Carmel, Indiana Train Wreck
January 27, 1890
A Railroad Holocaust.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27. -- The passenger
train on the Monon route, which left Chicago
Sunday night at 11 o'clock, was wrecked at 7:50
this morning one mile above Carmel. The tender
jumped the track. The engineer reversed the
engine but, before the air brakes could stop the
train, the locomotive and baggage car cleared
the trestle. The sleeper and smoking coach went
over into the creek, both taking fire almost
immediately and being consumed in a remarkably
short time.
The killed are seven in number:
MRS. ENBANK, Brood Ripple, Indiana; burned.
TWO CHILDREN of D. S. OLDHAM, Sheridan, Indiana;
burned.
An UNKNOWN MAN who died soon after being
rescued.
MRS. LIZZIE FITZPATRICK, of Indianapolis;
missing, and is supposed to have been burned.
The injured are:
M. E. INGALLS, president of the Big Four line;
injured about the head and arms.
Engineer SCHOPE, of Indianapolis; seriously
hurt.
JULIUS PEARSON, of Sheridan, Indiana; seriously
hurt.
A. L. CLARK, of Westfield, Indiana; commercial
traveler, cut on the forehead.
Express Messenger MUNGER; badly hurt.
Those who escaped uninjured busied themselves in
taking the dead and injured from the wreck, but,
before this could be accomplished, the heat of
the burning cars became so intense that they had
to withdraw.
Aspen Weekly Times Colorado 1890-02-01
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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