New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-10
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THE WISCONSIN DISASTER.

Antccedents Of the Winona franciscan Sisters
and Details as to Other Victims. Of the Acci-
dent at Rio; etc.
Milwaukee special: Though q mass
tof bruises and confined to his bed, Con-
ductor Searle OF the Inflated limited train
that was wrecked and destroyed at Rio,
Is better. He will recover. He rememl-
bers and can describe seventeen people;
and knows that there were more in the
coach, SO that it is evident that the fatali-
ty must have been at least twenty, and
probably more. Among those whom he
describes are:
Mrs. c. Scherer Of Winona, her children
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 at Chicago. one with a child;
Charles Smith, who escaped; an unknown
man OF about forty, who boarded the train
at WATERFOWL, and who was bound for
Mansion, this state; man with ticket
for Saltwater, Mimi; three loggers ticketed
Pineries.
This list does not include novitiate,
Who accompanied the Catholic sisters, nor
Walter Scott, j. T. Lincoln, Mrs. Chas. NJ.
Mohr OF Rock Island, the commercial travel
er Dibble, or Mrs. L. Lowry Of Milwaukee.
The latter is probably mistake, as no
Isuch names is known here. There is little
4doubt that the three pinery men, who were
on the car, persisted. He had lett them
but few minutes before curled up asleep
on the benches. A Portage dispatch says
that the work OF
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD
is progressing slowly. The body OF q man
whose legs and arms had been burned oil,
orI ybooo 1;otorfaI fo hOra avi6onca nj
the terrible agony he had suffered, was
identified as Louis Brinkler. The body OF
Emil Waltersd orr was found under a pile OF
rods and trusses. His head was burned to a
cinder, and every particle of clothing had
been destroyed. The remains were identi-
fed by ring found on one OF his fingers.
The bodies of Sister Albertina and Dionysia
were found close together. One was in q
kneeling posture, with her hands clasp
ed, as though death overlook her
while she was engaged in prayer. The
body OF 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 dtched at Rio, were w. H. Seaman
and daughter Of PASSPORT, L.. I.
The venerable mother superior OF St..
Mary's convent furnishes the following in
formation in regard to the two Sisters who
were burned in the wrecked train at Rio
gliding:
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 a 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
{ a resident OF Rock Island. Her husband
; is a member OF the United States engineer
corps, and they were married Feb, 25 last,
at Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Mari was school
mate OF President Cleveland's wife, they
Z having lived in adjacent houses for num-
Der OF years.