, 1877-09-02
Some Thrilling Incidents Of That Hor-
rible Catastrophe.
The Fearfully-1nte1esting Story Of Miss
Ida II. seeley, Of Chilli
cothe, III.


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tween two wash-outs Taking tho first train,
went Oh the Northwestern, and got one mil
west Of Moingona, where the train va
delayed absut tho hours while spilc:
were being driven on which timbers cou1t
be placed to support the cast end OF tho bridge
! which had been washed out, and allow tht
train to pass. Every bridge westward, will
one or two exceptions, was found in some par
resting OH block supports. Timely vigilance By
traclz-mcn had surely aycrted a worse horror, il
! possible, than that here at Four-A1ilc Creek.
By ulisconncctions, and trains delayed BY bad
| roads, only reached here last evening, having
| been nearly twenty four hours in the cndcavo1
! to get distance OF forty miles. The track o1
tho storm everywhere attcsts
| ITS TERRIBLE FORCE,
| On the highways, bridges are gone, fences car
| ricd AWAY, and iicl]s Of corn prostrated 1at to
! the earth. The sudden swift rush OF water
| swept All before it that was not as firm as the
| solid rock,
| Here, yesterday, public attention ccntcrcd at
| tho scene Of the terrible disaster. Business
! was generally suspended, although there was
little or nothing new to add to the details fur
| nishcd on Wednesday. 4 large force was cn-
gagged all day turning over the debris Of the
wreck to discover il possible, bodies that might
have been buried hereunder. The water
Ind entirely passed away, SO that
the search was complete. No bodies were dis
covered, and, during the tlay, the four missing
ones were reported having missed tbs fated
train. AL OF the dead have been identified and
delivered to their friends. The wounded are
doing we'll under the care OF excellent aud
skilled surgeons, OF whom tho city has several,
aud who, fortunately, we're near at hand.
The telegraph has already furnished the list
OF all OIL tho train, and their present condition;
but the incidents were too elaborate for send
ins BY wire, yet full Of interest; and the sur
yiyors hayc each All interesting account to give.
Perhaps the most thrilling is that OF
]. IDA II. sEELEY,
OF Chillicothc, ILL.,, who was going 10 visit
brother near Fort Dodge. She is Of fragile
form, Is years old, and very intelligent. She
says that in front, aud facing her, was large
man, and, in the scat bchnd her, auothc:. large
had been asleep, but awoke at Nlitchellville, ten
miles east OF the wreck. Suddenly the car
stopped, and, looking back, it seemed that Che
rear Of the coach was falling toward her. She
says: II quickly eroucl,cd on the floor between
the seats, and ut that instant the rear end Of
the coach crashed dorm over me, resting on the
seats over my head. On all sides Of mc were
tlmbers, so 1 was in complete box. My first
impulse was to get out, but was only a little
girl, and NOT stron=, and could not expect to do
sn ffnc,tinr and cond s,.,-ceiy trtathn ~ -
ret air broke the rlass in the window inst
ahove nv head. TIC man who sat in front OF
inc crowded upon me, and the other man Was
Werc hatiiv b1rt md newoiicd their rondirio1,'
when said I,u,cd we would get hcjt soon,
and did all + con1d to cheer them
| soon heard them complaining that
1hey ronld gct INC out Of thc way, they would
have morc room, to move. md nossibly ret out:
and mr.. sa;1
spI1sn 11En orr OF TIRE WINDOW INTO THE
that was ou1y little ,r;r1 mi, IT. wou1d MT he
mtlrh 1oss Ithoueht Tint my hour Ind come:
1hst thcr, in thr fcTribfc wrerk. ,,nh,rt Tw,s
to IN, Eillcd. / told them that. if they deter
,n;nol tn lii mo T conlf3 rot .hcln # and l
nr.yrd to Ind to nrote-t me- and ielp The two
nor, Thcv trissl r. oet },nid of mc tu throw me
o,,t h,t fhcv wcr,. ,nsfrnrd so fhcv ronirf NOT
t,1rn Themselves. They soon bcran to sink
Srn,n the c,Tcct of their Injuries, and. seeing
no h,nc If rclirf thcy asked me 10
.,r,v f,r thcn, ami d;d rThc.. we're silent ,f-
Ter that. cxcent at, OCCASIONAL moan. When
,1,,,i;cht t-,nc confd srr ncnn1e outside un,l.
n,;ttinr m my han1. / hcckoncl through the
inlc j., m, winfjnw. Which, attracted their attcn
~, nn%i III th-n, IN thrnv 1nn ;, ro1,c which
txos ,1nn. ,nI MI fasf.ninr # to The win1owcas
mr. honcI r. .vo,,,,i IN; nutfed away 90 that
n,,i ~, :, hnt - Xxi ,ot ,n,lc snoca
c1,',,,a1, ] ma. m.n rau,c with an sy and holdinr
IN. ~, i, E;s ho1v II, ,1.cn win hs tr;c,1 ~
't ~ o'4e n," f 7 ~ r. ~ot ont. M tha ra.
~ e,,...d III hin ' n,dcre Tim ro,cf, sn hc
s,,1 49, ,,a,h;n. Tool, n. hat':,nt an, c,,t
awav tn w;ndn,-,asjnr 81 ~ tn lct tho man
i,',as 49,. % 49, I,,e+ at tha+ ;,etort = boi, VIC
made ti,rouoh the ton Of the car over me. and
,.as 1;fta1 ~ All ~ as y nrosr e,w H. 1wo
nm ,rnrc dcati teIf t1zzv a. rcacf,cf1 thc
Im ntInt,sor. aud oniv r.n,n,cr thai fr and
s,,,n., on., ;:,,.sht 11e IN lie arms and nrxt
fo,,nd nv, u,seir # S,toona Stasion. y ~'