Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-06
NEWS BY TELEGRlPH. From All Quarters. RHE BRIDGE GAVE WAY. "A FrightfuI Accident on the
 Santa Fe.
 SEVEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED. American Register to For
 eign Built Ships. MANY REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS. Enthusiasm for Harrison
 and Blaine.
MANY REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS,
DOWN TO DEATH.

Terrible Accident to a ves,ibul. ~ Train on the Atchison Railroad 1t Plunges Through . Trestls
 Weakened by Rain-Seven Killed
 and Many IDjured-A New Haven
 Man Among Those Bruised-Mos,
 of the Victims Were Drowned-Ths
 Catastrophe Happens in the Dead
 of Night.
 FORT MADISON, Ia., May 5.-Withoui warning, in the midst of a fr;ghtful storm, the eastbound trans-oontinentale express on the Atchison railroad, filled with human beings wrapped in slumber, plunged through trestle weakened by rain at about 1:45 o'clock this morning between Revere and Medill, in Missouri, about 265 miles from Chicago. It was very dark. The rain fell in torrents and only an occasional flash of lightning could be seen in the gloom. The express had come through from San Francisco, Los Angeles and Mexico on time. On arriving at Kansas City at 4:4O on Wednesday af- ternoon orders were received to hold 1t until 6:45 and then run it to Chicago on the time of the Denver limited, which was very late. At GAO the train, composed of postal car, a baggage car, smoker, chair car, tourist sleeper and two Pullman coaches, commenced it's run to Chicago. All went well until pile and trestle bridge over the Fox river near Revere was reached. This bridge was about 175 feet long and thirty feet high. Two hours before the express struck the bridge a heavy freight train passed over it safely, but the heavy rains had swollen the torrent which ragged below and the water had carried the bridge out of line, yet left it standing.
 THE BRIDGE GOES DOWN.
 With wheels turning slowly for safety's sake, the train crawled on the bridge. The engine crossed in safety, but not the bal ance of the train, for the bridge went down, only the engine and rear sleeper re- on either end of the abutments. The other part of the train was precipi- tated into the swiftly flowing waters in the ravine below. Five cars with their load of human freight and the remains of the bridge sank together in one mass of crushed timbers, torn and twisted iron work and mangled humanity.
 WILD SHREK.
 Then arose wild shriek from the wound el and dying, rising above the roar of the storm. The engineer and fireman from one Io of k1o ck- kha ;y,,r pants of the rear sleeper on the opposite bank hurried to give what aid was possible to the unfortunate battling for life in the ravine below. Men sprang from the win dows of the wrecked cars and fighting their way through the whirling waters filled with debris reached the banks and fell to the ground exhausted. Seven sank in the wreck to die. Twenty-six are known to have been injured.
 THE KILLED.
 The following is list of the killed: O. T. Lanmarkel or Markee, Kansas City; William Hines, Oklahoma City; Luther Cornelius, Kirksville, Mo-; s. E. Verkler, Westport, Me-; John c. Grones, Macon, Mo; lady and child, names unknown.
 THE INJURED.
 The injured are: J. Tucker, conductor; Martin Began, brakeman, Riverside; An drew Roman, express messenger; Crude Bell, postal clerk; R. E. Butcher, pos tai clerk; Mrs. Jane Hisch, Riverside; J. c. Winslow, Chicago; H. NJ. Cut Ter, Chicago; H. c. Cowling, Chi ago; N. Lancaster, Chicago; W. A. Allen, Athens, Pa {; Mrs. E. T. Allen, Athens, Pa. i; Robert Schultz, Lexington, Mo; J. F. Hurtgen, Reading, Pa.; W. G. Smith, No. 10 Lyon street, New Haven, Conn.,; Will liam Adams, o. L: Boys, J. Gunther, W. B. Barnes, J. H. Snyder, &. A. Lough, J. Mason, F. Graves, Hartford; Allen But lerins, an Italian; A; G. Mears, Saltwater; Moore, Illinois; R. H. Moelen, Kansas City; Mrs. A. J. Sullivan, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Hughes, Kansas; Mrs. J. H. Keating, Mexico; W. Isham and Mrs. w. A. Isham, Riverside, Ill. About fifty more sustained slight cuts and scratches.
 The extent of their injuries has not yet been ascertained. There is an unconfirmed report that an Italian woman and child were injured. The dead and injured have been brought here.
 This morniug there were washouts on all sides of this place, three on the Santa Fe and three on the Q. B. & Q.
 THREE FEET OF WATER ON THE TRACK.
 CHICAGO, May 5.-Superintendent Ives started for the wreck on the Atchison early this morning, but was confronted with three feet of water on the track at Lockport The road was also under water east of Fort Madison and the wreck and the wires were down for miles. The eastbound Denver express, which followed the trans-continental express, attempted to run aronnd the wreck on the Keokuk branch of the Burlington, but was stopped by landslide few miles out of Keokuk. No trains have arrived in Chi. cago on the Atchison since the Kansas City local came in at a. m. This train crossed the fatal trestle about 5:40 p. m. Wednes day. No trains were sent out o-day.
 Traffic Suspended.
 LONDON, May 6.-The Southeastern rail way terminus at Dover was burned las QGa E., Iol F.