Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-30

n, a minute after the crash that the
r. c,rnmcpccd their work OF deStTuc-
i",n tc0 Won. thought my time had
To-, s,,rc There was pinned beneth
VI IT heavy sample trunks, and could
I.ot move in ans direction. When | saw
49, DANES al The other end OF the car
,rouobt. swell this is 20 ~ TO be my end
.j,cr All. and am going to be burned 10
18th II was a slckon-1g thought, can
,m Won. Phillips, ~ brakeman, was
ZINC beside me. aud Said II l couid give
Tim little more room he btileVed nc could
o., ont. ! accordingly squeezed myself
into - small space aS possible ana ny
So.,c,ofe efforts he managed 20 get ont be-
tween the trunks. then escaped through
t,sap,e ar,erture ~ working myself un-
derthe Trunks 10 the space when ne had
''c.,ni,d. The brakeman at once climbed
~, through the window, and followed
I'm clark. the baggsge-maD, had one leg
t,~lrr Int he managed 10 cXtrlcate him.
s.t ard dragged himself over the trunks
All c.cgped with the rest Of US. The fire
,.sr,cd at The east end 81 the baggage-car
90 tbc west end OF the coach where they
"sre togcfhcT. When | got out. which
,,I.t lave been in less than five minutes,
ai,bouyl II seemed an age, women were
,eninc inside the coach and fire had en-
.ciopedihf whole ear. The coach WAS right
s,Je nm. Int the seats seemed TO be broken
IN inside. and the passengers seemed to be
,i,red 10 the seats. There was light
lad m the coach. | cannot remember
more than dozen persons
TUE DEAD SISTERS.
Nuw,rErE, October 20.-The Francis
can SiS,,rs who lost their lives by the
~ 10 aff.hf hafnFp II
sitter AlphOnSe and sister DimpSeq. They
vcre accompanied by candidate from the
Noiher House at New Cassel, Wis. The
tvo sisters bad been 10 Chicago, and were
~ tbcir way TO the Winona Institute with
The candidate from New CasSel, who Joined
ih,m here. Al three persisted.
rrvTc1oR SEAMLESS STATEMENT.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS, OctDoer 29.-COn-
Jrrio- >carlc,, of The fIlCd train which
wrecked md DESTROYED at Rio, will re-
cover. What he recalls OF the passengers
IN the coach Wuosc occupants were ere
Ust,d j. impor ant IL having bearing in
establishing The minimum number OF The
lrU,d and I'm aiding TO IiX their Identity.
H.. remembers and can describe seventeen
persons. and knows that there were
mole in The coach; 80 that II Is eNi-
d,u, that the fatalities must have been
Al least twenty. and probably more.
Among those whom he describes are Mrs.
{. Scn,rer Of WinonI, her children, and
ler mothcr-iu-law, Mrs. L Jones; two Sis
Ter, q Charity, Lound for Wlnona; l..
B,iuker and Emil NaltCnsdOrf. OF Column
In, Wis: the Two women who got on ut
Chicsgo, one with a child; Charles smith,
who escaped: an unknown man, about
forty. who boarded the train at WatertOwn
and wa, bound Tor Maust0n, Wis; a man
with ticket for saltwater, MIMI; three
bgeers tickcted for Wau,au, probably TO go
10 work in the pincr1es.
This list docs not include the novice
who accompanied the Catholic Sisters, nor
Walter scott. !. +. Lincoln, Mrs. c. VI.
Moher. q Rock lsani, Commercial Tray
eler p,bhlc, or Mrs. Lowry, OF Milwaukee.
Tie latter j. probably a mistake, as no
,Uch person r. She j. known here. There
j, Hilie doubt that the three pinerv-men.
vLo.c presence on the ear Conductor
Sa,lr recalled to-day for the FIRST time,
peri.Id He had left them but few
minutes before curlcd up asleep on the
Ranches. TIE identity OF the Catholic
SiIus W., fully established to day. Mother
Al,Xa. superior II the Franciscan Convent
r,Uorld. The victims were members OF
L,r convent, however. one wa, Sister Al.
