The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-13
AN APPALLING
RAILROAD WRECK
Thirty.0ne Persons Are Killed and Many
Others Injured.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN SMASn.UP
Fast Freight Train Crashes Into an
Excursion Train Of Fifteen Coaches.
Engineer Of the Passenger Train
Disappears..ListO Of the Killed and
Injured.

Omaha, Neb., July l2.-An appalling
accident to an excursion train occurred
early last evening at Logan. Iowa. 81
miles east Of this city On the line OF
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad
in which 81 persons living in this city
Council Bluffs. Missouri Valley and in
termediate points. were killed and IS
injured. A number of the injured will
in all probability die.
A complete list of the dead and in
jured follows
THE DEAD.
A. NJ. Gerard, Council Bluffs.
owen Cavanaugh, Omaha.
William COsgrove, Omaha.
+. G. Vinegar, Boone. Iowa.
Fred. Nelson, Omaha.
Lawrence Peterson. Council Bluffs.
Mrs Carol and her infant son, Omaha
Mrs. Bradley and an infant Of Omaha
- DOdson. Omaha.
William Summit, Missouri Valley.
Mrs. Nelson, Omaha.
John Perkins. Omaha.
- Pierson, Omaha.
John Larson. Omaha.
Patrick Scully. Omaha.
Miss Maggie Cosgrove, Omaha.
JUhn +. CoSsrove, Omaha.
George A. Lawrence, Omaha.
Walter Jennings. Missouri Valley.
John McDerinott. Omaha.
Mary Tracy, Omaha.
Mrs. John kahler. Council Bluffs.
Infant Of Mrs. John kah,cr.
Philip Carroll. Omaha.
John kinse. Omaha.
The injured are:
Engineer John d. Montgomery, bones
broken.
John kahlcr, head cut and injured in.
ternally.
Jack Taylor, Council Bluffs. head
crushed. probably fatally.
Mrs. Mary Scully, Omaha, probably
fatally.
John Mckenna, severely injured
Leonard Il. Mack. head cut, severe
injuries.
Michael shannon, Omaha
Henry Conrad. boy, supposed to be
stealing ride, confusion of chest and
arms. Conrad, his brother, is similarly
injured.
Mrs. Baudoe. probably fatally injured
sam Dodson, Omaha, chest and arms
injured
}. a. Lille, Omaha, chest contusions
}. j. FitEgibbons, Logan, Iowa, legs
ana chest injured.
Fred kinsey. Omaha, face, neck and
souldeis injured.
Katherine CosgrOve, badly shaken up
Mike Leonard, slight injuries
stephen Meany, confusion of chest.
Miss letter. badly injured.
Terest Terry, eye badly cut.
Bohbie Buchtol. nose broken.
Lizzie Hyles, arm broken.
Jack Kinney internally injured.
-------- Hudley, badly hurt.
Oliver tolvin, scalp wounds.
Annie Co!vin. back hurt.
Eva Nicholson. limbs crushed.
william Christensen, legs and back n
jurcd
4. II. McMichael, head cut, hurt in
ternally.
p. Messcrschmidt. legs crused.
Miss Maggie Scully, arm broken and
body crushed
j. j. OHearn, breast crushed.
Mrs. j. j. OHearn head badly cut.
nta,na,,, Elsie Kahler seven years of age, hurt
Patrick Carroll, chest and head
crushed.
Mary Tracy. head badly cut.
bruised.
John Schindler. chest crushed.
~. I. hehha. chest and arm hurt.
Charles Helnan, Missouri Valley.
William Wilson. Council Bluffs
Son Of Robert Clar, Omaha.
John Cosgrove, Omaha.
The train consisted Of fifteen coaches
loaded with members CT the Union
Pacific Pioneers Associa tion Of Omaha
and their families and friends. The
excursion party left Omaha early in the
day for Logan Iowa. which was reached
at lo a. m. and the day had been pleas
antly spent. About seven O'Clock the
Journey homeward was commenced
The train had hardly passed the limits
or the city and was rounding q curve
when there came a crash. The excur.
sion train had been run into by q
fast freight known as No. 3S, and all
the coaches We're ditched. The scene
which followed is indescribable. Both
engines and the first passenger coach
were demolished. The engineers and
firemen Of both engines jumped and
scaped without serious injury.
Conductor Moolin of the freight
train says he was runnig on orders and
the excursion train was not. The en-
gineer and fireman Of the excursion dis
appeared after the collision and this
lends credence to the story as told by
the freight conductor
The news spread like wild fire and
soon the newspaper offices. depots and
railroad headquarters were beseiged by
a crowd of frantic people. who had rela
tives on the fated train. The crowds
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 this morn
ing the first funeral train from the
scene arrived at the Union depot. The
first train contained many Of the more
seriously injured, and twenty of them
We're taken in ambulances to st. Jos.
eph's hospital. Several of them can
not hope to live more than q few hours
At $3.50 o'clock the train carrying the
dead arrived, containing seventeen
bodies which We're taken one by one
and placed in long rows on the floor of
the baggage room. Only friends of the
missing ones were allowed admission
Those silent forms gave evidence OF
force of yesterdays collision. Headless
trunks, bodies without limbs. limbs
without bodies, were gathered in that
small space. Occasionally some one
would recognize the features Of son
or daughter. Kind friends would
oantly ,aod than, from the room a nd the
body would be ticketed and sent to
the undertakers.