The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-11
NEBRiSkA RAILR0ID WRECK.
peIIhnrately plArrfaI


LINCOLN, NEB.. Aug. l0.-It was long
after daylight before the burning pile at
the scene of last nights frlghtful railroad
wreck had sufficiently cooled To allow the
gruesome work of removing the DEBRIS
ana search for the victims 10 begin. the
corrected list Of dead and injured Is as
follows.
Dead-C d. stannard. conductor, 81.
Joseph. Mo.; Ike Depew, engineer, Coun-
ell Bluffs. la; William Craig, hreman,
Fairbury; ". .. Handle. farmer, Jansen
or tarbury. Neb. Joseph iynger, f9r,n-
er, F0lrbury. Neb.. T.. H. Ictnecke, LIN
coin. Henry Peters omaha; ). -.
Matthews, travelling man, Omaha br'
G. n. Birney. Council Buns. Ia a.: l.:
H. Norris, trayehins man. Kansas tlty'
\. b. tbee insurance AK ~, Iawnee
City. Neb., j. y. Bever. ciOtnier iawnee
city, Neb. Ali the above We're buried IN
the wreck and so badly burned as TO be
The injured are ii. C.. Foot. J. Mellow
ell, O. 4. Aborn, +. Il. scott. G., h.
Cherry. h. n. Bell. Mrs. Nellie A., flrz.
John Rutherford. J. G. lp,t1. Col ..
j. Bills. None OF their injuries are Sc
rious.
Everything to-day points to the fact
that the train was drnuerateiy wrecked.
officials Of the Rock Island Will accept
no other theory, and have offered a re-
ward of $1,000 for the capture OF The mis-
Creants.
The dsh-plates were removed with n
crOwbar, which was found with the plates
i'm the tall grass near the burned bridge.
The rail was LEFT IN place, so that the
engineer was unable 60 discover the
dastardly work.
taRALYZ D wI-H TRt0nE
The passengers rescued from the thiri
car were paralyZed with fright. ana colid
only lie on their backs and moan, rem
dering no assistance TO the work OF
rescuers. one family of Russlans, con-
sistihe Of "a man. wife, and cnlld was
50 completely panic-suieken uat' IKE
horses In a tire. they could not Dv m
duced TO leave the car and had o. be
carried. The wrecking crew SD far has
discovered only few blackoned bones
and fragments of burned hesh
O. s. Bell, the Lincoln travelling man,
was not killed. as at first reported, but
terribly injured int 0rnally. lie was taken
TO his home In north sixteenth street.
Among the thirteen Passengers IN the
chair car were Mrs Fritz and sister-in-
law, Who were badly shaken and bruised.
j. H.. PCtz. Lincoln travelling man,
had three ribs oxen and rs mass OF
cuts ana bruises boat it b. Thought he
will recover. D. h. brnker, "a Denver
TRAVELLING mDu was supposed to have
been Killed bat he turned up this morn
ing, having missed the train at Beatrice.
ooIoeEL mrL, sr,Bf.
Col c. J Bills. treasurer Of the Ma
tional Guard Association Of the United
gers and his story is as follows.
jay Mcdowell and myself were seated
in the middle OF The car and as We AS
covered that the train was lkely 10 20
over the trcstie. Mcdowell skated down
the aisle. / called 10 hiu % lie down.
and the next instant the crash came. Inc
engine went overheard nrst, and the
smoker ON top of that, ami the rear
coach. in which We We're seated Jammei
down upon the other. The car was
crowded with passengers, and We we're
forced along the back OF seats In front
If us. and all but Mcdowell AMI myseif
were horribly manglcd. As soon as posi-
bic. We climbed through window ana III
effeen minutes succeeded in evurlcatinR
nine persons who were jammed In the
debris Hearing the -hrieks ana cries lol
help ON an sides left Mcdowell ana rni
three miles across the country - the penn
tentlary without making stop. hh'
Warden Beemer telephone the police nt
a..tucnt. aui tley respondei liomit =!
and nobly with the patrol wagon, car
riages, and physicians