The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
AFRIGHTFUL DISASTER.
A Bridge, Over Creek, Undermined
by Heavy Storm,
Precipitates the Whole Train Down the Embank.
ment Into the Water.
List Of the Killed and Wounded As Far
aS Ascertainc<l.

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P. railroad, at the east branch of -Four
Mile creek, seven miles from this city,
are beginning to arrive.
The stream is generally quiet and
never before known to be as high as it
was made by the unprecedented rainfall
of the few days previous to the disaster.
The bridge rested on the stone arch II
feet in the clear, by walls feet thick,
and is approached from the east around
a curve and down a grade. 1t is believed
the rails were left standing alone, and as
the train approached, the engineer, who
had slackened his speed till he came il
sight of the bridge, supposing that all
was right, dashed upon it. The channel
of the stream was 40 or so feet
wide, and the banks about 20 feet
high. The locomotive landed at the foot
of the western side and half buried it
self in the earth. Barnum's car, which
was next to the engine, dropped into the
channel. The baggage and mail car fol-
lowed and passed directly over it, masf,-
ing it to pieces but going to the bottom,
bar of iron running clear through IT,
The men in that car escaped alive. Even
lamps were not put out. The first pas
senger car was pitched head down into
the channel where the water was at least
Is feet deep. The next car plunged un-
der this, teiesceping with it, and the
next telescoped ha.f through Doth of the
two preceding il. The sleeping car did
not go into the wreck. 1t occupants
were iarred, but none cf them seriously.
| Most of the killed were in the car in
front of the sleeper.
| THE DEAD.
! At 6 o'clock seventeen bodies had been
taken from the wreck, fourteen meu, two
women and one child. Among the
wounded is F. b. Baker, of Barnum'sS
show. A man has since died, making
the known dead eighteen in all. A full
list of the dead is as follows:
Mrs. Emily Babcock, Andalusia, Ill.
John X. Bolt and daughter, Boonesboro,
Iowa.
Mrs. VIM. Crow, Des Moines.
VIM. Bakestram, engineer of the train,
Stuart, Iowa.
NJ. Cohen, commercial traveller, Peoria,
III.
j. f. Prince and daughter. .eE
A. Yronson, Cincinnati, 0.
VIM. Canning, newsboy, Des Moines.
The following were in BaInum's car
Green Berry, George Rockwell, John:
Purcell, John Bruce, Charles Thompson,
A. Mack.
Two more bodies are known to be in
the wreck, one of Barnum's men and
little girl, the daughter of Mrs. Grow,
one of the women killed. 1t is thought
by many that there are still others
either in the bottom of the wreck, or
have f1oated down the stream, but the
best posted foot up the total death roll
at twenty. rr
THE WOUNDED.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, August 30-The
wounded by the accident on the G. r. i.
& P: R. R: are: H. Jennings, Rochester,
n. Y, of Barnum's men, slightly; A. j.
Partridge, conductor, Des Moines, badly;
Benz H. Trucks, fireman, badly injured;
Col. G. w. Lowrie, Boonesboro, Iowa,
injured, not dangerously; Mrs. Lowrie,
wife of the above, seriously in
jured; Mrs. Bolt, wife of j.
X. Bolt, very seriously injured:
husband and daughter dead; Edward
Dunn, Rochester, N. Y, badly burned;
James Baker, N. Y. city, feet and hands
burned and collar-bone broken; William
Clayton, Grand Rapids, Mich, injured
very severely; J. L. Graham, Bloomfield
(these three belong to Barnum's; J. S.
Ferguson, Andalusia, ILL.,, badly
bruised; Mrs. D. A. Stebbins, Pan
ther Creek, Dallas county, Iowa,
arm broken and head and legs bruised
badly; w. P. Caldwell, Alvin, ILL.,, cut
badly; Theodore Craft, Kankakee, Ill,
slight cut on back and hand injured;
Elmer Gurkendill, Canton, ILL.,, badly
injured; Mrs. Ellen McCrill, Keiths-
burg, ILL.,, slightly hurt; Albert F. West,
Sand Bank, Oswego, body bruised; w.
Y. Hume, Des Moines, badly bruised; l..
S. Spencer, Lathrop, Ia, badly bruised;
David Morgan, New Sharon, Iowa, nose
broken and face scratched; Jacob Sprig,
Athens, Ohio, badly bruised on both
hips and in the back; Dennis Shannon,
of Ohio, badly bruised in breast and
right leg; Morris Harrington, Musca-
tine, Ia, badly cut in the back; Louis
Harrington, son OF the above, ear cut
slightly; Charles Browning, ST. Louis,
Mo-, badly scalded in the breast; Miss
Mary Huff, (Barnum's company Nor
walk, Ia, severely injured; Duncan
Campbell, Tiskilawa, Ills, cut badly;
Mrs. Duncan Campbell, severely injured;
Nora Campbell, daughter of above,
seriously bruised 0. G. Colvin, Rose,
Wayne county, N. Y, internal in
juries DIR. N. S. Teuberson,
Philadelphia, Pa, nervous shock;
Mr.. S. Hotz, Iowa City, Iowa, severely;
Mrs. d. d. Osborn, Avoca, Iowa, slight
ly; Mrs. J. T. Jones, Prophetstown, Ill,
slightly; Amelia G. Fallett, Moline, Ill,
slightly; Mrs J. l.. Graham, Bloomfield,
Iowa, slightly hurt; E. H. H. Jones, Des
Moines, badly hurt; Geo. w. Spurlock,
Cempetine, Wappalo county, Iowa, cut
slightly.
SLIGHTLY INJURED AND SAVED.
The following list of unhurt and
slightly injured passengers has been re-
ceived: Mrs. Lou Herstburg and four
children, all safe; H. H. Joles, Keiths-
burg, Ill; J. S. Joles, Whiteside county,
ILL.,; A. Il. Katz, New York; DR..
J. F. Frankenfeld, Philadelphia
o. c. Colvin, Clyde, N. Y;
Judge Dillon and daughter, Iowa;
Herbert B. Turner, New York;
HI. Hursselmann, Milwaukee; Mrs. A.. F.
Wilkins and son, Laramie, Wy. T. Mrs.
Ellen and five children, Mrs. DIR. R. M.
Stcne and child, DesMoines; J. III. Craige
and wife, Brooklyn, Ia; l.. Perkins,
Minnesota; Carrie and Belle Adolph,
Philadelphia; Mrs d. D. Osborn, Avoca,
Ia; Eva Z. Adams, Chicago; r. NJ. Cher
rie, Chicago; Jennie A. Frost, Council
Bluffs; Mrs. J. l.. Graham, Des Moines;
J. M. Adsley, Davenport, was slightly
hurt: Mrs. E. w. Coon, Woodland,
California; David Morgan, New Sharon,
Iowa, was slightly hurt; c. G. Gilman,
Eldora, Iowa, two ribs broken and other
wise slightly bruised. g@
MurderoBloOd IndelibIe.