Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-07
AN IOWA ACCIDENT.

Datnils of Thuraday's Accident on the
Iowa and Dakota Lime or the aaiswau-
Aee.
New Hampton, Iowa, Apsii 5 Ore Of
the wolst accidents th2s has eves hap
pened on tho Iowa and Dakota division
of the Chicago. Milwaukee s. Sd. Panl
occaIred at clock thla morning about
thqeemiies west of this city. a very
heavy ram visited this aeetion laet night,
swelling the fivnists into broad streams
and entirely enbmerginy greater part
of the isWianda. Noae Of the ssreaIns
showed such remarkably rapid rise as
the Middle Wapeie. At one o clock the
river was within It's banks end about
three. hours later il he'd broken its banks
and had spread oyer tho lowlands or
fuily three quarters Of mile in width.
The west bound train, due here at
$40, did not reach here until after 8
O'clock. Engineer j. w. Scagel re-
eeiYed orders TO go ahead, and pulled
out OF 3;30. The train was composed OF
o baggage and express Car, two passen-
gers. one smoker and aleeper. The
passenger coaches were bat faiyly filed,
but the smoker contained about forty
men, women and children, most ofwllonn
we're Foreigners. The night WAS very
dark and it was Impossible for the en-
gineer to see any distance on the track.
rhe train had. pulled over the first
bridge ond was short distance from the
main bridge when the engine struck o
large cake Of ice that had foated down
the stream and laid directly across thu
til ack.
The engine left the fEacls and plunged
down an EN- nbankmept oil about six feet
into the Siyef- The tender tore loose
and plunged ahead OF the engine into
the river. Ihe smoker kept the track
until ii was thrown oyer on the tender
and rolling down the embaDkment was
soon submerged. Ehs two passenger
| cars left the track, but we're not badly
wrecked and none OF the passenger wese
seriously injured. The sleeper was the
only car leig on the track. AS the morn.
| log dawned the scene was most heart
rendlng. The shrieks of men. women
and children were heard isanIng from
| the Cars calling end begging TOR help
| Those who were In She sleeper were the
! first TO get out and Immediately they
/ went TO work to assist shoae in the tws
| passenger coaches. bTeakingl tho win
| dows and cutting ont the sides ant
bottoms In less than thirty minutes
4 not person remained III either OF thess
coaches. and djstrange TO cay none wer,
/ .eriously injured.
4 Meanwhile help from this city ar
rived on the scene and attention wa
] directed to the smoking car. As th,
4 msn approached the scene presented
i beggars description. The men wert
4 soon on top and with axes broke through
i the side and began TO lift ont the in
,liured. dead and dying. Ae nearly q
1.-The conductor can remember, when b
passed through here, there were in thi
car at least forty persons.
The fwenty-three who were alive wer
lifted out and were comfortably provid
], ed for. From the bottom of the car fis
dead bodies have already been taken on
aud 1t is quite probable that as man
moro yet remain in these, or have hoate
3 away down the stream. All the wreck
/. ing cars ON the division, attended Wit
!, la full complement Of men. we're on VI
!, fscene at an early bonr, and worked fait
! fully and long. AT s O'Clock this even
! ing work Was suspendet on account
i darkness. The torrent of water Fushir
n down the stream render the working di
" fcult.
a new ores will be on hand early i
& the morning and WORK will be renawe
S The names Of ths dead thus FAR sacoye
: ed are as follows:
"a Willard Anderson. Lamont, Wis.
3 Jens Martin Chriatianson, DsnmarI
! ticketed to Dell Rapids, D. 81.
n John Ducios, ticketed to Kipaball,
L. s-li = u j
III James Sosgel. engineer, Mason gi.
( 10.
y Baby Hiadeoksr,
II The woEnded are as follows:
II jacob Schart, ir., Sioux Falls. seye
wounds on wrist and hani
III CSJ. Wislapd, Geneva, Io., both bani
y wriass, face and head badly scalded q
se bruised,
,s Nick T. Gouring, Aurora, Wis.,, {
y over the Left sye aud on loft Gheek e
n or nsck and pa LETT hand
T. ~. ChfilfiaEson Denmark, he
" and face soalded and rtb broken.
N Mr. and Mrs. HeisasSseE md fiys Oh