dead. This wns the result of one of lhe most disastrous wrecks ever experienced by the C. H. D.

The Big Four's famous Twentieth Century Flyer, running over Ihe C. H. D. because of a wreck on its own road, crashed headon into a freight train 300 yards north the Middletown station. In an instant thc.two trains were mass of wreckage and the moans of the dying and shrieks of'the injured filled the air.

A merciful Providence, however, permitted almost a score to have 1 their.lives smiffed ont instantly, without without pain. Cause.o( the Wreck. There was on the Big Four avoid witnessing it. Some I tie bodies were horribly mangled. head oE an unidentified young man, about 25 years old, was a foot from his body.

Removing the Dead. The legs and arms of others were 1 1 1 I i 1 H1L I I One woman, standing on the plal- were nm form, exclaimed: )nrne(1 im( nnt i ipatiou of "01, the passenger will run in goi thc lt a eii Aiding witnessing the terrible collision. William II. Drnyer, of Middletown, was on the piatform. Wife Killed--Husband Escaped.

When the collision occurred lion day, Oeo. H. Bodey, wife and ten year-old son were silling in the din fright fulfy twisted. Dealh came so'ing car. He remarked to Mrs.

Bo quickly thai few of the unfortunates'dey: "This train is running awfully bore lhat look of terror which is sojfasl on strange track," and jus then Ihe impact came. He wa struck by a chandelier and throw from the demolished car, but other wise was uninjured. Twenty fee away his wife lay dead. The boy's right, arm was toni from the socket, but he was a little hero and made no complaint. John J.

While, a liveryman of Day- jton, was found right after the col- Railway Officials Make No Statement As To Wreck. Cincinnati. 0., July operating and traffic officials of the C. II. D.

and the Rig Four took immediate steps to relieve the situation at Middlelown as soon as word was cceived of the 'accident. Hcprescnl- tives oE both roads hurried lo the ccne, nnd the several offices in Ibo poraliug departments which had een closed for the holiday were pcned up and employes who could ie commanded were called into scr- Every effort was made to get early information, but the fact that he railroad wires were down inler- 'ered willi Ihe transmission of news ind the telephone had to he relied ipon for several hours. frequent in cases of this kind. It all occurred in the twinkling of an eye, and only three or four, wtio were taken out before they expired, knew what had come to pass. The work of removing the bodies was accomplished so speedily and in such good order thai the harrowing incidents were, to a large exlent, avoided.

Dr. Harry Silver, formerly of Hamilton, being one the physicians called, found himself couErontcd with the care oE a fractured thigh without anything willi which lo work. He. nl once utilized several fence boards from he made splinls and hound up the wounded leg until lhe injured man could be laken to a hospital, and given bctler attention. Every Physician There.

Every physician in Middlclown, was called lo the scene of the wreck and each one worked heroically lo give whatever aid was possible. They used all kinds of devices, and did the best they could, many them without anything willi (o work. Mrs. C. B.

Tunk at the Wreck. Mrs. C. B. Funk of Hamilton, wns visiting for the Fourlh on a farm near the scene of the wreck.

She has lened to lhe disaster and gave her assistance in aiding for the many who had been injured. Mrs. Funk ren derd very valuable service lo scvcra icrsons. In caring for the injured Ihe pliy The two mammoth engines, gripped I' sion 1 so lighlly in an embrace that reqnir-l ed exlraordinary efforts lo free them, been lom off He the chief of police $200 and a bpre mute testimony to the terrific gold watch to keep for him. impact.

Conductor Thomas Moloney the A look at the demolished cV.mbi.nit-'-?« said'after th? nw.ident Practically all of the official representatives of the operating department of both roads were dispatched lo the scene and the Western Union company was called on for linemen and operators, who were hurried 1 lo Middletown on special trains and by automobiles. Within an hour after Ihe accident the Big Four had a relief train made up in Hie local yards, hut it was not necessary lo send this out, as word was received from lhe officials ol the C. II. D. that ample provision lind been made for the care of the dead and injured.

Special trains with physicians and nurses were lis patched by the C. H. D. from Day ton, and Middletown sent a numbe of volunteers. "The cause of Hie wreck appears to be problematical at this said General Van Winkle of the Big four, late last night, "an Van Gildeven, ni'ler a shor resl, went ont to a summer resorl to enjoy Hie fireworks.

