Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-19
WRECK ON THE BURLINGTON
The Wild Plunge of Two Passenger
Coaches Near Lincoln.
SEVERAL PERSONS BADLY HURT.
Aspirants for Iiaird's PIace--A Broom
Manufactures in the soup-scwer
Bonds - Society Scandals A
Case of Resemblance.
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LINCOLN August 1S.
An almost miraculous escape from one OF
the most disastrous wrecks of the season oc-
CURED near the city this morning. The
Burlington passenger train due at Lincoln
from Wymore and Crete at 7;25 q. IN. had
Just commenced to slow up when IL struck
the switch at the Nebraska Iron works.
about a mile from the depot, when in some
way one of the rods of the brake bar of the
first coach became unfastened and was trail
ing the ties. 1t caught the cross bar that OPP
crates the switch and spread tho track, and
two coaches left the track and were precip-
itated over q ten foot embankment. Having
left the track very suddenly the auto
matte air brakes become imperative, and
therefore, useless in all efforts to avert the
impending disaster. The conductor pulled
the cord of the air brake, but without effect.
The coaches became detached from the en-
gine and baggage car before the rear car had
passed the operating switch bar, the right
wheel OF both clinging to the rail of the main
track The velocity carried them over one
hundred yards before they were dumped
over the embanlsment, carrying over fifty
people to what seemed inevitable death. The
trucks left the first coarch nearly thirty feet
behind. ]t turned complete summersault
and landed about twenty-five feet from the
track. Before making this leap the coaches
had become detached, and the rear coach,
something like twenty feet behind the first,
turned over on its side with its freight of
humanity. Both coaches, however, shed
their trucks. Every occupant of the two
cars was frightfully shaken up and more or
less injured, but, fortunately, not a death
has as yet resulted, and it is possible that all
of the wounded and manned may recover.
The following passengers were wounded
and are now subject to medical care and at
tendance:
A. w. Rindslkopf Omaha, severe cut on
right side of neck aud back of head The
cut came near reaching the corotid artery.
1t was a narrow escape MIR. Rindskopf rep.
resenJs Max Meyer and Bro.
w. +. Wood, Waverly, cheek and head
cut.
A. J. White Omaha, arm and hip hurt.
r. X. Clark, Des Moines, cheek badly cut
o. A. Jones, Wymore confusion of the left
side. His recovery is considered doubtful.
Mrs. Mary Nickerson, Wymore, knee cut
aud side considerably bruised
William Bohacik WILDER, hand cut and
back hurt. He was accompanied by his little
son, who was also wounded about the head
and hand.
C. R. Camp and John David were also con-
siderably hurt, but they took the outgoing
train for the east ana their residence could
not be learned.
The following employees of the road resi-
dents of Lincoln, were also among the
injured passengers:
w. A. Brown, lineman, lacerated right ear
and forehead cut.
c. Gully, water service, confusion of left
shoulder and left knee.
William Reed, carpenter, confusion of
right side of back.
w. j. Moncref, water service, lacerated
scalp and slightly bruised.
l.. Fronstad, carpenter, confusion of right
temple and right side; very seriously, if not
fatally, hurt.
o. p. Olsen, superintendent of bridge con-
sJruction, temple cut and head and back
bruised His wounds are esteemed rather
dangerous.
X. Kelly carpenter, head cut and back
S. }. Haight, conductor, head cut slightly
and generally bruised up.
l.. I. Griggs, brakeman, finger and arm
cut.
From the switch TO where the first coach
lies it is los yards, and the second ll9. This
fact is sufficient to show that the train was
moving at high rate of speed when 1t struck
the switch, aud at the same time within the
corporate limits of the city. The fall OF the
first Car was about twelve feet and the sec
ond twenty-five if not thirty. While the ac-
ciuent was a horrible one, 1t was fortunate
as well, for among all the injured but two
are considered in danger. and the chances
are that all will recover. Jones and Olsen,
however, lie in critical condition,
Two Of the passengers In the rear coach es
capped without any apparent injuries. A doz-
en- or more, although free from the care Of
physicians, show their shaking up by numer-
Gus bruises.
Thousands of people visited the scene of
the wreck during the day, and expressions of
astonishment were frequent that the fatality
had not been terrible in the extreme. At9
O'Clock wrecking car and force of men
were at work 10 clear away the debris and
right the fallen cars. This work will hardly
be completed to-day. The cars We're badly
wrecked but hardly as much as one would
have thought They were of the better con
structed class, and their foors inlaid with
wrought iron, were scarcely warped. But il
is thought that the trucks of each are dam
aged beyond repair. Some of the seats were
torn from the floor and scattered about pro-
miscuously,
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