Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-11

covery is not improbable. Mrs J.
siah Cook, of Marquette, Mich, ws
also a passengers in this car. Hs
spine is seriously injured, and her littl
child was severely bruised in the losr
extremities. A gentleman named NJ
7. Scrivener, from Michigan, was bad
ly injured about the head. An Ut.
known lady, from Fond du Lac, Va
wounded in the head and breast.
The sleeping car was pretty vel
filled and all were slightly bruised
A gentleman, whose name cona
not be ascertained, had bis shou'
der broken, but went on to Chicago
before having his wound attended to
The foregoing comprises the list of pas
sepgers who are reported seriously ii
jur ed, but all received bruises and cut,
which were dressed by the physicians,
and the victims congratulated them
selves at their narrow escape, and wen
their different ways.
With the exception Of the caboose.
nothing remains but the running gear
of the wrecked train. The destruction
of everything connected with it, even
to the baggage, is complete. Ths
corpse of lady in the baggage-car er
route from Appleton, Wis, to Canada
was burned to ashes We leave ong
readers to imagine the feelings of the
husband, who was passenger.
1t is, indeed a miracle, that n acc
dent involving such more than ordinary
risk, resulted in so comparatively few
serious cases, and this is largely owing
to the fact that the number of passen-
gers was unusually small
There was party of miners from
the Lake Superior regions in the Sc
cond-class car, all of whom, and, In
fact. every other person on the train,
lost their baggage.
In the sleeper was delegation faom
Oshkosh, among whom were Major
Jones, c. N Paine and Fl. NJ. NJ cKay
who were were on their way to Q hiea-
60 to consult with the officers of the
Northwestern Railroad with reference
to reduction of freights on lumber.
Some OF the latter, it is said, were
thrown out of the windows, but n one
of them were crippled. NJ. D. Mo ore,
of Fond du Lac, is also among the
slightly injured. -.
All the passengers except few who
10 ha ioff hnr nm,
the different southern trains to-day.
The broken rail has been replaced, and
travel is uniaterrupts
Among the injured are the follow
ing: Timothy Nestor, Of Saginaw,
Mich, injuries on the head and bruises.
A Fl. Miller, badly cut in the face by
being thrown upon a window, one cash
extending across his face from the fore
head down; Mrs. Josiah Cook, Mar
quette, Lake Superior, injured in the
stomach and back thought not serious
ly; little daughter of Mrs. Cooks,
foot cut slightly; Mr.. and Mrs, j, $,
neoaedy, Creation, Iowa ; William
Stewart, Watseka, very badly injured
in the head, it is thought the brain is
affected, rye cut on scalp, one hana
badly bruised and thought to be inter-
ually injured Geo Copeland, Jeffer-
son, Wis, collar bone broken U. A.
Sinclair, head cut; j. B. Dixon, bake
man, head cut and bruised on the
cheek bone and leg.
The corpse that was consumed in the
baggage car was that Of Mrs. Charles
Gould, of Appleton, Wis, and was en-
route for Canada.
The loss to the railroad company by
the burning Of the cars is about S42-
900. the baggage car being worth S5,-
900, the second class coach $4,000,
the first class passenger coaches, S.
900 each, and the Pallman sleep
$4,000. In addition to this, the
company loses several thousand dollars,
paid to passengers whose baggage was
burned.