Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
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Fatal Wreck Near Waterloo,
Iowa, Yesterday
NINE PEOPLE ARE KILLED
And a Large Number Injured--One
OF the Latter Was Bound for
Butte--A Cl0udburSt.
NINE PEOPLE ARE KILLED

Waterloo, Iowa, May 2S.-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 mail n
baggage cars, smoking car, two passen-
ger coaches and sleeper. Eight ?persons
wcie killed aud ten injurci. The lis; OF
the dead is as follows:
l.. ARNOLD. lumberman. Minneapolis.
w. A. MLAUGHLIN, Muskegon, Mich.
H. H. SCHWETT, Alton. III.
i DAVID HALL. Minneapolis.
| +. S. CARPENTER. st. Louis.
- HAWKINS, Pullman conductor.
GEORGE WAINWRIGHT, train con-
! ductov.
! WILL SCHOLLIAN.
ONE UNKNOWN PERSON.
Among those injured were: S. T. Bent
ley, Waterloo; Reuben O'Del.. Waterloo;
Herman Klein Denet. Waterloo. Ia: S. H.
Bassoor, Waterloo, Ia: Miss Anna H.
Moss, Norway, immigrant, right leg bad
ly bruised; Miss OstraEda Noredy. Nor
wegian, hand and face badly bruised: Or
non NDredy. Norwegian, serious injury to
chest: John 2. Johnson, Norwegian, seri-
our injury to head and face. The above
We're all going to North Dakota. Jere-
miah Mul ply of Ireland. going to Butte.
Mont, head injured, serious: Mrs. n. F.
Myers, Prentiss, Wis, head injured, not
serious; c. W. Matthews, Cedar Rapids,
Ia, brakeman, bruised, not serious; J. L.
Neel, Minneapolis, knee fractured; ~. =.
Colvin, st. Louis, Pullman porter, Slight
~ injured: B.. w. burlington. Chicago;
w. L. Burke, Cedar Falls. Ia: Corrine
Neel, Minneapolis: d. W. Fleming, Albert
Lea, Mimi; Mrs. Morganstein. St. Paul;
Ala B. Rea. Tower, Mirn.; George Petro-
ciz, Tower, Mimi; Arund Aslaksen, Nor
way, la.
A cloudburst had washed the SAND and
gravel roadbed leaving the track unsup-
ported for a stretch of 20 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 d~erailed in the ditch beside the track
and behind it the cars were piled in a
confused heap. The mail car toppled over
and was telescoped by the baggage car
behind while the tender and baggage cal
in turn telescoped the smoker. The roof
of the sleeper ploughed 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. H.. was brought
to his city, but died at 8 O'Clock. He was
badly cut about the head, and it was evi.
dent from the beginning hat his injuries
were fatal. He was on his way to Mime
apolis where he was to be married today
He asked his physician to telegraph hi!
father and his sweetheart. Tell her." h
gasped, that l have been detained by
wreck and canno 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,
switch engine and coach hastily prepared
and a relief train sent very speedily. TIL
injured passengers were extricated from
the debris and brought here. Another re
lief train soon arrived from Cedar Rapid
and took a number of the seriously in
jured to be treated in the hospital in tina
city. F. ]. Day of Allison, Ia, a passen
ger, said: "The train was running at goo
speed, and at a point about three or fou
miles from Waterloo, it left the track
The engine and baggage car We're throw
about 10 feet. The engineer evidently ha
his engine under excellent control, as
never saw such a sudden stoI
The smoker, where l sat, telescoped tn
baggage car, ard ! found myself with tn
brakeman on the roof of the day coach.
VAL VI ioo, u &c
for a st. Louis tobacco house and make
5 his headquarters in this city, %s,lffcre
) more severely than Any o Their OF tn
Waterloo passengers. He was found i
, the second passenger coach to which h
) had gone after leaving the smoker, hi
! arm crushed between the front end Of tn
sleeper and the side of the car holdin
him fast in the wreck. He did not los
consciousness u begged that his arm /
sawed off SO as to set him free. When
} was found that there was no possibilit
of saving the arm, this was done, tn
amputation being effected by a commo
I handsaw. He displayed he utmost for
I tude and after he was released, Wake
to the adjoining farmhouse of Mrs. Care
line Mericte, where he was resting quiet
until he died. =
} Mr.. Day, in speaking Of the cause
the accident, said: There must ha,
. been a waterspout, for a powerful streal
of water washed the dirt out from undo
the track for a distance Of about half
) noilaD