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Show Of Sixly Passengers,iot ; One Escaped Death ! or Injury i ooooooooooooooo 0 o O Among the ictims of the O , O wreck was Miss Pearl Say lor. O C daughter of .Mrs. Clara Saylor of O ! O Dlu'fton. and a sister of Ranker O O .L U. Saylor of atseka. 111., who O O was shot and killed by Dr. W. R. O C Miller a year or so ago. For the O O crime, which attracted wide O O spread interest, Dr, Miller and O O Mrs Savior now are serving O O prison sentences. O O O ooooooooooooooo I I ; Fort Wayne. Sept. 22. Thirtv-nlne ' is the toll exacted by the Fori Wayne Jnleriirban disaster yesterday, so far as the check early today shows. The officials of ihe company refuse to give an opinion as to where the responsibility re-sponsibility lies. The crew of the i special train which was speeding roiith from Fore Wayne, empty, knowing know-ing the local was ten or more minutes late, It is said, took chances on making mak-ing a siding and failed. Six of the injured Hre In the hospitals hospit-als in Fort Wayne. Practically all of the dead were persons per-sons living near IJbirrton. U was a holiday thrcng bound for FoTt Wayne to atlend the ttate fair, The local was filled and there was several persons in the aisles or com partments. The crash was without warning. Running at its highest speed, tho empty special sped ort of the woods on a curve and plunged into the local which also was running at high speed. Of all In the car, probably Gu passengers, pass-engers, scarcely oue escaped injury or death. That an effort will bo made to place the blame Is apparent by the action of the Indiana state board of railway commissioners. Within a short time 1 of the accident. Commissioner A. A. j Shane, who also is the special Investl-1 Investl-1 gator for the board, had reached the I scene and had begun Interrogation I of the traction officials and witnesses This morning Mr, Shaue declined to make known the results of his Investigation, Investi-gation, saying that It would hae to ! be given out by the state board. ; Superintendent of Transportation I Frank I. Hary said: "We are dolnu everything in our J power to care for the dead and in-I in-I jurcd. We have begun a careful scrutiny of train orders bearing on the case. The public shall soou know where the responsibility lies." Around tbo undertaking esiablish-ment esiablish-ment In Bluffton aud Fort Wayne and at the hospitals in this city this morn-I morn-I lag were gathered crowds of men and women For the most part, the bod-I bod-I les hac been claimed, i |