Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-30
RIOS RAILROAD CRASH.
SrRYIVORS~ TELL THE STORY
OF THE HORROR.

passenger Train Depicts the
rvsnts in the Baggage Koom-bishop
Wh!pple's Experience.
MILWAUKEE,. WIS. oct. 29.-Conduc-
,or Hankey of the freight train, who fed
into the woods Immediately alter the
,otastropbe occurred on the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road Wednesday night, has
haon found wandering around in raving
oor5ition. He is likely to become hope
Ioss maniac. Conductor Searle is resting
comfortably and it is believed be will re-
cover He said: "We were running at
sneed NJ between forty and forty-hve
miles an hour. had gone Through the
cars for tickets and was seated in the
baggage car at the time the accident oc-
CURED. James Phillips, brakeman;
Wade Clark, baggageman, and were
coated IN the car talking together, when
there came a sudden shock and then 1
knew we were on the ties.
PINNED DOWN BY TRUNKS.
81 started to get on my feet from the
chair when there was terrific jar and |
was thrown to the floor along with Phil
Inns and Clark with great force and all the
Trunks in Tue CdI NSlC LhlON Ii aIOuhu III
disorder on top of US and we were all
three mined to the floor. There was ter
rible noise. All kinds of sounds mingled
at once.and to make it more awful it was
loss imam a minute after the crash that the
Gvnes commenced their work of destruc-
tipp. | tell YOU / thought my time had
come sure. There | was, pinned beneath
apile of heavy sample trunks. and L could
not move in any direction, when L saw
fne flames at the other end Of the car. l
thought. well, this is going to be my end
after all and | am going to be burned to
death' IL was sckenlng thought | can
tell you.
THE ESCAPE,
Phillips, the brakeman, was lying be-
side me, and said if | could give bim a
little more room he believed he could get
out. | accordingly squeezed myself into
a6 small space as possible, and by des-
ptrate efforts he managed tn get out be-
tween the trunks. then escaped through
the same aperture by working myself un-
der the trunks TO the space which he had
occupied. The brakeman at once climbed
cut through window, and l follOWe ed
him. Clark, the baggageman, had leg
broken, but he managed to eX-
tricate himself and dragged himself
0Ver the trunks and escaped with
the rest of us. The fire started at the east
End OF the baggage car and west of the
coach where they came together. When
rot out, which must have been in less
than five minutes, although it seemed an
age, women were Yelling inside the coach
and fire had enveoped the whole car,
The coach was right side up, but the seats
seemed to be broken up inside, and the
passengers seemed to be pinned TO the
seats. There was light load in the
aub I ~,
dozen persons"
The loss to the company is estimated at
$50 900.
THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS.
The Franciscan Sisters, who lost their
liVes by tue railway wreck at Rio nigli~
before last were Sister Alphonse and Sis
Ter D mpsea, They were ACCOMPANIED by
Candidate from the mother house at
New Cassel, Wis. The two sisters had
neen 10 Chicago and were on their way to
NInNna institute, with the candidate
rom New Cassel, who joined them here.
All Three persisted.
oFKR TWENTY LIVES PROBABLY LOST.
Conductor Searle will recover. What
ne recalls OF tue passengers IN the coach
"uose occupants were cremated is i'm
lortaht as having bearing in establishing
'ue MINIMUM number OF killed and in
nuIng 10 Tx their identity. He remem-
ueIs and can describe seventeen persons.
Shu knows that there were more in the
soach' 50 tnat 1t is evident that the iatalI-
uts must have been at least twenty,
~nCn @"u Pt"oaoly more. Among those
"uom ne describes are Mrs, e.
eclerer, Of Winona, her children
aud her mot1er-in-law, Mrs. r. Johns.
,"3 sisters OF Charity bound for WinOna:
L., brnker and Emil Wolten ,dorf, of CO.
,uuuu'' w Is; two women VINO got on at
rI'cago, one with child; Charles smith.
"Ho escaped; an unknown man. about
>" VINO boarded the train at Waterto wn
@ anu woo was bound for Mauston, Wis: a
,aau LOU WIN ticket for Saltwater, Mimi:
SlI. turee loggers tlcketed for Wausau, proba.
~ 'oso TO WORK In the pineries.
ALL NOT ON THIS LIST.
stil inis Iist does not include the novice
W.. "n'TH W. accompanied the Catholic Sisters
~ M alter scott, j. L. Lincoln, Mrs. G.
rro,.1,nri Monri OF Rock Island, Commercial
,ei wantae Dioole or Mrs. Lowry, of Mil
axe as no such person as she is known
ri,'.. mere Is little doubt That the three
tn'"1i! men, whose presence on the car
r.."Uvi0r Searle recalled to-day for the
W ume' perlshed. He had LEFT
c- ,ueM out few minutes before
,a'Iteu asleep on the bencbes. The
'"'g5utl'y of the Catholic Sisters was
.U'5 established to-day. Mother Alexis.
WViIelIor OF the Franciscan Convent at
,s,n'na' was not one OF them, as at first
'l'cu' Inc victims were members OF
convent however. One was sister
snt"oube, assistant TO Mother Alexis.
'br,, wen known in Catholic circles
wae uout the Northwest. The other
stoi'ter Dlonesia. They we're accom-.
Sci, yG. oy A Albertine Scmidt, of New Cas-.
''' WIS.,, who was candidate for ordars
HORRIBLE SIGHTS.
Of ot,age dispatch SAYS: "The work
sloWIvH TElng tue dead is progressing
md 49, ne BODY OF man whose legs
h.i,.,plss uls hau been burned Oft. and whose
bic o,,a'u ,Vu race bore evidence of the terri
ibat tsVny ne suffered, was ldentIaed-as
En,ti ~ ~, LOUIS Brnckler. Tire body of
or "oltensdOrl was found under n nile
ia Ossee and rods. His head was burned
clotbi Suluqrr, and every particle of mis-
n.tuu'ns mad been DESTROYED Tho no
iov,iE9 were identified by means Of n rino !
5{'uu on one OF his firyera Tba sodiass !
sisters Alphonse and Uionasja 80
knnaui close together. One was in a
clasnsd puslti0n with her hands |
wbli. 3 as tlough death overlook her
man snsuBeu ID prayer. The body OF a |
-,mo,eIi posed TO be Walter Scott. was
Eas u u,.l. from under a seat. His name !
osav 'h,.'th on his collar, which, strange !
A, f5,'', uau % not been touched by the flames. |
The v'a,ue tue bodies were removed from
yIla.e eoS ~, tnhey were taken TO the