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Show Kin DEATHS TOLL IN WRECK Two Hissing In Fort Wayne Smash; Thirty-three ; Injured. ; :. ; ;. FORT WAYNE, lad., Aug. 14. i r riaod 11 at of tha dead and iajured aa a raault of the aaitbonad eightex-hour Peanaylvuuis flyer from Chicago to New York, leaving tha track one mile waat of here laat evening, shows that two poraoaa ara load, two miming and thirty-three Injured, aona fatally. It la practically eertala that the two miaaing aa. Fireman Ira Burger of Fort Wayne, and Engineer J. F. Wilson of Fort -Waye,-ar-aeBd. -The. -known dead are W. E. Arick. freight engiaeer. Fori Wayae aad Valentine Bnyder, baggage man CreatUae O. Wrecking crew are today searching the debris for the bodieo of Burger and Wileon., Moat of the injured are residents of Chicago or eastern' citlee. . .. Oaoae of Wreck. ...... While the eauao of the wreck hss not been positively learned, the boat explanation eeoma to be that the aac-ond aac-ond engine of the flyer, which waa a double header, "split a switch end threw the engine' ahead of it from the track. Then, aa a flying wedge, the two left the track and eraahod into westbound freight engine on a track to the north. All the aavan aloeping car oa the paaaenger train were derailed, but none turned over. With one exception ex-ception they were.ateel ears. Throughout the, night a crowd that numbered not leaa than 600 persons Kthsrsd around the debri. By dsy-ht dsy-ht aa estimated crowd- of 8000 was ? recent, aad other were arriving oa oot, oa etreet ear aad suto mobile. Oa account of there being many valuable valu-able still la the Pullmans, aad also be-eauae be-eauae they would interfere with the work of the wrecking crew, the crowd (Continued ea page t.) - THINK FOUR DEATHS (Continued from page 1.) is kept outside rope, fifty feet from the wreck. Twenty men, armed with stout mares, kept tbe crowds back of the line. Seventy Passenfers Aboard. Most of the injured passengers were taken from the diner and combination car. Only aeventr passengers were on the train. railroad officials. Nearl all of the thirty women passengers were ' seated in th parlor and observation ear on th rear of th train. Thi car did sot turn over, heneo its occupants were only .iarred and bruised. Not a woman or child waa Injured. Physicians at local hospitals say that all thsir patients, except Engineer Ma-lone Ma-lone and Theodora Robinson, spent comfortable nights. L. B. Havens and D. B. Russell, pupils of Glenn Curtiss, were on their way from Boone. Ia., to Salisbury, Md.. to begin a four day' aviation exhibition tomorrow. Both were in th buffet car when th wrack occurred and they were imprisoned for more than an hour. Russell was painfully pain-fully hurt, but Havens will probably be abl to resume bis journey eastward in a few day. Aviator's First Qnastion. At St. Joseph's hospital Russell's first inquiry was about th result of th Chicago meet. Having been informed in-formed about them he lay back oa his Fillow. placed hi injured arm in a com-ortabl com-ortabl position and then began a discussion dis-cussion on th relative danger of riding oa a train aad an aeroplane. v "Give m an aeroplane every time," he said. "I'm mv own Caaey Jones en one of them, and if I am injured I alone will be responsible. Besides, I don't think there is much danger of any careful aviator being injured." - On of (h colored waiter on the dinr wa in aet of luting a lump of sugar with a pair of tongs when the crash cam. When physicians picked him op half an hoar later the negro still . held th tongs tightly and they were not removed until h reached th hospital. Excesalv speed In passing a crossover wa the cause of the wreck of train No. 14, ths Pannsylvania flyer, eaatbound. one mile weet of here, laat nlglit. This announcement eras made by Penneytvanfa officiate. The train was running at an eetlmated eneed of fifty mllee an hour. Amort the Injured was Jamee E. Sullivan. Sul-livan. New Tork. secretary and treasurer treas-urer Amateur Athletic onion, band. aide, arms and kneee cut and bruised ; die- - !chard from hoepltal. While older folk were ruahlng a boat the train In an effort to eecape. little Caoneella Mitchell. months old daughter "of George MUchell. 117 Flails roe street. Ixtm Angelee. the owner of the Arlsona m Swansea railroad, lay calmly In an apartment apart-ment and cooed at her nuree. Mlsa Bessie Faulkner. Neither of them waa harmed, land when the Mitchell family, of whom there were six members besides the bshy on the train, went on a aearrh for th baby, they found the nurse sitting In the wrecked car. dressing the child. The Mitchells arw oa their way to London. |