South Whitley, Indiana
Train Wreck
March 9, 1913
WRECK.
Three Trainmen Injured on the Nickel Plate.
Three men were painfully injured and property
damage amounting to about two thousand dollars
was done when two Nickel Plate freight trains
came together at South Whitley shortly after
noon yesterday. The injured:
OTTO G. FIELDS, fireman; head cut, face torn and
body bruised.
CHARLES A. BOYCE, engineer; bruised about body.
GEORGE MILLS, fireman; cut about the head and
face.
All the injured trainmen live in Fort Wayne. The
wreck was caused by what is known among railroad
men as “short flagging.” The trains both were
sections of No. 38, and the first stopped at a
curve because of engine troubles. The second
section swung around and plowed into it.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 10 Mar
1913
Transcribed by
Loraine Jordan. Thank you, Loraine!
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