Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-29
Eleven Persons TANNED to Death in
an End-to-End Collision on the
Wabash Road-A Score of Others
1njured-A Brakeman Response
BILE.

section Of the express train passed by
on the main track at 5:25 a. III. 1t is
said that the brakeman, supposing tha t
the freight train would now move,
ran back to open the switch Before
the cars had begun to move the second
section of the express came west at
the rate of 80 miles an hour, and be-
fore the brakeman could turn the switch
dashed upon the side-track and cOllid-
ed with the freight train.
The list Of killed is as follows:
j. III. McIIenna, butcher of Hyde
Park, Mass.
Harry French, Is years old, member
Of Orphans Bell Ringers London, Eng
land.
Charles Berho, East Boston, Mass.
Sam Francis, East Boston, Mass.
Miss Alice II. Reed, East Boston,
Mass
Miss Nellie +. Tucker, Newton. Mass.
Conductor James Coulter of passen-
ger train.
Engineer John Greene, Ashley, Ind,
passenger train.
L
=. c. Zelle, Berlin. Germany
Baggagemaster Lyons, passenger
train.
james D. Roundy, La Noble, Marshall
county, Ia.
The injured are:
Mrs +. w. Burbank, New Orleans,
60 years Old, arms and one leg broken,
jaw bone fractured; will die
William Adams, II years old, Lon
don, England, member Orphan Bell
Ringers, both legs broken, injured in
ternally; will die.
Miss Hattie IIutchins, Phoenix, Ariz.,
bruised about head and and injured
internally; recovery doubtful.
Fireman Barber, of Ashley, on pas
senger train, legs broken.
Miss n. A. Kelley, Boston, severe
scalp wounds.
ii. J. Vatkeney, fireman on freight
train, burned and scaldeJ about head
and breast, may die.
VIM. j. Haskins, IA years old, London,
England, compound fracture Of right
leg, left shoulder broken, recovery
doubtful
Edward Rush, 13 years old, London,
bruised about body, head cut.
SNien Garfield, Ironwood, Mich,
bruised about head and shoulder dis
located
Mrs. Garfield, Ironwood, Mich, left
arm broken, shoulder dislocated and
head badly cut.
III. w. Hyde, Phoenix, Ariz., head
| cut and leg bruised, not serious.
G. S. HOdgson, Dover, n. H, teeth
knocked out, arm fractured and legs
bruised.
Mrs. S. A. Seavly, Somerville, head cut
and arm diSlocated
Albert Morton, II years old, London,
Eng, arm hurt and two deep scalp
wounds.
Frank. Z. Dow, Fair Haven, Wash,
face cut and hip dislocated.
James G. Weakly, London, Eng, head
cut anG back injured
Engineer Whitman, ON freight en-
CINE, right arm broken and badly burn
ed, seriously injured but may recover.
Miss Hattie Rogers, Phoenix, A. I.
left leg fractured and injured inter
1tally.
Mrs. Dolber. 45S Green avenue, Brook
Ign, leg fractured and cut about the
head.
Miss Olive Hill, Sumlnersworth, n.
H.. internal injuries, head cut.
Miss Annie Hill, Summersworth, n.
H., slight injuries.
/ 1t was the worst wreck the Wabash
road ever had. To add to the horrors
of the terrible collision the boiler OF
the passenger engine blew up, scatter
ing human bodies and car wreckage in
all directions.
/ The locomotives collided at full speed
and the two machines lay damned to
gether, their boilers meeting end to
end. The force of the collision drove
the freight engine back against the
box cars, completely demolishing the
first three. The passenger engine was
partially stopped by the collision and
the baggage car, smoker, day coach
and one sleeper were teleScoped The
rest of the coaches piled up on top OF
each other in a tangled mass Of wood
and irons and the passengers, who were
nearly all asleep, awoke to meet an
awful death, serious injuries, or wit
ness the INDISPENSABLE suffering of Their
less fortunate companions. The boiler
of the passenger engine exploded and
hurled debris in every direction, a pail
of trucks We're torn apart and each
half sent flying in opposite directions
The steam escaped, scalding the in
! jured who were unable to crawl to a
place of safety.
The brakeman is said to be to blame
for the accident. He turned the switch
in the face of the express and let it &C
on the side track. where the freight
train was standing. He ran back tC
the switch. and in spite of the fac
that the other section was in sight, he
opened the switch for the purpose
evidently. of letting his own train out
The express train ran on the side track
and as the freight engine was but q
short distance from the switch rails
there was no time to stop. The sec
tons were twelve minutes apart
Brakeman Thompson was a trusted
man and of more than the average In
teligence. He is not in custody, but
will be on hand at the inquest