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Ii THE DEAD| S. A. Whitcomb, of Kokomo, fire-jman on work train, j A. I\ Shanks, of Tilton, fireman on |local train.| THE INJUREDCurtis Leslie, of Buck Creek, engineer on work train scalded about the■ body.[ Charles Berry, Peru, conductor of ! work train, bruised and cut about the■ head.E. T. Dempsy, Peru, brakcman on work train, right shoulder broken.• George Miller, Peru, engineer of I work train, both legs scalded, rgihtjwork train, both logs scalded, right ' ankle broken, will probably not re-f cover.; The following Lafayette men were i injured:} A. L. Harter, supervisor, left wrist broken.i Walter Pierce, 2125 North Eigh-teenth street, ribs broken.John Holley, 215 Walnut street, ribs j broken.t Clark Smith, 11 South Third street, j left arm broken and shoulder hurt, j James Moore, 1119 Ferry street, left ] shoulder and breast hurt.I Barney McCoy, 114 Earl avenue,j cut and bruised about head, j Albert Moore, 1840 North Thirteenth street, right arm hurt.Alex Turner, Wabash avenue, head cut and bruised.William Rusk, 212 South Fifthstreet, left arm broken and shoulder hurt.Carl Pierson, 334 Erie street,bruised and shock.Ray Carpenter, Union street, nose nearly severed and head cut, j Alden Carpenter, Union street, left :leg hurt and body bruised.Eighteen men were injured, two fatally, and two seriously in a train wreck Monday night on the Wabashrailroad, three-quarters of a mile north of Attica. Extra freight train No. 4.1.7 and local freight train No. 76 were in collision at a brickyard switch. Both were backing.A. F. Whitcomb, age twenty-eight of Kokomo, a fireman on extra train No. 417, died shortly after he was removed from the scene of the wreck.Al Shanks, Tilton, 111., fireman on the local freight train, died Tuesday in a hospital at Danville, 111. He had suffered fractures of both legs and left arm.Work train No. 417 left Peru Monday forenoon and had worked at State Line. It was returning to Lafayette when the wreck occurred. The local train No. 76 was switching, and the crew was not aware that the work train was headed up the main line, until the tenders crashed together. The work train consisted of the engine, the caboose and a coal car partly loaded with scrap iron. None of the cars on either train were derailed, except the tenders. The cab on the local engine caught fire but the fire was extinguished by the Attica fire department.The officials of the Wabash on Wednesday began a searching investigation into the cause of the wreck. It is stated that the local crew had no warning flag out and that it was unusual for them to be detained so long in Attica. The condition of Engineer George Miller at the Lake View hospital in Danville, 111., is considered to be serious, and only members of his family are allowed to visit him. He is not married, having a brother, John, also an engineer on the same division.Fred Hopp, of Frankfort, was on Tuesday fined $50 and sent to the penal farm for six months. Mrs. L. A. Rottler accused Hopp of knocking her down without any provocation whatsoever.
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Lafayette Tippecanoe County Democrat
Lafayette, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 16, 1923
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