The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-29
NINE PEOPLE KILLED.
Through Train from Chicago TO Min
neapOlls Was Wrecked.
TwENIyTHptt INJURED, SONE SERIOUSLY
cIoudburst Had Washed the Road
he'd Away, Leaving Rails in fi"ce'
but Unsupported.

train from Chicago to Minneapolis, over
the Rock Island and Burlington and Cedar
RAPIDS and Northern railways, was
wrecked at IL 10 a. m. today, at the cross
ing of Sink Creek, about four miles south
east of this place. The train consisted oil
six coaches, including mail and baggage
cars, smoking car, two passenger coaches
and sleeper. Eight persons we're killed
and sixteen injured.
The list Is as follows;
q. L. ARNOLD, lumberman, Mime
apolis.
w. A. M'LAUGHLIN, Muskegon Mich.
r. H. sCHwETT, Alton,
DAVID HALO, Minneapolis.
F.. s. CARPENTER, St. Louis.
WILL SCHOLAR, Waterloo, Iowa.
- HAWKINS, Pullman conductor.
GEORGE WAINWRIGHT, conductor.
UNKNOWN MAN.
Those injured were:
s. H. Basher, Waterloo, Iowa
s. r. Bentley, Waterloo, Iowa.
Reuben Odell Waterloo, Iowa.
Herman Klein Denet, Waterloo Iowa.
Miss Annie Moss West Norway, emil
grant badly bruised.
Miss Ostranda, a Norwegian, hands and
face badly bruised.
Orncn Noregy, Norwegian, serious injury
to chest.
John E. johnson Norwegian, serious in
jury to head and face.
The above were all going to North Da-
kota.
Jeremiah Murphy of Castletonboro. Ire
land, going to Butte, Mont, head Injured;
| serious.
Mrs NJ. e. Myers, Prentiss Wis, head
! injured; not serious.
| C. w. Matthews, Cedar Rapids, brake
man, Bruised not serious.
Ed Skang Van Buren,, Ark, leg injured;
not serious
J. L. Neale, Minneapolis, knee fractured
r. l.. Colvin. ST. Louis. Pullman por-
ter, slightly injured.
w B. burlington, Chicago
w T. Burke, Cedar Falls Iowa.
Corinne Neal Minneapolis.
D. w Fleming Albert Lea, MINI.
Miss Irma Stein, st. Pa Il.
Anna Barbd, Minneapolis.
George Petrol, Minneapolis.
Rboda Alakzen, Norway.
A cloudburst had washed the sand and
gravel road bed, leaving the track I'M
supported for stretch OF twenty feet. The
rails and ties were together and there was
nothing to indicate the insecurity of the
road. The engine struck the washout and
was derailed into the ditch beside the
track and behind it the cars were piled UP
in confusion. The mail car tipped over
and was 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 later crushed through the
sleeper.
The engineer and fireman jumped from
the train and escaped with slight injuries.
Mr.. Schwett of Alton, ILL.,, was brought to
this city alive, but died at O'Clock. He
was badly cut about the head and and il
was evident from the beginning that his
Injuries were fatal He was on his way
to Minneapolis, where he was to have been
married today When his physician tele-
graphed his father and sweetheart: "ifrll
her" he gasped, that / have been de-
tanned by wreck and can not 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 was
, hastily prepared and a relief train was
sent to the scene. Another train soon ar
rived from Cedar Rapids and number
of those Injured were treated in the hos
; pital in that city.
, j. j. Day of Allison, Iowa, a passenger
said:
The train was running at good speed
: and at point about three or four miles
! from Waterloo left the track. The engine
ana baggage car were thrown about ten
; feet. The engineer evidently had the train
under excellent control. as / never saw
such sudden stop The smoker, where
! sat- telescoped the baggage car and
found myself with the brakeman on the
roof Of the day coach"
Mr.. Scholar of Waterloo who travail
for st. Louis tobacco house and make
his headquarters in this city suffered NOR
, severely than any other of the Water
loo passengers. He was found in the see
ond passenger coach where he had gon,
from the smoker, MS arm was crushed be
tween the front of the sleeper and tn
side of the car. holding him fast in tn,
) wreck He did not lose consciousness
but begged that his arm be saved off s,
as to set him free When 1t was foun,
that there was no probability of savin,
the arm this was done. The amputatiol
was eneoted By common handsaN. Mr.
{ Scholian displayed the utmost fcrtitudt
and after he was released walked to tn
/ adjoining farm house OF Mrs Carolin,
Graves. where he was taken care ~ II,
vas much weakened by the loss of blool
nut ne Is not believed TO have sustained
ary other serious injury.
hr Day, In speaking OF the cause o
he accident, said: The rain must hay,
been regular spout. for p,worfu
stl cam washsd the dirt from under tn
track for quite a distance. When III,
foundation was gone there was nothin:
) LETT to hold up the rails ami when tn
! engine struck it over we wea-
} William Sonolian of Waterloo. whose
arm was anputited in order 70 releas
hlm from the wreck, has since died
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