The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-06
A BRIDGE DROPS A TRAIN
SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED, AND FIF
TEEN BADLY INJURED.

Ths Scene of the Accident Near
Rerere, Mo.-A Macon Man Among
Those Killed-Wrecking Trains Pre-
wanted From Reaching the Scene
by Washouts on Both Sides of 1t.
FORT MADISON, IA, May 5.-A dis
sstrous accident occurred on the Atchison,
Toneka and Santa Fe railroad, twenty-five
miles west of here. this morning. A vesti-
bule train went through bridge, probably
through the weakening or the foundations
bv the recent heavy rains.
AN OFFICIAL LIST.
TOPEKA. KAN, May 5.-An official state-
,nen+ made at the Santa Fe general offices
here gives the following list reported up to
noon Of the killed and injured in the wreck
This morning one mile east of Revere, Mo-,
and twenty-rhree miles west Of Fort Madi-
son, Ia.
KlIled-Lon Markle of Kansas City, Mo.
Luther Cornelius of Larksville, Mo-; s. E.
Berkelv of West Port, John Q. Green OF
Macon, Ca; one lady and two children,
whose names are not yet known.
Iniured-B C. Cowling of Chicago, ]. G.
Winslow of Chicago, N. Lancaster of Chi
caqo. Mrs. Jane Hisey of Riverside. ILL.,,
W A. Isham of Riverside, ILL.,! Martin Re-
gal brakeman; f. J. Hartger of Reading,
Pa: W. Allen of Athens. Pa. William
Adams of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; /;
H. H. Cutler of Chicago; A. Ruban. an
express messenger, o. K. Shultz OF Lexing-
ton Mo: one Italian woman and child,
names not known.
The train was the through California ex =
press, which left Topeka at 2:4O o'clock
Yesterday afternoon.
Near Revere the train struck pile trestle
bridge which had been out Of line. The
train went through to the river thirty-six
feet below. The wrecked cars were the
engine tender, baggage car, coach, chair
car, tourist sleeper and Pullman.
The dead and injured have been taken to
Fort Madison.
TOPEKA DELUGED.
TOPEKA, KAN, May 5.-The heavy rain
Of yesterday here was followed last night
by fall of water that amounted almost to
a cloudburst. As a result the city is one
third under water. The storm last
night created CONSERVATION among
the people, many of whom moved
their families from their homes to
places of greater safety. Many families were
obliged to move by means OF boats or rudely
constructed rats. The water in the streets
varies in depth from six inches to afoot and
many lower stories are under water. The
creek that flows through the town over
flowed its banks and added to the general
alarm. Some foundations were weakened
but no serious damage was done.
a REGULAR DEATH TRAP.
Fort MADISON, IA, May 5, IL ?. M.-The
accident near Reverb was caused by the
heavy storm, which was at its hight when
the train went down. A heavy freight
train passed safely over the bridge two
hours ahead of the passenger train, but the
rising waters weakened its supports, so that
while it seemed to the engineer to be all
riget it fell when the full length of the
train rested on the bridge. The en-
gine got across and was safe and the
last car OF the train, a Pullman, remained
on the track all right, while all between
went into the river In a bowling storm at
LAO o'clock in the morning. Washouts
both in front and behind the wrecked train
prevented access to it, the Burlington road
being also washed out in three or four
places. ....
BURLINGTON TRACKS WASHED AWAY.
ATcHIsON, KAN, May 5.-The tracks Of
the Burlington were washed out for dis
tance OF 200 feet at Brenner, seven miles
north Of Atchison. The Missouri Pacific
was obliged to abandon its Lincoln branch
IN Nebraska on account of land slides and
Washouts. All the streams in the SOUTH
eastern portion of Nebraska aud North.
western Kansas are out of their banks and
are doing much damage to crops.