The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-29
Eight Persons Killed
In Railway Dis
aster. K
WASHOUT CAUSED ACCIDENT.
Injured Mainly Immigrants
Going to Seek
New Homes. -

Waterloo, Ia, May 2S.-The through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis
over the Rock Island and Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railways
was wrecked at lis o'clock Sunday
morning at the crossing of Sink creek,
about four miles southeast of this
place. The train consisted of six
coaches, including mail and baggage
car, smoking car, two passenger
coaches and sleeper Eight persons
We're killed and ten wounded.
The killed are e. L Arnold, lumber
man, Minneapolis; w. A. Mclaughlin,
Muskegon Mich; r. h Schwette, AL
ton, ILL.,; David Halle, Minneapolis; F.
S. Carpenter, st. LOUIS - Hawkins,
Pullman conductor; George VAIN
wright, conductor; and one unknown
person.
Among those injured were: Miss os-
tranda Noredy, Norwegian, hand and
face badly bruised; Osner Noredy, Sc
riously injured in chest John E. John
son, Norwegian, serious injury to head
and face; jeremiah Murphy of Castle
tonbOro. Ireland, head injured. J. r.
Myers, Prentiss, Wis. head injured, not
serious; c. w. Matthews, Cedar Rap
ids, brakeman, bruised, not serious;
Ed. Skang, Van Buren,, Ark " leg in
Jured, not serious; J. l.. NeeIs4NIinne-
apolis, knee fractured; r. L. Colvin.
st. Louis, Pullman porter, slightly in
jured; viii Schollian of Waterloo, arm
crushed and amputated, will live; Miss
Anna Fl. Moss, from Norway, emf
grant, right leg badly bruised; S. e.
Bentiy, Waterloo; Reuben Odell,
Waterloo; Herman Kleindenet, Water
loo; s. H. Bashore, Waterloo.
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and gravel roadbed, leaving the track
unsupported for a stretch Of 20 feet.
The rails and ties held together, and
there was nothing to indicate the inse-
curity Of the road. The engine struck
the washout, and was derailed in the
ditch beside the track and behind it the
cars We're piled up in a confused heap.
The mail car tipped over and was tel
eseoped by the baggage car behind.
while the rear end of the baggage car
in turn telescoped the smoker. The
roof of the sleeper ploughed its way
through the day coach, while the lower
half of the latter crashed through the
sleeper.
The engineer and flIemen jumped, and
escaped with slight injuries. Mr..
Schwette of Alton, ILL.,, was brought to
this city alive. but died at o'clock.
He was badly cut about the head and
it was evident from the beginning that
his injuries were fatal. He was on his
way to Minneapolis, where he was to
be married today. He asked his physi-
clan to telegraph his father and his
sweetheart. TELL her." he gasped
that I have been detained by wreck
and cannot keep the appointment on
time. Don't say any more"
The news was brought to this city by
a mail clerk, the whistle was blown, a
switch engine and coach hastily pre-
pared and a relief train sent very
speedily. The injured passengers were
extricated from the debris and brought
here. Another relief train soon ar
rived from Cedar Rapids and took
number of the seriously injured to be
treated in the hospital in that city.
F. J. Day of Allison, Iowa, a pas
senger, said:
1.-THE train was running at good
speed and at a point about three or
four miles from Waterloo 1t left. the
track. The engine and baggage car
were thrown about ten feet. The en-
gineer evidently had his engine under
excellent control as I never saw such
a sudden stop. The smoker, where |
sat, telescoped the baggage car and
found myself with the brakeman on the
roof of the day coach.