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FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1936

._ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Shouts of Cheer and Laughter Died on ‘Hundreds of Smilin Mourning—That Was 33 Years Ago When Wreck

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ing and lined with people. The Purdue special train was due at the

«- Union Station at 10 a. m. and the

‘Indiana train a short time later, City in Gayest Mood

g Lips and'a Gay City Turned Rejoicing Into

If ever T saw Indianapolis in a gay, festive mood, it was that day |

—Up to 10 a. m. If I ever saw it de-

-~ pressed and shocked. it was not

«Side of the track.

long after 10 a. m. that same day. The whole town was given over to this football game

Mayor Holtz- |

man earlier in the week had been | presented with a box for him and |

his party by both schools.

Most business houses, in spite of | the day being Saturday, had re- |

signed themselves to practically no business during the game, and the | bosses had tickets. The field —the | old baseball field at E. Washington -and Gray-sts, was decorated | in black and gold bunting for Pur- | due, and cream and crimson for Indiana. - . It iad been planned the football squads through downtown streets lined with partisan crowds-.of rooters.

to" parade | the |

Tragedy Rumored

The stage was set. , And so it re-| mained until 10 a. m. Then there | were vague rumors of some tragedy | about the hotel. I was captain of | the Shortridge High School football team and I wag downtown because the day seemed to me to be one of the biggest in my life. 1 was to see two great football | teams meet for the collegiate cham- | pionship of the state, And when 1} heard—I believe I was one of the rst to hear it—that the Purdue | train was wrecked, I had no idea | that the wreck was a tragedy of the | proportions it really was. | But I had my bicycle and 1] jumped on it and rode out Capitol-| av to the-scene. The scene now

-would be situated north of 19th-st

on Missouri-st. Then, the location | was 18th and Mill-sts. | When I got there I saw a massed | wreckage of train cars... a horrible | tragedy. A few people who lived | nearby were trying to extricate the injured ‘and aid them. The first ambulance had just arrived No one | Enew the extent of the tragedy. The first car was split from end te end. thrown straight up in the air, I was told, and fell a splintered mass of iron and wood on either The roof had fallen down- an embankment into a gravel pit. S Hurled Under Wreckage

When the car went to pieces some

of its passengers, 1 was told, were | thrown under the wreckage of coal | The coal cars

cars and locomotives. and engine of another train backed off a siding onto the track upon ‘which the special ceeding at about 25 miles an hour. The second car was said to have received almost full force of the

impact, was hurled to the top of |

, the wreckage, where it poised for a second, mbankment Th=> most serious casualties were in this and the first coach. The third track, shot: forward on its nose. was killed in that car.

No one

The first car contained members ! of the football squad, coaches and |

trainers. The second was occuPied by the band and students and students filled all the other coaches. There were 950 the special.

Victims Listed Again Killed were:

Patrick McClaire. Chicago,!

trainer R. J. Powell, Corpus Christi, Tex, varsity end. : Charles G. Grube, Butler, Ind. substitute tackle. Charles E. Furr, Veedersburg, Ind. junior, squad member. E. C. Robertson, Helena. Mont., “goach. :

Waller R. Roush, Gas City, Ind., |

squad member. Samuel P. Squibbs, Lawrenceburg, Ind. squad member. Joseph C. Coates, Berwyn, Pa. Squad. member, ; Samuel C. Truitt, Noblesville, Ind. squad.member.

had. been pro- |

then plunged down the |

car also was lifted from the | raiséd high in the air, and |

passengers aboard |

the I

Bert Price, Spencer, Ind. student. G. L. Shaw, Indiana Harbor, stuagent. Gabriel Drollinger, South Bend, squad member. . , Jay Hamilton, Huntington, Ind. squad member. W. D. Hamilton, Bridgetown, I, | squad member, | N. R. Howard, Lafayette, Ind, | citizen. | Next day at 3:30 p. m. William | Bailey, New Richmond, Ind. mem- | ber of the squad, died of injuries | at the home of, Dr. S. R. Cunning#ham, near the scene of the acci- | dent. | H. O. Wright, .Pendleton, Ind, | another squad member, died several weeks later in St. Vincent's Hospital of a broken back. Twelve of these were killed outright, and three died within an {hour of the accident. Twelve others, including Harry G. Leslie. { former Indiana Governor and a { member of the squad, were injured | seriously but recovered, and 40 others received cuts and. bruises,