Ibou>c. assistant 10 Mother AleXia, and
well known in Catholic circles throughout
tbe Northwest; another was Sister Dione-
s9. They were accompanied by Albertine
S,mdt. % Ncw Cas>cl, Wis, who was
candidate for orders.
IDENTIFYING TIE DEAD.
A Port,ec dispatch SAYS: The wori; Of
identifying the dead j. progressing slowly.
TIE body u man whose legs and arms
had been hurntd of and whose distorted
fec bore evidence Of the terrible
a-1uy De- suffered, was identified a.
TINT u Louis Brincbier. The body
Of Emmett Wat,r.dorG was found under
pile # t-ti,Sc- and rods. His bead
VS. burned 10 cindcr. and every particle
Of clothing bed been destroyed. The re-
nam, were identified ly means Of n ring
found 90 one Of bis fingers. The bodies
At sisters AlphOnsr and DiOncsia were
found olo,e together. one was in kneel-
irgIo,iiiou, Wiih hand, clasped, a. though
Lalho,etcok her while engaged in PRAYER.
Ilc iody ~ man supposed TO be Wafer
S,oil was removed from under q seat. His
Tamr Uas written on his collar, which,
ly Tie niM,>. A. fast ~ the bodies
were removed from the wreck they
were taken 20 the village 81 Rio, where
Coroner Allen and the district attorney had
summoned jury preparatory TO holding
on inquest. After tbe bodies had been re-
moved from thc wreck search was made
i.r wuc!C, iilt bad been worn or carried
iy ihe Yctm- which might show who had
Iunhcd. \ handful Of these CHASTITY
Iolu Wtrc picked up.
I,u0P vHriLL's ACCOUNT or THE WRECK.
sT.PArl. MIN. October 29.-The Globe
D., Tie following interview with Bishop
hi'il'c, DO mIiyc direct from The scene
q Tie RIO wf,ok Ia. nisht: "Our train
vs. going 70 thc rate Of forty-iiye miles an
Lolf, s0 ihc % In oGcills said, aud the
courage and ayery 81 the engineer can
nti le praised 800 highly. iIe -tHycd with
ucualGe. and have never known an air
ti-se 20 lc ,,t SO quicEiy and strongly rs
lt'l one Oa. ! was IN Tie If,t sleeper
tld is1 tie berth IN the end next the
CAV, acl. tlr. McGinuis, OF Morris,
w. 10 Doe berth opposite me. The In
Nlni Il NE shock be sprang from
'hc 'ar and ran 10 the front end OF the
CO.. ili u VS. impossible 10 get out at that
tho' Tor u had tclr. COPIED. HeTu.hed back
alL cried our. 'Come and help me save
NO. people, who are being burned 10
C'db.' had teen awake but a Icw niu-
llt' toOre and bad looked 10 my watch.
II Nt. 1890 o'clock. followed McGinuis
~ my t0chiug.fcei. Ne ran faster than !,
ana wien came 10 The burning coach be
I'd taken twc children from woman near
ne rear 81 tlc coicb. She s.dd her name
Ma' Nlcru, Of Wlngno, and asked
mn 10 sayc her children, for their
ifT vas living. We both tried 10
Idl The woman from the ear. but we
t1olu hol, i0f she was Wcdged beneath the
Motoh seals. 4 moment after we reached
Der NJ Ore, ioos fire ana she fginted, and
Mas burned 10 death before our eyes.
ILete Vas comparatively little screaming
coming from The ear. but there was rather
ne low moan OF suffering. and | believe
h.i most Of ia0se who persisted were
hhled outright. Tie ear wa, telescoped a.
b'in ends. Mr. hMe., who was on the
ua'h, saw The passengers IN That cOlcb.
a. aid nay vile, and they think there
"rt sticniCCn. There were two Sisters OF
many VINO boarded The train aud were
p"uid Tor WlnoBa. There was a mother
.hu laughter BGO.e LANES are unknown,
t.n" Young men, q middle-a9cd man, Mrs.
e1'ier, Der mother and two children, q
,uan ,iat got on al Columbus, two men who
posiaed Tue ear at Waiertown Junction,
arc a. NE man WHO climbed out at the top.
! Ilf snd The two children were saved, the
olo,ls were burned 10 death. The plssen.