River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-04

The most terrible railroad accident tibet
ever trauspirad in the North vest occurred
to the fast limited passenger train cf The
Milwaukee roed iass after midnight
thursday az East Eio S,diaC, W.scousin,
a small station, - niles from P,rta6e.
The train was bounding On a. 20 miles an
hour ss l. made 10 stop 1t !tir, aud rem
TIA ouFh an open sHl'ch thas bad
been left u1cl Sej ~ feiga-
: tram tnat Lat just ECte On Ute sI'-
ID 2. IL :Talr vts composed 90 gsail :. x
b. g-rEB ear. one Or. C1oen E1t thite
si.. 90 r., all ~ y Mich except fe9y Csf left
The tracE and vent !arJ sHlGhHuK. A
fise Immediately LF. sc o,.t "a TIC ST.. OK,
Cons UmiuR tvttyiritE eyt'it tue rear
sleeper. All IT. ItT>t:s ~ tie DAY coach
were killed uT a. '4-Islttet. IL Be Il IG.S tx
cepC one r1a1 aud t~o cnnjr-s l,a:ua4
Sctcrtr o. II is-u-.a, whC~o nlrfsar ard
grandmother NtT- burned uIGsy usss u.-
Stres~iUg c.lcun.>ia &C.. A. lest fClT
teen prIsurs s. ere kiEtd, probably more.
No oiie ~ tue Sic ptrs vas injured he
sceuts th2t ,gaI@j.I;ci about Jus bur niug
wreck Quise hts gers e .Tlliion. ! is said
the conductor ~ the freiEnr train Il Il sni
was sftetv a. 0s tpui q ~ the wub4s = raw
ing rts-dnHu. L late dt=lafrh estimates
tn. liurLbrr Of people burtcd az .. TIE
pesseI ga. ~ i,,-it !. J..e-c ped ar both er'is
tue untrue cEo- were reid trEI bE tie
broke u seAtS and SLOW y roasted 10 dab.
Bishop - uIIp.p. Of WtBH., was in uu- OF
the sitepeTs ara UglE red. Amojg Size
few n >mes OF f6e lost ihat hsve been rs
eer,sired are Nh. G.. s.. f-chcr.r All her
niOths r-it-law Mrs Rs ina JOres o. Ni-O-
na, MIMI, and Emh Walrers9urf ~ 81.
Paul. he corduc' or q the train We bad
liz injured AMI may die.
AZ the ii qurs. q 4. - the neuas Of the
following wao were certainly uesJr we'd
we,e aseeTtaiatd; Mrs {. Sc ersT, vi
mona; Mrs K. Jones, Rash city, Ninu.;
Louis Briuker AZ Emil Walters Sc RI, Co
urubas, Wis; sisters AipLon and Doc
esla, " mona: ihe nov sce 4 {Eertius Scan IdE
Ns~ Caste, is; Frank GuyeT and Jos
eIh Plant, Chicago, and Ru uHkaoWD Sill
vVaukee couradr; Mrs Charles H. Mar
HOughron. Mich. ; J. II TcHoor, tfasrop;
Mrs Ava Winter and Mrs. Jane ~. Becl,
K aiEn zoo, Mich B.; Mrs. 7. Ls1z snd cbil0,
saltwater. Ainn Cbar.es Dii'h.e, com
mer 'iEl Traveller from Rochester, MINI.
\ brakeman testified that tier, we're
tsenty-three persons IN the car. and 10 is
believed mer4 tkan twenty were lost.
Brskemeu Nel's OF ;he freight traiG went
voluntarily to all az Portage aud Vas lock
Cd NJ. IL is SAID the " atCn Of the Fl GIT
tran, conductor vas seven minutes SOW,
il bsying been magDefiEed hy electric ma
Chnery et the Minneapolis exposition,
without his knowing il, and 70 th.s tEs ter
riLle disaster Is due.
A freight train GA TIE Oregon Il. l.. on
the ais, Ian into rock Lear AiA4l md
the engine ard fifteen cars were d+rii,ed
and pi!eG up 10 a heap. l. Silva. frcmag
was Instantly killed l.. 4. Burk, bead
brakeman, Lex broken and sNaided, died
from injuries. + gineer Tucker Injured,
not fatally. Corvallis special gives
particulars Of an accident similar to tie
abpve on the Oregon Pacific road A
wreCkiTg train, which started from Cor
Wallis TO clear che trat Il freight cars
1 L H.
slice, instantly killing John Goodrich,
fir man, ant fatally il jurlug Spee.man,
brakeman. Engineer RobiHsOn had a leg
broken.
Portage, Wis, telegram, Oct. %. The
entire forenoon was occupied in gathering
the rem aims OF the ch barred victims at RIO,
and this afternoon the IL quest was begun.
Conrad Shererer OF WIEona Recognized
some Of the articles of jewelry which had
belonged TO his wife, snd detailed her
movements, showing that she WIS un-
dOUbtedly on tie trai1. A crucih which
had belonged 10 the Catholic sisters was
also Identified.
The blame for the Rio accident now
seems to BE- settling on Wells, the brake
msn, wEo has been placed in Jail at
Portage. a photographer ct RIO took
picture of the wreck early Thursday
morhlnS- ne SecuFsAl good sSatlFrs TOT
which he was paid 81 by a railroad man,
who destroyed the plates. Now the
photographer is reside himself with
chagrip, as he could have secured a big
price for il.
at West Union, lows, the trial OF Henry
schmidt was concluded by fiudiDg OF a
verdict Of guilty, with hanging fixed as Tire
penalty. In September last Schmidt shot
/ Mrs. eek fatally snd set fire 10 the house,
slightly wounded ncighbor who was