Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1950 — Page 2

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Gls 44 Hurt in Ohio Train Wreck

28th Division Men On Way to Atterbury For Army Training

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would have been eating break-, fast in a diner near the head of ws .. the train,” Capt. Spangenberg. a Carbondale, Pa. newspaperman said. ay Capt. F. R. Brannan, a member ‘of the 109th Infantry Regiment, said he was standing in_the rear of the troop train when he saw the passenger train approaching. “The red flares were out on the track at the time and we could not figure what was going on. Capt. Brannan said. “I dashed through the train yelling to the, other officers and men to fall on the floor. I pulled a lot of them down with me. But it happened so fast we couldn't prevent casualties from happening. : “Lots of the men were pinned inside and crews had to cut through the wreckage to get them out. .

said seats in the last four cars [ Korea Fighting |

one another in the aisles’ Mr, apolis.

were screaming for help.” Mr. Wallace said that when hg Bt; arrived on the scene less than 10 oh minutes aller the collision three!

Indianapolis, Charles Fugene Youn

bodies hung limply from the li the last 25

, |apelis. bottom of the last coach, Which/ Pfc. Claude Owen Joseph, son June 17,

a result of the Korean War, were y,. "4 Mrs Otis Bruner, Kast dirt slide.

There was no battle equipment, since it had been sent to Camp Atterbury, Ind, on an earlier troop train. Maj. Gen. D. B. Strickland, n .eommander of the 28th Division, g : flew to the scene by National Evansville.

of Mr. and Mrs. James Stephen-| June 19, son, Magnet, Miles City,

Gen. Frank B. Weber of Pennsyi-/ F1¢: Richard Herman FKreibur-/Cgriin, Nev.

were rushed to Isleta trom the Pfc, Chester White railed on a Columbus Red Cross office as prc Chester A. White has been N. Y.

and prepared to bivouac in nearby! His parents, - Mr. and Mrs. ahoga Falls

The American Red Cross at'were informed Washington said it has seat a yesterday by a

disaster team and supplies of Defense Depart- a tren ™ whole blood to the scene of the ment Telegram. :

wreck. Red Cross ‘headquarters! Pfc. White was a Wayland

also advised all persons wishing fighting with the to make inquiries about friendsor'24th Division. relatives who may have been in- The telegram volved in the accident to make'was the first inquiries through their local Red word his parents Cross chapter. had received

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The spirit of St. Louis was made the division's activities.

mail car a postoffice car, one bag: basic training at Camp Breckren- Aug. 9, 1

vation car, he was stationed near Nagasaki. Apr. 25,

the one which was wrecked. One §9, 1. left Columbus at 1:27 a. m. for

Ministers Protest {11 (UP)— This city's heart was the victims

"eel his appearance, its spokesman, Dr. James A. Crain, said.

A protest from the Downtown yesterday met death or Injury In| op Frida

bo The main body of Wilkes- gi), Church Federation to “regret- go pre's historic 109th Field ar ™ Ome fully” cancel a talk by.Mr, Doli- tjjjery battalion: founded in the vet here Sept. 23. Revolutionary” War, was aboard After the Lions Club protest the troop train which was rammed ©a!led into

And this

where the speech was scheduled, jp » thick fog.

“Methodist Church yesterday. Dr. from the scene said they suffered {would take Robert B. Pierce commended The the worst casualties. : Times for its stand that the can- Uncertainty and reir all but] The eigh celation threatened freedom of paralyzed the area's business life speech. as relatives and friends of the were joined

makes sense.” Dr. Pierce sald men on the tr y ‘ “I believe that those who were. ain frantically from Carbo sincere in their protest will respond. 1f they do not they have, in ‘my opinion, lost their reasonable right to protest in the future.” Mr. Dolivet, who is out of the eountry, could not be reached for a statement on the forced cancelation nor on The. Times offer to publish his suppressed speech. ! But his office sent photostated | documents which included the - following: ae h ONE: A clipping from the New York Times May 29 quoting Mr.| Dolivet as saying “Some Con-| | whose name I'm not sure o’ said he heard I was a Communist. Such a thing is com- | pletely absurd. Why I have

