Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-29
Ran OFF ACURVE.
vandaIia Train Brings Death to
Two Persons.
AEAHD woMAN SENT TO ETERNITY

HAEAND W0HAN SENT TO ETERNITY
And . Forty Injured, Some Of Whom Nay
Swell the Death Roll-drs. Zelda seguin-
| Wallaees the Famous Singer, One Of the
W0unded-The Dead Mon Probably
Iheafrscal Manager Nortoo, Of 81. Louis
| -Other Well Known People Injured
| Details q the Disaster.
! INDIANAPoLIs, Jan. ga terrible
wreck, causing loss of life and MANNED
limbs, occurred at Coatesville at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Vandalia train No.
:, due in this city at 2:3O, was wrecked by
the spreading Of the rails Two persons
were killed almost instantly and four or
five were seriously injured The train
was running at full speed and was about
| twenty minutes late. 1t had Just passed
the town OF Coatesville and was rounding
curve when the tracks spread. The
private car of President r. w. McKeen,
which was in the rear, jumped the tracks,
This was followed by the parlor car and
and then the ladies' car All went of
the track, the two rear cars going
down the embankment ten feet before the
train could be stopped. The smoker left
the track, but did not go over
Died shortly After Their Rescue.
Two rear cars caught fire, but were ex-
tinguished when the work of rescue be-
gan. A man died soon after being taken
| from the car. In his pocket were found
letters indicating that his name was John
W. Norton, manager of the Grand Opera
House at St. Louis. He was carried to a
school house unconscious, and lived only
a short time. Mrs. W. 5 Towers, Garth
age, Mo-, was carried from the car and
died while being taken to the school
house. Tho injured were carried up the
embankment to houses, and soon the
townspeople and physicians gathered to
| give assistance.
About Forty More or Less Hurt.
The injured are: Margaret Roberts, 567
Park avenue, indianapolis, Ind, face,
breast and internal injuries; Ewing O.
Whiting, Boston, bad cut over left eye;
Mrs. Ewing o. Whiting, Boston, injured
about side and breast seriously; S. Neu-
geon, Vigo Tex, seriously hurt about
head-probably fatally; +. L. Wrap, hurt
about head, not seriously; DR.. H. J. Tai
bott, indianapolis, seriously hurt about
head and internally injured; Mrs. N. w.
Ferguson, Terre Haute, right side hurt
and internally injured; Mrs. d. Hudson,
Greencastle, Ind, cut on right side of
head-not serious; Gertrude Parrish, r.
year-old girl, Palestine, Ills, cut on side
of face--not serious; w. S. Towers, Car
thage, Mo, badly hurt in side; ID. w.
Minshall, Terre Haute, seriously cut and
nf nj al nj IIl1
dianapolis. badly hurt about knees: j. j.
Lea, Mansfield, o., leg mashed; John w.
Cravens, editor Greencastle. Ind, World,
rib broken and badly bruised;
Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace, Indianap-
oils, hurt in back not dangerous;
Richard Trauch, Brazil, Ind, head hurt;
]. w. Mitchell, Terre Haute, skull frac-
tured; Mrs. Deih, Omaha, Neb., badly
kbruised; Joseph II. Dillon, travelling sales
man, New York badly bruised; Mrs. j.
p. H. Dillon. New York, badly bruised
and arm broken; L. W. ID. Beebe, Paris,
Ills, bruised about the head; Frank
Gully, Washington, ID. c., Pullman car
conductor, badly bruised; Mrs. Roths-
child, Ogden, Utah, badly bruised; Mrs,
ID. l.. Anderson, Greencastle, Ind, hurt
about head; Mrs. Fescus,,Te Haute. ribs
broken, internal injuries; Andrew John
son, Pullman porter, right arm broken;
Charles Jones. colored porter, Indianapo-
lis, hurt in back; c. +. Carson. Elmira,
n. Y, hip crushed and eye gouged out; Z.
Sherwood. Nyack, n. Y, shoulder-blade
broken; w. l. Sherwood, Nyack. n. Y,
one eye knocked out; c. II. Schmienmier,
Evansville. Ind, hurt internally; Rnpre-
sentative Faris Eighth Indiana district,
bad cut over left eye.
Mrs. Wallace u Famous Singer.
Zelda Seguin- Wallace Is a woman of
national repute. A few years ago few of
better voice or more grace trod the oper-
attic stage. She was a member first of the
famous Richings Opera company, and
later of the Parcpa Rosa, Emma Abbott,
and other equally famous opera companies.
year ago she appeared at the May music
festival in this city. She is a wonderfully
well preserved woman. She is the wife Of
ex-Deputy Postmaster David Wallace, who
is son of Governor Wallace and half
brother of General Lew Wallace. Last
evening Mrs. Wallace, who is being cared
for by family at Coatesville telegraphed
relatives here that she was not danger
ously injured.
Relief Work Well Done.
That more were not killed is the miracle
that the railway men talk about. Presi-
dent Swain, of the Indiana state univer-
pity, says the relief which was done by the
train crew and passengers was executed
with the precision and celebrity of
trained relief corns and evervthinO nOsSj-