Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-16
a FRIGhTFuL WRECK

, Caused by = Collision Between an Excur-
sion Train and q Ereight-Thirty-O ne
Persons Already Dead, and Many OF the
Three Score Wounded Expected TO Die
A Day OF General Mourning In Omaha
Deaths Harvest.
OMAHA, Neb., July 12.-An appalling
accident to an excursion train oc-
CURED this evening at Logan. Ia, 80
miles east of this city on the line of
the Chicago s. Northwestern road, in
which 81 persons living in this city,
Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley and in
| tervening points were killed and twice
that number injured. Many OF the
injured will in all proba bility die be-
/ fore morning.
Further Particulars of the FrIghtful
Wreck.
OMAHA, Neb., July 13.-This has
been day of general mourning in
Omaha. The harvest of death from
the Logan Qa.) wreck of Saturday
night has been increased and the list
of victims now numbers 81.
The crowds of anxious people at the
depots did not scatter with the break
OF day, although the excitement of the
night wore off as relatives and
friends of the dead ones became
convinced of the worst. About seven
o'clock the first funeral train
from the scene of the catastrophe ar
rived at the Union depot This train
contained many of the more seriously
injured, and as the poor unfortunates,
We're lifted in blankets from the car,
the groans of the wounded mingled
with the agonized sobs of relatives
and friends. Twenty of the injured
were taken in ambulances to st. Jo--
seph's hospital. Several of them cam
not live
At $50 o'clock the train carrying the
dead was sighted coming across the
long Union Pacific trestle. The con-
trast with the scene of the day before,
when the happy excursionists were
leaving, was awful.
As the train drew up to the station
special Gordon of police guarded the
approaches and kept the crowd back.
Seventeen bodies, laid on pine boards
and covered with plain muslin
shroud, We're taken one by one and
placed in a long row on the floor of
the baggage room. Only friends of
the missing ones were allowed ad-
mission. Those silent forms gave
evidence of the force of the
collision. Headless trunks, bodies
without limbs, limbs without bodies,
a gruesome spectacle, were gathered
IN that small space. Occasionally
some one would recognize the features
OF son or daughter. Kind friends
would gently lead them from the
room, and the body would be ticlxeted
and sent to the undertakers. Women
tainted, and anguish was pictured on
the faces of many.
a complete list of the dead is as fol-
lows:
A. NJ. Gerard, Council Bluffs, Ia.
owen Cavanaugh, Omaha, aged Is.
Willie Cosgrove, Omaha.
+. e. Vinegar, brakeman, Boone, Ia.
Fred Nelson, Omaha.
Lawrence Peterson, engineer water
works, Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Carroll, Omaha.
Infant SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll,
Mrs. Bradley, wife of moulder, Union
Pacific shops, Omaha.
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs Bradley.
- Dudson, son of Sam Dudson, Oma--
ha
William Summit, Missouri Valley.
Mrs Nelson, Omaha.
John Perkins, Omaha
Pierson, son of Andrew Pierson, ma
chinist, II years old.
John Larson, l6 years old, World.
Herald carrier
Patrick Scully, stationary engineer
Union Pacific shops.
Miss Maggie Cosgrove, Omaha.
Charles Holman, Missouri Valley, Ia.
William Wilson, Council Bluffs.
Claire, son of Robert Claire, boiler
maker, Omaha; head off, aud body
Identified by shoes.
John Cosgrove, Omaha.
James <. Cosgrove, head torn off
rom mouth up; identified only by
aundry mark, Omaha.
George A. Lawrence, tinsmith, Oma-
la.
Walter Jennings, Missouri Valley, la.
John McDermott. machinist, Omaha,
Mary Tracy, Omaha.
Mrs John Kahler, Council Bluffs,
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs John Kahler
hree months old.
Philip Carroll, boy.
John Kinzie, Omaha.
Another Fatal Railroad Wreck,
CHICAGO, July 13.-An express train
n theWisconsin was wrecked at Alien.
elm, ten miles west of the city last
yening. Five killed and several in.
lred.