Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-31
RAN INTO A W ASHOUT'
FrightfuI Railway Disaster DC.
ours in Iowa.
EIGHT PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES

Long List of InjuIe oil Persons. Some of
Whom May Be Added to the Dead
The Accident Happens Four Miles
Southeast of Waterloo-Seven In One
Family Killed by Cyclone in South
Dnkota-Fatal 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 1880
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
are indications that the rain had been
preceded by cloudburst, which had
washed the earth from the track for a
distance of half a 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 its 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 Telescoped.
The rear end Of the smoker rests
on the roof of the passenger coach fol-
lowing, while the day coach and the
sleeper, kameur, had almost entirely
| telescoped each other. The sleeper
| Marlello. In the rear escaped with
much less injury. News of the disaster
| was brought to this city by two of the
passengers who had escaped serious in
| jury. Relief trains from here and from
Cedar Rapids were quickly on the
ground, and the injured passenger:
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 6
serious condition, and fears are enter.
tanned that the list of dead will be add
ed to- Eight bodies now lie in the un.
| 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; L. ]. 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.
The injured-W. b Arnold, Minneap
oils; John Bauer. ST. Louis; S. h Bash
or; ]. H. Bates. Toledo, Ia; W. F
Burke. Cedar Falls. Ia; r. L. Calvin
st. Louis; B. w. Darlington, Chicago
William Durlin. Cedar Rapids, Ia
Ed Drummond. Finchboro, Ia. D. w
Fleming. Albert Lea Mimi; A. L. Fox
Waterloo. Ia; Charles Frazier, Morning
Center, Ia; ]. NJ. Gbney; Frank Gray
Albion, Ia; William Hayden; E. 1
Hosford, Burlington. Ia; William
Heale, Albert Lea MINI; j. r. Jack
son. West Liberty, Ia; Emil Johansor
Norwood, N. D.; c. w. Matthews; 10
ham Miller, Hunter. S. D.; A. H. Nor
ris. Cedar Rapids, Ia; A. NJ Morris
Mrs. j. Morgenstern, ST. Paul; Jarr
Murphy. Castle Doom. Ireland: Mrs.
E. Myers, Prentice. Wis; w. E. Myer.
Burlington, Ia. Cora Neal, Minneapo
lis; Almond Nordby, Norwood, N d.
ostander Nordby. Norwood, N d.
Frank Petrosic. Tower, Mimi; W. L
Schollian; "A. C. Skang, Lemond. MINI.
Mrs. J. w. Stevenson; H. Sullivan
Terre Haute, Ind; H. C. Tunnel, AL
bert Lea. Mimi; Anna Urban; c. "
Whitney, Cedar Rapids, Ia; Claud
Williams. Peoria, Ills; unknown ma
from Alton. Ills; unknown woman,
Swede, en- route to North Dakota