| Show eNTIRE PIAS BLOWN UP Big Four Passengers Were Either Torn to Pieces Cremated or Rescued In Bad VICTIMS NUMBER ABOUT 40 nui IJ lII Caused ll I it l of elI Car ot of Haute hid Jail three charred anti bodies 1110 heel taken from ruins of passenger enger No 3 on the Cleveland Chicago St StLouis I Louis Dig Four whIch was destroyed by thC explosion of of I a carload of pow del tIet 11 as It cd n a freIght ut at mies miles west est of at here here last nIght The Tho number of oC Injured trill reach at least 3 The Tho train was Ilon blown from hut tho track time the conChes coaChes hed antI the unglue hurled lO feet Thit ivero either blown to I 01 1 r III n a or h les ho are nrc fatall hurt nr are pt t the hospital In Terre Terro haute mid and Paris 11 ilL and lt The rho till tull nt of oC the disaster was Wa revealed nt at daylIght but the death hut wi ivill not be complete until ln h hive clearing the tho debris away According to ot of the freight th the powder was exploded by the tho eon con eu slon made ln o by the trin train whIch was ns slowing down for Cor tho th staton Station at Another lother theory IS that gas IS escaping Cromall from an 01 oil pipe 1110 line lear near by entered tile tho powder car nd a spark from lie tho passIng engIne ignited lie tho w s Others express the tho that the disaster vas ns duo due to a tramp or car intoxicated man fring firIng a shot Into time the Cars were smashed to by the force ot of the tho explosion Hugo pieces ot of Irn were ere found hundreds of feet awa ata front from the tho track Time The tank of at the tho egine engine trIms hurled II a hun WIS neatly re time tho truck track Two coaches coacheR arid and OlO one baggage coach were consumed b by tro Are rime train In which Wi was the cat Ial ot of powder Wil trims demolished Sand Hand ford wits M bad badly 1 shocked Windows itero shattered dishes and furnIture broken mUlti doors tor torn from their hinges rue night as dark an and heay rains had rendered the streets of almost almot Al Au tile the engine welt went b by the powder co stani lug on nn an adjoining track tIme the came without The Tho entire was blown from the tracks entre and into the mud 1 ii minus mass ot of debris pinning under uder jt it 40 human Fire broke out anti before the eyes of CU zeus zens who rushed to the tho rescue many persons were Sere bred to death before aid could be bc rendered them In the tho darkness h by thE light of the tho burning coaches tim h people of at Sand ford tord did lI tel their best beet for tor the Cries of th the d amid lImo crackling or of the tho flames together irith odor of burnIng human flesh greeted the rescuers who worked frantically but sn soon were forced back by the terrible heat hed Among tho first rescued vaa T 1 F floss of Mattoon I 1 Ill engIneer or of maIntenance of way of the tho Dl Big four railroad His lo log wn was broken brokell and lie ho Syria Severely bruised Ho He was Clr car Died to the homo home otC of C E Marl feet teet 11 away Mrs Rose Roso WIH watt brou h in painfully bruised but u us In the care of her hUsband UI un tl tub ho collapsed Othier were Os ns ho flames advAnced As men throw thel their strength to the tho work ot of disentangling the lie un hu human unman man forms from the tho wreckage the tho woo wo women men ot of Sanford cared for the Injured When the fre fire drove the lie rescuers away they thoy waited ti till time tho fire firo died down II I theft started to drag out the charred bodies Men searched near nearby by Ind arid found pieces of hUnn fesh flesh and apparel niece W was no efficient water supply to the tho names Ild mid the tho col collI lI added tl to the tho suffering Four our badly mutilated bodies o les found luthe itt the several hundred feet from the tho tracks Ono One thousand feet teet of time tho track was torn U up and holc shows time tho powder car stood Thil Thin car was wasell ell hauled tram from Concord Junction Mass to East Alon Alton 11 Ill nod con coni tamed 50 Ices ot of powder J Engineer and Fireman Jer Jerrod Jerrod rod of J Ill who irene In charge ot of the passenger trin train were cre hurled nearly feet the Ih air and fell In field tel It a