Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
WESTERN nAInnoAD ACCIDENT.


MILWAUKEE, Oct. 28 The limited pas
seneer train on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, which left here at 10
o'clock, was derailed at Rio, when about
three hours out, and thrown into an old
stone quarry. Particulars are hard to
get but it is admitted at the general offices
Of the company in this city that one coach
and three sleepers were wrecked and fiye
or six persons killed. Physicians left this
city on an early train for the scene vi
the disaster.
LATTER SEVEN REPoRTED KILLED.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2S--9. 80 a. NIT is
now reported that out Of 10 persons who
occupied the passenger coach seven were
killed. A gentleman from Chicago and |
two children from winoua, Mimi, were
the only ones saved from the passenger |
sleepers were injured. Nothing has yet
been learned as TO how many were
wounded.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT.
MINIATURES, Oct, 29.--Conductor Hankey
OF the freight train, who fed into the woods
Immediately after the catastrophe occurred
on the Milwaukee Il St. Paul road Wednss-
day night, has been found wandering
around In a raying condition. He is likely
to become hopeless maniac.
Conductor Searle Is resting comfortably
and it Is believed he will recover. He said
"We were running at speed OF between 4u
and 45 miles an hour. had gone through
the cars for tickets and was seated In the
baggage car at the time the accident
occurred. James Phillips, the brakeman,
Wade Clark, the baggagemau, and were
seated In the car talking together when
there came u sudden shock and then knew
we were on the ties. started to get upon my
| feet from the chair when there was terrific
| lar and was thrown to the floor along with
| Phillips and Clark with great force and all
| the trunks In the car were thrown around
/ in disorder on top OF us and we were all
| three pinned to the floor. There was ter
| rlble Noise all kinds OF sounds mingled at
| onee--and to make Il more awful 1t was less
/ than a minute after the crash that the
| flames commenced their work OF destruo-
ton. tell you thought my time had come
sure. There l Was, pinned beneath
| a pile of heavy sample trunks and could
not move In any direction. When saw the
flames at the other end OF the car thought
Well this is going to be my end after all,
and l am going to be burned TO DEATH 1t
was a sickening thought can tell you.
Phillips was lying beside me, and at last he
said that II l could give him a little more
room he believed he could get out. ac-
cordingly squeezed myself iLto ms small
space rs possible aud by desperate
efforts she managed to get out between
the trunks, / thon escaped through the
same aperture by working myself under
the trunks to the space which he had oceu-
pied. The brakeman ut once climbed out
III, ugh the window, and | followed him.
Clark bad leg broken, but he managed to
extrieate himself and dragged himself over
| the trunks and escaped with the rest OF us.
| The Gre started at the east end OF tho baggage
, | nd MN nj pDnph tlDN
4 came together. When got out, which must
have been In less than five minutes, although
| 1t seemed an age, the women were yelling
!, inside the coach and the fire had enveloped
| the whole car. The coach was right side up
! but the seats seemed to be broken up inside
t and the passengers seemed to BIO pinned &c
/ the seats. There was light loud In the
q coach, can't remember moro than u dozer
| persons"
! The loss to the company Is estimated a
I $4,000.
!. BISHOP wnIppLE's AcoouHT--A MoTHEl
y BURNED TO DEATH BEFORE HIS EYES.
q ST.. PAUL, Oct. 29.-The Daily Globe has
4 the following interview with Bishop Whip
pie, who arrived direct from the scene o
+ the Rio wreck last night "a freight trail
y reached Rio about 20 minutes before tn
n limited train which was wrecked, sat
10 Bishop Whipple, "and the switch had beel
"a OF As miles au hour so the train officials said
q and the courage and bravery of the enginee
cannot be praised too highly. He stage
Y with the engine and have never known q
81 air-brake to be set so quickly and strongl
70 as that one was. | was In the first sleepe
n, and had the berth In the end next the da
II coach. Mr.. McGinnis VI Morris, was In tn
nj berth opposite me. The instant OF tn
Il | shock he 5prang from the berth and ran
!, | the front OF the car, but II was impossibl
to get ont Mt that end for II had been tell
q, scoped. He rushed back and cried GU
~ Come and help me save these people VII
s. are being burned to death. l had been awaB
,e but a few minutes before and had locke
10 at my watch. 1t was 1880 o'clock. 70
!. lowed McGinnis In my stocking feet. +
. ran faster than !, and when l came to Il
burning coach he had taken two childrt
so from woman near the rear OF the eoac
ne She said her name was SherBr, OF Wtnon
as and asked him to save her children, 4
no tba'r- ''athqs rvoS u-IaG. 'gc N6th tried
ot lift the woniau from the car II we eou
=. | not, for she wa wcirei baneath re broR
!! | seats. A moment after we reached ner, Il
no dress took Are and she tainted, and W
OF burned to death before our eyes.
