The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-29
ALL IN A HEAP.
Train on an Iowa Railroad All
Piled Up.
Nine Persons Killed and % In
jured.
CAUSED BY WASHOUT.
Section of Track Had Been Un-
dermined
And the Entire Train Went In
to the Ditch.
David Halo, Vice President of
the Hub Clothing Co.,
Of Topeka, Among Those Killed
in the Accident.
David Halo, Vice President of
the Hub Clothing Co.,
Of Topeka, Among Those Killed
in the Accident.

Waterloo, Ia, May 29.-The through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis over
the Rock Island and Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern railways, was
wrecked at Ills Sunday morning at the
crossing of Sink creek, about four miles
southeast of this place. The train con-
sisted of five coaches, including a mail
and a baggage car, smoking car, two
passenger coaches and sleeper. Nine
persons were killed and tWenty-three
injured:
The list of the dead is as follows:
WILLIAM SCHOLLIAN, Waterloo.
1. ARNOLD, Iumberman, Minneapo-
w. A. MCLAUGHLIN, Muskegon.
Mich.
P. H. SCHWETTE, Alton, III.
DAVID HALO, Minneapolis.
- Hawkins, Pullman conductor.
f. s. CARPENTER, St. Louis.
GEORGE WAINWRIGHT, train con-
ductor.
ONE UNKNOWN PERSON.
Among those injured were: S. E.
Bentley, Waterloo, Ia; Reuben Oden,
Waterloo, Ia; Herman Klein Denet,
Waterloo, Ia; S. H Bassoor, Waterloo,
Ia; Miss Anna F. Moss, from Norway,
emigrant, right leg badly bruised; Miss
Ostranda NOredy, NOrWeg gian, serious
injury to chest; John f. Johnson, Nor
wegian, serious injury to the head and
face. The above all going to North
Dakota jeremiah Murphy of Castle
tOnbOro, Ireland, going to Butte City,
Mont, head injured, serious; Mrs. N.
E Myers, Prentiss, Wis, head injured,
not serious; G. w. Matthews, Cedar
Rapids, Ia, brakeman, bruised, not SER
iOus; Ed Skang, Van Buren,, Ark, leg
injured, not serious; ]. Neel, MinneapO-
lis, knee fractured; r. I. Colvin, st.
Louis, Pullman porter, slightly injured;
Corrine Neel. Minneapolis; D. w. Flem-
ing. Albert Lea, Mimi; Mrs. Morgan
eta rT.1xx
Mimi; George Petrociz, Tower, Mimi;
Arund Asla1sen, Norway, Ia
clOudburst had washed the sand
and gravel roadbed away, leaving the
feet. The rails and ties held together
and there was nothing to indicate the
insecurity OF the road. The engine
struck the waShOut and was derailed
in the ditch beside the track and be-
hind it the cars were piled in a con-
fused heap The mail car was tOppled
over and teleScOped by the baggage car
behind while the rear end of the bag
gage car in turn telescoped the smoker.
The roof of the sleeper plOwed its way
through the day coach, while the lower
half of the latter crashed through the
sleeper.
Mr.. Schwette of Alton, Ill. was
brought to this city alive, but died at s
o'clock. He was badly cut about the
head and it was evident from the be-
ginning that his injuries were fatal.
He was on his way to Minneapolis,
where he was to be married. He asked
his physician to telegraph his father
and his sweetheart.
Tell her, he gasped, that I have
been detained by a wreck, cannot keep
the appointment on time. Don't say
any more.
The news was brought to this city by
mail clerk the fire whistle was blown,
a switch engine and coach hastily pre-
pared and a relief train sent very speed
lily. The injured passengers We're ex-
10 ahTsiG nd If
here. Another relief train soon arriv-
ed from Cedar Rapids and took a num-
Der of the seriously injured to be treat
ed in the hospital in that city.
F. J. Day of Allison, Ia, a passenger,
said:
The train was running at good speed
and at a point about three or four miles
from Waterloo it left the track The
engine and baggage car were thrown
about ten feet. The engineer evident
ly had his engine under excellent con-
troll, as never saw such a sudden stop.
The smoker, where sat, telescOped the
baggage car, and I found myself with
the brakeman on the roof of the day
COACH
Mr.. Day, in speaking of the cause of
the accident, said:
There must have been a waterspout
for a powerful stream of water washed
the dirt from under the track for a
distance, 1 should think, of half a mile
With the foundation gone there was
nothing to hold up the rails, and over
we went
VIII Schollian of Waterloo, who trav-
els for St. Louis tobacco house and
makes his headquarters in this city,
suffered more severely than any other
of the Waterloo passengers. He was
found in the second passenger coach,
to which he had gone after leaving the
smoker, his arm crushed between the
front end of the sleeper and the side
of the car, holding him fast in the
wreck. He did not lose consciousness,
but begged that his arm be sawed off
so as to set him free. When it was
found that there was no possibility of
saving the arm. this was done, the
amputation being effected by a common
hand-saw. Mr.. Schollian displayed the
utmost fortitude, and after he was re-
leased walked to the adjoining farm
house of Mrs. Caroline Mericle, where
he died a few hours later.
The David Halo in the list of dead
was well known in Topeka. He was a
cousin of Abe Steinberg and vice pres
ident of the Hub Clothing company of
this city. Mr. Halo was a travelling
man for the Marx & Haas Clothing
company of st. Louis. but made his
home in Minneapolis, MINI. He had
taken the body of his father to ST.
Louis for burial Friday and left St.
Louis for Minneapolis Saturday night
COLUMBUS, OHIO,