The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-04
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A.tsesas.ts Of the wi.e.a Fr,.eise.s Sisters
and Details - to Other Victims 81 The koei:
dent ct Rio, ete.
Milwaukee special: Though mas q
OF bruises and confined to his bed, Con-
ductor Searle. of the ill.fated limited train
that was wrecked and destroyed at Rio,
il better. He will recover. He remem-
beers and can describe seventeen people,
and knows that there were moro in the
coach, 80 that it 10 evident that tho fatali-
ty must have been at least twenty. and
probably more. Among those whom he
describes are:
and her mother-in-law, Mrs. r. Jones; two
Sisters Of Charity bound for Winona;
Louis Brinkler and Emil Waltersdorf
OF Columbus. Wis.,; two women who
got on ut Chicago. ono with q child;
Charles Smith, who escaped; an unknown
man OF about forty, who boarded the train
at Watertown, and who was bound for
Mansion, this state a man with a ticket
for Saltwater, Minn.; three loggers ticketed
pineries.
This list does not in clude novitiato,
Who accompanied the Catholic sisters, nor
Walter Scott, J. T. Lincoln, Mrs. Chas. NJ.
Mohr 0fRock Island, tho commercial travel.
er Dibble, or Mrs. l.. Lowry OF Milwaukee Q.
The latter ia probably a mistake, as no
such names is known here. There is little
doubt that the three pinery men, who were
on the car, persisted. He had left them
on tho benches. 4 Portage dispatch says
that tho work Of
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD
is progressing slowly. The body OF man
whose legs and arms had been burned of,
and whose distorted face bore evidence Of
the terrible agony he had suffered, was
identified as Louis Brinkler. The body OF
Emil Waite rsdorf Was found under pile of
rods and trusses. His head was burned to a
cinder. and every particle of clothing had
been destroyed. The remains were identi-
fled by a ring found on one Of his fingers.
The bodies OF Sist ers Albertina and Dionysia
were found close together: One was in d
kneeling posture, with her hands clasp.
ed. as though death overlook her
while she was engaged in prayer. The
body OF a man who is supposed to be Wal
ter Scott was removed from under a seat.
His name was written on his collar which
strange to say, had not been touched by
the flames. Among the passengers suppos-
ed to be on the west.bound limited which
was ditched at Rio, were w. H. Seaman
and daughter OF PASSPORT, L. 1.
Tho venerable mother superior OF st.
formation in regard to the two Sisters who
were burned in the wrecked train at Rio
siding:
One was Sister Dionysia, thirty.e;ght
years OF age, whose name in the world WAS
Bridget Begley, daughter of John Begley Of
Newark, N. J. She has been q member Of
the Sisters OF St. Frances for fourteen
years. The other was Sister Albertina,
forty years of age, whose name before TAX
ing the vows was Albertina Schmidt. She
came to America three years ago from Err.
zingsinger, Baden, Germany. She had no
relatives in this country:
Mrs: G. A. Mari, who was killed in the
railway wreck on the Milwaukee road, was
resident OF Rock Island. Her husband
is q member OF the United States engineer
corps, and they were married Feb; 25 last,
ut Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Mari was a school
mate OF President Cleveland's wife, they
having lived in adjacent houses for a num-
Der OF years.