The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-05-09
From the Lava Beds.
A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.

TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
Dixon, ILL.,, May 5.-Yesterday
about fifteen minutes at
ter one o'clock, as the ReY. Mr.. Pratt
was passing a convert for baptism
into the waters of Rock river, just
below the Truesdale iron bridge, on
the north side, there being a large
crowd of men, women and children
witnessing the ceremony from the
bridge, the ironwOrk of the bridge
gave way, and without a moments
warning, fifty or sixty souls were
launched into eternity. A horrible
panic seized the vast crowd upon the
banks of the river, and of course
spread throughout the city. Moth
ers came to the river bank anxious
Iy epquiring for children, fathers
for wives and children, children for
fathers and mothers. All was hOr-
rOr and excitement. The scene was
indescribably terrible, as the strug-
CLING victims vainly endeavored to
free themselves from the ruins of
the bridge and from each other.
Large crowds OF people on the
banks rushed wildly TO and fro,
many of them SO distracted with
terror as to be unable to render any
assistance. Others, more self-pos-
sessed, speedily brought ropes,
planks and went molly to work to
rescue the living and recover the
dead. Some of those who were on
the bridge when it fell We're so near
the ends that they were able to
reach the bank without assistance,
while others were fortunately with
in reach of those on shore, but up
to six o'clock last evening thirty
two dead bodies had been taken
from the river, and 1t is almost GER
tain that there are others still under
the wreck of the bridge. OF those
saved "a were more or less injured,
some fatally, and the following is a
complete list of the dead, so far as
now known: Miss Catherine Foley,
Mrs. j. w. Lotto, Miss Maggie
O'Brien, Ida Vann. George Kent,
Miss Bessie Payne, Mrs. Carpenter,
Clara and Rosa Stackpole, Mrs, G..
W. Kentner, Mrs. Ben. Gilman, Mrs.
Col. Ii. Noble, Miss Nellie Hill,
Mrs. 3. Sellman, Mrs. DR.. Hoffman,
Miss Kate Sterling, Mrs. Z. Wallace,
Jay Mason, Mrs. Peter Berger,
Frederick Hale, Miss Emily Dem
ing, Thomas Haley, Miss Ida Drew,
Mrs. w. Crook, Mary Within, OF
Nashua; Mrs. d. Sullivan, Mrs.
Irene Barker, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs.
james Goble, Robert Dyke, Miss
Lizzie MacKey, Miss Martha Page
and Miss Nary Drinkwater. There
Is q report that several bodies of
children were found at Ferling and
Rock Falls, six miles below, and
doubtless the swift current has
borne others even farther down the
river. The general estimate of the
number lost is from ninety to one
hundred. There were several bod
les taken out of the river as far
down as below the railroad bridge.
The body of Fred Hope was found
floating nearly mile down the riv-
er this morning. All those report
ed missing are probably in the net
work of the bridge at the bottom of
the river.
LATER.
Dixon, Ill.,, May 5.-There are no
additional names of the killed yet
During the night work
men got derrick into position SO
as to raise the bridge, and until that
tedious work is done hardly any,
thing further will be known.
Crowds of people are on the banks
of the river this morning viewing
the scene of the disaster and inquir-
ing for friends. The telegraph
wires are kept busy with messages
from abroad. Almost every house
in the city is in mourning. Mrs.
2. n. Alexander and Mrs. Vann
died from the effects of injuries re-
ceived.
ACCIDENT AT 4 BRIDGE. Il
St. Louis, May ga terrible ac-
cident occurred yesterday afternoon
1t the bridge being erected over the
Lamine river on the northeastern
of the Missouri, Kansas
Z Texas railroad, fourteen miles
rom Sedalia, Mo. The false work
for a footway for the con-
Itruction of the bridge sunk into the
quick sands upon which it rested,
carrying with it the bridge tImbers
md twelve workmen, precipitating
Ill into the river below. WIN. Nc
Avey, II. II. Corners and Harry |
Finch were killed outright, and |
light others were wounded. two of |
whom are not expected to recover. |
dr. Finch was a married man and |
anne from Hart, Michigan. The |
,ndinc xvnra foEn1 SaAaIfo laaf
light, where an inquest was held. |
The verdict was that the insecure
of the false work was
he cause of their death.
KILLED BY FALLING CHIMNEY.
Concord, N. H., May Sat the
of a house IN Towport,
sst evening, Richard and George
Williams were killed by a falling
Kinney.
FROM THE LAVA BEDS.
Corpus Christi, April 21.-Capt.
of this city, has received
letter dated lava beds, April 90. in
'hich the writer says: "I have Just
1me in from Jacks stronghold
here L have been IN a fight for the
st three days. l went as a volua-
.er, and was attached to Major ,
homas' battery of four companies
it'll howitzers and mortars, and il |
as the mortars which drove the :
ldians out. Five thousand infan.
Y could not have done it in six
onths, without the loss of one
IF of the command. Words can
1T describe these beds; newspaper
porters may try to do it, but they
nnot convey sn idea. Since the
yht I've been through part of the |
,ds. and that was enough for me.
is impossible 10 tell what dam =
res we have done the Indians, as
ey concealed or burned their dead. I
ID the former is very easy as ali d
ey have to do is to throw the bod.
, into crevices and cover them up :,
It'll rocks. We have found over
.yen bodies. The beds are full of a
yes, and many are doubtless hid '
ray. Every once in a while a b
.ay shot comes out. In
We have had about % wounded In
give you some idea of the sharp
cks, one-haIf of our men went in
tn new shoes and came ont mostly
and with feet BLEEDING n