The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-10
AslCKENING DISASTER.
Details OF the Frightfu' t:.;@SIrOphe
NJ Rio, Wis.
A Bohemian Lady and Child Burned OF
Death.

The st. Paul Globe has the following
statement from Bishop Whipple, in rela.
ton to the recent accident on the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & St, Paul railway, near
Rio, Wis, on Oct 9th: A freight trad7
reached Rio about 20 minutes ahead Of
the limited express, which was wrecked,
said Bishop Whipple, "and switch had
been left open. Our train was composed
of the engine, mail and baggage car, day
coach and three sleepers; all except the
sleepers went off the track and took fire
Immediately. | was in the first sleeper
and had the berth i'm the end next b. the
day coach Nj. Maginnis was in the
berth Opposite. On the instant 0i the
shock he sprang from his berth and ran
to the front end of the car, but 1t was
impossible to get ont of that end Of the
car for it had teltscoped. He rushed
back and cried out: Come and help me
save these people, who are Icing burned
to death" had been awake but few
minutes before and had looked at my
watch. Ii was 1890 o'clock. | had fol
lowed MaginniS in my stocking feet lie
ran faster than ! and when came to the
burning coach he had taken ont two
children Of the woman near the rear Of
the coach. She said Ter name was Schcr-
or. of Winona, and asked him to save
her children for their father was living.
We both tried to lift the woman from
the car but we could not for she was
wedged in beneath broken seat.
moment after we reached her, her dress
took fire and she was burned 10 death be-
fore our eyes. There was comparatively
little screaming coming from the car but
there was a rather low moan Of suffering
and | believe that most IF those who
perished were killed outright. The car
was telescoped at both ends. Mr. Ames,
who was on the train, saw the passen-
.ers in the coach; so did my wife; they
think there were about II. There were
TWO SISTERS OF CHARITY
Who boarded the train and were
hound for Winona. There was a moth
er and daughter whose names are un.
known, three young men, middle.aged
man, Mrs. Sheyer, her mother, two chill
dren, a man who got or at Columbus,
two men who boarded the car at Wales
town Junction, and Mr. Clark, who
climbed out at the top. He and the two
children were saved; the others were
BURNED TO DEATH.
In about an hour and a half Mr. Collins,
superintendent of the division, arrived
from Milwaukee, and Philip Langley and
Mr.. Boyden of the company we're onthe
train. and everything was done that
could be done for the comfort of the
passengers who were left The ladies on
the train were especially kind in caring
for the two motherless children.
MRS. WINTERS AND CHILD KILLED.
The above graphic account of the hor-
rible disaster is enough to make one
shudder, and it's slckening details comes |
home to us with more force when 1t is |
known that an estimabe Bozeman lady
and her sweet little three-year old
daughter suffered the fate Of those who
were burned alive. Alvin Winters, a
mechanic employed by Highsmith &
Beam, young man well and fayorably
known as an honest, hard working citi-
zen, who for some time has been strug-
Cling hard to build himself a home,
finally completed the structure which |
WAS a. shelter him and his. Some |
~ ago he sent his wife east to be
d'by an eminent specialist, and was
,Tpecting her home daily, until Sunday,
when he was informed by telegraph that
she and her daughter had been killed by
the above accident ard her identity just
by duplicate check for her
trunk found in the debris.
Mr.. Winters left on Monday fer the
east, almost crazed bv the terrible blow,
which at first thought can hardly be re-
allied.