Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, March 19, 1912, p. 3.
FIVE KILLED WHEN ENGINE HITS RIG
Ellettsville, Indiana, Glass Blowers Meet Death at Railroad
Ellettsville, Indiana, March 19-Five men in a surrey were killed outright by
a passenger train on the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad at a
crossing near here early today. They had spent last evening at a theater at
Bloomington and were driving to Spencer where they were employed as glass
blowers. They were: Martin Worden (consider Warden as a spelling variant),
Louisville, Ky.; Emmett Williams, Kansas City, Mo.; Art Farmer, Summitville,
Indiana; Hal Brown, Spencer, Indiana; and Jesse Rogers, Spencer, Indiana.
The engine struck the surrey squarely and splintered it. Four of the men
were thrown clear of the track, but the body of Worden was caught by the
pilot of the locomotive and carried a mile and a half to this city. Train
men went back to the crossing and found the torn bodies of Worden's
companions. The two horses hitched to the surrey were not hurt.