The evening world., 1894-08-10
MAY Be TWELVE DEAD
Six Victims of tho Rock Island
Horror Thus Far Known.
Belief that the Disaster Was the
Work OF Wrsekers.
Engine sRd Three Cars Throws
Down from q High Trestle.
IBy Associated Press


LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 10.-Nothins re-
mains OF the Rock Island train which
was wrecked five miles south of this city
last night hut a heap Of cinders and
twisted iron. Mingled with the debris
are the remains OF at least eigat men,
and Il IL believed that the total number
Of deaths will reach twelve. Those
known to have been killed are as fol-
lows:
Tho Dead.
C. D. STANDARD, conductor, Council Bluffs,
burned to death.
WILLIAM CRAIG. fireman. Fsirbury. Neb.,
burned under engine.
ISAAC DEPEw. engineer. Council Bluffs. in.
stHntiy killed
W. O. HANDEL. Fsirbury. Neb.. attorney.
burned to death.
o. s. BELL. Lincoln, Neb travelling man.
crushed to death.
- CouNsELMAN. elevator builder. Nsrks
Kan.
The Injured.
| The injured are ,. y. Scott. Holton Kansas
express messenger. fatally injured internally {;
Col. C. J. Bills. FAirbury. Neb.. Treasurer OF
the National Guard Association Of the United
states leg badly cut, will recover: Jay Nc
Dose Fairbury, Neb.. legs cut and head
| badly bruised Harry Foote. Council Bluffs
brakeman, leg broken.
1t is reported by Brakeman Foote. the
only one Of the train crew that escaped,
that five travelling men and two far
mers were in the ear that burned.
we %hsse 5ns %Fes bs
liary, or fixe miles from the city, 1t
and carried the Rock Island track over
| ha u nd hA T.,iN
| Pacific.
Brakeman Foote's story, and that of
the others who survived. indicates that
the wreck was due to the work OF train
| wreckefs.
Walter zidle, who lives near the
crossing and was one OF the first on the
bar with which IT had been wrenched
loose were found near the trestle after
| the wreck occurred.
The train was due in Lincoln at 1O.l 10,
when the trestle was reached. There
we're about fifteen passengers In the
chair car, all of whom were gotten out
more or less injured. In the smoking
escaped.
When the engine struck the broken
along over the ties for a hundred feet,
rolled to one side and plunged down on
the Union, Pacific. tracks below, fol
|
The wreckage then took fire and
burned: with the helpless victims of the
The Onicial Report,
| CHICAGO. Aug. I0.--The following in.
formation is given to the Associat ted
Press by General Manager f. st. John,
Of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railro ad:
mo. S last night found the first rail
on overhead crossing bridge five miles
south Of Lincoln. taken out and run
goes, under, then fell Off OH the left;
the Union Pacific track Engineer Du-
pulls and Fireman Craig went down with
the engine, and were buried underneath
1t, and completely burned up. The
coach fell on top OF the combination
Pear, smashing the passover compartment
and killink every one In that part OF
1--WE have SO far been unable to recover
any of the bodies which are under tbs
fire on account of the intense heat from
the burning wreckage. Conductor Stan
nard was In the smoking compartment
and several passengers, the number
am unable to say; but none has beer
recovered. and I doubt II anything more
than small fragments OF those In thf
only thirteen panels of the bridge tina
remain standing. twenty four having
| been burned.
"The clew bar and monkey wrench
which the parties used I'm doing the job
also the spikes, bolts, nuts. Which Wer.
removed were found, and the rail or
the right side was sill to one side, snt
all ~ The s; spikes were removed from raj
| A reward has been offered