use "There was comparatively little screa
in ing coming from the car, but there "
is rather the low moan OF suffering and l
re-. lleve that most of those who persisted VT
- killed outright. The car was telescoped
~ both ends. Mr.. Ames, who was on
'te train, saw the passengers In that coach a
we SO did my wife and they think th'
nd were II. There were two Sisters
ion Charity who boarded the tn
ich and were bound for Wlnona Tn
nd was a mother and daughter whose nan
are unknown; three young men IA mild
aged man Mrs. Sherer, her mother and t
children, II man that got on at Column
two men who boarded the car at Waterto
nx Junction; and the man who climbed ou
- the top. He and the two children W
ne saved, the others esburned to death.
about an hour and a. half Mr.. Collins, SUI
ing intendent of that division, arrived from
,ity waukee, and Phillip Langley and Mr.. Br
ont | den of the company were on the train
;fY,i everything was done that could he done
- the comfort of the passengers who "
anu left, The ladies on the train were especi
was kind in caring for thes two motherless c
iess dren. One was little gill about ye
be- old and the other little boy. The pass
n of gers in the sleeping cars had some sli
rect bruises, but none were seriously injure
ned Bishop Whipple said that as for him
an~t he was In good condition, though the
le4' element had effected him somewhat. o.
'usl- passengers say that Bishop Whipple
among the most active and cool heade
Mt n 1.-the passengers, and did gallant ser
the In trying to save the poor woman who
q | being burned to death, not ceasing
iyad | HlIOTUS until lub HttlueS uFUNt ullil uWHy
.nlti THE INQUEST BEGUN.
III PORTAGE, WIS, Oct. 3d. An old built
- In Rio was converted into a tempo
lu morgue yesterday and therein reposeall
Iwell is mortal of the human beings who peri
III to In the wreck Of Wednesday night last
We il bodies are placed upon sheets, and art
o of found near them In the wreck are laid
e B. the remains for the purpose of identi
com. ton, In some cases Identification wi
o,,5 impossible.
, ahu Engineer Thomas Little is resting a
lWell home. The shock and wounds have
81 IN pletely Frustrated him. Fireman Th'
tire. Egan who received Il terrible scalding
littee recover. All mail matter, excepting the
laud, nesota and Dakota papers that was i
,eedy wreck, has been recovered, including I
iaes tered packages and letters, and has
use, forwarded to its destination.
share The inquest was begun yesterday {
. noon. 1t will be several days befoT
ghten proceedings are concluded. Conrad Sc
4 dis of Wlnona recognized some article
lnrch jewelry which had belonged to his wifi
this detailed her movements, showing tha
Mill WV Ghao9pesnlS o9 ~ me ~ erain a. et
atreo. was also identified
iehtd A passenger who was aboard the wri
street train said last night: "When got aboi
Main the cars Mt Milwaukee they were tryi
( the make the air-brakes on the Milwl
Dock coach work. This they could not dc
css to soine 1na sa'n they Mot t naNe " ~,
~ 70 1--WE minutes late. know the rear Pu
y the had no brakes upon 1t and / am
d ont, satisfied that II they had worked
will, disaster would not have been nearly
| and because the coach without anything t,
1t back showed ahead when the shock
rod and mashed in the light car ahead"
Brakeman Wells Of Milwaukee, wi
ephH the sWitch omen causing the deraIlm