| Show DEATH LEAP 11 A birr big four passenger train jumpa JU tho track in the city OI of L Lat lafayette ayette ind hid LA LAFAYETTE rAYETTE ind may alay 7 ono of tho the moat horrible wrecks in the history of railroading occurred on tho the big four road in this thid city at this morning as a result of which ton ten persons aro are now dead and many are injured the train was the eastbound passenger leaving chicago at 9 p m the accident was caused by tho the failure of tho the air aft brakes to work the train loft left tho the track trach on a curve noar near tho the station and crashed into the depot building carrying oil off a portion of the depot and train sheds scattering tho the wreck wreckage ago several hundred feet the engine when it loft left the track was followed by tho the baggage car two postal cars and express car and were piled in one promiscuous mass a total and complete com wreck burying a score or more of victims in tho the awful pile of debris tho the day coaches chair car and pullman pul sleepers remain on the trach crack tho the wreck of tho the rosl rosi of tho the train was a most complete one the engine and cars care being torn to pieces and piled up tip together with their contents to add to the consternation fire fi ro broko broke out from the stove in tho the baggage car hut but tho the city fire department speedily extinguished the flames A large crowd of citizens gathered very quickly at the scene of tho the disaster and assisted in the victims and a largo large force of local phy gave the necessary attention to tho wounded several victims of tho the wreck were persons standing in tho the depot waiting for the train tho the ill fated train must havo been a milo up tho iho grado grade from the river when tho the engineer mado made tho the discovery that thero was something wrong with tho air for ho he bogan to shrilly tho speed had by time increased so terrifically i orriff cally how over avor that its control was beyond bayoud human agency enst after leaving the i east ond end of tho the long bridge over tho wabash tho the tracks describe a semicircle circle at tho midway point of which tho the union station is ia located when tho the engino engine sti uck uch that sharp curvo it loft left the track followed hy by the cars in an awful swirl and they piled upon each other feet away after crashing through the train sheds and bringing down tons of structural iron to add to the terrors of tho the situation the bystanders wont went to work at f once and the police and fire dopart monts ments quickly i expended the latter rendering valuable service in quickly responded the latter rendering ron dering valuable service is quickly checked the angry flamos flames which threatened the lives of scores of others in addition to those killed hilled outright who were ivero imprisoned in the mountains of debris the injured have been removed to their homes bomes or the hosp hospital ifal and no other fatalities are expected than those heretofore mentioned rocky mt news |