Citizens Aboard, Too

The train -carried besides students {and faculty members, Lafayette citizens, who had come along to help out in the rooting. : I was at the wreck, but people who | were downtown told me later of the | confusion downtown as the news of it spread. ! They told me how the Indiana | train pulled into the station several | minutes after the Purdue train had been due. And how the Indiana rooters and band, thinking the. Puri due train already in and : that | players and boosters had departed | for their quarters, sought to pick up |'the spirit of the thing again. How the band left the train tooting its horns and banging at its drums in the school song and the | Students left the train rooting and yelling defiance at Purdue. How the | players, flushed with the excitement 'cf the day, hustled off to the plat- | forn: ready for the escorted trip to { uptown quarters for the interval be- | fore the ganwe. And how, when all were told of { the horrible - accident, the cheers | silenced and the band stopped to a [graveyard silence! | Then the Indiana University | rooters pulled down their colors. iand the players wandered dazed about the station, among people who

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Wash-

ington. noon Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

noon Theta, Board of

“Ph Delta Deita,

Trade, noon Delta Tau ub, noon Indiana

Phi luncheon, luncheon, - Columbia

Stamp Club, meeting, Hotel

- Warren, 8 p m

Theta Pi,

noon.

Beta

Trade,

luncheon, Board of

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Francaise,. luncheon, Hotel

B. 1pm. . luncheon, Hotel Washington

MARRIAGE LICENSES " (Incorrect addresses frequently are given to the Marriage License Bureau deliberately. The Times in printing the gial list assumes no responsibility for sueh addresses.)

Raymond Rouse. Weider, and Julia Martz. 27. Indianapolis Clearz Watson Krabill, 22. of 239 W Seuth-st. stydent. of 5881 N. New Dale Ind.. funera! director. and Theda Hoskins, 20 George William Stone. 27. Dearborn-st. shipping clerk, and Mar§aret Elizabeth Swern, 23. of 1313 E. New York-st = bookkeeper Cecil Ellsworth Edwards. 31, Dayten. O.. Sttorney. and Anna Katharine McClure, N. Delaware-st, teacher. Buri . of 2130 N.

v Chandler, 26 Dejlaware-st. Marian

accountant an Margaret Price. 23. of 1005 N. Delaware~ Franklin, Ind

st. slenographer L. Deputy. 28, t . and Virginia R. Schlosser. 23. of 2440 Park-av, stenographer. Charles Ralph Smith. 25. of 859 Eugenet. bookkeeper. and Thelma Mae Stephens, 24. of 1532 Spruce-st. payroll clerk. 1852 na

Jersev-st. utz, 25. Edinburg

David Merrill Stutsman. 29. of Lawrence-st. postoffice clerk, and

Ed i Francis Greathouse, 25 of 2112 Blovd-av,

stenographer Wesley Grimes. 31. of 2740 N. Templea¥. laborer. and Elizabeth Hughley, 21. of 2505 N. Tempie-av Paul L. Pisber. 22. of 1334 N. st. truck driver. and Thelms D. 23, of 1234 N. Illinois-st.

, BIRTHS Girls James Mary Fenner, James, Margaret Methodist. 2 Roscoe. Jeanne Harris at Methodist. Charles, Irvene Thompson, at Methodist. Christian. Letha Moeller, at Methodist. Leonard, Esther Shripka at Methodist Charles, Florence Cameron, at 421 N.

Virgil. Margarette Norris. at 1122 Blaine. Johnny Mary Maze. at 1325 W. 25th. Oliver, Dorothy _Tavior. at 1261 Nordvke. Herbert. Rose Tavior. at 2014 Cornell -Rufus. Myrtle Williams, at 618 Dra Robert. Virginia Carmichael. at

Boys Ads Ruthertord. 7} Methodist.

Alfred. Fverett. hel r. at 1408 Rinegold. mes, MiGred Peary. at 2333 Hie ia

LllinoisCosand,

at Methodist,

Semuel. Ruth Woolbright. at 1321 W. | Portland | | n’ Anton

21. of 918 Fletcher-av. |

and Maudie Forde, 22. |

DEATHS

David Benninger, 39, at acute nephritis. Samuel Callender, eral paralysis. R L. Haymaker, 71, at 28, arteriosclerosis. y Ann Brewer,

coronary thrombosis.

Elizabeth Jones, 55. at sive heart discase.

cinoma.

| ana, general paralysis.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau__

{ INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — | cloudy tonight and tomorrow: warmer tomorrow. | ... 5:29 | Sunset TEMPERATURE —Sept. 18, 1985— 69 1

Sunrise rise .-

BAROMETER .- 30.21 p.m... { Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. + BE Deficiency since Jan. 1:....~....

Hee MIDWEST FORECAST

Indiana—Generally fair cloudy and somewhat unsettled south portion tonight and Saturday; er Saturaay.

Hlinois—Partly cloudy north, cloudy and unsettled south tonight | Saturday. possibly light showers i West tonight; slowly rising {Saturday and northwest and

| tonight,

{ day;

‘Ohio—Generally fair tonight and Satur- i

i | day, little change in tcmnerature, i Kentucky—Generally fair tonight i Saturday; little change in temperature.

{ WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. { Station. |

Worthington, at |

{ Boston .. i Chicago { Cincinnati 1 fClsveland. O......... | Denver . | Do { Helena, Mont. { Jacksonville, Pla. _... | Kansas City. ‘Mo. ...: Little Rock. Ark. ....5 ; ngeles .. RS Fla. ... { Minneapolis ... Mobile, Ala. ... New Orleans New York Oklahoma Omaha, Neb Pittsburgh Ore. 10,

IBATENBBBLEBLLLL2

, at 814 Div, : ;

Sheila Haves. 2 months. at City, enteritis. | City, hyperten- | .

Lillian Schroer. 49. at St. Vincent's, car- | Bonnie Blanehard. 46. at Central Indi- |

Partly { somewhat |

north, mostly slightly warm- |

mostly anda | south- | temperature | west-central |

Lower Michigan—Fair tonight and Satur- | continued cool tonight, slightly warm- | ja west and south-central portions Saturay. i

: 2 : |also were dazed at one of the worst

{ accidents in the history of colleges | Or. railroads.

| Throngs Visit Scene | At the wreck scene more and

{more people gathered. Police were

{called and drove posts deeply into the soil and strung ropes around [them to keep the curious from in- | terfering with the work of rescuing [the injured ana clearing the wrecklage. 4 | I went.to the morgues and to the rhospitals. I saw, the dead and seri-

{ously injured. Mayor Holtzman {spent more than an hour with the | wounded at City Hospital that aft- | érnoon. Cororfer Tutewiler was busy {for hours on end at the scene -of {the wreck and at his mortuary. He issued a statement late in the afternoon saying he would not rest until he had placed the blame for the accident, Before evening, I was told, a crowd of more than 5000 made its way to the scene in carriages, buggies, street cars, and on foot. The street car company put extra ‘cars on the line leading from downtown to the wreck, In the evening I was downtown again. Fraternity brothers of the killed wore black crepe under their pins. People wandered about the streets as though they seemed not able to comprehend the disaster. I don’t believe the full force of it had hit me any more than this latest tragedy has. You don’t see young athletes di€ and understand it. - You just try to forget.

COX TO TAKE STUMP By United Press : - NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—James M. Cox, publisher and Democratic pres- | idential nominee in 1920, will adj dress a political rally at Dayton, O., lin behalf of President Roosevelt's | candidacy within tWo weeks, Demo- | cratic National Chairman James A. Farley announced today. His ad- | dress will be brodcast over a nation-

| wide hookup.

Acrash ...

steam in coaches and engine . .

- Athletic Association. :

tered first coach.

and fractured leg.

6. An overturned coach tragedy. . j

| cries of the hysterical survivors mixed with the sobbing and moaning of the injured and dying . . that’s the ‘Purdue wreck of 1903 that claimed the lives of 17 football players, students and team backers. These pictures, provided by former Gov. Ridge-rd, one of the survivors of the wreck, then was full back, former captain and business manager of the Purdue

. . the hissing of escaping

Harry G. Leslie, 345 Blue tell the story. Mr. Leslie

1. In this pile of debris were the bodies of the dead and most seriously injured. The third coach of the train was jammed over the shat-

2. This is all that remained of the first coach. Mr. Leslie was. riding in this car. At first reported killed, he escaped with a shattered jaw

3. Another view of the tangled wreckage of the first three cars. 4. Rescuers searching for bodies as a 5. Several bodies were recovered at this spot. « « « and saddened officials inspecting the

crowd looks on.

Garden Cheer

Federal Officers Report “Crop of Pints in Potato Patch.

By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18.— The garden of Mrs. Margaret Polermo’ produced strange potatoes. In a neat row, Federal alco‘hol tax unit agents said they turned up pints, half pints, and several fifths of whisky.

= Ho o SEATTLE, Sept. 18—J. Y. C. Kellogg won the Republican nomination to the state Legislature by his own vote, he said today. A recount showed he defeated Ralph Nichols 1322 to 1321. They had been tied at 1287 on first count.

