The billboard (June 1918)

The Billboard "•"-""•.hBS'KES Olson, Chan.; Streclei sclous unknown: Gooc Chicago; Green, Carl; ST. ANTONIO'S HOSPITAL Mcintosh. Bertie, acrobat.' Dulut Brink) ey. Arbie. P Nitiborn. M City, serious il t, Chu- D., Washington. D. C. Roberts. A. P.. Memphis. Tenn. Mulrainey, James. StcubenvlUe, O. (wbltc). Knrner. Jay, Steubenvillc, 0. (white). How.-)!. Murret, New Market. Tenn. Falls. Pa. (white). Adams, C! Gilbert. Don. Middlebury, Ky. Rogers, Eugene, Memphis. Tenn ST. MARGARETS HOSPITAL, H. UOND, IND. Curtis, William H-, head and t badly cut and bruised: foot burned Ed. Ballard, Owner Hagen beck-Wall ace Circus Curtis, Mrs, W. H„ ankle broken, an burned, back hurt. Collins. John, candy butcher, ago 1 slightly cut and bruised. Carpenter, Ben. . Mrs. Battle, back and i Tohn, badly cniahed and hi ra. Mrs. Myrtle, arm and b< Ward, Edward. Ward, Mrs. Mamie, ■ery badly crushed and h' -a Pearl. Harry, slightly _ Waita, Kenneth, slightly injured. died away, and the , bushed - 1 irby Jely o grinding and crunching of tim- ber and steel, and "then, came' the ms of pain and pitiful groans of the •helpless victims caught amidst the twisted iron and splintered debris of the s train and the heavy ov'erpow- : troop train. Clad In their bed ants they, ran''to <tl». assistance ie. stricken showfolk and Imme- diately began to remove.them from underneath the wreckage. But before they could set the.heivy. twisted ob- :les out or the way the debris took and they-had ta stand by .helpless- ind listen to the pitiful pleadings of those pinned to lend the so anxious i compelled to see their relatives, and companions, who had escaped death from the collision, burn to death i of roaring names. the once comfortable and homelike berths of the circus cars. Those who had been rescued were tenderly taken care of by the townfolk. who telephond ambulances and physicians. By the time the first aid arrived from Gary, a distance of about ■ two miles, the wreck was a smoldering mass of em- bers and twisted steel, silhouetted. A VOLUNTEER NURSE Most of the many Injured at the Mercy Hospital, Gary, were ministered to in a ward on the first floor by Mrs. Mabel S. Nichols. BIS N. Cicero avenue. Chicago, an i pbian Ed neat So c let: rd of unteered her services to Mayi "When I-heard about this I thought I could let my educational work wait a while." was the way In which she at.' the ." hospital, already overtaxed, appreciated the work of Mrs. Nichols, who did everything possible to ease the Injured.without pausing for a'mo- EX ACT LOCATION The wreck occurred near Burr street A. p. reports erroneously gave the lo- cation as Ivanhoe, Ind.. . CAUSE - The ' second section of. the circus train, bound tor West Hamm - . Ind., where the circus -was scheduled to ex- hibit Saturday, stopped just east of "the J. & E. crossing because of a hot box. An empty troop, train, made up of steel 1 Pullmans, was a short distance behind.lt. also going west" on. its way to Chicago to get more troops. The parktlvely few but the circus-tr name burning tl The circus train crew sent signal- men to the rear with warning para- phernalia as soon as the train came to a stop. The signalmen set et Dare torch and a torpedo on the tracks, but they were, not heeded.... Two block signals Upon perceiving that tern into the cab. of the troop tri a last, desperate endeavor to a attention, but all In vain. the opinion ithorities a the engineer'of the troop train. P. Sar- gsant, who emerged from the disas- ter practically unhurt and went to Michigan City, must have been asleep at his throttle, or temporarily de- ranged mentally. "Doc" Klaus, the fireman of the troop train. Jumped at COMPILATIONS DIFFICULT compiling exact statistics ot the dis- aster. Tho unnerved from the tragic ordeal members of the circus' higher management set about comparing:lists , of those at the various hospitals with the complete circus roster in order to formed by sonnet, who. tho th ignored and temporarily rorgot tneir' own suffering in their endeavor lo al- leviate the sufferings of others. Among there were Jack Baity (or Btaty), an usher, who..tho suffering from count-. lately s. trlcating others from their rendezvous with death. Alec Todd, of the Flying Wards, tho severely Injured, vainly who was brought to the Mercy Hospi- tal. Gary. In a dying condition. Gin Llndstrum, of the same act, father of Mrs. Todd, refused to leave the scene of the disaster, tho he suffered from I injurlt >d the fate of other mliar paradox was nong the WALLACE CIRCUS TRAIN FOLLOWING THE COLLISION. Pints) Cinitial by htenilugul Fun Service.