| Show I TRAIN WRECK I INDIANA One ra Killed But I Might Have Been Worse Indianapolis Ind Dec 18A wreck wrect occurred on the Indianapolis Decatur Western railroad at 230 oclocl this m rnlng ffJtwo miles west of In I dianapols near Cuba station The In dianapols express eastbound left the track west of a high trestle and passe over the trest which was sIxty feet long with seven coaches off the rails and bumping along the ties The tree tie is fifty feet high and it is consIdered phenomenal that the train phenomena trin was not I hurled off into the creek In which event I the slaughter of life would have been awful I The tear ca had just left the trestle when a spreading of the tails ahead of the baggage car pied the seven cars into a heap The baggage car and smoker were ground almost Into spln tens and all of the car were badly wrecked There were about fifty as sengerson the train and not a woman or child on the list I is claimed that the train was running at nearly sixty miles an hour to make up for lost time The killed T M Wells superintendent superintend-ent of the schools of Douglas county Arcola Ills Injured Daniel Pointer Decatur Ills head cut and neck and shoulders bruised Andrew Kafer Lawrencevie lad head badly cut A Diddle Indianapolis In-dianapolis frightfully cut about the fee M J Moore Indianapolis head cut and spIne injured and internal injuries In-juries Warren Saylor Indianapolis slightly injured J A Michel conductor con-ductor injurer ankles A W Scot Indianapolis head cut H 11 TenneYcr Chicago slight injures |
