The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-31
EIGHT ARE DEAD.
Terrible Wreck on the Wisconsin
Central Road at Manville,
Wisconsin.
Engineer, Fireman, Brakeman and
Several Passengers Killed Cars
Caught Fire
And Several We're Cremated- Was
Probably the Work OF Train
! Wreckers.

MILWAUKEE, may VIA Hp6CA&a w
The Evening Wisconsin from Marsh-
Geld. Wis, sayss Train No. on the
Wisconsin Central road was wrecked
At s:1S 9. m, the cars taking FIRE and
resulting In terrible loss Of life. Four
persons are dead and four others miss-
ing. supposed to have been burned TO-
death, and from IL 70 20 persons are
injured, some Of them fatally. Among
the dead are the engineer, fireman,
brakeman and one OF the Tweedy broth
ers. AL are being cared for at Marsh
6eld. a nut had been taken OF the
switch, allowing it 70 get loose. Train
No. jumped she track. The forward
cars took fire at once and Conductor
Gavin succeeded In ancoupling the rear
them from burning. Everything else
burned, except some mail and baggage.
Dead NumbsR Eight.
The names OF hut three victims are
known. They are James Hpbbard.
engineer, George Gearhart. fireman,
and Judson Bigelow. brakeman. The
bodies of the passengers who were
killed, were consumed. and their names
may not DO known tor some time. The
official report Of the wreck made to the
railway officials places the number OF
dead at eight, and the injured at Is.
Several of the latter win die.
Was shs seuthbonnd Limited.
At the Office OF General Manager
Whitcomb, it was stated that the acci-
dent happened ct lis .. M, and the
wrecked train was the southbound linz
ited from Minneapolis to Chicago. It
was fairly heavy train and was run
ming &C the usual rate Of speed when Il
struck the open switch and went OF on
d straight piece of level track. The
baggage and mail cars, the smoker and
second day coach snd two or tho aleep-
ars left the tvach, and nearly all the
ears, except one ok che two sIsepars,
were either burnedsor badly wrecked.
The names OF the trainmen known "a
have been killed are:
James Hubbard. engineer, OF Stevens
Point George Gearhart. Of Stevens
Point; Judson Bigslow, brakeman, Of
Stevsn'a Point; Mr.. Russell, civil en-.
gineer IN theyseryice Of the company.
Three or four members of the train
crew were reported missing, and 1t d
thought that they are beneath the
wreck. Several passengers are not yei
accounted Tor and may also be dead.
None OF the passengers in the sleepers
were injured, but 12 or 10 in the smok-
ing car and day coach were hurt. AL
the injured were taken to Marshfeld,
where they are receiving every possible
attention. The bodies Of the train men
were taken 10 Stevens Point
Probably . wreoksr's work.
The opinion strongly prevails in OH
cial circles OF the road that the wrecl
was the result Of criminal tamperins
with the switch at Manville. It doe
not appear that IL could be out Of plac,
except by being tampered with, and i
ii said that some wrecier has caused
the terrible accident BY mrsderoul
act. Tho town OF Meanwhile, where th,
accident happened. was almost totall,
destroyed by dro last fall, and sine,
that time there has been little there On
cept.a railway station. II was formerl,
lumber center, and large SAW mil
was operated there.
Receiver Howard Morris was i'm th1
rear sleeper and autographed the hrs
facts 10 General Manager Whitcomh.