Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
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A Terrible Railroad Accident on the ST. Paul
Due 70 High Watsr--LiVes Lost and Bodies
/ Manned.
ST PAUL, April "a special dispatch from
/ New Hampton, Iowa, says a terrible rail
road accident occurred about four miles
west of this town on the Milwaukee & st.
/ Paul railway, by which at least half dozen
persons lost their lives and from fifteen to
twenty We're injured The train which left
Chicago Wednesday morning at 1880 and
was due here at 2I3 next morning, passed
here nearly on time and when about four
miles west plunged into a creek, the bridge
of which was washed away. The creek
was swollen by the immense water which
has been running on Tor the past Few days,
ana IN auOIGIOn an Ice gorge was formed
which, previous to the arrival OF the train
carried away q portion Of the bridge With
nothing to show there was danger ahead
the train plunged into the stream, going at
tul speed The engine and three coaches
were Immediately submerged A scene of
the widest confusion ensued and those of
the train crew and passengers who escaped
death or injury were immediately called
1nGa service TO relieve the other passengers
it was with great difficulty that thsV. could
be reached, owing to the rushing of water
ELEOuyh the car WINDOWS Those rescued
from the smoking car, which was almost
entirely submerged, were taken from the
windows. Some were manned to such an
CAJo-4D I44dL uLl6y were DOWeEl688 TO aGlD
themselves and Were nearly drowned be
fore aid could reach them. At IL O'Clock
this morning six bodies had been taken out
from the wreck and three more are known
TO be underneath the debris. In addition
to the passengers known to have been
killed from fifteen to twenty have been
rescued that are more or less seriously in
jured
jury could be spared he was dispatched to
this station and relief train was telegraph
ed for from Mason City. kilograms for
relief were also sent to Charles City and
other near by points, but it was not until
several hours after the accident that's train
arrived with physicians to care for the in
Jured and additional helping hands to aid
IN rescu1ng those still contained in the
wreck
A Charles City, Iowa, dispatch says the
wreck was caused by a block of ice en- the
track, while others claim it was by the
spreading of the rails. The engine jumped
the trrck first and the baggage car and
tender plunged over the engine into the
water. The smOket struck on ton of the
engine and was badly mashed The engine
is entirely under water and the baggage
car Is almost covered There We're almost
thirty people in the smoker at the time.
Inc engineer was caught between the cab
and smoker. The fireman ESCAPED. There
We're about twenty-five wounded The
belief is that there are three or more bodies
yet under the wreck
The names OF the dead that have been
learned are as follows:
Mr. +. Anderson.
Mr.. @. S. Earnesen.
Mr.. j. Denotes
Mr. James Seagel, the engineer of Mitch
ell, Oak
Dora Heidecker, a little girl about four
years old.
The following list of wounded is also
given: Jacob Schwart, jr., Sioux Falls, Oak;
T. y. WeiIand, Geneva, Ia. Nick Corning
Aurora, Wis. J. NJ Christianson, Denmark:
Mr.. and Mrs Heidecker and five children;
James Murphy, Ossian, la; Arthur White
cello, Wis. Frank Studebaker, BOog, Wis
Henry Schnarr and A B. Aiken, Nora Springs.
Ia Adam KOuch and wife Prussia; Gus
Berherns, Prussia; EllwOOd Ewers, Marshall,
Wis, and Phillip Gross, Eft Atkinson, La.