The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-09
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
Railroad Disaster Other Casualties

| Ea1lroad Oasaster-Osher Casualties
/ NEW YORK. Feb. s-A report reaches
here from Buffalo that the roos of q depot
fell In while a train with passengers was
standing 10 the building and that a num-
Der wers killed.
BUFFALO, Feb. 8-Shortly after Q
O'Clock this morning the arched roof of
| the old New York Central depot. ON
Exchange street, over weighted with ac-
cumulated snow and weakness caused by
the removal OF the former Offices, which
had formed large portion Of its support,
| fell, burying a mum ber of cars and human
beings beneath the tangled mass Of iron.
wood, glass, snow and brick. The ST
Louis express on the Central. was three
hours late. The connecting train on tho
Lake Shore, composed OF four cars with
the sleeper Meta, stood upon the outer
track. The Canada Southern train had
| just hauled out and only twenty minutes
| before the day express on the Central had
borne eastward a large load of living
| freight. The switch engine. Frank
Schasfsr engineer. was on the middle
| track ready to take Coroner Scott to
East Buffalo. Near the other end Of
the new depot was q train OF fat cars.
| On the track just outside the south wall
| we're some old fashioned passenger cars
belonging to the Central. Among the
people kDown to be in the depot just
previous to the crash were Depot
Master Byron Kierney aud John
| Ready, Of Johnston Brothers eat
ing house, who stood near
together about the center of the building
Dewitt G. Gibson, switchman, L. NJ
Stevens and Robert Berry, baggsgeman;
Il. q. Smith, passenger agent OF the Lake
Lnta n
5. Hubbs and other employees, and half a
the Lake Shore train. and one or two
others. believed to be lost, were standing
IN the depot near the fiat cars. The work
of overhauling the ruins was Immediately
begun by the FIRE department and EN-
ployes OF the road, The first two bodies
recovered were those of Capt. Byrnes and
Henry Walters. Shortly after the work
men found the nangled body of VIM.
Wells. clerk for Car Inspector Howe, of
she Lake Shore railroad. Two other
bodies were found later John Ell Jack
son. colored. was in the closet of the wait
ing room and Immediately on hearing the
crash smashed window and jun ped into
the street. He was followed by Wm. f.
Odeli. agent of the Wagner Sleeping Car
Company. j. Covey. who has charge of
the news stand, escaped through a window
by smashing a glass, which cut his hands
severely.
The work of cleaning away the debris
was completed this afternoon. The
killed are. The confidential clerk OF
Superintendent TiIlinshast. Henry
Waters: Capt. John w. Byrne. of this
city. who was waiting to take the train
for Erie; VIM. D. Wells, car Inspector g
clerk and Levi S. Huntington. clerk in the
Office of the Buffalo, Nsw York l. Paila
delphia railroad. Capt Byrne is the only
one of the victims married. The cause OF
the disaster is properly attributed to the
weakening OF the north wall of the depot
by cutting openings and passage ways to
connect with the new structure.
which attaches to tho old. and by
the removal of number OF walls. which
formed the different Offices ineide the old
structure. and the immense body of SNOW
which had accumulated. and was made ad
ditionally Eeavy by the recent rain and
thaw.
aBosToN. Feb S.-Only the Second
Mate and twenty seainen of the Bohe-
mian were saved making thirty niBe per-
sons drowned The vessel was probably
worth $500 900 when wrecked The
carge was worth S238, 600; insured Il 10
Rot known whether the vessel will be
saved or not
When the boa. struck the crew com
mencsd to rush about, but the Captain
was perfectly cool. The two starboard
boats were swung. Six persons got into
one. but it was stove. The second was
also damaged owing to the rolling of the
vessel. Eighteen got into the port life |
boats. The engineers were waiting to gss |
In, but the line broke and the boat
driftsd astern. IL was being rowed |
back when the ship keeled over and |
sunk stern foremost. Five men were
rescued from the damaged boat but two
died before landed. The steward states |
that when the Captain found fog setting |
two points eff, He then consulted his
chart, and going on deck and looking at
the ships course excl aimed. Good God, |
what are you doina2 Hard aportr She |
struck soon afterwards. The second
ofieer, below @. the tine, attributes the
disaster to the third officer mistsking the
Captains orders and keeping her two
points off the wind instead of off the shore.
The Captain gave orders to 90 full speed
astern before the ship struck. The boat
swain states that alter the pinaes was
launched, into which the Captain was to
get, the main mast struck it. The chief
ofheer of the Coast Guard says be saw
only one man cIingins to the rock. The
rocket line. was twice shot over the place,
but the third time il got entsngled in the
rock. The watch ou deck at the time was
drowned with the exec ption OF one or two.
DEs MONIES, Feb 6.-Seotion foreman
Denny. of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, was run over by a run
ming train and killed near Avoca to day
The incoming train on the sChicago.
Rock Island g. Pacific from the west ran
over an unknown man 10 the western part
of Des Moines at IL o'clock to night. The
wheel severed Il head and shoulders
from the body.