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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1907
Page
12
Coroner takes charge as Big Four wreck near Fowler at daybreak leaves multiple dead and injured. Survivors transferred to Indianapolis bound trains. vice president’s private car and several Pullman cars burned. Conductor and baggage master missing. fireman killed in the crash.
The Queen City Special passenger train bound for Florida collided head on with freight No 95 near Fowler Indiana at about 2 30 this morning. From twelve to twenty five killed and many injured. The wreckage caught fire and spread to several cars. Vice President Schaff’s private car escaped. Mrs Schaff aboard uninjured.
Official report from Lafayette Ind dated Jan 19 describes Train No. 38 delaying at Fowler for No. 95 and colliding five hundred feet east of the east end siding at 2:15 am. Engine No. 38 and No. 95 engines damaged, baggage car destroyed by fire, sleeper Tabong damaged, several casualties and missing crew. Engineer Tripp seriously injured, fireman killed, Conductor Hiddinger and Baggageman McKee believed burned. Fifteen in the combination car. four accounted for. No injuries in damaged sleepers. engine ran through the combination car.
Cincinnati reports confirm the list of dead from the Fowler Indiana wreck remains unavailable this morning. Officials say the unfortunates will have their names released later in the day as the Biz Four headquarters in Cincinnati continues to assess the blaze and identify victims.
The Big Four reports Train No. 38 hit No. 59 near Fowler Indiana in heavy fog. Thirteen passengers in the combination car were killed except two badly injured while others escaped unhurt. The Indianapolis and Cincinnati sleepers suffered no damage and the private car 401 carried Mrs Schaff wife of the vice president.
Trano No. 337 on the Rock Island road derailed near Bureau Illinois. The engine baggage car chair car and sleeper left the rails. The engineer and fireman were seriously hurt and three or four passengers slightly hurt. All injured were brought back to Peoria.
A flurry of social events pervaded the area with Mrs. Perry Rinehold celebrating a birthday at her Huntertown home for sixty eight guests. Mrs. Amos Fitch marked her birthday with a Fort Wayne Huntertown guest list and Mrs. C S Bush and others joined in. The Dammeyer party near the city celebrated John Freuchtenicht’s eightieth birthday with two hours of cards and a hearty supper. Dozens of friends from across the region attended gatherings at Bushman’s west of the city and at J C Meyer’s three miles south where Emma Meyer hosted a birthday celebration with a supper and musical program.
The Kingston episode ends with Rear Admiral Davis withdrawing after Governor Swettenham rejects further American assistance. The conflict centers on armed landing of sailors to assist distraught residents and the American hospital set up near Winchester park. Tensions rise as police protection and public sentiment split.
A Jamaica disaster report indicates over 1,700 people perished as the death list rises. London dispatches cite January coverage with a continuing tally and fear for survivors.
A Kingston dispatch says officials report more than seven hundred bodies buried and 1,017 identified among missing victims. No independent confirmation exists and 1,017 may be a cable error.
New York dispatches from Kingston Jamaica describe a city in ruins with most homes uninhabitable. The population shelters outdoors as relief ships head in though food and medical supplies remain scarce. The dead are likely several hundred and hospital casualties about five hundred.
United States ships Indiana Missouri and Whipple arrived with medicines and food from Guantanamo. Wrecked store fires and aftershocks followed a large earthquake. about 700 believed dead. Survivors include an English clerk rescued after hours. Food scarcity pushed prices higher as crews aided relief efforts.
Admiral Davis reports Kingston almost destroyed with about 400 killed and 500 wounded in hospitals. The Whipple sails from Kingston with a full report while Kingston’s harbor and coast are described as altered and submerged areas noted by Havana wireless.
Official dispatch from Sir Alexander Swettenham details Kingston Port Royal and St Andrews damage after the Jamaica earthquake. Fire mostly out in Kingston. triangular burned zone near Parade gardens Duke street Princess street. 3438 burials by noon. 440 hospital admissions. 60 sent to Spanish town. Population encamped, wary to return home. Provisions scarce, sales arranged, transfers to other parishes. Some pilfering noted. overall population described as wonderfully patient.
Sir Alfred Jones led efforts to convert the steamer Port Kingston into a temporary hospital and refuge. Doctors and firemen from Spanish Town and the troops’ commander supplied men to maintain order and guard the area after the West India line cable was cut three miles off the coast and both telegraph offices were burned.
Washington January 18 the house approved a relief bill for Jamaica sufferers. It authorizes the president to distribute provisions clothing medicines and naval stores to destitute island residents in peril from the earthquake and ensuing fires. Representative Fitzgerald questioned any limits while Mr Tawney said the measure simply permits use of Celtic supplies.
The first wedding at the White apartment house united Miss Pearl G Swoverland of Bourbon and Clyde E B Taylor of Rochester Ind at 6 pm Thursday in a ceremony conducted by Rev G F Byrer. Guests noted the decorated room and bridal attire. The couple will reside in Rochester.
New Haven saw Adren Dawkins, son of Mr and Mrs Sheldon Dawkins, host a Sunday supper for a group of young guests. Attendees included Ida Rothgeb Hattie Dawkins Mabel Webster Minnie Irene Yoquelet Irene Girardot Hilda Goldie Leonard Carl El dred Ray Hellopeter Willie Emma Doty Charles Clarence Yoquelet Will Girardot Zaron Warren Rothgeb Walter Leonard Frank Dawkins and the Yoquelets and Leondards families.
Miss Muriel Bradley of Clinton remains in the care of relatives after an illness. Further details on her condition and guardianship are not disclosed, but friends report improvement and hopeful recovery.
A short windstorm hit Fort Wayne Saturday evening around 6 30 causing extensive damage city wide. Power and streetcar service were disrupted as smokestacks and wires were blown down and several factories suffered roof and wall damage. No fatalities were reported though many homes and businesses faced costly repairs and outages lingered into the next day.
Under orders from Mayor Ho sey the police chief filed an affidavit charging Fred Wagner with allowing non family patrons in his saloon on Sunday. The brawl occurred there Sunday evening. Fred Roux is badly cut but recovering. Dr. Morse Harrod expects a full recovery though wounds will keep him home for a long time.
Senator Jos W Bailey was re-elected United States senator from Texas by a legislative vote of 108 to 45. In the state senate the tally was 19 to 10 and in the lower house 89 to 35 in favor of Bailey.
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