Ashtabula, Ohio Train Wreck
December 1912
7 KILLED, 7 INJURED, AS TRAIN HITS CAR.
Trolley Smashed at Deadly Ohio Grade Crossing.
Seven dead and seven injured was the toll of the
wreck at Ashtabula, O., when a Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railroad coal train struck a
street car. Complete investigation of the huge
pile of wreckage and coal that resulted from the
collision revealed but one additional body, that
of DAVID STOWE.
The dead are:
LAURA LEAPHART, MRS.
FRANK C. BARTLETT, MRS. W. H. COOK, MRS. GEORGE
KITSON, and MR. AND MRS. DAVID STOWE
of Ashtabula and MRS.
JOHN C. ESPY of Willoughby.
All the injured are expected to recover.
Immediate investigation of the cause of the
wreck will be made.
McCUTCHEON, motorman of the car, is
held by the police.
The street car was directly in the center of
the crossing when the heavy coal train crashed
into it. Neither the engine driver nor his
fireman saw the car until it was too late to
slow down.
The engine driver and fireman after setting
the brakes jumped and escaped uninjured.
The heavy locomotive tossed the car aside as
though it was a toy. The passengers who escaped
death were thrown through the windows, thus
avoiding being crushed beneath the wreckage
under which the others were killed. The motorman
and conductor were thrown thirty feet or more,
but escaped with cuts and bruises.
Potsdam Herald Recorder 1912-12-27
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
EIGHT KILLED IN OHIO.
(By Associated Press.)
Ashtabula, O., Dec. 17. – Eight dead and
seven injured was the toll of the wreck here
last night when a Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern coal train struck a stret car.
The dead are: LAURA
LEAPHART, MRS. FRANK C. BARTLERR, MRS. W. H.
COOK, MRS. ROSE THOMPSON, MRS. GEORGE KITSON,
MR. AND MRS. DAVID STOWE, all of
Ashtabula; MRS. JOHN C.
ESPEY of Willoughby.
All of the injured are expected to recover.
Motorman McCutcheon
is held by police.
The Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, WI 17 Dec
1912
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
Motorman McCutcheon was found near the remnants of the vestibule of the car.
He was rushed to the hospital. He could give no account of the accident.
The rescuers next found the body of Mrs. Bartlett. She had been seated
in the front part of the car and was crushed to death. Then the body of
Miss Leahart was found under a pile of coal and splintered wood. Ralph
Chubb was located near the wreckage of the back part of the street car and was
alive.
One car crashed through F. H. D??zer's [illegible] grocery store and spilled
the groceries there in. The side of Mrs. Frances Culver's residence was
town [illegible] and eighty feet of Richard ??ther's brick warehouse was
demolished.
The Marion Daily Star, Marion, OH 17 Dec 1912
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