Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-29
4 MIlROaD AcClDENT.
Terrible scenes Of suffer-
ing and Death.
A Msthsr SAVES Her chnarsa and b
Rarasa = . Crisp -TAs Dead vaEs.
olaiy Estimated -Ths Engissss
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1 Wiaconasa special from PuEAaRs, Wis-
oonain, says: Last Night. soon after
/ mianiaht. the waat bguna limited az
rFsss was ditahed al Rasa Rio staina. 4
amall atail0n about thirtesn milez east
of this aity on the main line eg The
| Chicago, Milwaukee a se. Paul Rail
road. TheEa are sea aids tracks ct she
/ plaea. and Al sha time the train was dae
there last nishs. both we're 0ccnpied b.
freiRhts, ona By = Wild train and the
other b. train No. IA, C0ndueaor 4. +.
Hankey. Of this city, whish had Just
pailed IN from the west 20 aliog tha
1 limited 10 pass. No. IA was very ionE,
the train relying upon TIE hrMkeman %
attend % she switch. One EapeFt says
that tie rear brakeman, whose hasiness
/ ia was 10 elose ahs nwlaah afaag che train.
for some reason nealeelad allsgeshef %
do 40. Aa0thsK and more probable
story Is thai be started bank 70 cloaa
the Switch, bat before he eonld reach Il,
ihe limited, which does no4 stop ai any
l point except large places. came tearing
down the grade al ffty miles an hour,
and lsfa toe rails aE the open switch.
The aidinR is in Z cut where tbs road /
enrVas. 60 shak the switch light aannoe
| be seen frem the east until the train Is
within 4 few rods, 90 that the engineer
Of The limited could not zee thai the /
switch light waa tnfned the wrong way !
until IL waa too late 20 stop. The en
Rine left the track, ran q ah0rs distance |
aud bFouRhh up against the side 0f the
aat, toppline over. The baggaae car /
and two regular coaches followed. while /
four sieepess kapt the rails Toe en-
Rine aud the ears that went Cd we're
badly smashed, and soon took ire from i
the stoves. EnRineex Little and Fire. i
man Eaaan erawled from anGeg the 4
engine. tha former badly bruised and 4
soalaed. The bAGRaeemRn had . leg 4
broken. All the passengers in The
sleepers zoe oat uBiniured with the ex-
septi0n OF sliRht bruises. hat in ons day
aoach ahirteen persons were pinned ID
and literally burned to death. Many
others we're iniafed By the sevsra shak-
Ing np. The whele train, with the ex-
caption Of sleeper which they wsre
abs 10 uncoaple and draw away. was
burned ap.
Superintendent Collins was on an east
bound passenger train which was walt.
ing a. station few miles this aide uf
the wreck, for The limited vas soon at
the scene. wFeckino train with sar-
ge0ns vent from this oify, aud aid eli
that was possible TO alleviate suffering
and save life. Conductor HAnkay, of
the freight train, waa 90 danoFaiized by
the accident. the responsibility Of which
rests on bis crew and thus also on him,
that he took 20 the woods in dispair,
leaving his train. he has always been
mosi careful and efficient man, and
vas much trusted BY the company.
Il was most horrible and siekenine
speetaele, tle burning people making
night hideous With their screams while
she bystandeFs we're unable 10 render
assistance. It vas the worst wreck ever
known To the northwest
A passenger who was on She wrecked {
train aAys that the scenes after the 40
eident were narrowing. The passenger
coach, which, be says, contained be-
tween fifteen and twenty persons, was {
telescoped at both ends. and the hEe and I
smoke thes enveloped the wieck pre-
vented the imprisoned and injured pas
senReTs from escaping. The passengers I
from the sleepeFs gathered around the
blazing ears, bat they were poWeriess 30 z
render assistance. Men and women I
could be seen tearing theiF hair In their ,
agony, and frightfal screams issued =
from the death trap. One heavy woman !
in particular, he says, tore 10 one of
the seats with almost snperhuman
strength and ondeAVored 10 break her :
way sut Of the flaming car, bat her !
strength failed her, and she fell TO the !
ho0F aud met q terrible death. Only :
three persons escaped from the cara :
man and two children. The maH Was !
observed az be forced his way through /
the yeniisator on the top OF the car. 1
with oil the clothing on his body from
the waist downward burned OF, and bis :
hssh roasted and bleeding from his cats /
inflicted by broken glass.
Every one Of the wrecked cars was !
consumed. With the exception OF the
last sleeper, which vas cut away from
the burning wreck. All Of the bodies
Of the victims sFefa burned Ia the wreck. !
A dispatch tD The Eueaiag WiscoHsfn
from Rio, the scene Of last niebs's rail
road accident says that the limited
train ran through an open switch and /,
planRed into sand bank. The mail. J
baggage and day coaches we're piled on
toy Of zach other. Ia the day coach
wafe twelve or thirteen persons. One I
man and two children we're the only
ones saved. The others we're burned in
the car. The man who escaped bad an
arm bkok \ and was otherwise bruised.
he is nov ct Columbus and ia doing ,
veil. A woman, whose home IL in Wi ,
mona, handed heF children out Of the
wiRdOw and then wau burned 10 death IN
the car. Lsuis Banker and Emil Wal
teFaaoFf, OF Columbus, Wia., ars among
the dead. The names ard residences Of
the others cannot nov ba ascertain6d.
The Coroner ia holding au inquest on
the chaFred trunks OF bodies, aIl that Is
lpft Of tho III fated travellers. Tee
baTnlnR Of she baggage cbiitefated the
pants Of she burned car aud Il may
nevsF be known % aeeFtainiy bow many
parished IN sha wreck.
Rfom che mo4l ralisbis accounts OBJ
tainable tonight, the number who per-
ished does n0t exceed ten, and thess
we're all IN the passenger coach next 10
the baggage car. The only ooeapAuts
who escaped were ths two children,
whose motheR, Mira NJ. h. ScheseE, Of
Winona, handed them out 20 the
brakeman. Mrs. 6ohsfer was pinned
d0wn by a seat aud was already en-
weloped In flames. The Fesener6 hands
we're b1rned 20 q crisp. None Of the
oh@rsed remains eau Be identified. 20
far a. isagne3, thoae who persisted are
Mrs. q. II. Scnerey, 9f Win0Da, Ainn-,
Mrs. hasinA J0hms, 81 Winona, her
motheF-in iaw, Laais BsiakeF, Feaidsnoe
onkn0wn. a yoang wsmAn believed 50
bs Mrs q. A. MaFE, Of ChisaQo. hsF
identity hsina very uncertain. Emil
WAiteFsdoFh. residences unknown, ays
or six more unknown persons. aud two
sisters 81 charity, ona believed 90 be
Mother Alsxia, 8nperior of the e9nvent
at Winena. wh0 was In Miiwaukne 10
establish q rev aonVenA.
Tho injured inelndsd eondactoE LaaAs
r. SsaFls. Of Milwaukee, badly burt
about tbs chest bat pFubably not fatal
ly: Wads Clark. q Oson0mwoe. the
/ haermasman, leg broken; Charles II.
Smi1h, SIS Wahask assnus. Chieaga.
hFskan arm and wFis1s and fag8 cut
badly by his brsken sppotaelts; 1ADes
Pniilips q bzAkamAa, cut bfdiy a51ui
ths hsaa. hgHe of the passengers IN
any az sha aleepaEs were killed. fne
eoadnet1R waa iE tha baRgaRs esF when 4
the shook 0oeurrsd with b&egaaaman
Clark ard nFmksm1n Paiiiipa. IheT Il
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