St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-06
DOWN TO DEATH.
Fearful Plunge of a Passenger
Train Into a Raging
Flood.
A Coach Full Of Passengers
Buried in the Settling
Waters.
A Scene of Wild Confusion
That Beggars Deserip-
ton.
Heart-Rending Shrieks Of the
Wounded and Dying
Passengers.
Heroic Work Of the Rescuing
Party All Day
Long.
List of the Dead and Wounded
as Far as ASeeP-
tanned.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
New HAMPTON, To-, April 5.-One of
the worst accidents that has ever hap
pened Oh the Iowa & Dakota division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee u st. Paul oc-
Cured at O'Clock this morning about
three miles west of this city. A very
heavy rain visited this section last
night, swelling the rivulets into broad
streams and entirely submerging a
greater part of the lOwlandS. Some of
the streams showed remarkable rapid
rise. AS to the middle Wapsie, at
O'Clock the river was within its banks,
and about three hours later it had broken
its banks and had spread out over the
lowlands on either side, making an eX-
panse of water fully three-quarters OF
mile in width. The west-bound train,
due here at $40, did not reach
here until after 3 O'Clock. Engineer
McKagel received orders to go ahead,
and pulled out at 2:3O. The train was
composed of a baggage and express car,
two passengers, one smoker and
sleeper. The passenger coaches were
but fairly filled but the smoker con-
tanned about forty men, women and
children, most of whom were foreign
ers. The night was very dark and it
was impossible for the engineer to see
any distance on the track. The train
had pulled over the first bridge and
was a short distance from the main
bridge when the engine struck large
lake of ice that had tioated down the
stream and laid directly across the
track. The engine left the track and
plunged
DOWN THE EMBANKMENT
of about six feet into the river. The
tender tore loose and plunged ahead
of the engine into the river. The
smoker keptthe track until it was thrown
over on the tender, and rolling down
the embankmeut was soon submerged
in the water. The two passenger cars
left the track, but were not badly
wrecked, and none of the passengers
were seriously injured. The sleeper
WIS the only car left on the track. AS
the morning dawned the scene was
most heartrendering. The shriekS of
men, women and children were heard
issuing from the cars, calling and beg
ging for help. Those who were in the
sleeper were the first to get out, and
Immediately they went to work to assist
those in the passenger coaches, break
ing the windows and cutting out the
sides and bottom. In less than thirty
minutes not person remained in either
of these coaches, and strange to say,
none were seriously injured. Mean
while help from the city arrived Oh the
scene, and attention was directed to the
smoking car. AS the men approached,
the scene presented
BEGGARS DESCRIPTION.
The car was almost entirely sub
merged in the water, side upwards.
Men we're soon on top and with axes
broke through the side and began to
lift out the injured, dead and dying. AS
nearly as the conductor can remember
when he passed through here there was
in this car at least forty persons. The
tWenty-three who were alive were lifted
out and were comfortably provided for.
From the bottom of the car five dead
bodies have already been taken out and
it is quite probable that as many more
yet remain in there, or have floated
away down the stream. All wrecking
cars on the division, attended with a
full complement of men, were on the
scene at an early hour and worked faith
full all day long. Ats o'clock this even
ing work was suspended on account of
darkness. The torrents of water rush
ing down the stream render the work
difficult. A new crew will be on hand
early in the morning and work will be
renewed. The names of the dead bodies
this far recovered are:
WILLARD ANDERSON, Lamont Wis
MARTIN CHRISTIANSON, Denmark, tick
eted to Dell Rapids.
JOHN DUCLOS, ticketed for Kimball, Oak.
JAMES SCAGEL, engineer, Mason City,Io.
BABY HEIDECKER.
The wounded are:
JACOB SCHART, Jr., Sioux Falls, severe
wounds on wrist and hand.
c. j. WEILAND, Geneva, To-, both hands,
wrists, face and head badly scalded and
bruised.
NICK GENRING, Aurora, Wis.,, cut over left
eye and ON left cheek cut on back and right
hand.
JIM. CHRTsTIANsoN, Denmark, head and
face scalded and ribs broken.
Mr.. and Mrs. HEIDEcKER and five children,
ali injured, the man badly scalded on hands
and face the woman's skull broken and
other injuries; the children scalded On head
and hands.
JOHN MURPHY, Ossian, To-, hands scalded
and bruised on leg.
ARTHUR WHITE, Blackstone, Mass, head
bruised.
JonN GLAUsENEE, Monticello, Wis,
scalded head and face, and bruised in the
face.
FRANK STuDEnAcKEG, Boaz, Wis, bruises
of head and face and left leg.
DANIEL SnRAPr, brakeman, Sioux City,
head, face and wrist scalded and leg in
jurcd.
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