The true northerner., 1899-05-31
THROWN FROM TIL: RAIL-
Wreck on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern Railway
Near Waterloo, Iowa.
EIGHT LIVES LOST IN THE DISASTER.
Forty Persons Badly Intured-The
Accident Was Caused by IA wash
Out-Cars Piled I'm a Heap-COm-
plete List Of Those Killed and
Injured.

Waterloo, Ia, May 29.-The most ter
rible wreck in the history of Black
hawk county was that which occurred
Saturday night on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad,
about four miles northeast of this city.
"A passenger train of seven coaches, in
cluding the mail and baggage cars,
was wrecked with terrible loss of life
and great injury to many living. The
cause of the disaster was washout,
due to a waterspout or cloudburst in
Orange township. Crossing the rail-
road track where the wreck occurred
is little stream called Sink creek. The
sand and gravel was washed out from
under the track, leaving it unsupported
for stretches of from ten to twenty feet.
The rails and ties held stoutly together,
and there was little to indicate TO the
engineer the insecurity of the road be-
fore him. All at once a lurch of the
engine warned the engineer of the i'm
pending disaster. He and the fireman
leaped from the cab, and by good for
tune that can be counted as scarcely
less than miraculous escaped with but
slight injuries.
Cars I'm a Confused Heap.
Freed from the track, the engine
plowed its way deep into the earth
along the side of the track until it's
momentum could carry it no further,
and it stopped. Lying on one side in
the ditch behind it cars of the train
were piled up in confused heap. The
mail car rolled over close to the en-
gine; the baggage car partly telescoped
the mail car; the first coach partly
telescoped the baggage car, and the
second coach partly telescoped the
first coach. The third coach telescoped
the first sleeper, the floor of the coach
resting just about on level with the
lower berths in the sleeper. Here is
where the greatest casualties occurred.
The rear sleeper was not injured, and
its passengers were not injured TO any
great extent.
The victims.
Following is complete list of the
killed and injured:
KILLED-E. L. Arnold Minneapolis;
William A. Mclaughlin, Minneapolis; II.
r. Sheppe, Alton, H.; David Hello, Mime
apolis; George Wainwright, Burlington, Ia,
conductor of the train; +. S. Carpenter, st.
Louis; one body not yet identified; William
Schollin, of Waterloo. whose arm was
amputated in order to release him from the
wreck, has since died at his home.
Injured.
S. II. Basher Waterloo; w. f. Burke,
Cedar Falls A. l.. Fox. Waterloo; d. w.
Fleming, Albert Lea, Mimi; G. w. Whit
ney; William Hayden, Chicago u. ID. Nor
ris, Cedar Rapids j. II. Bates, Toledo. Ia
Mrs. w. j. Stevenson, ST. Paul; E. ID.
Drummond. Finchford. Ia. Jerry Murphy.
Castledoon, Ireland; John Miller. Hunter,
n. D.. Mrs. NJ. l. Myers, Prentice, wis.
j. NJ. Gibney, Cedar Rapids; Almond Nord-
by, Norwood, n. D.; Mrs. j. Morganstern,
st. Paul; Charles Frazier, Morning Center,
Ia; f.. l.. Hosford, Burlington: j. III. Jack
son, West Liberty; G. w. Matthews, Grand
Rapids; w. II. Myers, harrington; Emil
Joanson, Norwood, N. D.; Ostrander
Nordbill, Norwood, N D.: William Durlin,
Cedar Rapids; II. G. Tunnel, Albert Lea,
Mimi: Frank Gray Allison; S. Sullivan,
Terre Haute, Ind; Claud Williams, Peoria,
ILL.,; r. l.. Calvin, ST. Louis; William II.
Heale, Albert Lea, Mimi: Anna Urban,
Tower Mimi. Frank Petrosc, Tower, MINI.
]. l.. Neal (colored), Minneapolis Cora
Neal (colored), daughter of j. L. Neal; f..
c. Ikaug, Lemond, Mimi; b. w. CARING
ton, Chicago John Bauer. ST. Louis; un-
known man. Alton. H.; w. b. Arnold, Min
neaDolis