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Show TRAIN WRECKED, THEN BURNED. Sixteen Persons Are Killed In Wreck In Indiana. Fowler, I ml. Sixteen porsons woro crushed or burned to death early Satin Sat-in a collision between tho Clov.clnnd, Chicago & St. Louis railroad passenger passen-ger train nnd freight train. Ton' persons per-sons wcro seriously Injured and several sever-al moro slightly hurt. Tho passenger passen-ger train was running fifty mllea an hour and consisted of a combination coach, two Pullman sleepers for Cln: clnnatl, ono sleeper for Indianapolis and prlvato car No. 401, occupied by Mrs. C. E. Shaft, wife of the vlco president presi-dent or tho railroad. Tho train was destroyed by Are, except tho prlvato car and the Indianapolis sleeper. Seven Sev-en or tho dead wcro burned to death In tho combination conch and but two or these have been Idontlflcd. With but ono exception every member or tho passenger crew perished. |