The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-30

him, to be Cogen, commercial traveller
from Peoria. Ills. The other two bodies
are not identified. The body of lady is
now tight in the wreck, making the 18th
person known to be killed. The three cars
are so firmly telescoped together that it is
impossible, so far, to pry them apart even
with block and tackle. The name OF the
last man taken out was Thos. Dunaway, OF
East Des Moines, who recently ran away
from the insane asylum.
At 6 o'clock II bodies had been taken
from the wreck, IA men, two women and
oneachild. Among the wounded, f. Is.
Baker, of the Barnum men. has since died,
making the known dead Is in all.
THE FULL LIST OF THE DEAD
is as follows: Mrs. Emily Babcock, Anda-
lusia, H.; John K Bolt and daughter,
aged s, Boonesboro, Ia: Mrs. VIM. Crow,
of Des Moines; Mrs. Donoway, of .Des
Moines; VIM. Rakestran, engineer of the
train, Stuart, Ia; NJ. Cohen, commercial
traveller, Peoria, HI; 4, Jabes, Z. Prince,
and D. A. Bronson, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
aud the following were in Barnum's s car:
Greenberry, George Rockwell, John Pur-
cell, John Bruce, Charles Thompson r.
Mack. Two more bodies, known to have
been in the wreck, are of Barnum's men,
and little girl, the daughter of Mrs. Crow,
one of the women killed. 1t is also thought
by many that there are still others either
10 the bottom of the wreck or who have
f1oated down the stream, but the lost
foot up the total death roll at twenty.
The number of wounded so far reported,
is 80, three or four of whom may die from
their injuries.
THE BRIDGE
was over what is known as Little Four Mile
Creek. seven miles east OF Des Moines.
1t is little stream, generally quiet and
never before known to be as high as it was
made by the unprecedented rain fall OF
yesterday morning and the night before
The bridge rested on stone arch II feet
in clear. by walls FIVE feet thick. The
bridge is approached from the east around
curve and down a grade. 1t is thought
the rails were left standing alone as the
train approached and the engineer. who
had siackened this speed when he came il
sight OF the bridge, supposing that all wa,
right dashed upon 1t. The channel of the
stream was forty or fifty feet wide, anc
the banks about twenty feet high.
| THE WRECK.
The locomotive in its wild dash LANDED
at the foot of the western side, and bal
buried itself in the earth, Barnum's ca
vas next to the engine. It dropped int
the channel The baggage aud mail ca
| followed, and passed directly over it mash
ing it to pieces, but going 10 the bottom,
bar of iron running clear through it. Tn
men in that car escaped alive. The frs
passenger car pitched head down into tn
channel where the water was at least fiftee,
feet deep. The next car was plungeC
under this, telescoping with it, and tn,
next teescoped half through both Of til,
two preceding it. The seeping ear dil
not go into the wreck, simply because
there was not room tor it, Most Of tn
| killed were in the car in front of the sleeper
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The scene at the time of the accident i
described as having been terrific Raj
was falling in torrents, accompanied b.
wind, lightning. and violent thunder Th
crash put out the lights and the scene o
terror ensuing may well be imagined
Men who were not injured and could Ct
out went to work at once to rescue tn
living and the wounded. They had to e
into farm houses for axes to chop theI
ont. There were many painful scenes an
tender incidents. Oce mother was kilIe
sitting between two children, who escape
unhurt. One little girl who had lain i
the water for four hours, with heav
man lying dead beneath her body. wa
discovered to be breathing. and was re.
cued and restored, and now shows no sign
of iniurg,