Pin In The Switch

Thorntown, Ir.d., July 31. - East-boiuid night express No. 34 was wrecked at a switch just west of the Thorntown station at 2:15 yesterday morning. The killed are: Seth Winslow, engmeer; , Greensburg, Ind.; Jesse A. Crickmore, I fireman, Indianapolis. The injured: Henry Piiebe, Cleveland, badly scalded, wlll die; Charles Cavenlr, Cleveland, scalded and crushed, probably fatally. The scène of the wreek was at the end of the switch at the Pearl street crossIng. In some manner as yet unexplained a coupling pin had become wedgedin between the rail of the main track and the spilt switch point. The train srtruck the obstruction going at a rate of thirty miles an hour. After tearing up the track for a distance of 200 feet the engine turned over on the right side. The tender was piled on top of the engine. The train wasmade up of two mail cars, an express car, a combination baggage and smoker, one day coach, a chair car, and four Wagner sleepers. The front mail car was thrown clear off the right of way and against the residencc of Arthur Taylor. The escape of the seven mail clerks is miraculous, none of them suffering more than slight bruises. Express Messenger John Edmonds, of Bellevue, Ky., had charge of the express car, ana was thrown violently against the head end of the car, but iscaped with a few insignificant scratches. The passengers escaped with a severe shaking up, those in the sleepers nol even being awakened. The sound caused by fíe crash and the of the injured and frightened caused the residents of this usually peaceful village to awake with a start and within a few minutes hur.dreds of people were swarming about the scène. Fireman Crickmore was found lying under the boiler. He had been nearly cooked to death by the escaping steam. The body of Winslow was found wedged between the tender and cab; from its position it is believed he was attempting to jump when the engine turned over. He was horribly crushed and mangled. Piiebe and Cavenir were discovered lying under the front platform of the first mail car; both were badly scalded and terribly crushed. They reside in Cleveland, and it is thought they were stealing their passage.