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The crash occurred at approxi- since he was sta- Btockton, Ga. mately 5:30 a. m. tioned in Japan. Sept. 14, The troop train was made up They knew he pee White Dewey, Ind of two engines, two baggage cars, was in the fight- : Dee. 31, 18 coaches, and two kitchen cars./ing from newspaper accounts of

in TURF BUILDER. A generous application of this

years included: 1925-50 killed at

bad been split by ahe Lmpaet. of Mrs. Lena Joseph, Muncie. Hackettstown, N. J., when a spere Belongings a rey ~| .Pfe. William D. Smith, son of cial train carrying German-Amer-'rsonal belongings of the men. pg ph Smith, Osgood. jcans en route to an excursion

ear-marked for overseas action as) (.,; jumes (. Bruner, son of to Germany was derailed by a

~0f- i scattered along the right-of-way.|cyicag,, : Dee. 28, 1926 - 20 killed at RockPfc. Joseph B. Stephenson, son mont, Ga.. in a two-train collision.

1988 46 killed at Mont., when a train

Cpl. James T. Belcher, (Army), plunged through a bridge into 20of Mrs, Geneva Belcher, foot-deep Custer Creek, | Aug. 18, 1939 24 killed when Guard transport from Camp At- M/Sgt. Paul R, Kelly, (Army), the speeding streamliner City of terbury to direct activities. Adj *°f Of Michel J. Kelly, Marion. gan Francisco was derailed near

curve at Little Falls,

, 0, in a head-on col-

[Joseph White, 3219 Schofield St, lision between a freight train and a gasoline-electric coach.

1948-29 killed when a freight locomotive ww BN Xi,

, (Marine), son of Mr. and Mrs. | : __wvania also was at the scene. KF: (Marine), son of Mr. and Mrs.| ,.. 19, 1940.30 killed when’ Some 130 units of blood plasma He man Freiburger, FI. Wayne. |, | ake Shore Limited was de-

surviving Guardsmen pitched tents wounded in action. | July 81, 1840 43 killed at Cuy-.

{passenger train crashed into an|other which had previously been derailed, near Lumberton, N. C.

| Dec. 16, 1948-72 killed. 47 of {them service personnel, when one

#44 — 47 killed near’

1944 29 killed near

: 1, 1944-50 killed when the second section of the Pacific! {Limited rammed the rear of the

up of the twin-unit diesel, one’ Pre, White, who is 20, took his! first section ‘at Bagley, Utah.

945 34 killed in a

gage car, six Pullmans, two din- ridge, Ky. after going in service similar rear-end collision at ers, five coaches and one obser- in October, 1948. Sent to Japan, Michigan, N. D.

1046 47 Killed in a

Camp Atterbury and the other 4 2 2 pulled out of Columbus at 4:38) | es- arre y eep [le : a.m. fo ye

: - {broken today. | +Assembie In Armory Gag on Dolivet | Fathers ana mothers, wives and! ‘The community had given. the (Continued From Page Ome) SWeethearts were stunned by re- 109th a rousing send-off as beEE 8 . —Cociports that many-of “thie men they fita~a unit“ which has ‘fought | sent away for war service only all of Uncle Sams” wars. i k | y. the boys put on a Lions Club last week forced the today’s train crash at Isleta, O. pig farewell parade for the folks

military-minded com-

munity presented gifts to the men

federal service.

