Show FATAL ACCIDENT TWO MEN MEET DEATH BENEATH A TRAIN Trro Others are Seriously Hurt The Accident Caused by the Breaking of a Draw Head Newcomerstown Ohio March 3LA westbound freight train on the Pan Handle Han-dle was wrecked about a mile east of here this morning and four men were seriously ously i not fatally Injured John Wilson aged 3 a barber living at Tuscaawas Oscar Hursey aged 1 son of Squire Hursey postmaster at Booth William Mercer and Willis BerkshireS 1 Berkshire-S < 3 both of the latter place all walked three miles to Ulrichville to catch a train for Newcomerstown The men stood on the end sill of a car about midway of the train As the train approached the siding to pull in for the limited the engineer en-gineer found he was running at I high rate of speed and made an emergency stop The force broke a car coupled just In front of the one the men were on and they were allowed to drop almost into the jaws of death Wilson had bad face and scalp wounds besides iTaernal I injuries which make his recovery hopeless Berkshire suffered the loss of both legs below the knees He took off his coat wrapped It around his severed limbs and laid down around severe lad to await surgical aid or to die Mercer had a shoulder badly crushed and has internal injuries the severity of which cannot be told et Hurseys richt arm was broken in two places Berkshire and Wilson will die |