, 1877-08-31
Further Horrible Particulars Of
the Wreck Near Des
Moines, la.
Tho Killed Found to Number Eighteen,
and tho Wounded Thirty.
FIVE.
Strongly Recalled in
tho Story OF an Eye
Witness.
4 Terrible 0onfusion Of Tempest, Darkness,
Ruin, aud Death.

AN+@-f ts%*N N<~NsAt
THE GREAT ACCIDENT.
Sp'ciai Mtpatra ~ Ths 7rttan<
DE-. MoixEs, H., Aug. M,-No attempt has
yct been male 10 rera[r The break In Tie road
at the place Of thu accident. all efforts being
made 10 remove the debris for the discovery of
more bodies. All of tie wreck has been moved.
The water tIas otl paefcd away. Mnd no bodies
have bccn discovered tu-tiny. The list OF killed
Is eeycntecn, aud wo.lntIci thlrty-lisc. George
Love. son Of Juslcc Loye, y. r. Callcntlas. Of
this city, and Mrs. William Crow, reported
missing last night and supposed to tc killed,
were hcar1 from to-day. ca.h lmriug missed
connection with tho Eatcd train. Tho ,tead
have i}cen packed and carefully prepared IN
caske.s for removal to friends as fast as they
tau bc nsecrtalncd Tonight tho bodies OF
George Rockwell and john Bra}cc were sent To
Rochester, y. y: Charles 'Thun,pson, to Mid
d1eton, Conn.,; F. u. Becker, to Providence, l.
l.; md q. berry 10 Schenectady, n. 7. The
wounded arc faithfully cared for, and are rapid-
l5 recovering. Every train carrca Away sumo,
aud ali, with two or three exceptions, will leaso
In two or three days. l.. D. Spencer,
Of Lathrop. Il, and ". r, Caldwell
arc scrous1y, and It is fcare'l. fatal
II injured. Conductor Jazz Partridge.
t4t&tf HAtlt - WILL AlA4 VAL
soon rccovcF. ftailroaI ofleia!s and citizens atc
active In lunK alt possibla to aid the Victims Of
the disaster. The train was shattered 10 ap1fn-
ters anil tic wonder Is that, out Of sucha wreck,
there should have been 20 few killed. The con.
tents uf 1'asnum's advertising car were placed
til store on the street, antl aru greater CURL
osity than the big show. The Coroner viii be-
gin legal investigation tt>-inorTow tnornipg.
!ptctal DspnseA 10 TIE Tribune.
OMAHA, Ncb.. Aug. 3o.-R. II. ChctrIe, Of
tho firm Of Il. 3. Mecker Il Co., Chicago aud
niece, arrived here to-day from the srcne OF tho
disastrs OH the Chttago & Rock 1elanl Railroad
east Of Dcs Motnea. Mr. Chcrr1e says: Tho ac-
den; occurred about lalf-pnst 2 o'clock In tic
morning. It WIS raining fcarfully al the time,
pouring down. was In the sleeper, partially
awake. md felt two Ut three slight jars.
raised the window and looked out, and heard
the rus! Of water below. knew semcthtng
had happened, though cuuid sec nothing. 1t
was very dark. | got up and put on
my pnnts, md the first thing I snw
was people rushing out Of the rear end Of tho
car next to tbs, and 1t was not long before I
knew the character of the terrible accident. or
coustc everything was confusion, md II was
some little time before those who were unhurt
could get to work and relieve tho others. It
seems stonc culycrt had recently bcen built,
and gu each side Of II was trestle work that
was being filled up with earth. The fireman,
who escaped. eovs everything looked right when
they rail- OH to the bridge, hut tac next thing le
knew WAS that he was lying along side the
cng1ne IN the mud below. Engineer Rakettrarl
sailct to him. but that was ttse last thc. fireman
hearl of hln'. and be probably died almost in
stant1Y afterwards. Thvrp were thirteen per-
| sous III Dnrnuni's ADVERTISING car. The ras wus
| completely annil,ttatc.. Seven Il the occupants
were killed, three badly wounded, and they will
probably die, und three were slightly. wounded.