was published the Columbia Club, ny 5 Pennsylvania Railroad train Then yesterday the men assem- . bled in" their west side armor canceled the reservation. It WAS The men from Wilkes-Barre across the Susquehanna River 2 then that the Church Federation and other anthracite mining com- Kingston. They went from there canceled the talk. > {munities in the Wyoming Valley to the old-fashioned railroad staIn his sermon at Broadway were in the rear cars. Reports tion to board the train which them to Camp Atter{bury, Ind., for training.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Sept. sought information on names of

t cars carrying 226

men from the Wilkes-Barre area

to a train which ail-' Personally, 1 believe this Pennsylvania National Guards- ready had picked up 429 soldiers

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Two other troop trains preceded Pfc, White attendéd Public School rear-end collision at Naperville,

of the troop train had been ripped _ By United Piate out by the impact of the collision. (Continued From Page One) Thirty-five drafted men were killed on July 6, 1944, at High leave until 11 p. m. Soldiers were lying on 10p. of wyite 3219 Schofield St. Indian. BUff. Tenn. in a major troop train disaster of World War II. | The tragedy was best summed

when the Pennsylvania Railroad's crack Congressional Limited was the war hit home.” wrecked by a broken axle near (Marine), son of Wiillam Guy Philadelphia on Sept. 6, 1943. Young, 2004 Broadway, Indian- = Other high-toll train wrecks of

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Killed, Three Cars of Wrecked Troop Aral Shows Ee Wreck (ueries Yous Hold onto Korea Crash Plunges he " | : ‘Swamp Pittshur gh "(Continued un One) . Th Re > .Camp Into Gloom

i Callers Breathe Easy ,

Times Special Writer y ! PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11 — . . Wives and families of western] Pennsylvania Guardsmen of the 28th Division spent a jittery Re TU UPR ds . r a 5 APSE ain i { Switchboards in newspapers of Pittsburgh and surrounding. towns were swamped as frantic ‘callers sought to learn what had {happened to their boys. i

| Groups huddled on street cor-| ners in nearby Washington and|

ia thread of news that would re{lieve the anxiety. | || After many hectic hours, west-| ‘ern Pennsylvanians breathed! | easier, for the rammed train car-| {ried military men from eastern ® | But until the word got around, i most calls were like this, “My boy left for Camp Atterbury. Was he on that one wrecked?”

| By LAWRENCE FAGAN [forces and drove them back 800

said, “but it is no means as grim Korean 1st and 2d Corps | ] TRINNY CT DS aa “oui

‘early Monday, but little damage!

resulted. Seven Injured Gls |Played,’ they doubletimed from

§ (Waynesburg hoping someone had qo 00, 4 ter that was. at Chilgok,|

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MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 1950

ition. } lie cans advanced 1200 yards | . * | Victims From East; through heavy enemy fire. Rey She | Yougehon ates today Word Received Soon

%o OE CG forging ahead, with some of their - After 1st Train Arrives ‘enn Patrols operating as far as six| . (Continued From Page One) [Skies Hoh of the Yongchon-/gssistant division Sommanier, - . jAyongju highway. greeted a secon of Not Quite.So. Grim { Gen. Walton H. Walker, U. Ror at 8a. m. or “The threat to Taegu is not field commander. in Korea, deco-| Fifty Army trucks were lined Ww et ended” the Sth's spokesman rated commanders of the South waiting for the train. AL least 1000 guardsmen we

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> Hy on zit . Z er a x Enemy shells fell in the e awarded South Korean com-arrived at about 6:30 a. m. ; f ER Sunday and agen lmanders. : . : There were 812 men aboard the E second train. As the division band

Heavy return blasts from The band from Altoons, Pa.

i + J ' American artillery knocked out Sent fo Hospital | three North Korean guns and the! : P | was directed by W. O. Robert Di

| - | closest “enemy shells came to! At D over, 0. {Ventura assistant division band:

{master. | © Aboard the second train. were

four miles to the north. { “Seven of the injured soldiersithe 107th F. A. Bn. and the 28th

