Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-02-14

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Persons Killed or Burned-A Build
Ing at Alliance. Ohio, Blown Up by
Gasoline-Seven Persons Lose Their
Lives.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February ]. The
Monon train due here at 1890 yesterday
morning, made its last stop at Broad
Ripple before reaching the city, and was
inst getting under headway when it be-
gan to cross the bridge over White
River. The train consisted of an en-
|gine, bagge and express car, smoking
car, and ladies' coach. Conductor w. 8.
Losey was in charge and John Bremen
was engineer. The latter, after leav-
ing the station, however, had gone
into the baggage-car for drink of
charge OF the engine. The bridge was
OF the ordinary Howe truss pattern, con-
slst1ng OF two spans, each $50 feet il
length. A speed. of about fifteen miles
per hour had been attained, and the
train had pulled its full length on the
bridge, when Nonan felt the baggage
car sinking. He had his hands on
the throttle.valve at the moment,
and instinctively pulled her wide
open. AS the engine shot forward
the baggage-car plunged down.
ward and the tender was sepa.
rated at both ends from its connections,
and the engine fairly climbed into a
position of safety on the remaining
span. The jerk lifted the tender off the
rails, and it ran short distance on the
ties and stringers without leaving tie
bridge. The first break in the bridge
occurred directly under the baggage
car, which seemed to be pressed down
by some supernatural power, and
it dropped like lead into the water be-
low. The smoker forged ahead few feet
and dropped squarely upon the forward
cars. The rear coach went down
through second break in the span,
and, the channel being choked with the
debris of the bridge and of the forward
part of the train, all the occupants es-
capped death. Inside of an hour after
the accident wrecking train was at the
scene. The sight that presented itself
to the rescuers was narrowing one.
Half the bridge was down, and, with the
debris of the cars, was in flames, which
originated from the stoves in the
coaches. Nothing but the wheels and
other iron work remained. A dozen
men wero endeavoring to quench the
fire with buckets of water. Soon large
bucket brigade was formed and the
burning wreck was rapidly cooled so as
to permit the work Of recovering the
bodies to begin. The dead and seri-
ously injured were all confined in the
ruuis of the smoker and baggage car, and
these, lying one on top of the other,
were in deep water near the pier. The
river was high and the current strong
and icy, adding to the difficulties of the
search, which was quite tedious, there
being only one skiff to work in. It was
q sickening and heartrending labor.
Fiveformless and almost unrecogniz-
able trunks or other portions of the hui
man body we're taken from the shoulder
ing pile.
Following are the names of the dead:
John q. Brewer, engineer, Lafayette.
J. d. Ricketts,, baggagemaster, Monon.
Abe Smith, American Express messenger.
Madison, Ind.
George Lawry, brakeman Buena Vista.
John Bray, Deming. Ind, passenger.
The names of the injured, all of whom
were passengers, save two, are:
Lynn CLARK. westfeld, supposed to be fatally
W. P. HauK, westfeld, Ind, head cut and
bruised.
William A. Semons, ex-sheriff of Hamilton
County, arm broken, face cut and side bruised.
VIM. T. Swiggart, Carmel. skull fractur cd and
hip 3 hurt; y wb;to ,r,o.en.n = ,,,;.a,
Charles Parker, bridgeman, face and head
cut.
Mrs. Sullivan and baby. bruised.
J. B. Horton, slightly scorched and bruised.
Thomas Parr, superintendent of
bridge repairs on the road, who was
working on the bridge when it went
| down, is missing, and it is believed his
| body is underneath the wreck at the
bottom Of the stream. Several others
are missing, among them Elwood Moop,
merchant of Horlonviile, who is ssid
to have been on the train and has not
since been seen. He has wife and ten
children. Matt Hayes, of Louisville,
travelling agent of the Fairbanks Scale
Co., is also missing. l
Lynn Clark, who is supposed to be
fat'lly burt, had frightful expert, nee
he was pinned down to the burning car
by heavy stripger, and was abandoned
to his fate after strenuous efforts by the
lucky survivors, owing to the rapid ad,
vance Of the flames When all hope for
him had been abandoned he era ylsd
from the fire, the flames having eaten
through the timber that pinned him
down.
A bridge repairer named White had a
miraculous escape. He was at work on
the bridge at the time and was carried
| down by the wreck. He was forced to
the bottom by the weight of the mate
rial that surrounded him, but by desper-
ate effort freed himself. and came to tho
surface. The current carried him to a
point 100 yards below the bridge, where
he crawled out.
| BLOWN TO RUIN.
| ALLIANCE, o., February 2.--A fright
full explosion occurred in the business
portion of the city. yesterday afternoon,
shattering windows and enveloping the
vicinity of F. NJ Orr's brick block in
cloud of dust. When those who hap.
pened to be near the scene recovered
from the shock, it was discovered that
the Orr block had been Ieveled
to the ground and the brick blocks
on either side badly riddled. In
few moments flames arose from the ruins
and fire alarm was sounded, but the
fire had so much headway before the de.
partment arrived that it consumed near
" all of the debris and two adjoining
| buildings. The widest excitement pre.
vailed. It was known that six. or more
people were killed or were then i'm
prisoned in the runs and would perish
by fire. MeD, women and children,
bareheaded and wringing their hands,
relatives of the inmates of the buildings
destroyed, wandered about in the hope
]essness Of despair at their inability to
save the unfortunates.
Those known to have perished are as
follows: +. NJ. Orr, Elmer Orr, his eon,
Mrs. Homer Hight and daughter, Mrs.
years aud 4 months respectively. The
| women and chiIdren wara in fha eeoon5