The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-13
BLOWN OFF THE RAIL
Extraordinary Railway CAL
amitY in Missouri.
CYCLONE THE CAUSE OF II
Two Dead and Score Injured
Little Child Victim
Brave Rescuers.
CYCLONE THE CAUSE OF II

CHARLESTON. Mo-, Sept. 10. 1884,
Two persons were killed and a score werd
injured, one of them fatally, in a cyclone
here yesterday, during which a train was
blown from the track
Following are the names of the killed:-
DEMPSEY, PARMELIA, Bertrand, Mo.
MCCLELLAN, FREDDIE, Eldorados
Ills
Among the score of injured only the
following names could be Iearned:-
COYLE, C. T., baggage master, badly
bruised.
DAVIS, JOHN c., EIdorado, Ills, leg
broken.
DEXTER, J. w, Centretown, Ohio, in-
ternally injured
DE CAMP, W. H., Hamilton, Ohio, head
badly hurt.
MCULLEN, MRS. ]. w, Dexter, No..
arm broken.
HESTER, w, H, Moorehouse, No.,
shoulder disIocated.
HUMPHREY, C. W., Leora, Mo-, arm
broken.
LEMNG. A. D., Alto Pass, Ills, fatally
injured.
MCLENDoN, GEORGE. Joplin, No..
arm badly hurt
MILLER, C. H, Corling, Ark, badly
injured.
1t was about three o'clock yesterday
afternoon when the west bound express
on the Cairo branch of the Iron Mountain
road was struck by the hurricane, and
the result was one of the most serious
wrecks ever known on the system. The
train, in charge of Conductor Jack Lower
| and Engineer Andy Hill, had just reached
the limits of the city. when passengers
and crew noticed the approach of fun
mel shaped cloud that was dealing des-
truction to everything in it's path. up
roofing trees and hurting missiles before
it. The train and the cyclone met and
the wind lifted the entire line of coaches
and landed them at distance of twenty
feet from the track, almost turning them
| completely over.
WORK OF RESCUE.
Those who were not hurt seriously
shastened to free themselves and rescue
those who were not so fortunate. Ef-
forts were being made in that direction
when new danger presented itself.
Flames were seen in the rear of tho
train, and only for the heroic action Of
Brakeman Cartwen an even worse catas-
trophe might have been recorded He
hastily secured a heavy piece of timber
and battered down the door of the car.
rushed in and succeeded in extinguish1
ing the fire with hand grenades Near by,
were a woman and little child whose
clothing had ignited, and hastily eatchs
ing them up, he succeeded in smother-
ing the fire, but not until the clothina
of each was almost destroyed
Several other unfortunate passengers
| i'm the same car are full of praise for tha
| brakeman's assistance in extricating
them from their perilous positions.
He never once lost hia
head and seemed to know just what to-
do in helping to release those who were
unable to get out of the wreck without
| assistance.
BABY VICTIM.
A little fellow about three years o1d
was found under the train, supposed to
have fallen out of the window when the
| train was turned over. His body was
| badly mangled. Near by was a negro
cabin which was converted into a hos
| pital. where attention was shown the
| wounded by the citizens and the rail-
road men. Among those deserving mems
| ton for special efforts are Austin Ball,
roadmaster; Jack Lower. conductor, and
j. S. Green, local agent, who were ener-
getic in relieving the sufferers.
The work of clearing the track was at
/ once undertaken, and trains ran. as usual
| in a few hours. The coaches of the
wrecked train are in need of much repair
before they will be fit for use, but a
| special went outAto carry the passengsQs
to their destination.
| Steal Hunter. of Sikeston, one of the
passengers, tells the circumstances that
| preceded the casualty. He says
.'Just after we left the depot I looked
| to the south and saw a small wl.irlwinl
| approaching the train. 1t was moving
rapidly, twirling boards. leaves and other
| debris within its grasp. Thinking that
| some of these missiles might be hurled
| through the window. and becoming sus-
picious of the mighty power soon to be
| exerted. dropped from my seat to the
aisle. where l lay down. Suddenly the
| coach in which 1 happened to be reared
ard fell over on it's side. Shouts and
| means Immediately told of the occurrences
of a catastrophe The shock was all
over in few seconds and I escaped in-
| Jury
| Aside from the train and its passen-
gers the damage done by the cyclone,
| which seems to have been purely local,
/ was slight. Its path was not over thirty
| yards wide and did not extend more than
a mile.