The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-15
TWELVE LIVES LOST.
HORROR ON THE ROCK ISLAND NEAR
LINCOLN, NE6.

afOhdOh On ~ K hOCk ISLAND NEAR
LINCOLN, NE6.
victims Buried After Plunge IN the
Darkness Evidence Plain That It was
the Work of wreciers-List Of victims.
Reward For the CuIprit.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. ia fearful
wreck, involving the loss of 10 lives, one
engine and two cars. occurred ON the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road, where it crosses ON high trestle
the tracks of the Union Pacific and the
Burlington and Missouri River railroad,
shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday night.
as the cause.
Train No. s, drawn by engine No.
213, is an accommodation called the
Fort Worth accommodation, . and is
due to arrive here at $40 D. m 1t was
about 10 minutes late, and was making
up time when it struck the trestle that
crosses Salt creek, about four miles
from the city, and two from the peni-
Tertiary. When it struck the restle
tho
Rails Immediately Spread,
and the engine, drawing the two cars
after it, went humping along over the
crossties for about so feet, and then,
with crash, it fell 40 feet to the bed of
the creek below. The engine burst, and,
glowing Goals spreading, ignited the
wooden supports and the coaches be-
hind, and in few moments the bridge,
dry as finder from its long exposure to
the sun, was q mass of flames.
The Goals falling upon the Foaches
lying In the bitches set them ON fire,
and five minutes after the first warning
the entire mass of cars with their load
of human freight below, was one mass
of flames. The flames mounted high in
the heavens, coloring the entire south
ern sky brilliant carmine, while the
moonbeams fell upon the glowing mass
below from which mortal shrieks of
agony and pain were heard. Willing
hands were there to help, but little
could be done.
TeIescoped in tile Creek.
The engine had fallen first, then the
combination car of smoker and express
coach fell partially upon that, and the
other coach, falling behind it, telescoped
that car, thus pinioning those unfortu-
mates who were in the smoker so that it
was impossible to save them or for them
to escape.
Colonel c. j. Bills and Jay Mcdowell.
Fairbury passengers, and the brakeman,
Harry Foote, were the first to extricate
EuGluStlNGS In6 G6N
Immediately started to work, and after
half hours effort the IA occupants of
the rear coach were saved. The flames
were scorching in their intensity, but
these three men struggled hard to save
their fellow sufferers. Bravely the
work of rescue went ON till the rear
coach passengers, including three
women, were rescued and lald upon the
bank beside the bridge.
Those engaged in the work of rescue
begged them to assist, but they were
too frightened and excited to do any
thing but lie on the bank and moan.
Many of them were severely injured,
and were unable to help.
Killed.
C. D. St9nnard, conductor, Council
Bluffs, burned to death.
William Craig, fireman, Fairbury,
Neb., burned under engine.
Isaac Depew, Council Bluffs, instant
ly killed.
w. o. HANDLE, Fairbury, Neb., at
torney, burned to death.
o. S. Bell, Lincoln, Neb., travelling
man, crushed to death.
- Councilman, elevator builder,
Narka, Kan.
- Munger, travelling man for Coun-
selman, the grain dealer.
E. n. Zerneke, abstractor, Lincoln
Henry Peters, blacksmith, Council
Bluffs.
Injured.
f. f. Scott, Holton, Kan, express
messenger, fatally injured internally
Colonel E. J. Bills, Fairbury, Neb.,
treasurer of the National Guard associa-
ton of the United States, leg badly cut,
will recover.
Jay Mcdowell, Fairbury, Neb., legs
cut and head badly bruised.
Harry Fonte, Council Bluffs, brake
man, leg broken.
J. E. Puetz, travelling man, Lincoln,
Neb., internal injuries.
Two ladies living in the Billingsley
block, slightly injured.
A passenger named Sogret, hurt about
the head.
A number of prople are missing, and
it feared that c. Unrub, mother and
son of Jannsen, Kan, are among the
dead.
NJ. Beaver, clothier, and a B. Ed
die, insurance agent, both of Pawnee
City, can not be found and are supposed
to have persisted. An unknown man,
said to have come from MCPHERSON,
Kan, on the way to the Black Hills, is
supposed to be among the dead.
1t is reported by Brakeman Foote, the
only one of the train crew who escaped,
that five travelling men and two farmers
were in the car and burned.
Work of wreckers.
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