St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-28
sHRIEKS OF THE VICTIMS.
They Arose Above the Confusion
of Noise Following the Wreck.

bodies of the dead were brought to this
city at late hour this evening and are
at Kregler's mOrgue. One of the
heroes of the awful affair is
j. P. Alteiser, of Chicago. He is
at the Grand hotel suffering from
a badly bruised shoulder and cut on
the face. His injuries are not serious,
however. Mr.. Alteiser said: 81 was in
the ladies' day coach. which contained
ABOUT fourteen persons. and believe
that am the only one of that number
who escaped serious injury. We were
running at great rate of speed, nearly
fifty miles an hour, l believe, when the
crash came. For an instant / could
hardly realize whathad happened. / was
thrown violently to the floor, and the
car was tilled with dense volumes of
smoke and dust. The third seat ahead
of me had been occupied by a mother
and her two little boys, both of them
particularly bright little fellows. The
stove fell upon the trio, and their cries
could be heard above the confusion
OF noise that followed. They were
roasted alive. | could do
nothing, but as I regained my feet l
rushed to the other end of the coach
where three women had been pinioned
between two seats and carried one of
them out. was returning for the others
when was joined by fellow passen-
ger who. though badly hurt, gladly vol
unteered to
ASSIST IN THE RESCUE.
The shrieks of the dying and injured
were awful to hear, and the scene
Which followed the crash was horrible
beyond description. was very fortu-
nate. only receiving slight cut on nv
neck and few bruises which make me
feel little sore. think the train was
running entirely too fast, considering
the shortness of the curve, and it was no
daubt largely the cause of the accident"
The train bearing the injured in the
wreck arrived at tie New Jersey street
crossing at 1l:45. On the train all was
excitement. In the Pullman car at the
head OF the train were the more seri-
ously injured. In one berth was julie
Pearson, of Sheridan, Ind, travelling
man for Franklin, MacVeagh & Co.. of
Chicago. His face was cut and disfg-
ured III terrible manner, one arm was
broken and he was badly bruised.
When the train pulled into Sheri-
dan for stop, a middle-aged man, d.
5. Oldham, accompanied his wife, a
handsome woman of about thirty. into
the second coach. With them were
three beautiful children, two little ones
aged three and four, and an older one
aged eight. The mother and the
eldest occupied the. fourth seat
from fnd the the fTont 5Eft1t Of Of. the 49, car;
| gleefully on the seat that faced the
stove, in the end of the car. "By-by,
| papa" they choIused. as the father,
having kissed his wife and first-born,
| clasped the little ones to his bosom and
| then left the car. Little did he think
as he stepped from the platform that it
was the last time these little voices
would ring merrily upon his ears, or
the warm lips,
UNsULLIED AND INNOCENT.
press to his own kisses of love. At the
window the baby faces watched him as
the car pulled from the platform, and it
was with anything but foreboding of
the terrible disaster that the father
| waved his hand to the departing group.
The party was bound for indianapolis,
where they expected to spend week
| with relatives, and no thought save that
of the anticipated pleasure of the
visit occupied the minds of the mother
and children. After the train left
Westfield, Conductor Angle came into
the car and saw the little ones on the
seat and paused. He remembered
when his own were like these, and
stepping over to them he chuckled their
| dimpled chins and shook their hands as
he would if he had found an old ac-
quaintance. and then took a seat
in the middle of the car and
watched the pranks of the chill
dren. who, kneeling upon the cushioned
seat, watched the fitting scenery.
The next instant came sudden jerk,
the car swung as suddenly. turned over.
and the unconscious conductor saw no
more. The mother, who from her seat
had smiled upon her babies, lay close to
him also stunned, and by her side the
eldest child. She knew nothing until
she felt strong hands seize her and
| help her. She opened her eyes, and
In an instant seized the situa-
ton. My God, my children, where
struggled superhumanly to release her
self. 1--WE will save them," came a
| broken reply, you are hurt badly and
must keep quiet. Your children are all
| right" As she was lifted from the
already burning wreck she again lapsed
into faint and was laid upon blanket
| upon the ground.
| 1--WE WILL SAVE THEM"
| Brave words, but most extraordinary
| heroism could not carry out their mean
| ing. Save them? yes. Through the
window of the car little hand stretched
| limp and lifeless; but one man seized
it. Still warm. eve will save them -
| But the man looking through the win
dow there saw the impossibility of res
| cue. The red-hot stove, loosened from
its fastenings, had fallen upon the
babies. pinned them down with
| its awful weight, and burned
the bodies horribly, all the
work of moment, and when the prom
| ise had been made to ''save them'' the
little souls had gone to their creator.
| The mother recovered from her faint.
partly arose, but her eye caught the
burning Car and again the faint of an
| guish overcame her. She sank back
conscious only of the truth. A higher