Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
Terribly Fatal Accident on the Chicago.
Rock Island l. Pacific Railroad.
THE HORRIBLE PLUNGE INTo FouR MILF
CREEK.

\ Des Moines, Iowa, Associated Press
dispatch, of August 29th. gives the
details of II railroad accident on the
G., Il. |. & 7. X. Il. Mt the east branch
of Four Mile creek:
The number Of killed is estimated all
the way from 10 to 80. All the train
but the sleeping ear went down into the
stream, the engine completely out of
sight. Barnum's show car went down
among the rest, and it is said all of the
eleven occupants but one were killed.
Full particulars are impossible, as the
accident occurred several miles from a
telegraph office. Arrangements will
soon be made for Geographic communi-
cation direct from the scene Of the acct
dent. The following
LIST OF THE uNtluRT AM SLIGHTLY IN
JURED
passengers has been received Mrs
Louis 1crstberg and four children, all
safe; III. Soles, kecthhurg, ILL.,: J. s.
JolcS, Nhltcside county, Ill.,: ). l.. katz.
New York; DR., J. +. Frankentield. Phil
adelphia; G. G. Colvin, CLYDE. n. y;
Judge Dillon aud daughter, Iowa; Her
bert B. Turner, New York; II. Hurssel-
man, Milwaukee; Mrs. A. +. Wilkin
and son, Laramie, w. T.; Mrs. Ellen
and five children, Mrs. DIR. Il. Nj.
Stone and child, Dcs Moincs; j. IL.
Craige and wife, Brooklyn, Ia; I. Per
kins, Minnesota; Carrie and Belle
Adolph, Philadelphia; Mrs. ID. ID. Os-
borne, Ayoca; Eva Adams, Chicago; L..
Nj. Cherrie. Chicago; Jennie A. Frost,
Council Bluffs; Mrs. j. l.. Graham, Des
Moines, }. NJ. Adsley, Davenport, slight
ly hurt); Mrs. L, W. Coon, Woodland,
Cal. David Morgan, Newsharon, Iowa,
Slightly hurt); G. c. Gilman, Eldora,
la, two ribs broken and otherwise
slightly bruised,
LIST oF THE KILLED.
a special to the State Register from the
wreck says that there are Is killed 50
far as known. Twelve bodies are out
on the banks us follows: Billy Rake
straw, engineer; }. X. Bolt and daugh-
ter, Boone, In; VIM CUMMINGS, news
boy; Mrs. Emma Babcock, school
teacher nj Rock Island. III; seven of
Barnum's men rs follows: +. Baker, ].
Bruse, A. Mack, G. Rockwell, c. Thomp-
son, J. Purcell. -Four dead bodies are
still e in the wreck, but cannot be
got out mt present. Mrs. j. X. Bolt,
whose husband and daughters are among
the killed, is badly injured. Mr.. Bolt
was n prominent citizen and druggist mt
Boone, Iowa.
THE ACCIDENT WAS OCCASIoNED
by the washing out of n bridge, and oc-
cured about 1 O clock this morning.
The Register has the following additional
particulars: wounded; w. Y. Humes,
Dos MONIES, slightly in the head; A. j.
Patricks, Conda, dangerously; Mrs. ID.
A. Stebbins, Panther, Ia, bruised con
siderably; 5. $. Ferguson, Adalusia H.,
slightly; }. l.. Gradham and wife, Des
MONIES, both slightly; l.. Spencer, Lath-
rop Ia, injured across the breast and
both legs; Charles Browning, st. Louis,
severely bruised, burned and knee cut;
ID. Campbell, wife and daughter, Tes-
kilma Co. ILL.,, all slightly bruised, NJ.
Harrington, Washington Ia., slightly;
Dennis shannon, Iowa City, legs and
breast severely; Mrs. Mary lIoof, Nor
walk la, in back and head; Mr.. G. Fal
lett, Moline ILL.,, quite seriously; Ben.
Truck made a miraculous escape.
At 1:55 l. NJ. One more body recov-
cred, quite al old man, with J. +. Fer
guSon in his hat. In the car not yet
uncovered
SEVERAL MORE BODIES CAN BE SEEN. !.
1t Is believed there are q dozen more
bodies in it. The ear on top of this is
now being lifted off with ropes and pull
leys. The bodies so far recovered are
now being loaded ON the cars to be sent
to Des MONIES. 1t is thought that sew
eral have floatcd down the stream. The
water in the channel was over twenty
feet deep. The wounded survivors are
at Altoona and no names can be had ut
the wreck.
MORE PARTICULARS.
The body last taken out from the
wreck rear Altoona at $50 this after
noon was that Of Mrs. Craw, the wife Of
a workman in the Park House in east
Des Moines. Her head was caught and
smashed between two cars. The top
is now pulled of.
LATER.
Three non bodies were taken out, all
men. One is supposed, by papers on
him, to be Cogen. Il commercial travel
er from Peoria, III. The other two
bodies were not identified.
THE BODY OF A LADY
Is now tight III the wreck, making the
eighteenth person known to be killed. |
Three cars are so firmly telcscoped to-
that it is impossible, so far, to pry
apart even with block and tackle.
The name of the last man taken out was
Thomas Dunaw&y of East Des Moines,