The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-29
NINE PEOPLE KILLED.
Chicago and Minneapolis Train
Wreck In Iowa.
TRACK WASHED AVA
TWENTY-THREE PASSENGERS
WERE BADLY INJURED.
Result of Cloudburst-Pathetic
Case of Man Who Was On His
Way to Minneapolis to Be Mar
ried-His Last Message to His
Betrothed.

| BetrOthed.
Waterloo, Ia, May 2S-The through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis over
the Rock Island and Burlington. Cedar
Rapids & 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 mail
and baggage cars, smoking car, two
passenger coaches and sleeper Eight
persons were killed and fourteen in
jured.
The Dead.
l.. Arnold, lumberman. Minneapolis.
w. A. Mclaughlin. Muskegon, Mich.
r. III. Schwette. Alton. Ill.
David Halo, Minneapolis
F. S. Carpenter, st. Louis
= Hawkins, Pullman conductor
George Wainwright. train conductor
Will Schollian, Waterloo.
One unknown person!
The Injured.
S. E. Bentley, Waterloo. Ia
Reuben O'Dell. Waterloo, Ia.
Herman Klein Denet, Waterloo, Ia
S. II. Bassoor, Waterloo, Ia.
Miss Anna H. Moss. Norway, emil
grant; right leg badly bruised.
Miss Ostranda Noredy. Norwegian,
hand and face badly bruised.
Ornon Noredy, Norwegian, serious in
jury to chest.
John Z. Johnson, Norwegian, serious
injury to head and face.
jeremiah Murphy of Ireland, going to
Butte, Mont. head injured; serious.
Mrs. n. E. Myers, Prentiss, Wis,
head injured; not serious.
c. w. Matthews, Cedar Rapids, Ia,
brakeman, bruised; not serious.
r. L. Colvin, st. Louis, Pullman por-
ter. slightly injured.
B. w. burlington, Chicago.
w. T. Burke, Cedar Falls, Ia.
Corinne Neel. Minneapolis.
D. w. Fleming, Albert Lea, Mimi.
Mrs. Morganstein. st. Paul.
Ala Bahia, Tower. Mimi.
George Petrociz, Tower, MINI.
Arund, Aslaksen. Norway. Ia.
Caused By a Cloudburst.
A cloudburst had washed the sand
and gravel roadbed, leaving the track
unsupported for a stretch of twenty
feet. The rails and ties held together
and there was nothing to indicate the
insecurity of the road. The engine
in the ditch beside the track, and be-
hind it the cars were piled in a con-
fused heap. The mail car toppled over
and was telescoped by the baggage car
behind, while the rear end of the bag
gage car, in turn, telescoped the smo-
ker. The roof of the sleeper plowed its
way through the day coach. while the
lower half of the latter crushed through
the sleeper.
The engineer and fireman jumped
from the train 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 be-
ginning that his injuries were fatal.
He was on his way to Minneapolis.
where he was to be married today. He
asked his physician 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"
Rescuing the Injured.
The news was brought to this city by |
L mail clerk, the fire whistle was |
blown, a switch engine and coach has
lily prepared and relief train sent |
Yery speedily. The injured passengers |
we're extricated from the debris and |
brought here. Another relief train soon |
lrrived from Cedar Rapids and took a |
lumber of the seriously injured to be |
reated In the hospital in that city. F.
!. Day of Allison, Ia, passenger, said:
THE train was running at good speed,
md at a point about three or four miles |
rom Waterloo it left the track. The
ngine and baggage car were thrown
bout ten feet. The engineer evidently
lad his engine under excellent control
IS never saw such a sudden stop. The
moker, where 1 sat, telescoped the
baggage car, and / found myself with
he brakeman on the roof of the day
oach.''
Will Schollian of Waterloo, who trav-
Is for a ST. Louis tobacco house and
makes his headquarters in this city,
uttered more severely than any other
f the Waterloo passengers. He was
ound in the second passenger coach, to
which he had gone after leaving the
moker, his arm crushed between the
ront end of the sleeper and the side of
he car, holding him fast in the wreck.
Sawed His Arm OFF.
He did not lose consciousness, but
egged that his arm be sawed off, so as
D set him free. When it was found
hat there was no possibility of saving
he arm, this was done, the amputation
eing effected by a common handsaw.
Ir. Schollian displayed the utmost for
tude, and after he was released
talked to the adjoining farmhouse of
Irs. Caroline Mericte, where he was
esting quietly at last report. He is
luch weakened by loss of blood, but he
not believed to have sustained any
Their serious injuries. Mr.. Day, in
peaking of the accident, said:
CT V-a |
,r a powerful stream of water washed
lie dirt out from under the track for a
istance. 1 should think, of half mile.
18th the foundation gone, there was
Othing to hold up the rails. and as the q,
eight of the train struck the weak ,