New-York tribune., 1877-08-31
RAILROAD DISASTERS.
THE ROCK ISLAND SLAUGHTER.

! hEhN KILLED AND FORTY WOUNDED.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug 30.-Up to 6 o'clock last
evening" seyenteendead bodies had been taken from
the wreck of the Chicago, Crock Island aud Pacific
Railroad tran-fOurteen men, two women, and one
child. Among those reported as wounded F. b.
Baker one Of Barnums company, has since died,
making eighteen dead whose bodies have been re-
covered.
| lhe bridge was over what is known as Little
four-Mic Creek, nine miles cast of Des Moines It
is little stream generally quiet, and never before
| known TO be so high as it made by the unpre-
cedented rainfall Of yesterday morning and the
| night before. The bridge rested on a stone arch
twelve feet in the clear, with walls five feet thick
| The bridge is approached from the east round a
curve aud down grade. 1t is thought the rails
were left standing alone. As the train approached,
| the engineer slackened his speed till he
came in sight of the bridge, and suppos-
| ing that all was right dashed upon
it. The channel of the stream was forty
or fifty feet wide, and the banks abont twenty
feet high The locomotive landed at the foot of the
western side and half buried itself in the earth.
Bamum's car was next to the engine, and it dropped
into the channel. The mail car followed passing di-
rectly over 1t and mashing it to pieces. but going to
the bottom. bar of iron running clear through it.
The men in that car escaped alive Even the lamps
were not put out. The FIRST passenger car pitched down
into the channel where the water was at least fifteen
feet deep. The next car plunged under this, tee-
scopng with it, and the next tcescoped half through
both of the two preceding 1t. The sleeping car did
not go into the creek. Its occupants were Jared,
VI 'i'.i "eio Soiiou7iy nu.'' tn' ni''Vo VI
the killed were in the car in front Of the sleeper
The scene at the time of the accident thus de-
bctped' y terrihc ram was EI4lhg In torrents ac-
companied by wind, lightning and violent thunder.
e ptfo INIT thp Iipnf nd tia ne
lio OI'' Pl' ol INC iishtS' anu the SCchc ol ciIor
which enSued may be imagined The men who were
not injured and could get out, went to work as
once 10 rescue the living and wounded They had
to 90 a mile to farm house TO get axes to chop
them out; but they worked h'rocaiiy, and by day
light had most OF iAa wounded rescued. There were
many pititul scenes and ender incidents. one
mother was killed while sitting between two chill
dren, who escaped anaurt one little girl' who had
lam in the "acr for tlur hours with q heavy man
aug ''''' ID "'9 ~ ', " ~
'Tta'IIug ahd "a> t''tutu ana I'o'oiOui anu ho"
shows no signs of injury.
The dead were brought here on train, reaching
-, -, ,;.i, tI,r, qrb, ,fy,,,r, or +to rool
"ou'''c" y"'"' WIN ,'''' i'o '''i. Va IVA"
were mt the wreck all day, caring tOr the dead and
wounded.
litL DHAlh hoLL'
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\. v. Flow rs OF Wisconsin.
-iiS i.ii+i b. leH H -t AIo..,'Ila ana W, W H. i' ,o r
JOHN Is. BpLT, ana tTttile q" bioheSD1to, lV~A
,, Ms NJ ChSG %. s',..s,5 es Slo9'1 t,e tr,tp
y. CoHay conrasrcia' traveller, OF Peora, IL.
JAEEz H. Pa.SCl of Cincinnati.
D A. BEosso> oI Cincinnati.
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800 .GL l3.EHLLL.
JOnS lrGcEu~
SSEs Sn4s. filoaFsos
,.t .i,, ,,.oro - ,,r-,,,,. oar Two moro
30 lies are known to be III the wreck-one Of Bar
NUNS men, and '-o 'l i''"e gt' ui"su'ei VI
Mrs. Crow, one os the women hhIe1' IL Is 'houBn1
by many 'a' mere are S'll o'-r O3'' 3' ~ , 2o'
tOm OK the "fec"' OF Aol'tu "oNu Inc su1"'l' '"0
| the total Of the death roll is twenty.
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4"I ""0NDN''
me N"u'usu a. =, y ana ~, 7, ,r,,.,,, mon
slightly. ,,.,.,. ,,a,.
A. j. fAEitiD.E C2uuoc,or Cuo T. vi D'9 ''O'''' '''"''
COL &. y. LO"kIE oI bOoi'So0'o' io"d' noV u"ho't
=, ousy: ..i,, ,.,, ,,o ,ro,o,,ir,. .o-,ousIv
MRS loWRIE "ie 81 she pre eiei,nE, rrI ~
MRS. h9Li %le % o d, & n, Nh W. In aI,. "i 'A"
tn,p nm m Di-,N ~ Roe ester y Y badly burned
JAMES BANEH. New-York Cty, teet and hands burned
and collar Dons D.oaeIi t, p,niIs ,,.b Injured very
serioisly (Dlun Baker and Clayton are ol BaInum's
company ,,...,.,, r,ht, porl Cc,,,,,,,
l. l. uhAhAh Han oL Doon"''" A0""'''i' - WIN ''
l. $ FfHGG.oS Of Indalusia H., badly bruised.
MRS D. A srEgBYs OF Pdnlher Cre a. & DIiai Las. county
W. ~ C1iD1 Eli o. AVN. ILL.,, BADLY cut.
IH4o AA.F , Di AalAA''' ILL., sisn' '"' '' 'N'
ELMER GUEKESDELL of Canton. NJ badly injured.
Ms. ELL1S Jl 1iSS 'aL ~ u nnt oiyero comfy r. Y
brased. ,
". lIUaE Of Des Aolnes o3dy ol'5Gu 5Su ir,sod
DAyiD MOEGAN OF NeY-5naron, Iowa, nose broken and
face scratched ,... OH, b,j1v br,iso1 IN both