Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-08-11
Rock Island Passenger Train
Demolished in Nebraska.
Number Of Passengers Burned
to a Crisp.
wreck sapposed TO be the Da-tsrdly
work Of EnemIrs OF the Road.
List OF KILLED AND INJURED.

Lincoln. Neb, Aug lO-A fearful
vrrck. Involving the loss H twelve ~
sre lives, occurred on the Chicago.
Rek Island a Pacific railroad, wherv /,
trossrs on high trrn,lc the tracks of the
raion Pacific snd Burlington a Missouri
liver roads. at 10 o'clock last night, The
eor' worth accommuia' lou was due Ia
rrive at v;tO y. ~. Last night II was
lbout ten minutes late. aud was making
bp time when ], struck the treStle that
r~s-s Sal, creek. The rails spread and
bs engine. drawing two cars after IT,.
tent humping along over the croas ti-s
bbout hfy feet and then with a crash
kll frty feet to the bel ~ the creek
ehe engine burst and the glowing Goals
pr-aiing ignited the wotsi.n SUPPORTS
nd coaches behind il. and in few mo.
hen,s the bridge, dry a. iinder frpm
npnsure " the sun. was one mass of
lsmes. Goals falling upon tn. coaches
yng In the bitches set them oE DIRE. and
I've minutes after the first warning tie
arS with their human freight were one
bass of flames, frnm which shrirks ~
&sony were heari 10 issue. willing
ands were there To help, but little could
y done. The engine had fallen first.
ben the combination smoker aud express
tll. aud the rear coach falling behind
slescolcd that car. pinioning the unfor-
anAics In the sm her 80 that II was im-
possbl. to save them or for them to ~.
Apc The wrecking crew 40 far has
scovsrcd only u few blscken.i bones
nd fragments Of burned aesh.
AHsAP or cIxpkRs.
Nothing remains of the Rock Island
=. which was wrecked i've miles south
NJ city last night, bu, heap Of Elm.
vAnd twisted iron mingled with debris
n the remains of least eight men, and
b believed the total number of deaths
'ill reach twelve.
LIST 90 KILLED,
Those known 10 be killed are. c. ID.
,Andaryi. Council Bluffs. conductor.
burned TO death; william Crazy, Fair
lury. Neb.. fireman, buried under engine /;
aAAc Depew. engineer, Council Bluffs, in.
lsntiy killcdi Councilman, elevator
builder. Narka, kAs.i W. o. Hambeil,
Arbury attorney. burned Ia death ;
aungsr. travelling man for Counsclman, n,
BE- grain dealer; 4 II. Zern.ke, abstrac-
Rr, Lincolni Henry Peters, blacksmith.
ouncii Bluffs.
THa INJURED.
y. Scott, Holton. Has. express mes
enger. fatal internal injuries, Col. !. c.
ils, Fairbury. Neb.. treasurer National
aAri. U. \, badly hurt, bu, will recover /;
A. Mcdowell. Pairhury, legs Gu, aud
nal badly bruised Harry Foo,s. Ccun.
Bluffs, brakeman, leg brokeni Pu-iz,
nveling man. Lincoln, internal injuries {;
lrs Fritz and sister, Lincoln n passen.
er namesi Somer.l, hurt about the head.
B. bell, the Lincoln travelling man, was
Killed, a. At first reported, but terri
~ injured internally.
It's report.si by Brakeman Poote that
ss the only one 81 the train crew who
seAi-d. and tha, five travelling men aud
so farmers were In tue car burned,
nu'nber Of people are missing, and
s feared that c. Unrab. mother and
n, II Jansen, are among the dead. n.
~sver, . ciothier. and A. u. Eddie,
9th u Pswnee City, cannot bs found,
lad are supposed to have perished, An
hknown man. said TO have come from
sepberson, was on bic way TO the Black
Flls, 10 supposed TO be among the dead.
WORK oy wRBcEERs.
W, Glover. section man, to-day said
saw three we'll dressed men jump the
wight and 20 west, He said each one
AFried long brand new sAichel, This
pves riss 70 the suspicion they may have
ssn Round Bond, oklahoms, enemies Of
10 roai. Marks made by u wrench on
loosened rail were plainly visible
he wood OF the ties was deeply dented
sAsre crow bar had been inserted and
ais were lifted clear Of the ties and
pkes pulled out were lying loos-
soond the bridge. G. II. Cherry. the
Alur.d mail clerk, was ~ have been
aaFri.d in . month. The loss 10 the
s.lroad company alone viii amount to