The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-13
A HARVEST OF DEATH.
SUNDAY DAY OF GENERAL
MOURNING IN OMAHA.

Thirty-One Persons Killed In RniIrond
Disaster at Logan-Near1y Half a Hum
dred Injured Bodies Taken to Omaha
Thousands Gather to Greet the Corpscs--
Pathetic Incidents Of the Awful wreck.
Omaha.July 12-This has been q day
of general mourning in Omaha. Tho
harvest of death from the Logan, Ia.
wreck of last night has been Increased
and the list of victims now numbers
thirty-one.
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 o'clock the first
train from the scene Of the catastrophe
arrived at the Union depot The train
brought many Of the more seriously In
jured and as the unfortunates were
lifted in blankets from the car the
groans Of the wounded mingled with
the agonized sobs OF relatives and
friends. Twenty passengers were
taken in ambulances to st. Jeseph's
hospital. Several Of them cannot hope
to live more than few hours.
At $3.50 o'clock the train carrying tho
dead was sighted coming across the
Union Pacific trestie. AS 1t drew up to
the station a Gordon Of police guarded
the approaches and kept tine crowd
back. Seventeen bodies, laid on pine
boards and covered with plain muslin
shrouds, were taken one by one and
placed in a row ON the floor Of the bag
gage room. Only friends Of the miss-
ing ones were allowed admission
The silent forms gave EVIDENCE Of
the force of yesterdays collision. Head
less trunks, bodies without limbs, limbs
without bodies, were gathered In that
small space Occasionally some one
would recognize the features Of a son
or daughter. Kind friends would gent
ly lead them from the room and the
body would be ticketed and sent to the
undertaker's.
A complete list Of the dead and injur-
ed follows:
Dead-A. M. Gerard, Council Bluffs:E
Owen Cavanaugh. Omaha; Willie Co.'S
grove, Omaha: e. @. Vinegar orake-
man; Fred Nelson Omaha; Lawrence
Peterson, engineer. Waterworks, Coun-
Gil Bluffs: Mrs. Carroll, Omaha; in
fant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll: Mrs.
Bradley, Omaha; infant Of Mrs. Brad
ley; William Summit, Missouri Valley;
Mrs. Nelson. Omaha; John Perkins,
Omaha: Pierson. Omaha; John
Larson, Omaha; Charles Heiman, Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia; William Wilsois,
Council Bluffs: Claire Omaha:
Patrick Scully, engineer, Union Pacific
shops, Omaha; John Cosgrove and Miss
Maggie Cesgreye, Omaha; James e.
Cosgrove, Omaha, head torn off from
mouth up: George A. Lawrence,
Omaha: Walter Jennings, Missouri
Valley; John McDermott, Omaha;
Mary Tracey, Omaha; Mrs. John Kah-
Ter, Council Bluffs; infant Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. John Kahler, three months old:
Philip Carroll. Omaha.
Injured-Engineer j. D. Montgomery.
John Kahler, Council Bluffs, injured in
ternally Jack Taylor, Council Bluffs,
head crushed. probably fatally; Mrs.
Mary Scully, Omaha, internal injuries,
probably fatally; John McKenna, Leon
ard H. Mack and Michael Shannon,
Omaha; Henry Conrad, Dayton, o.:
- Conrad, his brother; Moses Baudo,
Omaha, probably fatally hurt; Samuel
Dodson, Omaha: John A. Lilley,
Omaha, president Of the Union FacifiuE
Pioneers; j. j. Fitzgibbons, Logan, Ia;
Fred Kinsey and katherine Cosgrove,
Omaha; Michael Leonard, South
Omaha; Stephen Meaney; Miss letter;
Teresa Terry: Robbie Buchtel; Jack
Kinney, Omaha. internally injured;
Hudley: Oliver Colvin, Omaha; Annie
Colvin, his sister; Eva Nelson and will
liam Christensen, Omaha; J. ;,
O'Hearn, Council Bluffs: Mrs. J. u.
O'Hearn and Elsie Kahler. Council
Bluffs internally injured; Patrick Car
roll, Mary Tracy, G. W. Johnson, John
SCHNEIDER and N. G. Kenna. all Of
Omaha.