The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-01
DARK AND D0LEFUL,
A Horrible Railway Accident Near
Indianapolis, Indiana.
What q Drink OF Water COst-1oney
and Life.
A Wlie's Fearful Fate at the Her
Hush ind's II ,ndS.
The Maybe Murder as Much OF n
Mystery ~ Ever.
AT Troy Is Feared-Why and
Wherefore.
How Chicago Medical Colleges Pro-
cure Proper subjects.
NiseCl Cllgppous New Items by Wires.
How Chicago Medical Colleges Pro-
cure Proper subjects.
Miscellaneous New Items by Wires.
Into tho watcr.

/ train dpr here ~ 10. 30 met with terrihle
Incident o. the bridge acrosi White rver
seven niles from the city. High water
had undermined the abuttments and the
/ locomotive AID two cars drnpped in the
river. The engineer AMI fireman and two
/ oibrr train men are reported wounded, and
/ SIX messengers are uis-iug. WrecElng
train. with Surgeons, and other assl5tants
ha. been sent from the ci.y.
rolioNiug Ia "A list of tn' missing and
snnppsed killed ,n the hcciieni
Ge,rg. L1Wcfv brHAeman, Buena VI ~.
IA. l. ckstt, bagg tgem IN, LpulsYilg,
John Brown, engineer, LniSyetr'
smith, expre's m' s4onErr, Indianapolis.
Pam, bridge iortman
John Brav pas onger, Wrsiheld.
s.yen passaugprs are sA'i O. be wounded.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Ispt.y.PlLIs, Jan "a. -rne south bound
acc cNmmodation tram on the lndlanapolls'
Chicago Air Line, due here ~ lO,oJ this
morning, met with terrible scolden, mDnn
seven mics from the city, at Broad klpple.
| Al this point the railway crosses Whi'e
river on a truss bridge OF two spans. each
| $50 feet. Tae engineer had gone TO the
baggage car for drink OF water aud the
locomotive was in charge of the
fireman. When the locomotive
reached the centre of the bridge the fire
| MS hand on the throttle which he opened
giving 20 the locomotive all available
steam, The engine sprang forward with
great force, breaking the couplings oe-
tween the tender and tina baggage car.
The locomotive kept the track, nut the
| baggage and smoking cars and another
coach dropped through and piled up IN ooe
mass at the foot OF the pier, the smoking
car being partially teiesc ped on the bag
gage car. The wreck was partial
| iy submerged but the pof
| ton above water Immediately took hre
from tho Stoves. The fireman states that
! when he looked back after the locomo olive
reached a safe point the cars were on lire
and tue smoke was ooscuring the scene
rhc news OF the wreck reached the city 10 !,
snort time, ard wrecking train, With 1ur
geons ana other assistance, was NJ oIce
made up aud sent to Broad ppie. On
reaching the wreck chaotic scene was pre-
,ented. The bridge and cars were
vet burning, aud those present were
10 lacking in presenee OF mind as
II DANES S' or afford Afford relief to the sufferers
Ofiicials OF the road vent to work vigorous
Iy and systematically, and In q shor. time
the bodies begun. Six persons we're either
killed outright or burned to death. The
re n ms recovered we're burned and charred
almost beyond recognition, being
horribly mutilated, and the only
mean, of identification was the finding
OF incom bustibies triokels known to be the
property of the dead men. Following Is a
John Brewer, Lafayette, Indiana, engi-
neer. , ~
]. E. Richstts, bssgagems'ser' New
George Lowery, brakemen, Busua Vista,
Thomas 4. Parr. bridge foreman. Indian.
Abel L. Smith, American express mes
The only passenger killed wa, John
BRAY, n stock dealer residing at Deming,
| New Mexioo. go
E1.Snerif Deman, of Nashville, had his
| right arm broken aud was I'M osuIy
about the head and body.
l.. Clark, of Wesitied, Indiana, was IN
jured internally and viii die.
The others injured are:
Joseph CLAY brou III, of Frankfort; cut on
head.
W l. Hawk, OF Westiied; head oadly cut.
w. f Swixert, of Carmel, skull irac
Mrs. Sullivan and babe, OF Carmel,
slightly,
B. Snyder, of tycoon; slightly.
A rang Of workmen h,d heen making
|
s,igntly iriur,d The two p'ssengsr' seri-
ously hurt, Drmau and CLARK, We q left ~
troad Ripple sud the others oronghf 10 ihis
citv. The accident Ia nov attributed 10
A defective thread on the supporting rods oI
| bridge, the nuts n the end rods htiinE so
| loosely thn the bridge was unable 20 sup'
port the weight OF the train. The scenes ~
the wreck are extremely istre5sinE.
rue desi were in tbe RUNS
Of the smoking and baggage cars, and
these on top OF each otner
were. In deep water. skill was used f5i
ierryirg to land the remaius Of the dead
B. j. White was working under the bridge
thinks the rods pulled through the
nuts, letting the bridge down. TO 81
appearance one break occurred within hf
teen feet of the pier and another ABOUT
mid wny OF the span. Whites escape wal
truly marvellous. Standing on the ice, thu
falling bridge and cars struck him o,
the head and drove him through
the ice and down to the
very bottom OF the river. Tae timbers die
not rest upon him, however, and ne swan
ont more dead than alive. covered VII
bruises, but able TO walk. IN
navs ex,inguished the ii &c with one buck-l
OF water, but It was not to be had q.
Loter and ]. Il. Horton we're Ia the sm,k
in. car. At one end lay man with hi
sknil crushed and life xinc,. Acros
him. close to the rel not stove. la,
Lynn Clark. a heavy timber binding on
leg immovably. Lpder tired TO hnd n
axe. with wnic, each car IS provided but |
was on the other SIDE OF the car, In two lee
OF water. -.
e FOR q DDS fake don't desert me-" erie
Clark,
"we did not desert him " said Lode'
d "un,il the fam,s scorchsd us aud We a
! were sufi icsiei wi smoie B-fore lra'
. ling kicked out a wind sw Gloss ny C'ari
and hft nim IN AGO y. Prren'ly N
2 flames burned the timD-r va tSo ci ,, g b
CLARK and ne crswled out - tue W ndo
+, which we hat hrnken for him
lin five MINUTES after tae train WI
/ dawn said Conductor ros-v, ".he en- u
\ wreck swas wrspp, q in Il mes. Ia lu
/. thine thaptnat air ~ho.hoi not escape
:. we're siready drowned. FrEhiul scresu
q e.me from he runs near the piers, rl
\ with two b blcseis and no b,si w. were po'
!. erless. and al we could do vas a. close ol
IS esrs s'rd pray for death TO relieve cur con
rades"
A patch of gray hsard led % the iden'
tica'iou John Bay. A train order
r mis- vest pocket led to the belief ths'
handful of bones 10 vb's
" veres hanging few sc-lus
q ro.sed ie.h were the rpm-ins Of Eng'ne
10 Newer. A button on the susnd h.t inc
~ a "a q