The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-30
. rr,xb,,uI Railroad Accident.


stream The engine Is completely olt o
sight. Bsrnums show car went down
among the res, and it Is said that all
eleven occupants but one were kllieo
Fnll particulars are impossible, a
the accident occurred several mlle'
from a telegraph Office. Arrsngement
will soon be made tor telegrsphlc com
municstion direct from the scene OF the
accident The following partial list o'
unhurt and slightly injured passenger
has been received: Mrs. Lon Hersburg
and four children, sll safe; W. ID. ID,
Jones, Keithsburg, Ills, }. }. Jones
Whlteside county, Ills, A. l.. katz, \
L., DR.. j. +. Frsnkenftlt, q. Z. CALVIN
CLYDE, N. Y, Judge Dllol and daughter
Iowa, Herbert b. Turner, n. Y, ID
Hurszelmann, Milwaukee, MIS-. A. +
Williams and son, Laramie, wyoming
Mrs Ellen and tive children, Mrs.. DR.. X
Stone and child Des Moines j. d. Craig
aud wife, Brooklyn. Iowa; L. Perkins
| Minnesots: Carrie and Belle Adolph
Pnilsdelphis; Mrs D. d. Osborne, Avocs
lows; Eva T. Adams, Chicago; K. NJ
Uherrle. Cbicagc; Kennie A. Fros'
Couacil Bluffs; MIS- }. l.. Graham, Dts
Moines; J. NJ. Adsl"y,. Davenport
slightly hurt; Mrs E. w. Coon, Wood,
land, Cslifornis; David Morgan, New
Sharon, Iowa, slightly hurt; 9 {
Gilman, Elders, Iowa; Two RIBS broken
and otherwise slightly bruised
A special to the State Register IRON
the wreck, says that there we're 10 killed
80 far as kuo sn. Twelve toiies are out
on the banks, as follows Billy Parkstsn
engineer; J. j. Bolt and daughter,
Boone. lows; VIM. Cummings, hewsboy
Mrs. Emma Bsbcock, school teacher
Rock Island, Ill and seven of Bsrnum
men, as follows: +. b. Baker, j. h
Breeze. A. Mack, G. Rockwell, and c
Thomson Purcell. -Four dead bodies arr
still seen in the wreck but cannot be got
| ten out at present. Mr.. j. X. Bolt. Whose
husband and daughter are among the
killed, is very seriously injured
Mr.. Bot WAS prominent citizen
and druggist at Boone, Iowa. The
accident was ocCss'oned by the wGShlng
out Of bridg', and occurred about iolr
O'clock this morning.
The ReqiStcr has the following addl-
tional particulars Wolrded w. Y
Humes, DeS Moines, slightly in bead A
J. Patrick, cOndu 3tor, dangerously; VI ;
ID. A. Stebbns, bru sed considerably; :
:. Fergusoa, Andslysis, HIS, slightly j
l.. Graham and wife, Des MONIES, bo.t
slightly; l. ). Spencer, Lsthrop, lows
injured across the brcsa. and bo.t
legs; Ssrl's Browning, 81. Louis severely
bru sed, burned and knee cut; DR.. Camp
bell, wife and daughter, LiskOl
va county, IllinoS, all slightly
bruised William NJ. Hsrringion
Washington, lows, slightly DAME
Shsnner, legs and breast, severely; Mrs
| Mary Huff, Norwslk, Iowa, back and
head; MIS- G.. Follett, Moline, Illinois
severely. Ben Truck, the fireman, made
q miraculous escape.
1:55 p. None more body has been re.
covered. He was quite an old man, with
the name of j. S. Fergus IN in his hat
In the car not Yet uncovered s'vera
more bodies can be seen. The car top oI
this is now being lifted Oft with rop, ans
pullevs. The todes so far recovered are
now being loaded OF the caIs TO be sent
to De- Moines. 1t Is thought that severa
have hoated down the stream. The wa
ter in the channel Is over 20 feet deep
| The wounded survivors are al at AltOO
M, and no names can be had ut the
wreck.
DEs MONIES, August 29.-The body
last taken out from the wreck near Al
toona, at $50 p. NJ, wss that of Mrs
| Crow. wife of workman IN pork
house in East Des Moines. Her hcsC
was caught AID mashed between the tive
car tops. The top car Is now beng
pulled of
LATER-Tnree more bodies have been
taken out, all men. One is supposed by
the papers on him to be - Cager, :
commercial traveller from Peoris, Illinois
Tue other two bodles have not been
identified The body of u lady can now
be seen tight in the wreck making
eighteen persons known to be killed
| The three cars are so firmly teleS ,oped
together that it is impossible to pry them
apart, even with block and tackle The
name of the last man taken out ws>
Thomas Dunnsway, of Ess: Des Nome,
who ran away from the insane asl lum
there
At SIX o'clock seventeen bodies mad
be taken lfrom the wreck, fourteen
men, two women ani one Child. Among
the wounded is +. b. Baker of Bsrnum :
men, who mas since died. The full lsi
| of dead Is as follows Mrs. Emily Bah
cock, OF Audulissis, Ills, j. X. Bait and
| daughter Boones bOro, Iowa, Mrs. VIM
Crow. Des Eoiues, Mrs. Donowsy, Des
Moines, VIM. X. Akestr4w, engineer
of the train, Stuart Nj. Cohrr,
| comme-cIsl traveller, Peors, Ilino :;
Jabez Z. Prince and ID. A Bronson,
| CincInnatI " m. Canning, news sboy, ID :
Moines Tire following were in Bs'-
NUNS car Green berry, George Rock
well, John Purcell, John Bruce. Charlie
L rompson, A Mack Two more lsdie
are known TO be in the wreck, and one
OF Barnum'> men and a little girl, dsugh
ter OF Mr.. Crew. one Of the women
! killed. 1t thought by msmy that there
are still other ladies in the bottom # the
wreck. or have fosted down stream. but
the number OF killed J. now pisred Al
twenty The bridge was the one
that u known g. Little Four
Mile creek, nne miles east OF
Des MCiues It's little stream and
generally quiet and never before known
to be as high as it Was made by the u.s.
PIE ede ted rsln OF yesterday morning
and the night before. rne bridge rcs:ed
on an arch II feet in the clear by
walls > feet thick. The bridge is ap.
proached from the east round a curve
and down grade. 1t is thought the
rail: were left standing alone as the
train approached and the engineer. who
had >ackened his speed TIL he came
in sight of the bridge, supposing sll Wa,
right, dashed on il The channel OF the
stream was 40 or so feet wide and the
banks about twenty feet high. The loco
motive landed at the loot of the western
side, and halt buried itself in the earth.
Barnums car was annexed 10 the engine.