Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-16
HOW THE BODIES WERE FOUND.
washburne's Scalded from Head to Foot
-Hcnry's Head Split Open.

washburne's Scalded from Head to Foot
--Hcnry's Head Split Open.
The train remained on the track. while
the engine, with tender and baggage car,
plunged toward the round house. About
eighty passengers were on the train, but
all escaped unhurt. After the debris had
been cleared away, beneath the big boiler
q head could be seen crushed almost fiat.
Here was foot protruding from under
an iron plate. In another spot was a hand
boiled into jelly. After straining with
levers and derricks the tender Was moved
slightly, and the body of the first man
was taken out. This was Leonard Wash
burne. The steam had rushed over him
from head to foot, scalding every inch of
his flesh, An iron bolt had been pushed
through his skull above the ear, penetrat-
ing the brain.
Henry's Frightful Fate.
McAfferty and Henry were reached at
O'Clock, but life was extinct in both.
The formers neck was broken and his
face was so scalded with the steam that
he was unrecognizable. Henry's body lay
across that of the artist. His head was
split open and the brains were scattered
over the breast of his companion. En-
gineer Clark was the last one to be taken
from the wreck. He was found under
the tender, having evidently been thrown
there when the engine made its final
plunge into the cinder pit. His head
cracked like an eggshell, projected from
beneath the tender. His legs were
broken in several places and his clothes
were burned and his flesh scalded by the
steam.
washburne's Base Ball Reports.
Leonard Washburne had been in the
newspaper business in Chicago for about
four years. Previous to his coming here
he had been employed as the general
librarian for a western railroad Two
years ago he was engaged in the sporting
department of The Inter Ocean. He was
assigned to base ball work and immedi-
ately inaugurated bright, new style of
writing quite peculiar to. himself His
base ball articles were read with great
interest, not only in Chicago, but all
over the country as some of his work was
considered the best and brightest work
of the kind ever done This season he
signed his articles, and in this way gained
a national reputation as one of the best
base ball reporters in the business.
The Other Two Victims.
Washburne was tall and we'll built and
young man of quite a handsome ap-
pearance. He was very well liked by all
his companions. His bright disposition
and constant cheerfulness won him many
friends. He was thoroughly good fellow
and will be greatly missed By the news
paper men who knew him James Nc
Afferty came to this city about two weeks
ago from st. Louis, where he had been
employed on The Post-Dispatch for q
number of years. Previous to going to
st. Louis he worked on the Philadelphia
Press. Fred Harry was 81 years old and
had been employed on The Inter Ocean
for about two weeks, having come here
from Louisville. g
All the Bodies Terribly Disfgured.
The remains of the three men reached
this city shortly after o'clock last night.
They were met by delegation of 100 rep
resentatives of the daily and weekly pa
pers and press associations. who followed
the caskets to Jordan's undertaking es-
tablishment. All Of the bodies were ter
ribly disfgured. A call was issued last
evening for a mass meeting of newspaper
men today to take appropriate action on
the deaths of Washburne and his associ-
atS,s