‘Y WORKERS READY

Final plans were made today for {the annual Y. M. C. A. membership | roundup which is to start Wednes|day. Fermor S. Cannon, campaigh { leader, presided at a session of 31 | team captains,

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RICHMAN DEPARTURE DELAYED BY DISPUTE

By United. Press

MUSGRAVE HARBOR, New-

foundland, Sept. 18.—The takeoff of the Lady Peace from this remote fishing village to New York, goal of the trans-Atlantic fliers, Harry Richman and Dick Merrill, was delayed today when a dispute broke out between the owners and foreman of a fisherman crew moving the plane. Efforts to remove the plane te the beach for the takeoff became stalmated by the dispute which developed after Cap. Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern Air Lines, who flew here with supplies from New York, had effected a partial reconciliation between Richman-and Merrill. The fliers had disagreed during the flight preceding their forced landing in a bog here Monday.

of Purdue Football Special Here Claimed Lives

Driving Hints |COUGHLINITE WANTS

BY THE NAT'L SAFETY COUNCIL

KEEP COOL NYBODY when everything goes

can drive safely all

right but the real test of a safe driver is how he acts when every-

thing goes wrong.

Try to keep cool and to keep

your temper at all times when

you are driving. Try to develop a

calm driving temperament. This can’t be done overnight if you are a nervous individual, but it is

worth a try. Then, at that critical

second when trouble looms, you / instinctively do the right

will thing.

MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC

TOLL TO DATE

1936 1935

TRAFFIC ARRESTS

September ra ii

Speeding . Seta Running red light : Running preferential street. .. Drunken driving Others except parking.......

3 6

. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Senator

| election a3 10 | from OmaHla tonight over a national

MICHIGAN RECOUNT

By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 18—Louis B. Viard, Washington representative of Father Charles E. Coughiin, today announced he would demand a recount in the Michigan primary vote for the Democratic senatorial nomination, 2 With 34 precincts still unreported, Ward was trailing Prentiss M. Brown, New Deal Democrat, for the nomination by 3950 votes. Mr. Ward's surprisingly close race for the nomination marked the greatest effort yet made by Father Coughlin to place a representative of his National Union for Social Justice in high office.

2 SCHOOLS TO OPEN

Remodeling of the Aeton and New ' Bethel school buildings is to be completed in time for Franklin Township pupils to return to work Monday, J. Malcolm Dunn, county schools superintendent, announced today. .. Classes for other county schools began Sept. 3. :

NORRIS ON AIR TONIGHT

J “Wo Norris of Nebraska, who | after years in Congress as a Pro- | gressive Republican, will seek re- |

an independent, speaks |

radio- hookup in behalf of President Roosevelt's campaign.

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Topcoats Tweeds, fleeces and worsted backs—raglans and others— including a great selection of the new ~ Bal=coll

LABOR MEETING EXTENDED INTO EXTRA SESSION

100 Resolutions Awaiting Vote; Terre Haute Gets - 1937 Convention.

By United Press’ EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 18.— An unusually heavy run of busie ness today brought a one-day exe tension in the fifty-second annual convention of the Indiana State Federation of Labor. ° . ; Carl Mullen, Hammond, state president, . said.” the convention, scheduled to close today, will be continued through tomorrow. Terre Haute was selected for the

1937 convention city in competition _ Anderson withdrew

with Kokomo. a bid for the meeting. | .

Vote on 100 Resolutions

Nearly 100 resolitions remained before the delegates. Outstanding among them were proposals to in dorse the candidacy of President Roosevelt; launch a Farmer-Labor Party in Indiana, and express an opinion on the indpstrial-craft ore ganization fight within the Amerie can Federation of Labor. The proposed - indorsement of

President Roosevelt, at first cone™

sidered sure to be adopted, was -in danger of being side-tracked after objectors charged such a movement would curtail individual rights, ¢ ————— cv er a

MOTOR EXECUTIVE SEES RELIEF HARM

By United Press : J WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Amer~ ica’s big business interests should contribute to the country’s Coms munity: Chest drives this fall to

avert “the tendency toward waste

and extravagance” of governmental

relief, Donaldson Brown, General .-

Motors Corp., said today. : While he did not mention the Federal work program, he sought to enlist support of major indus tries behind the 1936 mobiilization for human needs with this’ state= ment: ; i “One of the most serious threats to our social structure arises from conditions which have forced gov» ernment to assume responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, with the danger that such a course mus inevitably produce political pressure

for constantly more relief and cone

stantly less work.”

SREEL WORKERS ASK $1 DAY PAY RAISE

By United Press . PITTSBURGH? Sept. 18. —Repre« sentatives of 23,000 Carnegie-Illinois sheet and tin plate mill workers ‘to day formally asked the company for a $1 a day pay advance and a $5 a day minimum wage for common labor. Te demnds were made by 36 employes’ representatives from the 12

Carnegie-Illinois sheet and tin plate

mills in Pittsburgh, Chicago and Youngstown. oe

KIDNAPING CLEWS EXHAUSTED DETROIT, Sept. 18.—No tangible clew remained today in the case of missing 20-month-6ld Harry Browe, who disappeared Sept. 5, while in the care of his two older brothers in Clark Park.

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