St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-17
Disastrous Wreck on the Bur-
lington & Missouri River
Road Near Omaha.
Fifty Passengers Buried in
the Debris and Several Fa-
tally Injured.
Two Missoupians Fight a Duel
With Knives and Both
Will Die.
One of the Cronin Jury Fix
ers Squeals to Save
Himself.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 16.-A terrible
wreck occurred on the Burlington u
Missouri at Gibson. a few miles from
Omaha, at Gas last evening. About
fifty passengers were injured. Two
engines were completely demolished
and a chair car and combination car
were thrown from the tracks and re-
duced to atoms. Train No. 8, the local
between Lincoln and Chicago, ran INTO
No. 9. The former was east and the
latter west-bOund. Gibson is the meet
ing point and the place where the crew
of No. 9, which is a stub train that
makes connections with the Kansas
Citv express. stops to register. Both
trains are due at Gibson at 6:45, but
last night No. 9 was slightly behind.
When the accident occurred, the latter
had Just crossed the spur, and the en-
CINE Oh No. struck the end, hurting
both engines and the two coaches from
the track. The combination coach and
the chair car were both crowded with
passengers, all of whom were more or
less injured. while Peter Reuland, pro-
prietOr of the fremont house, Sixteenth
and Burt streets, was injured to that
extent that he died shortly after being
taken to the hospital. The chair car,
after being overturned, caught ire, and
many of
THE PASSENGERS WE'RE BURNED
I'm addition to their other injuries, but
those who had escaped comparatively
safe, aided in the work of relieving their
pain. The exact number of the injured
has not as vet been aScertained. Inc
following thus far have been reported:
ENGINEER GILLESPIE, on No. q, residing at
Plattsmouth, badly bruised about the BODY.
HARRY 5. WELLER, of the Richardson Drug
company Omaha, badly cut and bruised
about the head and shoulders.
MARY BUTLER, South Omaha, hand erusned
and body badly bruised. She was taken to
the hospital and is in precariOus condition.
CHARLES LAURIE, resident of Craig. Mo-: !:
ear cut off, head and face severely cut ana
body and lower limbs badly bruised. He
also was taken to the hospital, where he lies
in an almost hopeless condition.
The following of the injured are at
the Millard:
E. MIX. of New York, shoulder dislocated,
and lower limbs badly bruised
FRANCIS ELDER New York, representing
the William Demuth company, bruised and
thought to have received internal injuries.
FRED SCHULTZ New York, slightly cut
about the head and face.
j. FALENBERG, Chicago, lower limbs
bruised and shoulder diSlocated.
The following are at the Murray:
c. W. CHAFFEE, Boston, slightly bruised
about the body.
Isaac LARoLD. Cincinnati. injured about
the shoulder and head, but not seriously.
J. KALIsHER, New York, shoulder spralned
and bruised about the body.
:. KEMPER. Buffalo, Y. Y. bruised about
the body, head slightly cut and lower limbs
bruised.
The following are at the Paxton:
ISAAC W. Rocks, Hartford, Conn, injured
about the body.
CONDUCTOR LovERIN. on No. 8, had bis
right lower limb badly bruised, and amputa-
ton may be necessary.
ENGINEER MCCOY, on NO. 8, was slightly
bruised about the body. The two firemen,
Haskins and Martin, escaped with but slight
injuries.