River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-10

ray FLANDERS, conductor. he VIII
probably recover, if his informal iniur.
les are not too severe He loses two
toes on the left foot and half of the
right foot. His ribs were broken by
being pulled out with chain.
Earl Bacon, reported dead is only
slightly injured, having secured the
registered letters and then jumped.
Twenty. one were killed altogether
and recovered, sixteen were so charred
as to be unknown; four are in the
Chautaqua House awaiting relatives,
and one at the Prospect.
There are yet from three to five
bodies under the ruins, reduced &c
ashes, and distinguishable only by
pieces of skull and bones.
The train was going on a down grade
OF eighty-two to eighty-flve feet to the
mile, and was about six rods from
Prospect depot. The locomotive had
steam shut off and was about three
feet from the north end of the trestle
when the broken wheel of the tender
was discovere d. Under the impetutus
OF the do wngrade a stoppage could
not be made.
Every care is being taken of the
wounded, who are scattered around in
the farm houses near by, and medical
attendance was promptly furnished.
The conductors pocket showed
thirty-seven through tickets taken up,
and one to Prospect, indicating from
forty-two to fifty persons on board.
The train consisted of one passange
car, one baggage car, the engine and
tender.
ACCIDENT ON THE INDIANAPOLIS, PERU
AND CHICAGO RAILROAD.
A serious accident occurred on the
Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Rail-
road Tuesday night, eighteen miles
north OF Indianapolis. The Chicago
express train ran over broken rail.
The engine, baggage car and the first
passenger coach passed over safely, but
the rear coach was thrown from the
track.
About twenty persons were more or
less lnlured-tlree, it is thought ia
tally. The injured were all brought to
Indianapolis AMI cared for. The fol
lowing is partial list of the injured !
Mark Haines, of Richmond, Ind, bad
ly; Ii. II. Walker, of Indianapolis:
badly; George Henry, brakeman on
the train, seriously Mrs Boyd, an old
lady of Plymouh, Ind, shoulder crush
ed ; A. W. Smith, of Indian
apolis, seriously; F. @. Bar
ley, of Ohio, badly; two young
ladies, the Misses Nile, of Plymouth, |
slightly; Mr.. Norris, of Chicago, slight
ly; W. H. Cyrus, of New Britton, Ind,
slightly; Miss Lynch, Jno. McLeven,
II. M. Lemort and r. Stewart and /
wife, residences unknown, slightly
The accident was caused by the extreme
cold weather The railroad company /
was not to blame, and done everything
possible for the relief of the
ON THE ATcHIsoN, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE
RAILROAD.
About 5 o'clock Monday morning,
twelve miles west OF Newton, on the
Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road, passenger train, stuck in snow
bank, was run into by freight. Two
cars were telescoped, and the wreck
took fire immediately, and there was
much difficulty in getting out the five
and the body of the condGc-
tor, who was killed. The conductors
body was burned horribly. The body
Of another man is supposed to have
been entirely consumed.
IOWA DIVISION OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD.
n
IN the Iowa Division of the Illinois
Central Railroad, was thrown from the
rack while passing under the wagon
bridge and through the deep cut about
1 mile east of Epworth, Monday night.
The train consisted of a baggage car,
)ne mail and express car, two coaches
md one Pullman sleeping car The
engine was not thrown from the track.
but all the cars were turned over on
their side. The accident IS supposed
TO have been caused by the breaking of
a rail, broken by the engine passing
over it. The express messenger, L. A.
Guilbert Jr., of Dubuque, was injured
by the safe falling upon him. A sur
geon from Waterloo, who was on the
train, states that Mr.. Guilbert is in
iured internally, and he fears fatally.
Mr.. j. w. Anderson, of Winthrop, was
badly bruised about the head, and
number of other persons were bruised,
but none others were seriously injured
AND JEFFERsoNvILL RAIL
ROAD.
Extra freight train No. left Indian
apolis Monday, at 2:25 P. NJ, in charge
Of John Belch, engineer, George w.
Potter, fireman, and Henry Rooms and
Joseph Bowers, brakemen. The train
was composed of one engine and six.
teen freight cars, containing merchan-
disc consigned to parties in Louisville
and Jacksonville, embracing large
of hogs. The train was run.
ming very cautiously. At Henryville
Station, twenty miles ont from Louis
vile, the switch was left open by some