The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-16

man, we're killed. Tolan was young man
OF genial disposition, who had many warm
fliends on the road. He was known as
trusty aud worthy man. The train Is badly
wrecked, some OF the cars filled with grain
being washed many yards from the scene OF
the disaster by the force of the flood. a
wreckiDg party has been diligently at work
removing the debris and repairing the
track.
THE THIRD ACCIDENT
occurred two miles east of here, on the Ke-
nosha division of the Northwestern road.
The cause of the accident in this instance,
also, was a washed ont culyert. The en-
gineer, Mr.. Winters, was standing at his
post looking into the darkness. The head
light was entirely useless. Suddenly, a flash
OF lightning revealed to him an opening
chesm in front OF him, within few yards.
To stop the on-rushing train was impossible.
He had barely time to shout warning CRY
to his companion, and to leap from his in
CINE. MIR. Winters escaped With slight
bruises. The fireman, also, escaped with
some bruises. The brakeman, named Her
rick, was killed. He was found the follow
ing morning with his neck broken. No other
injury was discovered. This train was prin-
cipslly loaded with grain.
FOURTH TRAIN WAS DTTCHED
by missing culvert on the Western Union
road, some sixteen miles from here, at a
place called Aliens Grove Station. A brake
man was killed, whose name can not be as
csrtained now. The engineer and fireman
escaped from the engine but were carried
away by the flood. They chung to the will
lows all night, and were rescued in the
morning in a nearly persisted condition
having been literally sblpwrecked on land
cruise. There were 10 cars thrown into
the ditch, and the smashing was thorough
one. This completes the catalogue OF rail-
road disasters in this vicinity which oc-
Cured on that fearful night. Two wounded
men are now lying at Ayers Hotel in this
place. One of them, Eenry Hall, the eX-
press messenger on the passenger train
wrecked at Lawrence, is badly injured
about the head. His wounds are dangerous,
but not necessarily fatal. He is unable to
converse with anyone and Is Kept entirely
quiet by the ADVICE Of the surgeon. Mr..
Frank Gish, the fireman, who was standing
by the side of
THE UNFORTUNATE MORRIS
when the accident occurred, managed to
escape in some way with his life. He is
bruised some, ard also lies at the ayers
House under the care of a surgeon. He can
not explain how he got out of the wreck
and he appears to have no recollection
the details of the accident. He only knows
that he has dim recollection OF some
thing having occurred outside the usual
course of experience, and that he was
picked up ont OF the ditch and taken care
of. He is doing well. The hotel here
is filed with trunks and articles from the
wreck. Most of the property on the train
hes been secured. Some OF the mail bags
we're found two miles from the accident to-
day, where they had been carried by the
water. The baggage masters record has
not been secured, and the exact amount of
property on the train can not be ascertsiued.
fhe water is rapidly subsiding from the face
OF the earth, and the liberated bird sent out
from the ark will doubtless find place TO
rest.
AN ACCIDENT AT LANSING.
The north bound train on the Chicago,
Dubuque & Minnesota railway, due here at
l:15 p. NJ, yesterday ran off the track at La
fayette, two miles south, in full sight of this
city. The train consisted of one passenger
coach, one smoking-car, and one baggage
and mail car. While turning curve, around
which the train was making good Roadway
the rails spread beneath the tender and the
end of the rail was twisted completely about
with terrific force, the greater momentum
being given the cars the furthest from it.
The accident happened at one of the worst
places on the road, being on the edge OF a
| bank, % feet in depth, riprapped with heavy
4
/ river flows under a heavy current, and at
great depth, close to the shore. The rear
/ drivers of the engine flew the track, the
| tender turned paTtlslly over, ths baggage
car flew down the bank, turned over, and
| landed Just at the edge. The smoking car
turned upside down, landing some three
| feet in the river, wheels in the air, and the
passenger car turned over, landing tar in
the river, but right side up. There were in
| the smoker dozen passengers, and in the
rear coach about twenty, OF whom several
We're ladies. The position of all, being
| thrown with such a terrible tUrce, may well
DO imagined, but
CAN NOT BE DESCRIBED.
Strange to say, not one was killed, and but
j four or five sustained injuries that may be
| termed dangerous. Many were cut, several
limbs were dislocsted, and others were
bruised in every imaginable way. The Hon
| Il. Nielander, of this place, who was on the
| front platform, jumped into the river and
swan out, saving his life, although badly
| cut by cash in the head. "A portly man on
! the rear platform, under the excitement OF
i the moment, jumped entirely down the
| bank into the river and swan cut as soon as
possible. The wounded were carried
| on the cushions to a ferry, which steamed
| down for them, and they were comforta-
bly, housed at the Hufschmidt House. Every
| thing that could be done tor their comfort
was cbeerfully done by the company's OFF,
| Gals, and no one is particle to blame for
the accident, which is solely attributable to
the heavy soaking rains, the greatest known
in Northern Iowa for years. The injured
were G. s. G. Scott, merchant. McGregor, In
head: o. M. Marritt, lawyer, New Albin, in.
ternslly; J. G. Tucker, serious, Chicago
Miss NJ. Farrellson, McGregor; A. Schaler
Chicago, slight; Mrs. Euglehorn, Lansing
r. NJ. Simms, Hartford, Conn, in head;
r. w. Peterson, Boston, slight; w. Free
man, Prairie du Chen, slight; w. Temple
Philadelphia slight; w. II. Cary, Chicago
in head; A. G.. Crosby. Deerfield, Wis, slight
NJ. L. Holton. New York, bad; W. H Gam
bic, Jackson, Mich, leg and head, bad.
Cyrus L. Pershing, who was nominated
for governor of Pennsylvania by demo
cratic convention at Erie, on Thursday, OF
thu nln,-a.atk ballot Ia lauxaz ax,d