Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
DEATH ON THE RAIL
Nearly Two Score Victims of a
Panhandle Wreck.
FOUR DEAD AND TWO OTHERS DYING

The Remainder Suffer Various Wounds
and Contusions-An Engine Frame
Breaks and Two Cars Go Over an EN-
bankment-Names of the Dead and
Hurt-Fire Breaks Out, but Is Extin-
guished-Yuma, A. t., Flooded by the
ella River and One Life Lost.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. GA Journal spe-
cial from Richmond, Ind, says: A terri
BILE accident occurred on the Richmond
division of the Pan Handle railway at
Hagerstown, sixteen miles from the CITY,
at BOO Wednesday afternoon, in which
three persons were instantly killed, one
mortally wounded, two seriously, proba-
bly, fatally, and a large number more or
less injured. 1t was the fast mail between
Chicago and Cincinnati, which was COM
ing down a steep grade into the town
when the framework of the engine, No.
494, in charge of W. W. Bartlett, engineer,
and Noah Dunn, fireman, broke and de-
rallied every car.
Over "A 15-Foot Embankment
However, they passed the station and
came to the canal bridge, where there is a
~ AOCO III DClOfC bhc fatality OCcuETS g,
and where it came near proving even more
terrible, as the cars caught fire But the
fire was quickly extinguished. The
smoker first turned on its side, and the
day coach and parlor car "Eugenia," the
smoking compartment of which contained
all the killed, breaking away from the
smoking car, but holding together, rolled
over twice in their descent OF the embank-
ment
Telegraph Poles Torn Down.
Meanwhile the derailed baggage car had
hung to the engine and, away beyond the
other cars struck guard at the road
crossing, again mounted the track and
escaped almost uninjured but the engine.
though holding the rail, was about as
badly wrecked as the parlor car and day
coach. In leaving the track the cars tore
down the telegraph poles and it was al
most impossible to get accurate news of
the accident until the trains arrived here
with the dead and wounded. The wreck
ing crew was gotten out of here as soon
as possible, carrying surgeons and assist
ance of every kind and a second train was
sent at = o'clock with a large number of
people.
Killed and Mortaily Wounded.
The following is IA list of the killed and
injured: Kiiled-Arthur NJ. Reeves, capi-
talist, Richmond; :. G.. Needham. claim
agent, Richmond division, Richmond:
Charles :. Case. conductor. I.o.ausport
Mortally wouuded-Otis f. Deal, engineer
maintenance of way, Richmond division.
died at $50; Mrs George McGrew, Rich
mond, and Mrs. J. G. Busin, Sacramen-
to, Gala.
More Less Severely Hurt.
NJ. Hile, Cincinnati, confusion of the
head and arms; q. Webster, porter Pull
man car, Newport, Ky, left ankle dislo-
Gated and forehead badly cut; infant
grandchild of Mrs. McGrew Staub, Chi.
cago, badly bruised; John NJ. Edwards,
Richmond, wounded about head; Adam
Steinberger and brother Wiley, West
vile, Ohio, both cut in back of head:
Frank w. Eddy, Westfield, Mass, back
badly sprained; Miss Roth, Dayton, O.,
right hand badly cut, and her sister, Mr..
G. X. Dudley, Dayton, severe confusion
on right side; Mr.. and Mrs. Benson, Lo-
gansport, badly bruised-also their two
small children, Herbert and Earl Mrs.
Anna Englebrecht, Logansport, and her
three children, badly shocked; Henry c.
Fox, Richmond, severe scalp wound and
confusion of the spine; A. H. Kelley, Rich
mond, severe cut over the eye; T.
w. Gilpin, Philadelphia. cut in the left
arm and injured internally; John Crock
er, Chicago, confusion of the back and
face; Charles Page, Richmond, bad cut
on head and injured about hips; C. FL.
Edmonds, Troy, o., cut in head; Mrs. Su-
san Staubaugh, Trenton, Mo-, both hands
badly cut; Sophia Evans, co fusion of
arm, and Dora Clark, confusion of the
head, both of Newcastle, Ind; Clifton IT.
win, Martins Ferry, o., hurt on foot; J.
p. Stanzea, Eaton, o., arm badly bruised,
right cheek bone broken; J. w. Kramer,
brakeman, Logansport, severe scalp
wound, left leg badly bruised, and contu-
sion on arm; Harriet 5. Lambard, Am
herst, Wis, severe confusion ia back of
head; James I. Bootes, Richmond, very
severe confusion on left side of head; Bob
Hodgin, road foreman of engines, hand
scalded, abrasion of legs.
THE TORNADO IN INDIANA.