luddy muddy feld The Tho and nd fire destroyed telegraphic communIcation nod and lan forth WIth Its wal alone alono or The first news to tn reach hero hore toni th the wreck wrt anno I by tholo who the to secUre CUre help traIns wih anti sup sill llIel were started out nt at once Four It r the tho injured able ablo to heave the today None Nono the 1 1 I o of Findlay Or 11 an ot of the Ohio 01 Oil company WI Iras th tue killed Barry who at first rut Ie deal leal Is among lie tho injured at Sanford lie Jle wl will recover Time wreckage Wll cleared etc eA muing to permIt to in o I luIg Four Flur whit Iho tola today worn d the tho care of the I the dead might r 0 or 0 of 18 have been identified hour OUr 1 loll haVe from tho wreck and t tO J JYo 1 Yo s local freight agent oilier 4 arms legs and of bOlleA beulies In ill 1 10 Oar or H 12 In ro vIctims fluid to have beon burneti to death Mrs Bud orI Slid Ind Two daughters o of Airs Wolfe aged S nUd 4 thO thought u ht tobo to be a lInda Vanda lIndala I I tie la BOly of woman burned burnel Three bodIes Hut h nt itt St hOMp hospital al alTerre Terre tItian a el C 0 Cora Tl Haute I 1 F no hoSe e or of nunce of WI VU it t Slug Four I III Ms I I 1 F ile Ja HUOI I Iii Min Ial Ill I MI s AI fI lU J Jails iii lit itt Parla II U d md wil wilt me C COVe r rH I H Jr mulo of o 1 Mutt Int tOOl tooti I Ill s Catal fatally Louis Lou Is II l Ed Welch m Ill or of orNo No 3 fohn A Ii D Carpenter J Ill Hendriks Frnk Frank ThomaS Mattoon II Ill Slid die Ille Charles Ho Boggles Ill Perry lerry Duck Ind iII Davis DaIR ill Mud in injured n Wil JI may tile 1 H 1 E 11 III 1 O 0 Terre Haute IU many die die 1 ill I tile Charles A W Wiley KallS Kansas f 11 ill lay nitty T 1 AlI Alit PItI 1 III Oscar ii il lad Ind ladS s C SJ c I ill Fred el rd 1111 lie HarT Slurry 11 ill Charles Hoot Mattoon 11 toon 1 Ill Lef Left at Sal 1 I 0 nho es Sandford Harry Tere Terre Indianapolis md Ind Jai Superintendent H F Houghton or of tho thoDI tiu DI Big Four railroad tonight gave IL ii statement to time the As Associated Press re regarding garding the tho disaster at Sandford last nIght According to received by tIme tho dent 15 tire nm dead anti 35 S injured Mr II declared declare hue did not huo haio tIme tho least ni as to the tho cause causo of tile thu explosion Time The ot of dead saId Ir 1 Houghton accordIng to reports report number Hi 15 of nine have been re recovered recovered covered mind and sIx more mora arC are known knowlI to bo be dead There lire are six Injured III the hon hog vital at Terre Haute 21 25 at Paris Parl 1 III un and probably tour four or 01 fe five In at Sandord mid Of the lie p train the ix x press messenger buggage amid brake were killed The Tho und and fir fire fireman man are living hut but timidly injured Con Conductor Conductor ductor Thola Thomas Is t fatally hurt hurt TIm Th entre entire train ot or No 3 ot of nn an engine tender mail and baggage cur car timid ono one coach wore Were destroyed 1 by the tho explosion and lire whIch soomi Of OC tt tim freight train 1 the powder cars eight ears destroyed Otis thousand feet fed ot of tIme thc roadbed waR was torn up 11 by time and considerable damage done to telegraph and telo phone wires The Th cn car tIme the powder was as billed tram from Concord Junr Julie lou Mass consIgned ned to East Alon Alton 1 Ill and contained or of powder I hay not the tho least Iden idea what whitt caused the explosion I could not have been I caused tram from the tho passenger traIn nut ns the tho train waslo was slowly not over 10 or 15 hour hourn MI Mr Houghton s It would woul bo be n a matter to estimate the ot of people on the traIn as It ib did Id work le He thought the tho train GO to SO 80 It left Terre Terro HIlte Coroner Levitt Bald that lie he Would begin hIs Investigation o of time the cause ot of tho disaster lie Ho Hoelle elle called ot of the Big Four railroad I trainmen and citizens ot of to I appeal A searching party thIs afternoon found Cound the body of at a lad named Klover hangl hanging In iii I a tree trec several hundred feet front the sc Scene ne of at the explosion Thu Tho I II boy wal was 12 years old Ills Uis homo was In I Paris 1 Ill I |
