New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-30
HEART. BENDING SCENES AT RIO.
BISHOP wHIPPLE TELLS OF THE DISASTER
HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE DYING wOMAN-coNFiIcI-
rsr1.s rpa rur vIrMngR KILLED.

HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE DYING woMAN-coNfiloi-
ING ESTIMATES OF rHE NUMBER KILLED
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 29.-The Daily dfooo
has the folio wing interview with Bishop whppie VINO
srriv dir the OF the Rio wreck ss night
Our train was gong ut OF As mile. an hour. 80
the train officials said and the courage Of tne engineer
cannot be prasei too highly He stayed Win tns
sni hronsy as that one the rrst siesper
aud had the berth In the end ncst the day coac ~:
instant Of the snock hs from the berth AMI ran ~
tue trout end OF the but II wa, impossDr 70 set
back sa sud S' crisd OUT Come help save tho:s
people who .re bsns burned to death oass1 su at my
ss;a 'Gt It isT sS fSd
SSS1 9S ss sss he soac n @"
near the re o! tue coac Snc % sa her her
children for their fntnrr living. We both trlea 20
lift the iron tie car but we could nor Iot ~" we
reached her her DIRE Dire aud se ainted ana was
burned to death before our eyes There was co'npa &
lively little screaming from tho car but ere "h
rather of suffering aud believe mat most
of those who perishrd were killed outright. NJ .ues
The car mas trlescoped Mt botn ends. MI. Ame,.
who Irain saw the Iassengors In that coau
s so s wy yo %S s ssa OF cSa wo the
and hound fol Winona tbero was a motuor NM n,.
m,ilraged man; Mrs sterrr mother and two chill
dren; that lot on at Colunibus; Two men WIZ WIZ
bnarsd the Water Junction ana the man Wn
cIimoei oat ut the top. He AMI two chlliron we're
s,vei the Others were barned to death In hoot ha M
division. arrived from Mi wauk Phillip Langley an
Mr.. Boydcn of the con any, we're on the tram, nuI
of tie passengers left. The 'a'iios on thr
train were especially Kind N ofns % or fe fer uwU yea old
and tie other baby-a boy The passei erS III Inv Inv
sleePin2 had some slight bruises, Out hone was
seriously injured.
Bishop Whippe said that for himself he was IN eoou
co ,dtlon though the had affected him sDne
what Other passengers sag tnat Bishop Wbippe was
among the most active and coolheaded OF the phsseh
gers did gallant service 10 trying to save the poor
who being burne TO death. not teasihe niS
efforts until driven away by The flames.
CHICAGO oct 20. Mr. Peter, an Enelishman WHO
survived the accident to the limei train on the Mil
waukee and St Paul road graphic description OF
the disaster. OF the first moments he says:
was partially awake when the accident happeheo;,
speed. The first sound was that Of an indoserln%aps %
crash can only k"n 1t to the sapping OF nunnrreSs
m"n U wi nG in% % Il the ap"sa and
air OF nrsny voices Meantime Iet the trenrhoIi
rigdty was stinenne and arresiing The car In. which
lying body seemrd to he carried rr,stle'sy or
heard the appalling crash momrntary expected 10 or
crushed to death; nut ~ the stnstlii was r"aohen
mvnluntarily excai led Thank Go ~ Every one.was
preparing to leave the Before could dress the
iur isht from the burning coach next ahead OF us
flashed into the vrstibue oi onr sleeper.
After describing the death OF Mrs sherer and the
scenes around the burning car Mr.. Peter continues:
Tie engineer VINO displayed marvellous coolness and
COURAGE, among us WITH head ani lace crimson
whirlne around the and the position OF the side
rscked freight obscured the switch sign H. but he was Oh
look for IT, ani tie inst mt II appeared ne saw
1t orelold death and DESTRUCTION He hsd 1888 una
trains length to 20 and was making forty nvr mes a
hour, lied the full power of ihe air an, To
We, sell his engine. Before lie could remove his hand
from the lever. his mighty machine was pl0nghing the
earth, and the cars were pllng upon o"e anotner 1T ~
wonderful that the engineer and hreman eschled tn
cir lives But for ths iR thin slike eeerlty oi Tue
drlverf action In a. pyne the 9raEo. ne wno.e % 'r M
much greater than II WAS. must say IN tne com
panys emToy performed heroic service for the COM
tort of SURVIVORS,"
MILWAUKEE,. Oct. %. Though mass OF bruises ana
his bed, ConducO or seare. of the III ated
train that was wrecked at Rio better to-lay.
He will recover What lie recalls OF the
messengers the coach that burned Is important IN
establishing the minimum number oi killed and In aid
ing to nx their ideneity. He remembers and eau de-
scribe seventeen people, and knows that there were
more coach, that 1t is evident that there must
probably more Among those whom the
describes arc Mira c. scnerer Of wnona her children and
her motheriuaw Mrs r. Jones two Sisters OF Charity
OF Columbus, WIS; the women VINO got at Chicago.
one with "A child; Charles Smith. who escaped an un-
Known man OF abont forty. VINO boarded the tram at
a with ticket Tor saltwater. MIMI. three log
gers" ucketed for wansan. probably 10 go to
Include novice who accompanied the
Catnolc sisters, nor Walter Scott. jr., T. Lincoln
ler Dbb.e. Mr. Lnwry, or Milwaukee, The latter Is
proanby mistake AZ no such person i' known mere.
The Franci sisters who lost their lives by The
railway wreck at Rio night before last were slsfei
Alphonse and Sister Dinpsea They were &c iomrhled
bv candidate from the mother house at New-Cassel'
via The two sister bad been 10 Cnicaso and were on
Their the WinODa lLsttute with 1he candidate
All .hree perished.
condnctor HanKev o. the freight train which caused
the ut who fed into the woods Immediately after
ravirg condition. lie ia likely TO become hopeless
maniac