Derailment Hurts Crew On Five Mail Train
Fireman is scalded to death as derailment disrupts the five mail train on the Pennsylvania Line near Cleveland. Authorities report a fatal injury among the crew and ongoing investigation into the incident.
14 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
1
Fireman is scalded to death as derailment disrupts the five mail train on the Pennsylvania Line near Cleveland. Authorities report a fatal injury among the crew and ongoing investigation into the incident.
Special to The Sun reports the Hancock county wreck Friday at 4 30 am killed one man three injured four Pennsylvania cars derailed. Engineer Thrown From Engine Cab and crushed. fireman Pickering killed. Passengers moved to Greenfield for treatment, train service to resume after track repairs.
Four G. R. and F. section men were killed and ten seriously injured when a head on collision occurred six and a half miles south of Portland Indiana. The accident happened at seven o'clock Friday morning as the section men rode to work on a first car and collided with an approaching freight. A fog was blamed for the wreck. The dead and injured were foreigners. The injured were rushed to Portland for treatment but returned to their car, and one woman among the injured is reported near death. The crews escaped by jumping when trains were fifty feet apart.
Cincinnati Oct 14 A Royal Blue passenger train No 2 crashed head on with westbound train No 19 to Louisville due to misinterpreted orders. Injured include James Kenneth Aurora Indiana skull fracture James Moring Princeton Indiana arm fractures Thomas Cunningham Pittsburgh two ribs Sobn Sordvon Cincinnati serious injuries Justis Nashville lateral injuries Ballinger secretary of the railroad occupied a Pullman drawing room on inbound train and was seated near the rear when the accident occurred
Angidile computing scale company Burkhart Indiana files in federal court seeking 200000 from Toledo computing scale company Ohio for unfair competition and malicious statements. They ask for injunction against further false claims and request a chancery master to determine actual damages.
A crying baby woke Mrs. Marty Powers at 1147 River Avenue prompting a confrontation with two burglars who fled via the kitchen window after one tried to ransack a dresser. A diamond ring vanished as officers searched the area with no trace. other incidents cited include robberies at local homes and taverns, several suspects detained, and a man arrested for drunkenness after being accosted by three assailants.
In Sebring Ohio on Friday four men died when a Stark electric baggage car traveling sixty miles an hour struck a large touring car at a crossing. The dead are Charles Albright manager and owner driver of the car Joseph Snedeker foreman George Frederick traveling salesman and Derby another salesman for the Limoges china company Derby from Wilkes Barre Pa. They were hurled from the car and died almost instantly.
A federal court decree by Judge Anderson rules against a product claimed as cider vinegar. The Leroux Cider and Vinegar Company owned the contested product. Details indicate the product was marketed as cider vinegar despite its formulation.
Theodore Roosevelt opened the New York governor campaign at Washington Park in Dunkirk with a fierce attack on Tammany Hall and Wall Street. He described a coalition to control state politics, denounced press papers aiding the alliance, and urged support from Republicans and honest business and labor alike.
Rainy River Ontario reports forest fires in the district have almost burned themselves out or been quenched by heavy rains on Thursday. Four more bodies were found south of Beaudette, but the death toll is not expected to rise significantly. Gov Eberhardt departed Beaudette for St Paul Thursday night.
Six youths were arrested in Indianapolis on Thursday night and early Friday for malicious trespass and auto theft. Raymond Curley, 16, led investigators and implicated five others: Louis Love 18, Benjamin Schwinge, Frank Talbert 16, Lester Brown 17, and Frank Neville 16. The group confessed to stealing seven cars for joy riding, with several vehicles returned before owners noticed. Police linked some suspects to break-ins at garages and listed multiple victims across North Side streets and nearby neighborhoods.
Paris faced a new crackdown after a bomb attack on Rue de Berri and a second device found on Avenue Kleber. The government, while claiming the rail strike nearly over, dispatched troops to key points as anarchist fears rose. The building trades and transit unions warned of a citywide strike, and security measures around the president’s residence were intensified.
Local weatherman calls for wet and cloudy conditions Friday night into Saturday. Indiana forecast notes partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday with sunrise times and unsettled outlook.
Storm swept coasts leave heavy loss of life as Cranford sinks and Heathfield foundered. About sixty three aboard Cranford with twenty five bodies washed ashore. over 150 reported dead overall. Crews cling to rigging while life-savers struggle amid rising seas and many ships stranded.
Tropical storm lashes Havana harbor and surrounding waters. Wreckers on the sunken battleship Maine are taken from a barge after their beacon signals. Life savers reach them by power boat as the barge sinks and Caribbean-wide storm continues with heavy rain and cut communications to Isle of Pines.
The Disa from Frontera brings word of a tidal wave along Mexico's gulf coast flooding lowlands with minimal property loss expected. A strong hurricane churns in the Yucatan Channel and threatens a northward path toward Louisiana and Mississippi coasts per weather warnings.
A terrific hurricane sweeps the gulf coast and has already hit four Cuban provinces. Gulf shipping is ordered into port as authorities fear numerous vessels lie in the storm’s path.
New Orleans dispatch reports Casilda in Santa Clara province severely damaged by the same tropical tornado that struck Havana Friday, causing many deaths and extensive destruction.
A maritime incident left Vessel Twenty-Three sinking after a collision at sea. Rescue operations are underway as crews search for crew members and assess the damage to the vessel and nearby ships. Authorities are coordinating with coast guard units and port officials for recovery.
Tens of thousands line Meridian and Market streets for Col. Theodore Roosevelt’s Indiana appearance with Beveridge and Fairbanks on stage. The crowd fills the Circle as Roosevelt delivers a vigorous address praising Indiana Republicans and Beveridge, while notable officials, veterans groups, and local women and men fill the balcony and surrounding terraces.
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