The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-29
Terrible R. r. Accident
near Desmoines.
so PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED
A Whole Train Goes Through
the Bridge F!
Barnum's Show Car in the Ruins-.7 Of
the Occupants Killed.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
List cF Uninjured Passengers on the
Train.
LIST OF THE KILLED.

DEsMoINEs, August 29.-The details of
the accident on the c.. r. |. & 2. il. r.
at east branch of four mile creek, seven
miles from this city, are beginning TO ar
rive. The number killed is estimated all
the way from 10 to 80. All the trains but
one sleeping car went down with the
stream. Barnum's show car went down
among the rest. 1t is said that all of the
II occupants of this car, but l, were killed.
1t is impossible to get the full particulars
yet, as the accident occurred several miles
from a telegraph Office. Arrangements
munications direct from the scene Of the
accident.
The following partial list of unhurt and
slightly injured passengers has been re-
ceived from the wreck: Mrs Lou Hers
berg and four children all safe; II. H.
Joles, Keitbsburg; j L Joles, Whiteside
Co., Ill.,; A L Katz, New York; Dr. J f
Frankenfeld, Philadelphia; o & Coburn,
Clyde, n Y;~Judge Dillon and daughter,
Iowa; Herbert B. Turner, n Y; II Hur,
selmann, Milwaukee: Mrs A f Wilkins
and son. Laramie, Wy; Mrs Ellen and 5
children and Mrs DR. r NJ Stone and child,
Desmoines; H Craigen and wife, Brook
lyn. Ia; L Perkins, Minnesota; Carrie
and Belle Adolph, Philadelphia; Mrs D Z
Osborne. Avoca, Iowa; Eva L Adams
| Chicago; r NJ Cherrie, Chicago: Jennie
A Frost, Council Bluffs; Mrs j l. Graham
Desmoipes; J NJ Adsley, Davenport, was
slightly hurt; Mrs L W Coon, Woodland
| Cola, and David Morgan, New Sharon. Il
were slightly hurt; G G Gilman, Eidora
Iowa, two ribs broken and otherwise
slightly bruised. i special to the State
> Register, from the wreck, says there, i.
sixteen killed so far as known; twelve
, bodies are out on the banks as follows:
LIST OF KILLED.
, VIM. Rakestran, engineer; J. X. Boil
aud daughter, Boone, Ia; VIM. Cum
mings newsboy; Mrs. Emma Babcock
: school teacher, Rock Island, I'll. Sever
OF Barnum's men as follows: +. B. Baker
= J. ii. Bruse, A. Mack, q. Rockwell, &
! Thompson, j. Purcell; four dead bodies
= are still seen on the wreck but cannot b,
got out at present. Mrs, j. X. Bolt
whose husband and daughter are anon,
, the killed, is badly injured Mr.. Bolt wa
! : prominent citizen and druggist at Boone
J, Iowa.
= DEsMoINEs, Ia, Aug. 29.-The acci
- dent was occas:oned by the washing out o
q pTIuRG, dU'l OCCuI dUOuS z " StUC& till
= morning The Register has the followiD
additional particulars: Wounded-W. Y
o Humes, Des sMoines, slightly 90 head a
/ j. Patrick, conductor, dangerously; Mrs
y D. A. Stehbins, Panther Greek, la
, bruised considerably; s. S. Ferguson
g Andalusia, H., slightly; j, L. Grahar
e and wife, DesMoines, both slightly; L,
n Spencer, Lathrop, Ia, injured acros
J. breast and both legs; Jarles Browning, s.
is Louis, severely bruised, burned and kne
Il cut; D. Campbell, wife and daughter
p Tiskilwa, ILL.,, all slightly bruised
o. NJ. Harrington, Washington, la. slightly
i Dennis Shannon, Iowa City, legs an
A breast severely; Mrs Mary Hoff, Nol
J. walk, Ia, in back of head Mrs. NJ. c. Follet
IS Moline, H., quite seriously. Ben Trucl
e. the fireman, made miraculous escape.
II DEs MONIES, Iowa, :55 p. m.-Ou
" u more body has been recoyered-quite a
y old man with the name Of j. S. Ferguson
- his hat. In the car, not yet recovered
~ several more bodies can be seen. 1t
~ believed there are dozen more bodies
N it. The car on top of this is now beiI
se lifted off with ropes and pulleys. III
bodies go far recovered are now beiI
- loaded on the cars TO be sent to Des Moine
1t is thought several bodies have foatt
down the stream. The water in the cha
ne was over twenty feet deep. III
wounded and survivors are all at Altoon
Ell and no names can be had at the wreck.