DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS KILLED AND MUTILATED. United Press Assooiatkm—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, November 1. A gravel car at Indianapolis, running down an incline into a siding, telescoped a car of a passing train containing the Purdue University football team, which, with many students, wa.s travelling to contost the State championship with the Indiana University. Fifteen were killed and 50 injured, many king horribly mutilated. The students' grief and horror were increased by the necessity for the surgeons performing amputations on the spot.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11730, 3 November 1903, Page 5
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