The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-11


of the furnace, but nothing more re-
manned to tell the tale of those who
went down with the Inflated Trim,
and time will be required to deter
mine just how many persons were lost
in the wreck. The list of killed and
injured As furnished by the coroner,
swells the fatalities to twcnty-four,
rs follows:
The EnIed.
DIR c. H PrNSET. Council B uns
HARRY NOISE Kansas nv.
NE II Y pE Pm, enginesr. Council Blgns
81 S sTl.s,; ~ :. ndgstor = Joseph
X PETER mcr4htnt Coun ID Bluffs
E III ZERN Exc. lawyer, Lincoln, Neb
Tf I've Unknown 1l,i own farmers
LIZ ALEs UNRCH. mother and son. Jansen.
4 r EPDs merchant. ? vince Nsss
Two uDzn )Wn fdrm rs from Jan sen Neb
Those marked as unknown are ras-
sengers known to have been on the
train by the brake man, AID unac-
counted for.
The Injured
CoIonsl q j Bills Second regiment Ne
Dr. Sa .tional yards, FaIrourg deep flesh
Heary T. Footo brakeman. coansn Bluns.
Jay NC Oowen Fairoury lie IS cut and face
q II Cherry, mail clerk. Kearney. badly
r. +. scott. express messenger. injured in
Ms rfsh wife OF Bur1iu ton and Missouri
River en- zinc r. baa17 bru sel
q 5 Bell travelling man Lin DIN. informal
y y Puetz trlveling man. Lincoln. inter
A pas enser named sozsreI hurt about the
nfs FRITZ and si=ter-in-law. Lincoln.
The body Of DR.. Piauev of Council
Bluffs. was found in the wreckage.
and although fearfu1lv burned and
H. g a a.
nized b. papers which escape eat r.
destruction He was i prominent
Iowa physician
From the confused tanrle of con-
hicting stories toll By excited eve
witnesses it has been a~certalnel that
only one man met his d. ath in the
ha mes
The low moaning which had been
heard in the ruins Of the smoker had
ceased before the flames reached it,
and the presumption IS that al its un-
fortunate occupants were dad One
victim, whose name VIII never be
known, lay under the tender the
upper edge OF which lay across his
thighs. crushing them into the hard
gravel As Colonel Bills approached
H. begged piteously to be released
and saved from the flames.
Colonel Bills is a nlan OF nerve AMI
decision. but he was cOlfrOnte by a
terrible alternative To move the
tender was an utter imp0s sib lily AMI
the long tongues OF han rry flames
were reaching out ereedily for their
victims. For an instant he thou rht
that only one of the man legs was
pinned down and he thought a bout
alnputating it, Then he saw that
both wer- fast. AMI while tie hest
tated helplessly for moment a gust
Of wind drove the ha-aas an 4 SIN 1iSe
upon m. blstering his feet and
scorching his clothes
Before he could recover himself the
long fiery tongues had wrapped them
selves about the body and head of
their terrified victim AMI stlled his
screams
There are two theories as to the
vvreclSing OF the train. it being con
ceded that the train was derale1 bv
tle removal OF the rails for part Of
the way across the trestle. There is
plenty Of evidence to prove this as a
fact A fish plate and the bar with
which it had been wrenched loose
were found near the trestle after the
wreck occurred
One theory is that strikers from
tn Omaha did the work. believing
that a company OF state troops which
was TO have boarded ths train was
aboard. The company missed coanec-
ton, however. Tbs IS not as rener-
ally credited as the other that the
element that has been causing SO
much trouble in Oklahoma. who are
bitter against the Rock Is and did the
job. though why they should come
this distance to wreck a train that
might have been wrecked nearer
home is not explained
The police have arrested a coiored
man n med q orve Davis. who is su :
pccted OF wreckiDg the train Short
ly after the wreck he applied to a
hackman and asked to be driven M
town. He had been on the train and
lost his coat He was seen near tha
place where the wreck occurred, it is
claimed. with a cowbar. The police
sGy they have evidence sufficient to
convict His motive is not known
Conductor Stannard of ST. Joseph
leaves a wife AMI two sons Ike De-
pew. engineer. leaves a wife and
daughter. W. o. Ham bel Of Fairbury
was the wealthieSt citizen of the town
and leaves q wife,
d. q ~. ill