Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-22
FIFTY WOUNDED.
Frightful Railway Disaster Four
teen Miles from Cleveland.
SIX COACHES COMPLETELY WRECKED

One Person Instantly Killed. and Forty
Nine injured, a Dozen of Them Pa&any
An Excursion Party Hurled Into
Ditch, and a Day of Pleasure Changed
to One of Death and Agony-Sfx Dead
the Result of the Accident on the I'LL
nois Central-A Fatal Disaster on the
Alton.
CLEVELAND, June ga train of fifteen
coaches, loaded with 400 happy excursion
lists, left this city yesterday afternoon on
the Nickel Plate railroad bound for Oak
Point, pleasure resort on the lake shore
about forty miles west of Cleveland. The
train was drawn by locomotive running
backward. When about fourteen miles
from the city, and while the train was
running. between thirty and thirty-five
miles AN hour, the tender of the loeomo-
tive. junlyed the track and plunged into
the ditch. 7The shock threw the locomo-
tive off the rails also, and as it tumbled
down the bank it hauled the first coach
with it. Six coaches following the first
were completely ~recked, one of them be-
ing split from end to end.
The Air Filled with Screams.
The eXcursionists had not ah instant's
warning. They felt the first shock. and a
second later they were struggling in the
mass of wreckage, One person WIS lxItsd
and nearly fifth injured, some of shs.n
fatally. The farmers living near the rail-
road fastened to the scene, and with the
aid OF the passengers unhurt began the
work of removal of the dead and injured.
The air was filed with the screams of the
injured and the frightened women in the
shattered coaches. The accident was in an
out of the way place and particulars are
scarce.
The Killed and Wounded.
The following is list of the killed and
injured, all residents of this city: Henry
Rogers, q years old, killed outright
Nounded-Burt Keefe, fractured, leg
hurt, will probably die; Peter Redon, foot
crushed and wound in jaw; s. NJ Clark,
ribs broken; Thomas GRAVITY badly
bruised and internal injuries; Mary Red
dy, ribs broken and internally injured;
Edw ard Shepperd, right beg crushed and
hurt internally; William Stegkemper
scalp wound and leg crushed; Lizzie Ray,
hip badly bruised; Chartes Quirk, cut
IN the neck and badly bruised;
Ernest Schriefer, scalp wound; W. J.
Hempstreet, right arm broken and Reg
bruised: Col John W. Gibbons, director
CT police, bad flesh wounds and ineernal
injuries; Peter Campbell, foot crushed,
Jawbone fractured, condition serious:
Michael Barrett, leg broken at knee. This
includes all those more seriously INFUSED
The total number of the INFUSED is forty
nine, most OF whom suffered severe bruises
or sprains.
a Dozen Fatally Wounded
Ten or twelve were fatally in jured. but
their names could not be learned owing
II the reticence Of the hospital empoye>s.
Every ambulance IN the city was called and
met the special train that went out for the
injured.
A Miracle 1t was Not Worse.
Some OF the injured wore brought to hos
pltals in CleSeianH and score or more
were taken to their homes. where names
could not he learned The engineer and
fireman jumped from the engine as II
turned over, and escaped injury 1t seems
miraculous that at least score were not
killed outright. There Were many chill
dIen on the train, but not one was hurt.
Many Of the exeursionists returned to the
city late last evening IN wagons. They
presented sorry appearance, their cloth
ing being covered with blood and mud
The embankment over whsnh the cars
plunged is about six fees high.
Coused by Spreading Rails.
Many OF the passengers jumped through
the windows in their efforts 10 esnape and
fed in all directions. Conductor Zeigkr
was in charge of the train. So far as can
be learned the accident was due to the
Spreading of the rails. The loss to the
railroad company wiz be very heavy.