The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
ANOTHER DEATH-RIDE.
Particulars Of the Disaster on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.

Dies MONIES, August 20.-Details
of roilroad accident on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad, at the
east branch of Four-Mile creek, seven
miles from this city, are beginning to
arrive.
The number of killed is estimated all
the way from ten to fifty. All the
train but the sleeper went down into
the stream. The engine is completely
out of sight, and Barnum's show car
attached went down among the rest.
and it is said all of the eleven occu-
pants but one were killed.
A special TO the State Register from
the wreck cay that there are sixteen
killed so far known. Twelve bodies
are out on the banks, as follows: Bully
Rak stran, egineer; J. X. Bolt and
daughter, Boone, Iowa; Vim. Cum
mings, news boy; Mrs. Emma Bah
cock, school teacher, Rock Island, ILL
nois !; seven of Barnum's men, as fol-
lows +. b. Baker, j. II. Breeze, \.
Mock, G. Rock well, G. Thompson and
j. Purall.
Four dead bodies are still seen in the
wreck but cannot DO got out at pres
emf.
Mrs. j. K. Bolt, whose husband and
daughter are among the killed, is bad
ly injured. Mr.. Bolt was prominent
citizen and resides at Altoona, Iowa.
The accident was occasioned by the
washing ont of the bride and occurred
at four O'Clock this morning. The
Register has the following names of
the wounded:
w. Y. Humes, Des Moines, slightly
in the head; -. Patricks, conductor,
dangerously; Mrs. ID. a. Stebbins,
Panther Creek, Iowa, bruised consid
erably; 5. S. Furguson, Andalusia, H.
linois, slightly; j. l.. Graham and
wife, Des Moines, both slightly, L. ID.
Spencer, Lathrop, Iowa /; injured across
the breast and in both legs; Charles
browning, st. Louis, severely bruised,
burned and knee cut; DR.. Campbell,
wife and daughter, Tiskilwa county,
Illinois, all slightly bruised NJ. Har-
Washington, Iowa, slightly
Dennis Shannon, Iowa City, legs and
breast severely injured; Mrs. Mary
Half, Norwalk, Iowa, in back and head;
Mrs. G. Follett, Moline, Illinois, quite
severely: Ben. Truck, the fireman had
a marvellous escape.
1:55 p. m.-One more body is report
ed that of an old man, with the name
of j. S. Ferguson in his hat. In car
not yet uncovered, several more bodies
could be seen. The car on top of this
is now being lifted off with ropes and
pnlleys.
The bodies so far recovered are now
being loaded on cars, to be sent to Des
Moines. 1t is thought that several
have floated down stream. The water
in the channel was sover twenty feet
deep.
The wounded survivors are all at
Altoona, and no names can be had at
the wreck.
A body Inst taken from the wreck,
$3.50 p. M, was that of Mrs. Crow, the
wife of workman in pork house in
caught and mashed between two cars.
DEs MONIES, August 30.-All the
wounded by the accident, who were
brought, are doing well, and the ply
sicians are confident none of them will
die. The dead were brought here last
evening, washed, dressed and put in
neat collins. Several were forwarded
this evening to their friends. The
work Of clearing the wreck where it
was driven into the mud, is going on
to-day. Two bodies are known to be
in it, 1t is feared there may be three
or four passengers in it, az that num-
Der are still missing. The body sup
posed last night to be of jeffrey a.
Price, of Cincinnati, was to-day iden-
titled as A. V. Thomas, of Wisconsin.
One of the dead given as of the name
Of Borson, of Cincinnati, is Branon.
superintendent Kimball is still here
Insisting in caring for the dead and