The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-18
In BRIDGE DIsASTn.

1H BRIDGE DISAS1KR.
0roph,c Description Of the Wreck
By One Who Wa There.
M. J. n. Strain, vho va q passenger
on the freight train that vent through
the 81. Charlea bridge Saturday night last.
gives graphic description 81 the wreck, -
follow:
Il sD Q farmer and seside near Malvern,
Mill county. 10. I he'd Eve csrl losds Of
cattle and Eve az hogs in The train. When
the train started I got into the cabooss and
ssood In the rear end - il vent On the
bridge B.mhsrs, one Of the brske"ep,
came in, got drink Of water and . chew Of
tobaoco sni then ven, up On the top Of the
car. The train vas moving along very
slowly. There vere iSur drosem in the css
hesides NE. and Charley Irwin. the other
brakeman. vho died here little while ago.
When the train got veil onto the bridge
Mr. Hyde ~ asleep % his seat and % vas
Mr.. Summer. Mr.. wearen and the young
nsa Davis vere sitting down. bot don't
know whether they vere asleep or not.
After Ne had been going along on the bridge
. len mo@snes I hesnl strange noise in
the frooi Of the train. couldn't describe
il bat il vas.
PECULIAR KIND OF A NOISE
that startled me, although did not think
1t the time that IN accident VA about 10
occur. But IL seemed such strange mise
that ! thought wonld try and zee whss il
vsa stepped on, M the rear platform Of
the csbocse and just then ! heard crash-
ing aud splsshins in the wafer. AZ I stepped
on The platform iook~d "a aud sac good
chance To get onto the timber ol tie bridge.
I did o. aud looked around and saw the csr
next 10 TIE csb Nsr just g,'inx over the open
place in the bridge. AImo<, instantly the
caLoo~e followed. aud ~rni crashing down
on The other cars. Twas s,artled, of c.'urse.
and knew !" IN instant that something
terrible had happened, bat ! could do moth
ing o. that time, -, walked back over the
bridge into town. When left the car and
vent Out on the plsiiorm ! didn't say any
Thing u the other men, brc,nse did not
think that IN accident vas going To happ-o.
and even when l gos % the car l did not
know What rs goisg on until
IsAw THE TRAIN GOING DOWN,
and then il vss TOO late 70 do anything TO
ave The oihenL Before the train vent down
d 90 moving along steady and nice, and
when heard The noise had mo- idea What
d W.s.-
4 reporter of the 81. Louis TT,aes visited
he wreck end adds that il was sight TO
THE NUTII.ATED REMAINS
4 nearly all the cattle and hog. (About
! car load Of the latter we're reacued alive
md taken across the riser.) The cattle
sers torn in some instances until their car.
.assss vere simply hesps Of disio,esrased
lesh and hone. Chunks Of Aesh chung N
be VOID and iron work and waved to and
70 in the swift current, while shattered
zones and knuckle- joints prosrujed here
md there from the debris. Imagine seven
seu car losds Of animals crushed into .
,uge MAJ, the desh sud bones minsling
with the wood and iron,
md . picture il presented VI vhst
"a seen BY the reporter yesterday. Blood
Mingled freely viih the water. and shreds
{ Ae~h would occasionally dessch them |
elves and aoat "a dosn the river. II the
Missouri catfish do no, have grand and
ousinual feast at the St. Charles bridge for
be next fec days they will mis- glorious
opportunity.
Early in the day a party Of men we're en-
Issed in sailing about TIE wreck in skihs,
ryine To save some Of he stock, and their
.6orts we're rewarded By re.cu,ng about .
ar load 81 .oss. None Of the cattle we're
aved. Several we're found With their
REAIs ABOVE WATER,
'od alive, hat they were 20 securely held By
he debris tha, It wss impossible to extri-
ate them. They vere therefore killed in
,rder 10 end their suflerings. On the north
tide Of the vceck the water vac shallow,
md quite number Of ho8s managed 70 get
MT Of he wreck, end made their way 10 .
and bar about ten feet Distant Here they
sese found roofing in the sand and spPs-
'ently enjoying Themselves - thoroughly
u IL they hsd not just pa-sed through .
fearful accident. In order to get them to
Ibe main land. il was necessary to force
hem into the water, tie them behind skiG
md toe them to the shore. They evincei
decided opposition to any more water and
'queslei and struggled vigorously when
|orce,l 10 tske il up. All we're finally load
ID into wagons and were Carried Of to the
Jerry.
The Di6oronCo
Dr.. Prices Extract Of Vanilla il made
from the true Mexican VsnilI. bean. while
nome 81 the - called extracts Of vanilla in
The market are but IN imitation, made from
The ionqua, 0r emf bean. d.. Prices ex.
tract Of Vanilla hiss the 6ne, delicate IA
vor Of the fruit.
The 0odalis and l1arohsll Railroad.
The Manhall Daily Progress oil yesterday
devoses large portion Of its spscs to the
railroad meeting held there Saturday, end
in N editorial calls upon the people Of 81
line county to 90 about the work in earn
e., assuring then that Sedalia and Peisis
county sill do their part. The following
paragraphs also appear 10 that payer:
'sPropesty-ovssn Of Nanh.ll, you are
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