Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-05-31
RAN INTO A VASH0UT
FrightfuI Railway Disaster o.
ours in Iowa.
EIGHT PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES.

Long List of Injuiel Persons, Some of
Whom May Be Added to the Dead
The Accident Happens Four Miles
Southeast of Waterloo-Seveu in One
Family Killed by "a Cyclone in South
Dakota-FataI Crossing Accident.
Waterloo. Ia, May 29.-Eight persons
were killed and forty-one seriously in
jured in a wreck on the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids and Northern railway.
four miles southeast of here. at 1870
o'clock in the morning. The wreck was
caused by the washing away Of the
foundation beneath the track, the rain
falling at the time in torrents. There
hare indications that the rain had been
preceded by cloudburst, which had
y washed the earth from the track for
distance of half mile Being warned
by lurch Of the engine of the impend-
Ing disaster, the engineer and fireman
jumped and escaped with slight bruises.
The engine plowed it's way into the
earth, and now lies in the ditch with the
cars of the train piled upon it, The
mail car was partially telescoped by the
baggage car, which in turn penetrated
the smoker.
Day Coach and Sleeper Teaescoped.
The rear end Of the smoker rests
on the roof of the passenger coach fol-
lowing, while the day coach and the
sleeper, Kamour, had almost entirely
felescoped each other. The sleeper
Aarlello In the rear escaped with
much less injury. News of the disaster
Nsvas brought to this city by two of the
Passengers who had escaped serious in
3nry. Relief trains from here and from
Cedar Rapids were quickly on the
ground. and the injured passengers
were soon extricated from the wreck
and tenderly cared for until they were
taken to St. Lukes hospital at Cedar
Rapids. Many of the injured are in a
serious condition. and fears are enter
tanned that the list Of dead will be add
ed to. Eight bodies now lie in the IN
dertaking rooms of George Beck Of this
city.
The List of Victims.
Following are the names of the killed
and injured: The dead-E. L. Arnold.
Minneapolis; E. ]. Barker Hot Springs,
Ark; F. s. Carpeter. Pullman conduc-
tor, st. Louis; David Halo, Minneapo-
lis; - Hopkins, address unknown; w.
A. Mclaughlin, Minneapolis; George
Wainwright. conductor, Burlington. Ia;
- Wenzel. supposed to be from AL
ton, Ills.
The Injured.
-he injured-W. B. Arnold, Minneap-
oI ohn Bauer, st. Louis; S. II. Bash
z o. II. Bates, Toledo, Ia; w. F.
u edar Falls, Ia; r. l.. Calvin,
s. B. w. Darlington, Chicago;
VI Duriin, Cedar Rapids, Ia;
FL ,-nnmond, Finchboro, Ia; d. w.
n Jg. Albert Lea, Mimi; A. L. Fox,
Waterloo. Ia; Charles Frazier, Morning
Center. Ia: J. M. Gbney; Frank Gray,
Albion. Ia; William Hayden; E. L.
Hosford, Burlington, Ia; william
Heale, Albert Lea, Mimi; J. r. Jack
son, West Liberty, Ia; Emil Johanson,
Norwood, N. D.; c. w. Matthew'S; Jo-
ham Miller. Hunter. s. D.: A. H. Nor
ris. Cedar Rapids, Ia; A. M. Morris;
Mrs. ]. Morgenstern, St. Paul; Jerry
Murphy, Castle Doom, Ireland; Mrs. M.
h Myers. Prentice, Wis; w. E. Myers
Burlington. Ia; Cora Neal. Minneapo-
lis; Almond Nordby Norwood, N. D.;
Ostander Nordby Norwood, N. D.;
Frank Petrosic. Tower. Nina; w. E.
Mrs. ]. w. Stevenson; H. Sullivan,
Terre Haute, Ind; H. C. Tunnel, AL
bert Lea, Mimi: Anna Urban; C. W..
Whitney. Cedar Rapids, Ia; Claude
Williams, Peoria, Ills; unknown man
from Alton. Ills; unknown woman, q
Ewede. en- route to North Dakota.