The herald., 1896-07-13


The scenes which were presented
within the two cars were such as
never to be forgotten by those who wit
messed them. They were scenes such as
made the strongest heart grow weak
and sick. They were scenes that caused
the tears to well UP, even though every
one of the participants was a stranger
They were scenes of the direst woe and
lamentations. The interior of the bag
gage car presented the most pathetic
sight. Here were ranged end to end the
cots which bore the most seriously IN
jured. They filled the car to its fullest
capacity. Room was hardly allowed
for the physicians to pass from one peo
to another in their efforts to alleviate
the pains of the sufferers as much as
their mortal powers would allow. Groans
and screams filed the car from one END
Of the trip to the other.
Besides each cot and bending over the
occupant knelt or lay the attendants,
parents or brother or sister, husband OF
wife. Tears streamed down their faces
as they tended to the wants of the sur
fering, tanning with hat or fan, lifting
the glass to the lip or gently soothing
by word or hand. Hearts are silently
breaking as they watch the quiet or the
moaning form which in many cases was
struggling with death.
The sight in the other car was pit
liable one The injured were on the
seats swathed in bandages. their inJur-
les, however, were not of such charac-
ter as to force away thought, nor were
the attentions they received sufficient
to prevent their attendants from dwell
ing upon the disaster. Almost without
exception they had been passengers IN
the car of death and had lost some one
in the crash. The thoughts of the dead
caused some to weep silently, otnerS
to stare stolidly or stupidity as II they
had been struck dumb by the blows.
others to shrek aloud in their anguish.
The roll of the dead belonging in Oma-
ha numbers eighteen names, the COM
plete list being as follows:
John McDermott, Sixteenth and Mich
olas streets, machinist at Union Pacific
shops.
John Kinney
Robert Claire son of John Claire, ex-
assistant boiler inspector.
John H. Jacks, employed by the Omaha
News company, as newsboy on the Rock
Island train.
John Larson aged about 16 years, en-
ployed as carrier for World-Herald.
Fred Nelson son of Andrew Nelson,
who is in ST Joseph's hospital.
John B. Kilker, member of the Sew
enth Ward band.
Owen Cavanaugh, aged about IS years.
Hugh Dodson, aged about II years.
Mrs. Kate Bradley and baby
Mrs P. j. Carroll and boy, the latter
aged about years.
Patrick Scully, stationary engineer at
the Union Pacific shops.
Mrs. Mary Tracy.
John Cosgrove. aged Is years.
William Cosgrove, aged IA years.
Miss Margaret Cosgrove, aged "a years
In addition to these, the following
from other towns were killed. swelling
the list to twenty-five, but there are still
three or four not accounted for. Two of
the doctors who went to the scene from
Omaha state that they counted the dead
bodies, one placing the number at twen-
ty-eight and the other at twenty nine.
The list, so far as it has been obtained,
is as follows:
Charles Heiman, Missouri Valley.
Walter Jennings, Missouri Valley.
George Wininger Morrison. Ill.
Lawrence Petro, Council Bluffs.
Miss Ollie Wilson, Council Bluffs
Mrs Taylor and baby, Council Bluffs.
The correct list of the more seriously
injured is this. Some will die; some will
hold their beds for weeks and months,
while some are, in comparison, but
slightly injured The wounds range from
surface cuts to internal injuries which
may result in death:
Robert Buchtel, left leg fractured.
Mrs. Buchtel, wife of the above, sus-
tanned number of severe contusions in
the face and forehead, her nose being
broken and her arm badly injured.
Kate Cosgrove sustained a, confusion
over the right eye and was generally
badly bruised.
William ]. Summit, Missouri Valley,
sustained fracture of leg and was
generally bruised.
Mrs. Scully Shelley, sustained frac-
lures of several ribs and was also badly
injure 1 in the chest She is not expected
to live.
Sam Dutson, arm broken and eye bad
ly cut.
Blanche Henders. Clifton Hill, Mo-,
seriously injured. Her right arm is frac-
tured in two places and both her clavicle
bones broken.
Alfred Pearson, knee badly lacerated.
IF Kaler, Council Bluffs, very badly
cut about the head and face.
Margaret Colven, very badly bruised.
Annie Colven, shoulders badly bruised
and was severely cut.
Oliver Colven, sustained a. number of
severe cuts about the head.
John Schneidel, injured in the sides,
arms and head.
Eva Nelson, very badly injured inter-
nally and, in addition, her right leg bad
ly hurt. Condition serious.
Leonard Mack, injured in the abdo-
men and groin; received number of
wounds in the head and his right leg
hurt. Condition critical.
Andrew Nelson, arm broken, both
sides injured and received a number of
cuts in the face.
Henry c. Conrad of Dayton, Iowa, a
tramp who was on the train, injured
about the right hip.
c. W. Johnson, contusions upon both
legs.
William Christensen sustained contu-
sions upon the thigh and left leg.
r. j. Carroll, injured in the chest
and head and is also suffering from an