The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-06-28
The dead are:

Missing-Ed Lawson, Neenah.
The lnjured-John Bartin, Green Bay
leg hurt; Fred Wagner, Fond du Lac, leg
broken; William Kaufman, Fond du Lac
both legs broken; Charles r. Linlxe, Fond
du Lac, legs hurt; Charles Rewpine,
Fond du Lac, hip and knee hurt; J. ].
Schmitz, Neenah, leg and chest injured;
Frank Ransensl1, burns, hip hurt; Thorn
as Lamb, Fond du Lac, leg broken;
Joseph Landerman, Fond du Lac, leg
broken; b. Frotling, Fond du Lac, leg
broken; Edward Rabedeau, Kaukauna,
leg broken; H. Lloyd, Fond du Lac leg
broken; Herman Ross, Fond du Lac leg
broken; r., Giezer, Van Dyne, leg hurt;
John r. Lyner, Van Dyne ankle hurt;
A. II. Raddatie, Van Dyne, hand hurt;
Burt Kraus, Menosha, head hurt; Miss
Leda Ecke, Fond du Lac, head hurt; Otto
LaulSritz, Fond du Lac, head hurt; John
Ryan, Fond du Lac, face injured; Ernest
Gardner, Neenah, hand injured; Louis
Hansen, Fond du Lac, head cut; Henry
Schauft, Van Dyne, knee hurt; Bert Doest.
Oshkosh badly bruised; James Gaffney,
Van Dyne, back and leg hurt; e. l..
Reyes, Fond du Lac, leg hurt; F. Reinz,
Fond du Lac, hand hurt; - Schaefer,
Fond du Lac, hand injured Mrs. Eche,
Fond du Lac, hip hurt; Miss Heider back
hurt; Fred Harper, Fond du Lac, head
cut; John H. Thompson, Fond du Lac,
Lac, leg broken; Jean Carr, Fond du
Lac, both legs broken.
How 1t Occurred.
The accident happaned just as the
passenger train was pulling into the
station. A double-header freight was
backing into side track to let the
passenger by, but had not cleared the
main track. Those injured were nearly
all in the second coach. When the two
trains came together the first car.
which was a combination smoker and
baggage, was driven through the sec
ond coach, where the loss of life &C.
Cured. The dead were taken out of
the wreck and to an undertaking es-
Enlistment at Depere. The injured
were first taken to the Depere high
school. which was converted into tenn
porary hospital, and later were
brought to St. Vincent's hospital in
this city. None of the trainmen was
injured, the engine crews jumping in
time to save themselves. Both engines
were badly damaged and two coaches
were broken into kindling wood.
The excursion train was made up at
Fond du Lac, and was packed with peo-
pie from that city, Oshkosh and
Neenah. The first two coaches were a
combination baggage and passenger
and smoker, and we're almost entirely
filed with Fond du Lac people. The
freight, an especially long one, made
up at Green Bay, was ordered to side
track at Depere station. Enough of
the train to fill the passing track had
cut off, and the remainder had just
startedto backup on the side track back
ofthe station Acurve in the main track
cut off the view of the oncoming pas
senger. A fagman stood in front of
the train to flag the approaching pas
senger train. Suddenly it came into
view, running at nearly full speed. 1t
was tagged and many of the trainmen
say that the air brakes did not work
properly. .-..... .a.
The Crash.
The two trains crashed together.
The first two coaches of the passenger
train were telescoped and demolished,
few of the passengers escaping injury
Some were killed outright, others
were terribly mangled, and legs and
arms of some were broken. Others
were badly crushed and maimed-all
hemmed in amid the debris of the
wrecked cars. The other cars were
not dislodged from the track and none
of the other coaches were damaged.
None of the train crew was injured,
all jumping in time to save them
selves. The scene was appalling, and
the cries of the injured heartrending.
Passengers poured out of the rear
coaches and it was but moment be-
fore hundreds of willing workers were
busy eXtricating the unfortunate peo-
pie who had been caught in the tele-
scoped cars. The news of the disaster
spread rapidly, and soon people from
the city gathered by hundreds at the
scene of the wreck. AS the dead and
injured were taken out one by one
from the wreck the former were
taken to an undertaking establish
ment and the latter as quickly as
possible to the Depere high school
temporary hospital.
The cause of the accident, so far
as has been determined at this time,
was due to the freight crew failing
to give the passenger the right of
way. The freight arrived at Depere
at ten o'clock and made for the sid
ing. Finding that the train was too
long and would not go on one siding,
the freight crew cut the train in
two and ran ahead on the main track
At the point where the switching is
done there is sharp curve. The pas
senger, supposing it had the right of
way and that the freight was on the
siding, came along at fast rate. The
next minute the two engines had col.
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