The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-30
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.
The Very Latest Dispatches By
Associated Press.
HORRIBLE CALAMITY.
RAILROAD TRAIN WRECKED IN low
Eighteen Persons Killed and many more
Wounded-List Of the Killed and Injured
and Cause Of Accident

WOunueu-1lhL VI INC hlll0u ana injured
and Cause Of Accident.
CHICAGO, Aug. 90.
A terrible accident on the Cincinnati,
Rock Island and Peoria railroad occurred
Moines. From 10 to 80 killed; no parti-
culars.
All the train but the sleeping car went
down into the stream, the engine out of
sight, Barnum's show car among the rest
and it is said 10 or II occupants were killed.
The accident occurred several miles flom
a telegraph Office. TIE following is par
tal list of those unhurt and slightly in
iured. Blrs. Law Hersberg and four chill
dren, safe; II. II. Jones, Keilhs burg, ILL.,;
j. l. Jones, Whitside county, Ill. A. L..
Kstz, New York DR.. J. f. FraDkenfeld,
Philadelphia; A. G. Colvin, Clyde, N. Y !;
Judge Dillon and daughter, Iowa Herbert
B. Turner, New York; II. Hulzleman,
Milwaukee Mrs. A. f. Williams and son,
Laramie, Wy; Mis-. Ellen and Ave chill
dren, Mrs. DR.. Il. M. Stone and child, Dee
Moines j. Ii. Craiger and wife, Brook
lyn, Iowa. L. Perkins, Minnesota Car
re and Bell Adolph, Philadelphia Mrs
L. d. Osborn, AvOca, Iowa; Eva L.
Adams, r. NJ. Chevine, Chicago Kannie
a. Frost, Council Bluffs Mrs. }. s. GIa-
ham, Des MUines ]. Madsley Davenport; |;
Mrs. E. w. Coon. Woodland, Gala Da-
vid Morgan, New Sharon, Iowa; slightly
hurt. G. G. Gilman, FL DoraCo, had Two
ribs broken, otherwise slightly bruised.
A special ssys l6 were killed and as far
as known 12 bodies have been taken out
on the banks as follows Billy Rakstran.
engineer, j X. Bolt and daughter, Boone,
Iowa; VIM. Cummings, news boy; Mrs
Emma Babcock, echool teacher, Rock Is.-
and; seven of Barnums men mtn as fol-
lows: +. B. Baker, j. II. Preeze, A.
Mack, G. Rockwell, q. Thompson, J. Par
cell. Four dead bodies are still ceen In the
wreck but cannot be got out at present.
Mrs. J. X. Bolt, whose husband and
daughter were killed, Is badly injured. Mr..
Bolt was prominent citizen and druggist
at Boone, Iowa.
The accident was occasioned by the
washing out of u bridge, and occurred at
four O'Clock this morning. The following
are the additional particulars: Wounded,
W. Y. Humes, Des Moines, slightly in the
head; A j. Patricks, conductor, danger
ously Mrs. D. A. Stebbins, Panther Creek,
bruised considerably; s. S. Ferguson, An
dalusia, ILL.,, slightly; j. L. Graham and
wife, both slightly L. S. Spencer, La
throp, Iowa, injured across the breast and
both legs; j. Earles Browning, st. Louis,
severely bruised, burned, and knee cut ;
DIR. Campell, wife and daughter, Fiskilwa
county, ILL.,, all slightly bruised; Nj. Har.
rlDgton Washington, Iowa city, legs and
breast severely injured; Mrs. Mary hof.
Norwalk, Iowa, in the back and head
Mrs. G. Follett, Moline, ILL.,, severely
Ben Truck, fireman, made a miraculous
escape.
1 55 p. m.-One more body has been re-
covered an old man with the name j. 3.
Ferguson in his hat. In car not yet up.
covered several bodies are seen. The car
top of this is now being lifted off. The
bodies recovered are being loaded on cars
tor Des Moines. 1t is thought several
foated down stream. The water is over
90 feet deep The wounded survivors are
at Altoona. No names can be had at the
wreck.
DEs MoINKs, Aug. 20.
The body of Mrs. Crow. East Det
Moines, has been found, her head held be-
tween two cars. The top car has now
been pulled off. Three more bodies have
been taken out, men. One is supposed by
papers found on him to be Cogen, COM
mercial traveller from Peoria, III. The
other two bodies are not identified. Tht
body of a lady is now tight in the wreck
making eighteen persons known to bt
killed. Three cars are go firmly telescopec
together that it is impossible, SO far. tC
pry them apart even with block anc
tackle. The name of the last mar
taken out was Thomas Dunaway, of Eas
Des Moines, who recently ran away from
| an insane aeylum.