Joe Davis Is Seriously Hurt. Joe Davis, aged 30 years, who wa seriously injured in the wreck, wn reluming lo Cincinnati from Daytoi where he had been with his I see her sister, who is dying at he aytou home tuberculosis. Davis was recently appointed manger Unco's barber shop at Fifth nil A ine streets, Ciuciiinali. Ho was xpcclcd to return to Cincinnali last ighl, while his wife had arranged lo einain in Daylon until Tuesday. A.

B. Menke's Injuries. A. B. Menkc, of Cincinnati, a prominent democratic politician was i passenger on the Big Four train.

Mr. Mcnito was only badly scared shaken up the collision occurred. He was on his way home in Hall lo spend the Fourlh with parents. Mr. Menkc is a Harmon appointee and holds a c.hicl clerkship in the Department of Labor y-5 nnd hurled many, feel up the truck nnd one side' was completely shattered.

Tlie interior of the car was it ''terrible m'ass of nnd it was under Ibis Hint the victims ere hurled in mass. The impact of lhe locomotives aused the steam box on the passeii- er engine to explode, and this threw i deluge of scalding steam and pon the imprisoned victims. It was a scene which beggars de- cription when the rescuers clamber- el onlo Ihe wreck and attempted to give aid. Most the victims had jeen pinned beneath the debm and vere dead when carried from the nass ot shattered wood and iron, doily after body was taken from this coach, some moaning in the last agony oE dealh. The I'ulliniin parlor car apparently cheeked the momentum' oE the passenger train, for it remained on the track, and though badly shattered on one side no one was even injured.

Charles Hunt, colored porler, assisted the four women nnd three in en passengers lo clamber to safely through window. In the diner and sleepers no one suEfcred injnrjv Loaded With Coal. The first car of tho freight train was loaded with coal, several tons of icans present used all kinds ma erial. Many households were rohbci their linen nnd other articles, freely Hint (hose who had me disaster might be rclievct their sufferings and cared for 11 csl way possible. Relief trains were sent from Ilam- Iton and Dayton.

Five of the vic- ims of the were brought lo Mcrc.y hospital, while .1 number were sent "lo SI. Elizabeth hospital in Dayon. John Rankiu, one of those who was brought to Hamilton, died in Mercy hospital last as the rc- snll of his injuries. Several of those who were able, proceeded on their journeys, quite a number going to Cincinnati, where they found it necessary to secure surgical attention. Middletown Excited.

It was the unanimous opinion at Colnmlms. John Eankin's Death. John one of the vie lims of the wreck, and who wa: brought here, died in Mercy hospita about 6 o'clock Monday evening a fractured skull and mulliple injnr ics lo the body. He was the son Mr. and Mrs.

j. B. liankin oE Spring field, 0., and at the time of his deal was 10 years and six mouths old. Bonncr Caliill took charge the remains ami sent them to Spriu: field, where the funeral lake place willi interment in cemetery on Thursday. Mr.

Rnnkin, the father of the youth killed, in Hamilton Tuesday morning lo take charge lhe rc- He said his son and a it. If workmen with .1 derrick had HEted the car and contents from its nick nnd placed it on top of the cleaner job could not been one. Little other damage was done the freight, however, aside from ie smashing of a box car when a ar load of lumber crashed through lie end. Both engines were so badly vrcckcd thai'they will be Kent to he scrap heap. Rev.

Kirk's Death a Shock. Special To The Journal. Daylon, 0., July peo- ile learn with the decpcsl regret of he death of Rev. J. Smith Kirk, who was one of the most beloved pastors of Riverdale churches.

The affair is given "added sadness owing to the fact that only last Sun- ilay lhe pastor called the attention ot his congregation to the fact lhal he was about to take vacation. "It will be a honeymoon Irip," be declared from the "We have been her of -friends left home to take a ttip on the morning of the Fourlh, while his father was absent from married just 20 years, and this is the first honeymoon trip we have had." The trip was one which sends sadness into the hearts of all who knew the lovable pastor and his wife, was with him at (ho lime of the accident, and who now rests in the Miami Valley hospital i both arms broken, right leg amputated below knee, and possibly internal injuries. the score or more trained newspaper iiCEKSED TO WED. Albert 'Mckintey, 23, grinder, Mid- He'evideiitly wae beating hisdlelown; Oss Beckman, 21, nmsicuu, en the train. Middletown..