Kishman, OH Train Wreck, Aug 1905 - 12 Dead, 25 Injured

TWELVE DEAD, 25 INJURED IN OHIO TRAIN WRECK.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 14. – A fast eastbound passenger train on the Nickel Plate road collided with a westbound freight train early today at Kishman, Ohio, near Vermillion, resulting in the death of twelve persons, while at least twenty-five others were injured, eight of whom probably will die. The wreck, according to the officials of the company, was caused by a misunderstanding of orders or neglect to obey them on the part of the crew of the freight train.

The Dead:
CHARLES W. POOLE, engineer of passenger train, Conneaut, Ohio.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Newark, N.J.
FRANK WEAVER, Findlay, Ohio.
Nine Italian laborers.

The Injured include the following:
John W. Lang, Cleveland.
Richard A. Long, son of J. W. Long.
Mrs. John W. Long.
Louis Rheinbold, Bascom, Ohio.
E. E. O’Hara, Findlay, Ohio.
B. L. Kerr, Grafton, Ohio.
John W. Murphy, West Haven, Conn.
Phillip Baskim, Tiffin, Ohio.
Floyd Trumer, Ada, Ohio
John Dedtont, Tiffin, Ohio.
Frank Phillips, Findlay, Ohio.

Aside from the engineer, the men killed on the passenger train were all riding in the smoking car and were mostly foreigh laborers in the employ of the Standard Oil company on their way from Fort Seneca, Ohio, to Brookfield, Ohio, in charge of a foreman.

Olympia Daily Recorder, Olympia WA 14 Aug 1905