| 1t Was D tulrlelc that auyhottr al all got out
Of ti,s car. 0nc u the wounded ntcn wns car
ried uown strcatA nt"l landed Oil small faland
from wi!cl, lIc WIS afterwards takctt oil. Tic
Lacgage~car, shot arross and orrr tue cneinc,
and landed on the bunk beyond. with
. rall through It leuGthwlsc, md one through
It sideways. 1t sit* tnt on tho track. right aide
iii ills wonderful leap. The employees III this
| eur wcrp nut hurt, struuceturay, aul even some
bIoodesl pgs that were being shipped by x.
pEcss were tnlsarl1,l4l. The baggage MAS not
along. ,plnncing downward, the rear end raising
up ant allowing the next passenger coach to 60
undcr IT, and then tue ncst ear went tluder this
last roaeh. sml The rear ends Of the two last
soaehs. rss.'nE % q, ths bank TT There were thrss e
tho Other. 4 1adT ctawleu up through
lols aud got IN top nt the ,s1noAinr-ear wltf,
child tn her arms, md cut down On the rtaf
1 OF tHE HC1t t1It NuEEt EHE tClL tAE Ctulus NlC
then returned .'own tl.to thc slnokiug-car and
brought up another cllild In tho sauae way, and
next helped out III, old ladr from tue same place:
helped her duwU fron tue tar Hlys:lf. Out Of
that fsc which she Ind left. VIC took tive or six
others. Among wl'ot'. va: the conductor, ~ho
was badly wounuea, willis several ,peTxo's
got out themselves without aid. All thas
VI. helped ont WcFc tercrtly wounded.
a thorough e1ainiuat,ou, iat found nuI,ody bui
dead pertuus, Of whom there werc four or iye.
By this time. 1t begun to grow little tlght, 80
VA could see better to work. tp " lila t!1.e
oyer, hut xo nos saw that they would rc,nali'
upright We rot under the rear Of tho top car,
a. wcll a. under thu other two eass md released
four lnurc that were fastened In. We used rope
and ttan.wreekets, now Afri'cd from
work viii 1il,. Tic phy:lcians esgesialir Dc.
serve the e:eascst credit Tor their lntiTing
work. The ladies' In tho sleeper also rendered
efficient serytces In assisting the wounded. A
gtE| wl4n was pinned fast ~ The wreck wa Anal
II released from her dreadful situation. About
| ucloek VIC counted tcn persons III that pit.
w had ~ cut uut the silu ot the middle sar
in onlcr to sescuc several per1ous. There was
more loss Of lite in th!s ear than n any Of thy
pe: e,ssp, pa1aa salsS out k1ssa f.. a' asaa
wot,n,lcd. four u live of whom viii lie. ca.
not sisssr1tc tho tcrrthle. secae aud do It
tustlce In any respect. No 0ne tan realize
such y sttuatini, tuess liz b. there to wit1less
1t, uul even then b. caunot picture II to nthesa
III a'l its yiviuncss Ut detail - he himself
viewed It,"
II fhs rfatsrn Assaetatsd Pvt,t.
Dxs MoiHxs, Ia, Aug. W.-All thc wounded
OF the railroa4l xrCiucut ou the Rt,e1s Island
lsoad yesterday who were brought here are
doing we'll, and ths plysicians arc epnldent that
MONS vi thssM will die. Tbs dead bo4sts were
| BROUGHT i,rFs Inst night washed and Jress,u
and put In ue4t cotilnx. Several Ut them afe
bctng for~arded this afternoon to their trtunts,
Tils work ut clearing The wreck where 1t WIZ
drlyeslesp Into slle mud anl soft earth e r.,
ii. and It IL feared ihcre may be three Or foui
other. u that many passengers are still u44stk
Tho body Supposed to bo last night, and 10 tel
Cincinnati, has to1lay been tientis!ea as beinu
that Of A. Y. Flowers, OF WlscDn&in. Ono oi
thu dead gigen u that Of the 11ule of bfous0n!