The Oskaloosa herald., 1893-10-26
LATEST NEWS OF THE DISASTER.


so terribly burned.
The Injured.
The names of those most seriously
injured are as follows:
Harry J. Archbell, New York; C F. Adams,
No. $50 Main stSeet, Buffalo, N ", left hand
injured and four fingers badly cut; James S.
Archbell, Evanston, ILL.,, ankle and arm
crushed; s. II. Baldwin, Milford, Conn, right
: leg cut badly, head bruised; c. T. Beardslee
Springfield, Mass, ankle crushed and badly
bruised; Alb ert Bradley, Sarria, Ont, left leg
cut on and body bruised; Albert Bradley, To-
rOnto, Ont, right leg cut on and back bruised;
John Burke, conductor train No. 9, badly
bruised and ankle dislocated; Mrs. Hen
ry Bushnell, Brockport Monroe coun-
ty, n Y; Gil Cranshsw, engineer train
No 8, slightly injured in jumping from cab;
Henry Garfield, clerk of Grand Trunk, injured
in helping at wreck, slight; w. p. Clark, Sar,
MIA, Ont, badly bruised; II. c. Crawley. Port
Huron Ont, slightly injured; Ezekiel David
son, Fairport N. Y, back bruised and
shoulder dislocated; NJ. E. CASTOR, Web
ster, Monroe county. N. Y, shoulder
bruised; Thomas J. Monroe, Auburn, N. Y;
Maggie O'Grady, oswego, n. Y, right limb
broken and internal injuries Frank Rogers.
Woodstock, Ont, arm crushed; w. A Ryerse,
Port Dover, Ont, leg and shoulder fractured: !:
George Shakelton, Albany, n. Y, fingers OF
right hand badly cut and bruised; F. H. Smith,
Fort Plain, n. Y, left leg crushed and was am
putated below the knee, right and left legs
fractured, injuries probably fatal: James
Smith, Ingersoll, Ont, back and head injured
hurt internally. squeezed and wrenched, con-
tinued his journey west; Mrs. James Smith,
IngersoIl, Ont, leg broken; Nellie Z.
Smith, y years, daughter of J. H. Smith.
head, eyes, limbs and feet bruised, bad
ly injured, some bones broken and taken out of
left foot; c. Stewart, Dalton Station, Cook
county, Ill, seriously bruised; Jennie Stewart,
IL years old, daughter of the above named, left
arm broken; Frank Turn, Middle Smithfield.
Pa, back bruised and arm crushed: George
Vance, Lincoln, Ont, left leg bruised and In
ternal injuries; Mrs. Robert Vance, Lincoln,
Ont, both limbs crushed and internal injuries;
Clinton II. Ward. Mooretown, VT, right hand
slightly cut; Miss Belle Williams, Brock
port N. Y, right ankle broken: ii.
w. Williams, No. Al Ulster street, Toronto,
right foot slightly cut, both hips badly In
jured: Evalyn Wurtz, Rochester N. Y, shonl.
der broken and internal Injuries; Mrs. Fred
Wurtz Rochester, n. Y, body bruised and
ankle dislocated: Henry Wooley, engineer
train No. 8, back injured; Fred Wurtz. Roeh-
ester. N. Y, left side bruised, both legs injured
Engineer wOOIey Arrested.
Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock Justice
Henry issued warrants for Henry
Wooley, engineer of train No. 6, and
Conductor Burt n. Scott. At o'clock
Deputy Sheriff King arrested Wooley
and brought him before Justice Henry,
where he asked for an examina-
ton and was put under $1,000
bail for his appearance next Mon
day. He could not furnish the bail,
and Deputy Sheriff King will take him
to Marshall. Wooley and Scott are
charged with manslaughter. Conduc-
tor Scott was arrested at Z p. m. on a
warrant charging criminal negligence.
He gave bonds in $1,000 to appear Mon
day. He made a brief statement to
the effect that he gave the engineer a
duplicate of the order he received; that
he sup posed he understood it; that he
afterwards went into the baggage car
and did not know the engineer had
gone over the siding and taken the
double track until the collision oc-
Cured
The Engineers Statement.
Engineer Wooley told the justice that
while oiling his engine Conductor
Scott came to him and handed him his
orders, asking if he was ready to go.
Scott said to him that the dispatcher
must be crazy, as No. 9 had gone
through. The engineer continued:
d up and got through oiling my en-
gine, got upin the cab ana that time Conduc
tor Scott was over near the platform He asked
me If was ready to go asked him II hi
was sure No had gone through He said
Yes. She has My fireman heard that After
he said that No chad gone through asked hin
how the board was. He said: 'All clear Looi
out for the board at Bellevue got up on MI
seat and started the engine. did not pass
any switch engine, as he has been reported, OF
the double track After / got into the yards
saw headlight Thought at first il was tht
switch engine, but in a moment saw that il was
coming too fast I shut the throttle and re
versed my engine. My train came to a stoI
and was standing still when No struck MI
engine. went to get of, but before I coulC
do so was thrown against the tank and my
side was hurt / asked my fireman aftel
the wreck If he remembered what Con
ductor Scott said 10 me. He said he did Ht
told me that No. had gone through saw
Conductor Scott after the wreck. He wa!
much excited asked him in regard 70 the
order again. He muttered out something anC
said he thought that No, Q had gone. My side
has been very sore all day. i have been iyine
down all day and not able to come out"
Died Like a Martyr.
G. G. Van Dusen, of Sprout Brook, N,
Y, was on the iIl-fated train. he was
accompanied by his wife. They were
on their way to see the fair When the
shock came Van Dusen was caught be
meath the flying timbers. He wa,
taken out bruised and crushed and was
carried to the Nichols hospital, where
he died soon after. He never saw hi,
wife after the trains came together and
never knew that for her was reserved
the most terrible fate of this day. Mrs
Van Dusen was pinned in the tele
scoped cars and at first had no doub
of her escape. As she looked out of tn
window and awaited her rescuers th'
alarm of fire was suddenly given.
BURY up; please hurry up, sh
said, as the fear crossed her mind tina
perhaps she was possibly in danger 0
burning. A minute later, while strong
men were straining TO extricate her
this possibility became probability
and the flames crept rapidly toward tn
/ imprisoned woman. You shan't burn
Wen get you out, cried the men, he
roieally, as they wrestled frantieall
with the splintered timbers. Ther
was lull of speech for five minutes
The rescuers had become giants j
strength and madmen in desperation
and they struggled wildly with tn
tangled wood and iron. The woma'
was silent and gazed imploringly an
inquiringly into the faces of the fire
men.
my God, oh, my Godl" suddenl
burst from the lips Of one of the heroi
workers. and in that despairing hear
cry the helpless woman read her deaf
warrant. She gave one agonizing wa
and then her woman's weakness CAV
way to her martyrs strength. Il ca
die; oh. yes. can die il / must. sh
said soothingly TO the strong men VII
were weeping IN their impoter
strength, again they struggled breatl
lessly To rescue her, but the flame
were encireling the party aud the hlaz
claimed the victim that the crash ha
spared
- am 4 Christian. she said. r
signedty. and moment later her vois
was raised in prayer. The flames no
completely eneirelad the helpless vIekii
and the fremen were driven away
the blaze caught hes arms, and IS s.
fought wildly . keep the flanes fro
her face. She told her nsnle and adkire.
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