Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-24
All Belong to the First Regiment
Missouri Volunteer In
fantry.
Carload of Horses Instead of Officers
Car Was Fortunately in the Rear
Horses All Killed.
Secretary Alger Hears of Disaster
and Wires Gen. Brooke to Prose-
cute Railroad Company.


man is dead and two fatally injured as
the result of wreck Saturday morn
ing on the Chattanooga, Rome g.
Southern railway between Chattanooga
and the volunteer camp at Chickamau-
ga. The dead and injured all belonged
to the First regiment Missouri volun-
teer infantry.
The list of fatalities is:
George Walker, artificer, company D.
dead.
Alfred NJ. Lane, private both legs broken;
will die.
Harvard Barlaski, private, leg broken. in
ternal injuries; will die.
e. r. Richards, first lieutenant, COM
pany H. badly cut about arms and Shout
ders, and many others were badly but not
fatally injured.
In addition to the list of injured given
above, the following We're badly
wounded:
r. H. Feidell, private. badly hurt about
the body.
Private Ed Lavinsburg. three ribs broken.
William Moffatt, a Chattanooga Times
reporter. badly injured about the body.
The names of number of other
wounded cannot yet be secured. Jack
McCade, section hand, was killed by
passing military train just few min
ntes before the casualty to the first
Missouri train.
The train on which the most damage
was done was carrying the First Mis-
souri, from Chattanooga to the park.
The last car of this train was loaded
with horses of the officers.
The military train was loading on
the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern
track, just beyond the crossing of the
Belt line, about half-mile from Ross
vile. 1t was crashed into by the reg
ular south-bound morning Chattanoo-
ga, Rome & Southern passenger train.
1t is said that there was no aagman on
the military train.
Very Severe Shock.
The shook was very severe. The To-
connective of the regular train was
damned into the horse car and this COM
pletely wrecked the baggage car, which
was the next one forward. The man who
was killed and those badly injured were
all on the horse car. Everything was
done to stop the passenger train when
the other was seen, but it was going at a
great speed. The. engineer, c. w.
Wheeler, stuck to his post to the last,
and escaped with only manned ankle.
He and his fireman were at once arrest
ed and placed under squad Of SOL
diers. They are gravely censured by
the soldiers for running SO rapidly with
special ahead of them.
Horses of Officers Killed.
All the horses of the officers, valuable
animals, were killed. The forward
coaches of the military train were badly
shaken, but no injury was done any one
in them. The damage would have been
much greater had the train not been
made up in exactly the reverse of the
usual order If it had gone out in reg
ular order the sleepers would have been
In the rear and the officers who occupied
them would have been killed instead of
the horses. The wounded, about IL in
all, were at once taken in charge by
Surgeon Wills, of the First battalion of
the regiment Col. Edwin Batdarf, the
commander of the regiment, is doing
everything possible for the sufferers
Lieut.. Col. John Jacob Astor, of New
York, as well as number of officers,
were on the regular train, but were
not injured.
Railroad to Be Prosecuted.
Washington, May 81. = Upon receiv-
ing news of the disaster, resulting in
the death and injury to number of
Missouri soldiers near Chattanooga,
Saturday, Secretary Alger sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Maj. Gen. Brooke,
commanding at Chiclsamauga:
washington. May 21.-The press reports
disaster to the First Missouri volunteers
this morning near your camp, reporting
death of five men and Injury of several
others. The secretary of war directs that
every care be taken OF the wounded and
that the dead be buried with all the honors
OF war and immediate steps taken to
prosecute the railroad responsible for this
disaster"
No adyices concerning the accident
have yet reached the department.