Locust
Grove, Indiana
Train Wreck
July 4, 1902
DISASTROUS WRECK OF LUTHERAN EXCURSION
TRAIN NEAR RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, Ind., July 5. – There was a
disastrous wreck on the Cincinnati, Richmond &
Muncie railroad at Locust Grove, a few miles
south of here, last evening. An excursion train
carrying Lutherans to a picnic collided with a
freight train. The dead:
AUGUST KAMP, JR.,
a passenger on the excursion train, caught and
fatally crushed, dying in twenty minutes.
The injured:
CHARLES WETHYMER,
a passenger, one arm broken and cut and
bruised.
Two or three others were slightly hurt.
Kamp was 37
years old and employed at the Starr piano works.
His wife and son were on the train with him. He
was standing on the platform when the crash
came. The property loss is considerable. Both
engines were damaged. One passenger coach was
telescoped and the freight engine and three
freight cars caught fire. The cars were loaded
with wheat. The wreck was due to failure to
observe orders. The fault is said to lie with
the freight crew.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 5 Jul 1902
Transcribed by
Loraine Jordan. Thank you, Loraine!
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