Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

" Os',~--.,,,6ed-Omaha in Mourning,
1-erdav, as a Result Of the
- railroad Wreck - TIE
Sa-sst Details of One ofthe Worst
Accidents in the Railroad History
oftbe Country.
o. Nsb. July 12.-Omaha is a
- rsurniug to-day. The bright
go morning brough, with it a full
-~r5p Of the greatest catastrophe
Il s-.-,sr wrecked death and desolatiOn
4 .,a bslr,y and fresides of the city's
o,Is No part of the city was spared
arc broken homes and bleeding
r,s eyervwhere. and sorrow reigns
.,rsme Never did day OF pleasure
IN u,irb more awful disaster. Twenty
,l- people we're killed, and fty-one
,D~sd many Of whom VIII ale'
r1sn-v-four of the dead are ideatined,
-r5 the others are so badly muuiaIeU
.--- identification is hardly pOSSlO'e'
b. was not until after the morning
miners were out that the 1rSJ auIuen1Ae
4 formation became generally known
r-.u e. spread with wonderful Iaplulty'
T5a earlv risers in the residence as
---rr glanced AZ this mornings paper
ma for the first time realized the cal
nifty. Long before the motor trans
started. hundreds or men anu "Ollen '5II :
. walked down 10 learn something moIe
OF
THE TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
These were added TO the thousands TO
whom the story brought the fear or
csraintv of a personal bereavement.
i The depot was the centre toward which
they an turned, and when the morning
i trains brought in their sad burden OF
dead and dying, the depot approaches
were thickly massed with people, who
talked in whispers and shuddered as
they thought Of the bereayed ones 10
whom they could only offer silent sym
pa,hy.
Very little was said by those who
gathered TO witness the next act IN the
chastity tragedy. The horror of the cal
smi,y was too new 10 find expression
il words. Only those who had witness
Ell the pathetic scenes that marked the
night could fully realize the agony OF
those waiting people. The list OF the
injured is a lengthy one. 1t contains
tWsu,y-eight or more names of persons
who were seriously hurt. dangerously
so. TO q greater or less degree. In ad-
di-i0a there were at least fifty,
IF NOT A GREATER NUMBER,
WHO received injuries Of a minor ma
/ ture. These consisted of bruises and
cuts or slight disfgurements, which
WILL practically amount to nothing.
A considerable number also were
shaken up severely. but beyond this
were uninjured. This was especially the
case among the passengers who occu-
pied the cars Immediately behind the
one which was demolished. The in
c.dental fright. combined with the
shock. threw both men and women into
ays,ericS, but owing to the work that
ceyOlved upon the physicians in car
.nS for the desperately hurt, such indi-
yldualS were left without medical at
JentiOn. and got over their attacks as
best they could. The condition, how
ever, left its effects upon greater num-
0ers of the passengers, and when they
a,ghted from the trains, they were all
OF a tremble, and many of them, al
though their limbs were sound and
their physical condition was unimpair-
ed. required the assistance Of friends
to lead them away to their homes. Il
was pitiable sight to see strong men
weakened TO the point Of helplessness
IL took much time 10 prepare the in
CURED for their journey 10 this CITY. L
was necessary to transport them a con
siderable distance after their wound
were dressed. Owing TO the number. i
took still more time for the physicians
even though they worked as hard an,
fast as they could. 70 adjust the ban
dages and to tenderly dress the gaping
wounds that caused men. women ant
children 10 stream in the lOudeSt tone
in
THEIR SUPREME AGONY.
Thus it was that hours elapsed afte
The departure of the tirst section OF tn
return train. which carried the unhurt
before the second section was-s,arted
The latter carried all the wounded
whose hurts were serious. 1t had ais,
on board such friends of the injured al
would not be torn away from or fOrceC
60 leave the Sides of their suffering
loved ones. The section consisted o
two coaches, baggage car and a Pull
man. They were crowded to an un
comfortable degree in order to hold th,
great number that boarded it. This
bagsage car was used for those who re
Quired cots and StretcherS for the jour.
n2y. The other was for those who were
ao-e To- S,t up or who were less injured
ne scenes which were presented within
U-e Two cars can never De forgotten by
thoSe who Witnessed them. The in
'erlor OF the baggage car presented the
I3Sl pathetic sight. Here were rang
CO. end 10 end. the cots which bore the
MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED.
They filled the car 10 its fullest capacity
Room was hardly allowed for the phySi-
D1ns 90 pass from one httle bed 10 ar
o,-sr in their Efforts 20 alleviate the
PAIN o. the sufferers as much as their
mortal powers would allow. Groans
ana screams filed the car from one end
trip 90 the other.
side each cot and bending over the
oil1ie that occupied il. knelt or lay
..' sndants. the parents or children.
,ae brother or sister. the husband or
".,e. Tears streamed down their faces
they attended TO the wants of the
suffering one. tanning with hat or fan,
-ians the glass to the lip. or gently
soothing by word or hand. Hearts
we're silently breaking as they watched
,1e quiet or moaning form. which in