The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-17
"A FRiGHTFuL WRECK

Caused by y Collision Between an Excur-
sion Train and u Freight-Thirty-Ono
Persons Airondy Dead, and Many Of tho
Three Score Wounded Expected to Die
A Day of General Mourning In Omaha--
Deaths Harvest
OMAHA, Neb., July IAN appalling
accident to an excursion train oc-
Cured this evening at Logan, Ia, IS
miles east of this city on the line OF
the Chicago 81 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 probability die be-
fore morning.
Further Particulars of the FrightfuI
Wreck.
| OMAHA, Neb., July 13.-This has
been a day of general mourning in
| Omaha. The harvest of death from
the Logan (Ia) wreck of Saturday
night has been increased and the list
of victims now mum bers 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
were lifted in blankets from the car,
the groans of the wounded mingled
with the agonized sobs of relatives
were taken in ambulances to st. Jo-
sephs hospital. Several of them can
not live.
At $3.50 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 a plain muslin
shroud, were taken one by one and
placed in long row on the floor of
the baggage room. Only friends of
the missing ones were allowed adj
mission. Those silent forms gave
evidence of the force of the
collision. Headless trunks, bodies
without limbs, limbs without bodies,
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 ticketed
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. M. Gerard, CouncilNBluffs, Ia.
Owen Cavanaugh, Omaha, aged IS.
Willie Cosgrove, Omaha.
E. G. Vinegar, brakeman, Boone, La.
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
,hinist, 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, and body
Identified by shoes.
John Cosgrove, Omaha.
James E. Cosgrove, head torn off
rom mouth up; identified only by
aundry mark, Omaha.
George A. Lawrence, tinsmith, Oma-
Ia.
Walter Jennings, Missouri Valley, Ia.
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 IAN express train