Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-23
THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Fearful Plunge of a Train on the
Rock Island Road.
The Cars Take Fire and Are Burned-Pas-
sengers and Trainmen Are Cremated
-Twenty-Four Lives LOst-EIeven
Other Persons Injured.

DISASTER IN NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug 11.-Tu enty-
four dead and eleven injured is The re-
suit of Thursday nights frightful dis
aster on the Rock Island railroad near
here as reported by the coroner. The
names of the known killed follow:
Dr.. c. II Pinney Council Bluds J. D. Mat
theWS, commercial man, Omaha; Harry Mon
roe, Kansas City: Isaac Depew. engineer,
Council Bluffs; W o. Hambel, lawyer, Fair
bury, Neb. C. D. Stannarc, conductor, St
Joseph; John Munger, grain dealer Omaha
H. r. Peters, merchant, Council Bluffs; E. II.
Zernike, lawyer Lincoln, Neb. two unknown
farmers; five unknown men; Charles Unruh,
mother and son, Jansen, Neb. A. B. EDDIE.
merchant. Pawnee, Neb. NJ. Beaver, mer-
chant Pawnee Neb., two unknown farmers
from Jansen. Neb.
Late Friday night the remains OF
Andrew Hensen, farmer of McPher-
son county. Neb.. were identified by
a watch found lying in the midst of
human bones. All of the bodies, or
parts of those mentioned by name in
the list of killed, have been recovered.
The injured are:
Injured.
Col. c. j. Bliss. Second regiment Nebraska
uhblOiidi uSep lcSn WOUNDS
in left leg; Henry C, Foot. brakeman, Council
Bluffs, leg broken; Jay Mcdowell. Fairbury,
legs cut and face bruised; c. H. Cherry, mail
clerk, Kearney, badly bruised and cut;
f. F. Scott express messenger. injured in
ternally. Mrs. Fish wife OF a Burlington &
Missouri engineer, badly bruised; o. 3. Bell.
travelling man, Lincoln. internal injuries; J. z.
Puetz, travelling man, Lincoln, internal injur-
tes - Sonnet. passenger, hurt about the
head; Mrs. Fritz and sister-in-law Lincoln.
bruised
Supposed wrecker Arrested.
The police have arrested colored
man named George Davis, who is sus-
pected of wreclking the train. Shortly
after the wreck he applied to hack
man and asked to be driven uptown,
saying he had been on the train and
lost his coat. He was seen with a
crowbar near the place where the
wreck occurred, it is asserted. The
police say they have evidence sufficient
to convict. His motive is not known.
Train No, is an accommodation
called Forth Worth accommodation"
and is due to arrive here at 9:4O D. m.
Thursday night it was about ten min
utes late and was making up time
when it struck the trestle that
crosses Salt creek, about miles
from the city and from the peni-
Tertiary. When it struck the trestle
Theories of the Wreck.
There are two theories as to the
wre clxing of the train, it being con-
ceded that the train was derailed by
the removal of the rails for a part of
the way across the trestle. One the
DRY is that strikers from South Omaha
did the work believing that
company of state troops, who
were to have boarded the
train at Fairbury, were aboard.
The company missed connection,
however. This is not as generally
credited as the other-that the ele-
ment that has been causing so much
trouble in Oklahoma, who are bitter
against the Rock Island, did the job,
though why they should have come
this distance to wreck a train that
might have been wrecked nearer
home is not explained. The Rock
Island officials offer 81 900 reward for
the capture of the train wreckers
Eleven Bodies Identified.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 13-The re-
mains Of eleven bodies Of persons who
persisted in the terrible wreck on the
Rock Island have been identified, and
there is little reason to believe that
any more persisted. The re- t that
A. b. EDDIE and NJ. Beaver We're among
the victims has proved false. They
were safe in their homes at Pawnee
City A colored man and ex-convict
in the state penitentiary Of the name
Of George Washington Davis was ar
rested last evening on suspicion of
having caused the wrecl. He holds
bad record around these parts and
suspicion points very strongly toward
him