On the extreme northeastern were taken to Union Hospital at signal company, both from Pitts

front, where some three enemy burgh. and the following coms divisions had sought to slice Dover, O. The home addresses of | burgh, g

411 reported to| panies from the 110th infantry

outhward through Kyongju four of the men, | regiment

i ; toward Pusan, 47 miles’ away, the be members of Co. F, 2d Battalion] ; { Pennsylvania. American 24th Division was ad- of the 109th infantry, were HOt] rie. DEBS Y mortar company, vancing steadily against moder- available. id 4 ate resistance. | The injured:

| Regimental headquarters come : { . { pany, Waynesburg. They had relieved the pressure Phillip Scorzafa, 117 Walker St.,| Company H, Washington.

When newspaper switchboard 0 ‘Pohang airport and were. en- Childs, Pa., sprained back. | Among those arriving was ry mor no western, deavoring to straighten out a line, John Corr Falls Road, Car-| Col. Edward S. Martin, ey Pennsylvanians were on the train, Which would run from Pohang, bondale, Pa., back injury. officer of the 110th and son of

“ » 18 miles north of Kyongju, | many said “Thank God. Others |, George Izoob Jr, 301 Whitmore Sen. Edward Martin, Pennsyle were so relieved they were almost | ugh Angang, then west past Ave, Mayfield, Pa., sprained hand. vania Republican who was come

“It 'was amazing how orderly Acme Telephotos. | gpeechléss. | Yongchon and Taegu. Michael Corrigan, possible in-|mander of the 28th Division im the Jays behaved alte the neh | Photo of the Pennsylvania National Guard troop train crash shows two of the wrecked cars. | It was the same story in Ca-| Chase 1000 Reds [ternal injuries. World War II. their buddies out of the train and A third car can be seen with a workman: crawling on top. on nonsburg and other district home, Angang still was. in enemy Emil Konzman, shock. Seven or eight troop trains of took them to the ambulances out- " x & =n ow. towns of Keystone Division mem- hands, with our forces about one; Alfred Swingel, shock. |a total of 15 were expected at the side" : 13 More Hoosiers ; . | bers. {and a half miles to the south. | Donald Brownell, shock. {camp today. Bill Wallace, a reporter for the ; War i Troop Train Crash | Four places, however, were, The one gap in the Angang-| E. D. Doak, conductor on the| The wrecked train, carrying Coshocton Tribune .-and - one of On Casuvalt List : . spared of seeking information Pohang line was at a point about troop train, suffered a broken hip. men of the 109th Infantry regithe first to arrive on the scene! y : » about local men. They were half way between the two towns) Two members of the crew of ment, was reported to be out of illed 35 Drafted Mon Greensburg, Ligonier, Latrobe and Where South Koreans still were the Spirit of St. Louis were ex-' Wilkes-Barre and Carbondale. Somerset. Units from that area,/chasing an estimated 1000 Red amined at Twin City Hospital in| It is believed that there were

in the 110th Infantry, do notitroops out of a potket 2000 yards Dennison, O. but were not ad- 227 men on four coaches out of |deep. {mitted. They were reported| Wilkes-Barre and 405 om two

At Yongchon, midway between Shaken up. [coaches out of Carbondale. One"

The worst train crash in United States history killed 101 persons up by a Washington newspaper Pohan o i ! g and Taegu, the South Ko-| They are Edwin J. Kearns 51, of the units aboard the train was Nalace sua. a hen gis San Cpl. Melvin A. Durham, brother Dear Nashville, Tenn, on July 9, 1918. |employee, who hung on the phone rean Sth Division claimed to. have Pittsburgh, fireman, and William the 2d battalion of the 109th, ) of Miss Betty Durham, 1858 W. The highest death toll in a recent train wreck was 70 killed|all morning. “The wreck made counted 829 enemy dead after a E. Eller, 68, Midway, Pa. engi- which is commanded by Col. Fred

week-long battle for the four-'neer. R. Evans, Scranton.

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