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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
13
Train ran sixty miles an hour and derailed near Dawson Pennsylvania. Timbers on tracks crushed forward cars pinning victims. Steam scalding wounded threatens many more deaths. Rescue efforts ongoing as toll rises from the disaster.
A Baltimore and Ohio rail wreck near Dawson Pennsylvania killed at least sixty two people and injured many more last night. Rescue efforts and morgue arrangements followed as officials and citizens aided survivors and investigated the scene amid a grim Christmas Eve tragedy.
A westbound freight train dropped timbers onto the rails and then moved on, leaving the scene unaware of the obstruction it caused. No details on injuries or location are provided.
William C. Loree, supt of the Baltimore and Ohio, says the Dawson wreck was deplorable but not due to any employee negligence. He notes it could occur on any double track railroad and credits a westbound freight lumber fall as the immediate cause, while a similar obstruction could have caused the same catastrophe. Engine 1465, a new Atlantic-type locomotive, led the ill fated train and has drawn praise as a marvel after two months in service.
Ambrose Good age 23 of McKeesport dies on Duquesne Limited while en route to New York to marry Lillian Bennett 23 of Staffordshire England. The couple had planned to wed in Soles Street Soles Street home prepared as future residence. Miss Bennett left England aboard the Cedric and is set to land in New York today with no word yet reaching her.
Pittsburg officials report foreigners who died were in a special car on the Duquesne limited bound for ships at Baltimore and New York. Hundreds travel home each winter and trains are augmented by extra cars or a separate day coach. It is unclear how the dead will be returned to Pittsburgh as railroad officials are at the wreck scene with no word for the homeward arrangements. Surviving passengers continued east on No. 10 several hours later.
Major Billy Wilson and Reeder Smith of Fort Wayne discuss the Geake withdrawal from the Twelfth district Republican chairman race. Wilson says Geake would have won if he stayed, and note the campaign was strong before it was compromised.
Smith said W L Taylor of this city has a strong hold on Republicans in the Twelfth. With Gilbert withdrawing, Taylor is expected to receive a practically solid delegation, as he is highly regarded and seen as a Twelfth district man since his former home and his parents remain there.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on December 24 1903 Vera V Graham recalls a Christmas gathering at Father Lees home. The narrator and mother revive holiday cheer with a stray schoolma am helping prepare decorations and a festive dinner. Their son Jim arrives with joy as Santa and the schoolteacher reveal the gift of family reunion.
The record lists twelve couple pairings including John Strain with Jennie G. Pel key and Samuel W. High with Ethel E. Eby among others such as William H. Risser with Emeline Yahne and Chester C. Southern with Alice Wagner. Also named are Oscar EB Lew with Minnie R. Denny and Sylvester Summerlott with Lille VanZile plus Theodore Fisher with Fay F. Johnson and Milton N. Taylor with Rosene N. Schalk. Herman C. Hollenbeck with Lena Reithmiller Myron W. Kimball with Elizabeth Mahin and Samuel Weicht with Sarah A. Snow bargay and George L. Bobilys with Almira Ron debush.
A Melita street runaway involving a Eckart Packing van struck Dr. C. C. F. Nieschang’s Stanhope carriage. The $500 valued horse suffered severe injuries likely requiring euthanasia, while the $800 carriage was destroyed. The van escaped with minimal damage as its team fled down Webster and Melita.
The Marion county grand jury reports the Big Four wreck that killed many Purdue students stemmed from a bad train handling system. It deems current laws too lax and urges Indiana to pass a statute indicting railroad workers for manslaughter due to inattention to duty.
Northern Indiana reports Mrs. Louisa K. Spuller dies at 68 near Decatur. Goshen vestry halts Rev. Thompson’s resignation. Rochester boy Clyde Stein confesses to stealing $9 and is sent to circuit court. Bluffton jail dinner honors John W. Terrell, convicted of Melvin Wolfe murder. Ligonier’s Laura Beazel weds Fitzhenry Andres in Rome, with Beazel serving as a Methodist missionary. Elkhart banker Wilson L. Collins turns over $12,000 to receivers for creditors. New G, B and C railroad to run two daily trains Bluffton to Pennville, with track unballasted causing 1h25m trips. Blue Grass Creamery of Churubusco organized with $6,000 capital. Board includes Stites, Coverstone, Deems, Geiger, Ort, Geiger, Douglayo, Barnhart, Weisheimer, Frazier, Carter. L. J. Pencee of Richland township to exhibit at world fair.
An old text advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for weak digestion in children. It claims to improve stomach and digestion, build health through proper nutrition, and notes the product contains no alcohol or narcotics. A testimonial from Mrs. Ella Gardner describes recovery after use, with pills and other preparations. Free medical adviser offer and mailing address included.
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