The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-31

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...L IA a. Hiinding storm some ~ w
md t,,id.nts Dcsc'ibrd -tle"r'nk"p
49, xx,..L and sin Searching Tor the p'""'
ms MotSts. Ia. Aug. 1o.-Cp tot O'Clock
t..,.,,i,, seventeen dead bodies had p''h |
- Tram the wreck Of the Chicago. ho'H
,.,nI and Pacific Railroad uan-ionrt''h
.,or to-, women. and one chil Among ih'-'
,sportod ia wounded T. Il. Baker one Vi D"i
,ums company. has since di'd'
Tn. following is full lI-t OF the u'au uS '''
l-asccrtainri; J. =,
Mrs. Emily Bah'oek of in'alu-ia' III,
Inl,r K oltanl dau.hf,ro of Booncsnoro' Ia
Mrs william Crow ~ DIS MONIES.
xulinm Kakrs,raw. engineer of the train
- stuart VI Iowa. go
Al Cohen. commercial traveller Of Pcorla' ILL.,
Jobca h. Prince aud d. \. Bronson oi Cincih-
satL ,n
william Cunning ncwshoy of Des Mones.
Th. following named were in Barnum- ear;
no., p.rry. George Rockwell. John Purcell.
I,hn Bruce. Charles THOMPSON. and \. Mack.
Tv, moro bodies are known To- bc in the
x,.k auaof BIrnum's men ana little girl
s,,,f,.r of Mrs Crow. onc of the women KILL
A. I, t. thought ly many that there are siill
,b.r h,Nc- in the bottom of the wreck or tloat-
,d down the stream. but the total Of the death
roll thus far is twenty
The bridge was over what is known as Little
r,u-.r,il. creck. nine miles cast of Dcs Moines.
risa little stream generally quiet. and never
before known to be M high as 1t was made 10y
he hsunurecrdcntrd rainfall ~ yesterday morn
inssnd the night before. The bridge rested on
,stone arch twelve feet in the clear with walls
Eve fee, thick. The bridge is approached from
HE east around curve and down grade. IL
Is thought the rails were left standing alone.
A. The train approached the engineer SLACK
,ned nj. speed tin he came in sight Of the
bridge and supposing that all was right.
dashed upon II. The channel Of the stream
ras forty or fifty feet wide. and the banks about
twenty feet high The 70 .omotive landed at tho
foot of the western side and half buried itself in
The earth Barnum's car was neat To- the IN
pinc and It dropped into the channel. The mail
rar followed. passing directly over It and smash
Ing it to pieces. but gong the bottom, bar OF
Iron running clear through II. The men IN that
car - oaped alive. Even the lamps We're not put
out Tho first passenger ear pitched down into
W, chan n 81 where the water was at least IL feet
deep. The next car plunged under this, teescop-
Ing with il. and the next telcs 'oped half through
both Of the two preceding It, The sleeping ear
did not g. into the creek. It, occupants were
Iarrcd but none of them seriously hurt. The
most of the killed We're in the car III front oil the
Ieeping car.
The -ccne at the time Of the accident ia thus
lssrrbed Aterrnc rain WIS falling intorrents
lssompanied by wind. lightning and violent
Aundcr. The crash put cut the lights. and III,
I'ene OF terror which ensucd may be imagined
The mon who were not injured and could ge
out went to work at once to rescue the living
Ind wounded. They had 10 20 Il mile To farm
house 10 get axes to chop them out but the,
worked heroically. and by daylight had most OF
The wounded rescued There were many pitt
hi scenes and tender incidents. One mother
was killed while sitting between two children
who escaped unhurt. Ono little girl, who had
AIN in the water for four hours with u heavy
man lying doad beneath her body. was dscov
cred to be breathing and was rescued and re
nor.d and now shows no si.:n of injury.
Tho dead were brought here on u train. reach
he here at IL o'clock Some twenty nvc Of tn
sounded came with them. The officers of th
road wore at the wreck AL day caring for th
lad and wounded.
The wounded are n. Jennings Of Rochester
Y. ono OF Bar. ums men. slightly; A. J
Partridge conductor OF Des Moines badly
BENJAMIN II. Trucks. nrcman badly Col G
" L1wrie OF Booneshoro. Ia. not dangerously IS
Mrs. howrls VIZ y ih1 Ir'cIis sSrlIEu1y
husband and the daughter OF Mrs; Bolt ar
deadl. Edwar Dunn Of Rochester, \. y badl'
hands burned aud collar-bon. broken: william
s.ClDton Of Grand Rapids Mlch injured Yer
Severely dunn, Baker. and Clayton are of Bar
pum'7 compHnyl; J. ., Graham Of Bloomfield
bgnship. Polk county, Ia. badly cu', ). Fer
Yuson Of Andalg-Ia ill naly lrHiiIssd iiss Mrs
sruiscd' @ d." ". +. ~caliw@@l Xiyin. H.. bad
iy cut Theodore Kraft Of Kankakcc IL
slight cut on the back and head injured; II
mer Gurkendcll Of Canton, ILL.,, badly injured
Mr.. Ellen MeCrill. Keithehure, H.. slight
hurt Albert T. West. Sandhnnk. Oswego coun
h.N Y. bruised; ". Hume. p"s Mgines. bad
Itaisei; Datd Morgan. NV sharon, lows
nose broken and iitre scratched: jacob Sprnl
tark, Dennis shannoa Ohio, badly bruised i
| breast and right leg Morris Harrington. Mus
| calnc Iowa. hallJ cut IN III. back Louis Har
Tneton son qi above cut slightlyi Cnarls
iursd ,p1naan Campbell. ,Tiskilwa. III. y
Norah Cam pbrll. daughter of above. several
l bruised C. c ColVln, Rose. Wayne county.
Internal injuries; Dr. \ ;; GqibcIson. PHI
y''io%a. sslrreIy % rel " Mrs, b. b osborn Avoei
Iowa, slightly. Mrs. ! ; Jones, Prophetslowi
II, slightly Mrs { Fold Moline T., slightly
u Jones, Drs Mours. hadly hurt George v
spurlo,k. Competine. WIpelo county, low
al Who werc wounded in the accident on III
ho'k Island u 'al Yesterday and brought heI
ore dong we'll and the lhysirianS are eohidei
hone wl.l die The dead were brought hel
A. night aud several bodies were forward
Ms atrnnou 10 their friends.
lhr work 4 clearing the wreck where u WI
.fH'n ihl0 tho mud ana soft dirt going ,
l9dV Two bodies are known 10 be- In Il
ushti4 and II Is feared there may be three
ionr more. as that number OF passengers 10 st
tn body supposed last nigh, TO he thnt
Jaifray A. pric,'nf Cincinnati. was to-day idel
II NAol as A v Flowers OF Wisconsin,