The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
WRECKED ON THE WABASH.

the wabash Road Near Decatur, III
| List of the yYOunded-A Broken Rail the
| Cause of the Disaster.
DECATUR, Ill, May 8.
A dreadful wreck, caused by a broken
| rail, occurred south of Decatur on the ST.
Louis division of the Wabash Road at six
O'Clock yesterday morning, resulting in
the injury of nearly forty people. It was
the fast through passenger train, No. 43,
from Toledo, bound for st. Louis in
charge of Walter Morgan, conductor, and
| Harry Gillis, engineer. The train was
! heavily loaded and going down hill at
the rate of thirty-five miles an hour, when
| two rear passenger coaches and a sleeper
were thrown from the track, which spread
| for a distance of two hundred yards.
The sleeper fell down u sharp decliyity
| on its side, as did also a passenger
coach. The other passenger coach
| reared up nearly on end Fortunately
| no one was killed outright. Only
three of the thirty-nine are thought to
be seriously hurt by the four Decatur
su cgeOns who went to the scene with two
wreck trains to care for the wounded.
All were taken to Blue Mound in the sew
eraI coaches which passed safely over the
eleven o'clock, when trains went by in
safety. The damage 10 Wabash stock is
very heavy.
THE VICTIMS.
Following is full list of the injured
passengers:
w. \. Boydstown, Warsaw, Ind; Sc
we're bruise of left elbow.
Mrs. l. L. Wizeman, Warsaw, Ind. in
jured severely in left side; bad cut on
left arm; unable to use left limb.
Myrtle Wizeman, eight years old, pune
tured wound of scalp and left side
c. T. Murphy, Connersville, Ind; con-
| fusion of back, severe; unable to walk.
Mr.. j. B. Rented, Fort Wayne, Ind;
| confusion of back and toes on right foot;
unable to walk.
Aaron Short, of Rochester, Ind; Sc
we're scalp wound on left side of head
three inches long; cut over right eyebrow
inch long ard back bruised.
George Short, eight years old, scalp
| wound and other injuries
Harvey Short, eleven years old, cut on
top of head, three inches long.
Newell Short, child, abrasion of right
cheek and scalp wound.
Mrs. Aaron Short, cut on right side of
the head, three inches long.
There were eight of the Short family,
and five of the eight were hurt. The fam
lily was going to ConcOrdia, Kas.
L. w. Hora, Connersville, Ind, cut
three inches long on forehead and bruise
on back.
Chas Fee, St Paul, MINI, bruise on
back and severe cut in the leg.
Susan Lawson, slightly wounded.
Mrs. Nancy TenbrOecke, Hammond,
III; cut over the right eye and bruised
in the left groin.
B. f. Briggs, Levina, n. Y; eighth
and ninth ribs broken on the left side and
D., 4
j. NJ. Vincent, Buchanan, Mich, sleep
ing car conductor; fracture of spine, and
two severe scalp wounds on the back of
| the head; lower eXtremities paralyzed;
single man; probably fatally injured
w. E. Robinson, Silver Lake, Ind;
cuts on left side of the chin, one and
half inches long; over right brow, one
| inch long.
A. ID. Degarno, Highland Station, Mich;
| cut on the middle of the forehead and
back of the head, each one inch in
length.
Mrs. S. G. Fairbanks, Lisbon, Ind. left
shoulder dislOcated; bruised on right side
and back; going to Brunswick, Mo, to
visit her daughter.
J. B. Porterfeld, Sidney, Ill; disloca-
| tiOn of right shoulder; severe Zigzag
three-inch cut on back of hand; going to
St. Louis to purchase machinery to start
coal shaft at Sidney.
w. f. SnlveIy, Bellaire, o.; dislOcation
| of left shoulder.
Anna Clayton, Rochester, Ind; bruise
over right eye and left hip.
DIR. w. p. Armstrong, Lafayette,
! Ind; inch-and-a-haf wound on top of
head; left rib fractured; was moving to
Ackley, Kas.
Miss Annie Bigler, MfHersburg, O.,
cut two inches long on left side of
forehead.
j. H. Peck, of Cleveland, O., frac-
lures of seventh and eighth ribs; left
side, and separation of costal cartilage.
George Neck, Detroit, Mich, severely
bruised on left hip and elbow.
J. S. Rogers, Toledo, o., fracture of
small bone of left leg.
Rev. n. CrarY, Hicksyille, o., bruises
on left thumb.
Henry Ort, Defiance, O., cut over right
eyebrow Of an inch; injured on left hip
and shoulder.
J. b. Jones, Connersville, Ind, bruised
on right shoulder.
r. X. Jared Vanvleet, Flint, Mich, ser
iOuSly hurt in chest and suffered
a great shock. He is land ex-
cursIon agent for the Missouri
Pacific
Oscar Vanderbilt indianapolis, travel
ing passenger and land agent for the
Northern Pacific; slightly hurt.
Charles Mount, COnnorsvilIe, Ind; cut
abrasion of scalp on top of head.
j. X. Sutton, MOrrisonyiIIe, Ill. severe
p bruises on both knees
Elizabeth Howard, Union, n. Y; Sc
we're cut over right eye and on right arm
and injured in small of back.
c. Boss, Defiance, o.; chest injury;
not severe.
Rhoda Kennega, ChurubuscO, Ind, Sc
we're bruise on top of head; going to
| Missouri
Mrs. William A. Walker, West Brattle-
boro, Vt, hurt in back and unable to
| move.
1t is reported by the surgeon that Con-
ductor,Vincent cannot survive, and that
Mrs. Walker is probably fatally injured.
The wounded people will remain at Blue
Mound until they are able to proceed on
their Journeys or return home.
German Evangelical Synod.
ST. LOUIS, No, May Z.
The triennial meeting of the Missouri
Synod of the German Evangelical Church
!, commenced its sessions in this city this
morning at Trinity Church with sermon
bv Prof. f. A. W. Kraus, Chancellor of
the Teachers Seminary, Addison, Ill
| This forenoon the Synod organized for a
ten davs' session. After to-day the ses-
sions will be held morning and afternoon
in the chapel ofConcOrdia College. About
500 ministers and 800 lay delegates, rep
resenting every State in the Union, are
present.
The SWAIN Investigation.
WAsHINGTOS, ID. C., May Z.
The Swain Court of Inquiry met to-
dav. More than two hours were occu-
Died in reading the report of the proceed