Life Crushed Out

Toledo, Oct. 1.- Train No. 42 on tho Wabash railroad was wreekéd at Maumeo, a small town twolve milos soutli of this ; sity. The wreck Iroppened shortly before 1 " o'clook in the morning and was tho result of a woll-luid plan to wreck the ontire train, fíappüy, albeit miraculously, the heavy Pullmans fccpt on tho track and tho : mail and baggage i'irs, although badly wreckcd. dtd not contain any victima. The onl.y one killod was F. N. Sinith, the Miginoer, of Toledo, and the only ono fually injiir."! was A. H. Day, flreman, af Toledo. TJio slightiy injured are: Charles Holland, muil clerk, Toledo, sealp wound; F. .T. Provost, mail clerk, Toledo, slightiy cut and bruised; J. W. Krcamcr, mail clerk, Disco, Ind., badly scratched on legs and body. KcHiiIt of a Diaboliral Plan. The wreek was planned, by whoever sonceived the plot, fco occur at the west end of a long siding, just beyond the Maumee station. The rail at the Iower part of the switch target had been removed and the switch was partly thrown. The target indicated a clear track,_ and Engineer Smit li was probably not aware of the situation an instant before his motor was bnmping along on the ties. As soon as the train styick the switch it leaped into the air, feil toward the 'litoh and turned oo:npletcty over. The f icks of the mail cars followod tlie ongtnó, belt the cars theinseive.s went in an opposite dirbotlon. Under them were found later the dead body of EiL'iiuv.' Siuith and Firoman Day sufferinx irom n otare of the skull, which will provt' fat i!. A Militóle RIore I.ives Was Jíoí Lost. At the time of the accident the train was running at the regular speed and it is oonsidered a mfracle that more Iives were not lost. Tho postal cars were torn entirely from thu trut ks, and wero lying side by sido. Besides the slightiy iniured there were in the mail cars, S. J. MoCorkle, of Kokomo, Ind., and E. S. Coffin and J. S. Dalton, both of this city. The express and baggago cars were literally reduced to splinters, yet the occupants escapod unhurt. There were several passenger in the combination smoker, which was wreckod beyond repair, vet not a scratch could be shown by any of them. Pullman Passpnjjers Only Jolted. The passeng-rs in the Pullmans ware only made aware of the accident by the severe jolting which they experienced. Wn-cking trans from Toledo and Fort Wayne, Ind., wereimmediafcely sent tothe scono and the main track was cleared for : rav 1 !y 7 o'clook in tho ovening. The dead nineer and dying üreinin wero bot is new men on the lino and are believed rn b ve cometo tho ro;id from the Lehigh during the nxient A. R. U. strike.