Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-13
7HE LAKE SHORE WRECK.

Terrible
Railroad at Hamburg. n. VA Bride OF
Week Among the Dead-Miraculous
Escape of Baby Stewart. Whose Parents
were Both KiIed-List of the Injured.
BUFFALO, n. Y, March 7.-One OF the
saddest incidents of the Lake Shore &C
cident was that which befell Joseph ID.
Baucus, bright young lawyer OF sara
toga Springs. A week ago Mr.. Baucus
was married to handsome young LADY
of Rome, n. Y. The happy couple had =
spent their honeymoon in the west ana
were returning on the Salina. When
the accident occurred the lady was PIN
toned in the wreck Her body was hor-
ribly bruised and her skull badly
crushed. Her husband was injured
about the legs and head. Mrs. caucus
was brought into a sleeper ana the
surgeons set about mending wounds.
Portions of the skull lad to be taken
out The bridegroom was stretched out
on another seat, two doctors working
over him. Every few minutes he
jumped up to get a look at his wlte-
The doctors restrained him by keeping
him constantly informed of her con-
dition, but the suspense was too much
for him. He jumped up and, brushing
the doctors aside, folded his arms
about the dying woman's form.
''She's cold!' he cried in despair, ana
he glanced up for look of dis
approval from the physicians who STOOD
| by. mo, she's living yet" answered
one of the doctors. The devotion or
| the broken hearted husband was touch
! ing in the extreme. He refused to be-
| led away, and chung to the side OF MS
unconscious wife, kissing her bleeding
lips and urging the doctors on to further
efforts. But medical skill proved I'M
availing. The wife died at $50 o'clock,
as the train was slowly rolling into
Buffalo. Mr.. Baucus is completely
! Frustrated. His injuries are not seri--
Gus, although his face is badly cut and
bruised and his legs somewhat sprained.
Another sad and one of the most pa
| thetic incidents of the disaster was the
miraculous escape of Baby Stewart, the
! eighteen-months'- old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f. f. Stewart, of Rochester.
! Mr.. Stewart and wife were in the tele-
scoped passenger coach with the baby
, clasped in its mothers arms when the
two sections came together. Mother
and father were instantly killed, being
| discovered on the floor of the car, COW
cred with debris, and crushed almost
beyond recognition. In the arms or
the mother Baby Stewart was found.
prattling and crying mamma, mamma"
but the mother was cold in death, and
strong men wept while the little thing
was lifted from the mbrace of the dead
mother. The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart were removed to the baggage
car, and the ladies tenderly cared for the
tiny little orphan. Soon the baby, tired
of calling for its mother, fell asleep.
| Mr.. Frank Conger, vice-president of
the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing
Company, of Groton, n. Y, took charge
of the baby, and on arriving in Buffalo
went to the Continental Hotel, where he
will keep possession of her until
claimed by relatives The kind hearted
people on the train took up collection
for the baby's benefit, and $50 was
/ realized.
The wreck occurred at spot where
there is quite down grade, and as the
train was running at good rate of
speed, it is remarkable that the COLI
sion was not more serious and that more
of the cars were not derailed The
scene around the wreck was terrible
| one. The telescoped cars were a mass
| OF twisted iron and broken timbers,
and along the track was strewn
pieces of iron, splintered doors and
window frames. When your reporter
reached the scene several men were
| hard at work trying to get bodies out of
the mass of timber.
The names of the seriously niured are:
Henry Burbrich, of Rochester; injury
/ to knee.
George E. Martin, of Boise City, Idaho;
| chest bruised.
/ Rev. johnson Myers, Cincinnati; cut
in head and leg.
| l.. III. Fisher, Boston; right ankle dis
/ located, head cut.
| f. A. Coombs, ST. North Twenty-fifth
! street. Philadelphia; side and head cut.
Julia Healy, Boston; head njured and
collar bone and right arm fractured.
j. C. Armstrong, 1876 Fulton avenue,
Rochester; head cut and leg injured
Mrs. J. ID. Baucus, Saratoga Springs;
! fracture of skull (has since died).
w. w. Branch, Charleston, w. Va;
left arm broken.
Charles Barch, New York City; left
ankle sprained.
III. T. Jaeger, 161 South Goodman
street, Rochester; ankle sprained.
l.. +. Haupt. 264 Sumner street, Buff
falo; badly cut.
Geo. f. Allen, general Northern pas
senger agent of the Lake Shore rail
road leg fractured.
Henry Ulrich, Rochester, knee
| sprained.
j. ID. Baucus, Saratoga Springs; face
and leg cut.
Julius Siegel, New York City; left
arm broken.
Geo. S. Thompson, ankle sprained in
jumping from train.
j. E. Minnick, Philadelphia: arm
/ crushed.
E. e. Stewart, No. $50 State street.
Rochester, with his wife and eighteen
months'-old baby, was in the day coach
! when the crash came. Mr.. Stewart was
instantly killed. Mrs. Stewart died be-
fore she could be taken from the wreck.
| The baby was uniniured.
A complete list of the killed can NOT
be learned, but it is positively known
/ that seven are dead, six of whom were
instantly killed.
| Resignation of Herr Won Tisz,
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