Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

body. His lungs were filled with
smoke, and he at first thonght he
was injured internally, and hat be
was bleeding at the lungs. lie
was taken from the debris, how.
ever, without serious injury. and
was able to render assistance 10 the
other unfOrtunates.
THRILLING STORY or A PAssEN-
GER.
b. Loewenbach, a job printer of
this city, was on the wrecked train.
lie says the scenes after the acci.
dent we're narrowing. The passen-
ger coach, which be says contained
between fifteen and twenty per
sons, was telescoped at both ends,
and the fire and smoke that envel-
Oped the wreck prevented the i'm
prisOned and injured passengers
from escaping. Passengers from
the sleepers gathered around the
blazing cars, but they were power
less to render assistance. Men and
women could be seen tearing their
hair in the agony Of the moment,
and frightful screams issued from
the death trap. One heavy woman
in particular, he says, tore up one
of the seats with almost supeIhu-
man strength, and endeayored to
break her way ont Of the flaming
pyre. but her strength failed, and
she fell to the floor and met a hOr-
rible death. Only three persons
escaped from the passenger car
Mr.. LOewenbach, man and two |
children. The man was observed |
as he forced bis way through the
ventilator on top of the car, with all |
the clothing on his body from waist |
downward burned of, and his flesh |
roasted aud bleeding from cuts in
flicted by broken glass.
so far as learned tonight, those |
who perished are 4: Mrs. G. r.
Scherer, of Winona, Mimi; Mrs.
ROsina Johns, of Winona, her moth
er-in-law Louis Brinker, residence |
unknown a young woman believed |
to be Mrs. George a. Mari, Of Chi
cago her identity, however, is
very uncertain; Emil WotersdOrf,
residence unknown. Five more un.
known persons.
Conductor Searle was in the bag
gage car when the shock occurred.
With the baggage clerk aud Phil
lips, brakeman, he was pinned un-
der several heavy trunks, unable
to extricate themselves, and to their
horror they saw flames burst in
from one end of the car. They re
doubled their efforts, and Phillips
managed to crawl out. Conductor
Searle thus relieved followed him.
Clark, with a broken leg, was got.
ten out, and the three crawled
through a window as the flames
had crept up to within few feet OF
them. Conductor Searle is now
lying Frustrated at his home in
Milwaukee, and tells this story
He says as nearly as he can recol.
lect the occupants of the car where
the frightful incineration occurred,
a woman with a little girl
Of about six years Of age; another
lark haired woman with "A babe less
than a year old; a blonde woman
Of thirty, who seemed to be COM
DaDion of the former, both bound
or st. Paul two sisters Of chauty
travelling on pass. He can re-
,all no description Of any others,
)ut says there were not to exceed
fifteen altogether. lie has lost his
tickets. and 50 there is no record.
\ late dispatch estimates the
Of persons burned at twen.
y.six. A force Of men has been
engaged tonight in rakIng over the
ruins of the coaches. At eleven
o'clock the charred ruins Of eleven
victims had been taken out.
ST. PAUL, MINI, October 2S.-
The Milwaukee train bringing the
saved from the Rio wreck reached
lere at G:2O tonight. Among the
passengers were Bishop Whipple
and wife. Apart from the great Z
fatigue and nervous prostratlOn,
The Bishop was uninjured. lie de-
scribed the wreck as the most ter
rible sight he ever saw. Captain
John Ames, of NOrthfeld, was in
Tue sleeper, and says Bishop Wmp-
pie worked herOically to save the
passengers imprisoned in the wreck,
and brought out the children OF
Mrs. Scberer, of Winona, but could
not liberate her. After comparing
notes with other passengers, the
Captain thinks there were over
fifteen passengers in the day coach. {
How Bismarck Keeps His Secrets.
The management OF BIsmarck'S
waste paper basket illustrates the