Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-11-13
DEATHS DROP!
st. Charles Bridge Broken
MEN AND BEASTS KILLED.
A Freight Train Falls Eighty
Feet into the River.
-Four Men Killed Outright.

Feet into the River.
-Four Men Killed Outright.
The st. Charles bridge catastrophe
of Last Saturday night is the leading
topic of conversation on the streets Of
our city.
HOW IT
From information CLEANED from va
rious sources the following appears as
a correct statement of the accident
and its attendant circumstances: The
train was a special one and was made
up at Malvern, Mills county, Iowa,
of seventeen cars filled with live stock
for the st. Louis market and 3 ca
boose. Eleven of these cars
contained cattle and six contained
hogs. At Moberly it was taken charge
of by Conductor .. G. Kinley. The
conductor registered at ST. Charles at
$40 O'Clock and stepped into the To-
connective. When the train started to
cross the bridge there we're five drov-
ers and II brakeman in the caboose,
and another nj on the roof of the
car. Ten minutes are allowed in
which to cross the bridge-that is, ii
must not be crossed in a shorter time
than that, but more time may be con-
sumcd in transit if it is thought nee
essary. 1t was exactly 8:20 O'Clock
when the trellised portion of the
bridge was reached, and Conductor
kinney stepped from the engine tC
the bridge to watch the train as il
passed over, intending to jump on
tn caboose as it came along. The
engine and one car passed the west
ern span in safety, when suddenly the
conductor was startled by q crash,
and the second, third and fourth cars
sank into the river, breaking the
coupling Of the first and second cars.
The real portion of the train remain
ed on the bridge an Instant, and was
then drawn over into the yawnine
abyss and disappeared with q terrific
crash.
II KILLED y WOUNDED.
Following is a correct list Of the
killed and wounded:
Josiah Wearen, taken from the
wreck dead and fearfully crushed
He was 80 Years Of age, and resided
; ,,,,, 1flnp, T,u-, rrbnrn h., lanpaa
: a wife and five children. He was :
t;lrmc", VAS reported to be very
wealthy was vicc-prcsidcnt of the
First National Bank Of Malvern. He
had six car loads of cattle in the train
MIR. Hyde, 90 years of age, q far
mcr and a resident Of Montana. Fol-
several months he has been visiting II
the house of Mr.. Wearen, and wa,
financially interested in the later:
Shipment Of live stock. He was :
was Il widower and had q son, wht
now resides in Montana. Mr.. lIyd;
was taken from the wreck dead an,
III II frIghtfulIv mangIcd condition.
Charley Irwin, Il brakeman, ?
wears OF age, unmarried, and 4 ma
tive of Mount Vernon, O., where hi.
mother now resides. He had bcr,
making his home at MoberIy, Mo
He was taken from the wreck in al
inscnsible condition, but rccovere,
consciousness soon attcrward and wa
removed to the Gait house. where h,
died at noon Yesterday, having re
ceivcd internal Injuries
George Barnlart. n brakeman. 2
years OF age and Il resident of Mober
". NO, where His wife, whom h
had recently married. also resides
When taken from the wreck he wa
dead. his body having been crushe,
into Il mass of flesh aud bones be
tween he caboOsc and a stock car.
John Summers farmer who reside
mean Malvern, went down with til,
cahoOsc and had his left leo broker
in two places. He il II years of ag,
and married. He was taken to tn
Gait house, where his icg was set b.
Il physician fro IL MobcrlI. and wheI
the reporter lett last night was sleep
ing quietly.
Frederick Davis, Is years of age
and single escaped with only A few
slight bruises. He was in charge O
two car loads of stock belonging to hi
father and brother, who are farmer
residing near Malvern.
STRAINS TOR
The seventh occupant of the ca
boosc was j. NJ. Strain, whose es
cape from the caboosc, as it was abon