The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13
TWO FATAL WRECKS.
Twenty EIGHT Killed Near Omaha
and Five Near Chicago.
AN ENGINEERS FORGETFULNEss.

1t Caused the Omaha Wreck and It's At
tendant Horrors-The Chicago Wreck
Caused by q Crowded Picnic Train Run
ming Upon Siding.
OMAHA, July ia head end collision
that resulted in much loss of life occur
red on the Chicago and Northwestern
road between Logan and Missouri Valley
Saturday night The wreck occurred as
a result of Engineer Montgomery, of the
excursion train, installing orders. He
was ordered to wait at Logan until the
fast mail and the east bound passenger
train had passed. He waited for the pas
ssDger train, and then started out, having
forgotten about the mail The trains were
going fifty miles an hour when they met,
three miles west Of Logan. Engineer
Montgomery jumped and escaped with
broken arm. The officials of the road pos
itiyely refuse to give any information con-
eerning the matter, stating 1t is something
that concerns them, and not the public.
The two engines crashed together, and
IN an instant freight and passenger
coaches were piled one upon the top of
another. Word was at once sent to this
city, and in short time a special train,
with doctors and officers of the road on
board. was sent out from Council Bluffs.
Late information received at o'clock was
to the effect that the dead and dying were
piled along the tracks in the switch yards
at Logan like cord wood. There were q
few doctors on the ground but not enough
to give attention to one third of the suf-
ferers
Among the dead and dying, relatives
were hunting for their friends and those
who were dear to them. In this city the
office of the road was being besieged by
people in search Of information, but none
was given out, =
There are broken homes and bleeding
hearts everywhere, and sorrow reigns
supreme. Never did day of pleasure end
with more awful disaster. Twenty
people were killed and fifty-one injured,
many of whom will die. Twenty-four of
the dead are identified, and the others are
so badly mutilated that Identification is
hardly possible.
The list of the injured Is lengthy one
1t contains twenty eight or more of names |
of persons who were seriously hurt, dan
gerously so, to greater or less degree In |
addition there were at least fifty, If not !
greater number, who received injuries of
minor nature. A considerable number
also were shaken up severely, but beyond
this were uninjured This was especially
the case among the passengers who oc-
cupied the ears Immediately behind the
one which was demolished The incidental
fright, combined with the shock, threw
both men and women into Mysteries, but
owing to the work that devolved upon the
physicians in caring for the desperately
hurt, such individuals were left without
medical attention and got over their at
tacks as best they could.
Tho roll of dead belonging In Omaha
numbers eighteen Names the complete
list being as follows: John McDermott,
machinist at the Union Pacific shops;
Robert Clair, son Of John Clair, ex-assist-
ant boiler inspector; John H. Jack, q
newsboy; John Larsen, aged about IS;
Owen Cavanaugh, aged 10; Hugh Dodson,
aged IL; John Cosgrove, aged 10; William
Cosgrove, aged IA; Margaret Cosgrove,
,ged "a Mrs P. j. Carroll and boy aged
J, Mrs. Kate Bradley and baby, John Kin
,ey, Fred Nielsen, John b. Kilker, Pat
rick Scully and Miss Mary Tracy.
In addition to these the following resi-
Tents of other towns were killed, increas-
ng the list to twenty five, but there are
till three or four not accounted for. Two
If tho doctors who went to the scene from
Omaha state that they counted the dead
,odies, one placing the number at twenty
light and the other at twenty-nine. The
ist of dead from other towns is as follows:
Charles Herman, Missouri Valley; Wal
er Jennings, Missouri Valley; George