Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-10
THE TRAIN WRECK.
Eo.hin Remaining but a Heap Of
Clnd,rs add TTiSitd Iron,
HUMAN BODIES IN ruG DEBRIS
ss,plcInn that the Ylllalnous Deed Grew
out Of the Round Poud
Trouble.

LiNcuLS, Sch, Aug. iO.-A fearful !
wreck, Involving tbs loss Of twelve or
more lives, occurred on the Chicago,
I,ock Island and Pacific railroad,
where It cros,- on the hish ttestls the
tracks OF the Union Pacific anu bur.
uus,on and Missouri River, at 10
O'Clock last night. The Fort Worth
t.oummolallOn was due 10 arrive here
atg.4Up. IN. ltVast b.ui ton minutes
Iaranu maEing up the tiriv When II
tltuek the tfusle Cf0sHi x salt creek.
Tue rails spread anu the engine draw.
ia4 two cars alter II went humping
along tue cross ties ab1u. ility itet aud
tu,u with crash fell forty foot to the
bUI OF tue creek Usl0w. 1ns engine
butst nUd the glowing Goals spread.
lug ignitud the wooden supports
anu the coaches brhiud. IA a
low moments tue bridge, dry NJ
finder from long exposure To the sun,
was one macs OF fAmes. Goals falling
upon the coaches let thrm ahfe. The
names mounted high IN tue heavens,
cOlofing the entire southern sky a
brilliant canine, while tho moon.
beams frli upon the glowing mass be-
low from which mortal shfi"ke "
rRony we're hesfd To Issue. Willing
hsuur were there . hep, but little
could he zone. rhr engine mad fallen
hr.i, then the combination smoker anu
express coach ieii partially upon tue
ulgine, anu th- rear coach, following,
trlesc. Iuu thtt csf, pini0ning the un'
fuuuustrs iu tue smoker 30 II Was im.
possible TO ave them, or Tor them 10
0icape.
TIlE wRfCiS COMPLETE
LiNCOLS, Nco., Au,. iU.-Sothing
fomAiuH OF the Rock Island train,
Wicked i've miles south VI this city
Last night, but - heap Of cindrfs sud
twisted irons. Mingled VITA the dc.
bris SIRE tue remains VI al least eight
meu aud II 10 believed the total mum.
Der OF deaths viii reach twelve. Those
ku lWn ~ be killeu Hte; e.. ID. stan
uatJ. Council B.uis, conductor burned
10 death; William Craig, Faifbufy,
Ntb., fireman, buried under the en-
gire; Isaac Dupuw, engineer, Council
Bluiis, instantly allied; W. y. Ham.
boil, FAifbury, attorney, burned 10
death; o. :. Bell, LiucOi1, travelling
man, crushed 10 death.
Munger, y travelling man for Coun-
teltuan, gTain Osaivf; r. "A. serueke,
auslfactor. Liucoln; Henry Peters,
blacksmith, Cornell Bluff.
inluted-E. 4. scott, HJlton, kas.,
express messenger, fatal internal In.
iurlts. CIl. J. &. Hills, FairbuTy,
Neb., treasurer VI the national guard
Of tue UniivJ States, bauiy cut, will
recover. J. A. Mcdowell, Fsifuuty,
legs cut and head hadly bruised.
Harry Foote, Couucil Butis, brake
man, les broken. IL IN reported by
brakeman FooIv, the ouly one Of the
crew who escaped, that nse travelling
men and twO iAfmvts we're In tho car
burned.
J. T.. Puelz, n travelling man, Lir-
c0lu, iutufnsl 1, june; Mis-. Fntz anu
sister, LiucolJ; a passenger named
BOmefrl, hurt sUOul tue htAd.
A NUMBER Of people are missing aud
10 IL feared 4, UutAb, mother anu sou,
uuj Jauseu, atu among the dead. NJ.
Beaver, ciOthier, aud A. u. Eudv, both
Of Pawnee Cily, oauuot bo found anu
are supposed to have persisted. An
unknown mau, sid 10 have come from
MoPhUfs0n, kus., on his way 10 Black
Hiilsi IL supposed To DO among The
ueAu,
J. w. Glover, a section man, to-day
said he saw three well dressed men
jump the freight anu 70 west. lie said
the men saoh carried long, brand
new sachol. rnn gives rl,s TO the
suspicion that some Of the II und
Pond, OILS, enemies VI tho rUnd iuhy
have caused the wreck. Marks made
by wrench on tue lousnued raj were
plainly visible and there we're marks Of
crow bar on thv cr0,s ties. The wood
ties were deeply dpnted where the
crow bars had been Inserted AMI the
rails lifted clear OF the ties aud the
spikes pulled out were lying looss
around ihu bridge.
q. ii. Cherry, an Injured mail clerk,
was 30 have been married ina month,
The lost TO the railroad company alone,
will amount 10 $4,000. How
much muuty mny have been lost
through tho mails and otherwise, II not
known.
A.. 5. Boil was not killed but terri
bly, iuJurUI internslly.
REWARD OFFERED.
CHICAGO, Aug. lO.-Ihs Rock
lslanu officials oder 81 900 reward Tor
The capIute VI the tta'n wTeck'.