The record-union., 1894-05-31

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
MARsHFIELD (Wis.). May 30y - The
| worst wreck that has ever occurred on the
Wisconsin Central, by which at least six
people lost their lives and several were
injured, some seriously, took place early
| this morning.
No. passenger train, with Engineer
James Hubbard at the throttle, pulled
away from Abbotsford, twenty minutes
behind. Just as the engine reached the
upper switch at Meanwhile, and while
going down grade at a terrific speed, 1t
jumped the main track on to the side
track, and rolled down slight embank-
ment, with the tender on top, turned'bot-
tom up. Two sfeepers and one coach, be-
sides the smoker and baggage, five III all
began burning Immediately, and all but
one were consumed. Hubbard was found
lying on the edge of his cab so badly
scalded from escaping steam that he died
in about ten minutes.
Fireman Gearhart was dead in the cab
when found, having been scalded to
death.
Jason Bigelow, the head brakeman was
not found tor about eight hours, his re-
mains lying under the debris close toNthe
engine. The flesh was burned off his
face, presenting a horrible appearance.
The flesh from both arms was literally
burned off, exposing the bones, and both
legs were burned Off.
w. B. RUSSELL the assistant to Chief
Engineer l.. NJ. Gibson, was burned be-
yond recognition. His remains were sent
TO Milwaukee Tor burial.
Mrs. John Wagner, an elderly lady en-
route from Butte, Mont, to Maniteau.
was dreadfully distigured, her face and
body being terribly cut and bruised. She
died almost instantly.
Oliver Bosebryn, the news agent, suf-
fered excrutiating pain, and died at 10
O'Clock this morning. de was crushed
under coach.
Henry Kleiber received internal in
juries. probably fatal.
The other injured are: Charles Vein
berg, travelling man OF Chippewa Falls,
badly bruised; Fred Jack of Bessemer,
Mich, badly bruised; Arthur Lunica of
Chicago, head cut and leg sprained;
William Ryan of Sturgeon Bay, Wis,
several ribs broken and head badly cnt.
The cause of the accident is hard to de-
termine. Some think it was from
weakness in the track, while others, rail-
road men. are Inclined to believe the
switch had been tampered with.
If any passengers were killed their
bodies were burned and their names
may not be known for some time.
The official report Of the wreck to the
railway officials places the dead at eight
and injured at fifteen.
The wrecked train was the south bound
limited from Minneapolis to Chicago. 1t
was running at the usual speed when 1T
struck an open switch and went off on q
straight piece of level track.
The baggage and mail cars, smoker,
second day coach and two sleepers left
the track. All Of the cars except one of
the two sleepers were burned or badly
wrecked.
Three or four members of the train
crew were reported missing and are
thought to be beneath the wreck. Several
passengers not accounted for may also
be dead. No passengers in the sleepers
were injured.
The town of Manyille, where the acci-
dent happened, was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire last fall, and since then
there has been little there except the rail-
way station.
An aged man and woman, names un-
known, were found burned to death in
the ruins.
The north-bound passenger. which
passed the south-bound here. went to the
scene of the accident with physicians and
nurses. The wounded were brought
here and the depot turned into a hospital.
There were about fifty passengers and
others may yet be found to swell the list
of the burned.
|
SMASH-UP AT SHARON.
SHARON (Mass.), May 30.-The express
freight smashed into some freight cars
on the north bound track here. Fireman
Edward L. Goodwin, Benjamin Mcleod
and an unknown tramp were killed.
Another tramp was seriously injured.
FORTY PEOPLE INJURED.
MACON (Ga.). May 30.-The rear coach
of the train on the Albany and Columbia
branch of the Southwestern Railway was
overturned by broken rails at Holtz this
morning and forty people injured, two or
three OF whom will probably die The
train consisted of six loaded coaches of
excursionists from Andersonyille to at
| tend Decoration Day exercises at the Ma
tional Cemetery. Those fatally injured
are: John Smith of Bluffton, Andy Jones
of Jefferson and Mrs. Hilton. None
others are thought to be seriously in
jured.
BOTH MORTALLY SHOT.
Peculiar and Fatal Duel in Eastern
Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE (Tenn.), May 30.-A pecu-
liar duel, which resulted in the death of
one of the com batants and the fatal