Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-07

Several Injured, But Only Three Seriously
Fearful Plunge That Was Remarkable
for Few Casualties-Wreck Near Niles,
Mich, of a Caboose-A Hundred Lives
ImperiIIed at a New York Fire-Three
Cremations in Canada-Fatal Natural
Gas sAccidents-OtherD Disasters
BOISE CITY, Feb. IA Statesman spe-
cial from Fayette says: At about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning the second section of
passenger train No. 2, east bound, when
about one and half miles east of Old
Ferry and about eleven miles west of
Weiser, met with an accident-caused by
either the spreading of the rails or by the
velocity of the train which, from the best
information TO be got from several OF the
passengers, Was running at the rate OF
about fifty miles an hOur-causing the
/ baggage, smoker, chair, dining and Pull
man sleeping cars 10 leave the track, and
the baggage, smoker and chair cars to roll
! down an embankmenJ about fifty feet
! high. The stove in the baggage car was
/ overturned and what might have been
very serious affair was prevented by that
portion Of the baggage car to which the
! stove was thrown, together with baggage
! and express matter of a somewhat COM
! bustiblerat,re, being submerged in Snake
I. river, thsfs eNUnguishing the fire
4 Child the Only One Killed.
As soon as those who were not injured,
together with the train men, could recover
from the shock they Immediately went to
the assistance Of those who were less for
tunate and found that of all the passengers
aboard there was but one killed, and that
was Emma Egan, of 512 Throop street.
Chicago, who was on her way home with
her mother and two other children. They
were in the chair car at the time of the ac-
cident and when the car turned over the en-
| bankment the unfortunate child was
thrown through the window and was
caught under the car and death must have
resulted almost instantly from conclusion
of the spine. The mother and other chill
dren were uninjured.
Roll of the More or Less Hart.
Those most seriously injured were: Mrs.
Kehoe, of Portland. Ore, caught under
one of the chairs in such manner that her
feet were doubled up under her and her
head resting on them-had to be cut ont
with axes; j. C. Rodell, of Markville.
MINI, and j. L. Lewis, of Corvalasis.
painful injuries but will recover. Amongst
those suffering from slight bruises are:
Joseph Hahn, of New York city: NJ. 4.
Grement, ut Heiser, Ida; o. r. Fips, OF
Lagrande Ore. @. T.. Fyfer, of Nebraska,
and John Cullan, Daniels, of Huntington,
Ore. the baggageman, was burned about
the head, arms and hands by the Goa
from the stove, and was only saved from a
fearful death by the car going into the
Snake river as above stated.
No Explanation of the Accident.
Three doctors were soon on hand and
gave attention to the wounded and the
coroner began an Investigation. The train.
men were examined, but conld not &C.
count for the disaster. The place where
the accident occurred is a very dangerous
one, being Oh a sharp curve and an en-
bankment ABOUT fifty feet high, which
ends in the Snake river and it is only a
miracle that the cars were not completed
: submerged. As it is they LAID with thoir
tops in the wafer, The conclusion was sc
great that the cars were completely torn
from the trucks