Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
SCORES PERISH
IN TWO WRECKS
Eight Killed and Fifty Three In
jured in Collision Near
Green Bay, Wis.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT MEET
Former Was Loaded With Pas
sengers Bound for Saenger-
fest at Green Bay.
A TERRIBLE GEORGIA DISASTER
Passenger Train Runs Into Wash
ont Near Marlborough and
Thir,yFivc Persons
Perish.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT MEET
TERRIBLE GEORGIA DISASTER

Green Bay, Wis, June Ca north
bound passenger train on the Ghieago
and Northwestern road, loaded with
eNcursionists, bound for the saengcr-
fest in this city, collided at 10: Il
O'Clock yesterday morning With a
freight train at Depcre, five miles
south OF here. Eight persons We're
killed, one is missing and tifty-thrce
were injured.
The dead:
ED KUSKll, Fond du Lac, Wis,
druggist. aged ~.
LAWRENCE PLANK, Fond du Lac,
Wis, aged 25.
GEORGE LLOYD, Eden, died on
way to the hospital.
CHARLES MlERSWA, Oshkosh.
MATT kORCnER, Oshkosh.
ADAM WEBER
Man from Ashland, name unknown.
Musings:
ED LAWSON.
The injured:
From Fond ,lu Lac
Fred Wagner. leg broken.
William kaufman, both legs bro
ken.
Charles II. 1.inlSc, legs hurt.
Charles ReHping, hip and knee
hurt.
Thomas Lamb, leg broken.
Joseph Landerman. leg broken.
Il. Fritling, leg broken.
III. Lloyd. leg broken.
Herman Ross. leg broken.
T.. l.. Reyes. leg hurt.
+. Rcinz, hand hurt
=. Schacfer, hand injured.
Mrs. Eiche, hip hurt.
Fred Harper, head cut.
John III. Thompson, arm and back
hurt
Ed Carr, leg broken.
Jean Carr, both legs broken.
Miss Leda EcSd. head hurt.
Herta Lucritz, head burt.
John Ryan, face injured.
Louis Hansen. head cut.
Emil Severn, arm broken, head bad
ly cut.
II. soilSe, arm injured
NJ. Thompson. slightly.
Mrs. j. II. Thompson, injuries to
spine.
August Beachard, leg bruised.
w. j. Cooper. left leg broken
John Froclich. shoulder clislocated
Ditlef Flick, back bruised.
Il. Frazier, both legs injured.
Otto llanlswitz. arm broken.
Oscar Cramer. both legs injured.
Albert kobes. both legs bruised.
j. +. Devon, right knee injured.
Mrs. L.. llliser. left hand injured.
From Van Dyke
James Gatlncy, back and leg hurt
Henry Scha,ift, knee hurt.
f. leiser, leg hurt.
John Lyme, leg hurt.
"A. III. Raditie. hand hurt.
Edward Rabcdeau, kauliallna, leg
broken.
]. j. schmitz, Ncenah, leg and chest
injured. %
Ernest Gardner, Neenah, hand in
jurcd.
Burt Kraus, Menosha. head hurt
Miss lIeioler, back hurt.
Frank Ransenki, burns. hip hurt.
Bert Doest. Oshkosh, badly bruised
John Martin, Green Bya, leg hurt.
\. +. Hickey, Friendship, left foot
injured.
Rishard Lamp, Friendship, right
arm hurt.
G. II. Finney, Davenport. Ia, right
leg injured.
j. Grilles, Chicago. right leg hurt
Peter Koenags. Taychcedah right
arm and felt foot hurt.
The accident happened lust as the
passenger train was pulling into the
station. n doubleheadcr freight was
backing into a sidetracl to lot the
passenger by, hut had not cleared the
main track. The injured were nearly
all in the second coach. When the two
trains came together the first car.
which was a combination smoker and
baggage ear. was driven through The
second coach, where the loss of life
occurred.
The dead were taken out of the
wreck and to an undertaking cstab
lishmcnt at Depere. The i'm iurec were
first taken to the Depere high school,
which was converted into a temporary
hospital, and later were brought TO
st. Nincent's hospital in this city.
None OF the trainmen We're injured.
the engine crews jumping in time to
save themselves Both engines were
badly damaged and two coaches were
broken into kindling wood.
Milwaukee. Mis-, June 25.-A spccinl
:" ny ''Shei'iei lioiil DepeFe, WIS.
says:
The excursion train was made up at
Fond du Lac, and was packed with
people from that city, Oshkosh and
Neenah
The first two coaches We're a com
bination baggage and passenger and
smoker. and We're almost entirely
filed with Fond din Lac people. The
freight. an especially long one. made
mp at Green Bay, was ordered to side
track at Depere station. Enough OF
the train to fill the passing rack had
cut off. and the remainder ha., Jest
started to back up on the sidetracl,
back of the station. a curve in the
main line cut off the view of the on
coming passenger. y hagman stood
in front of the train to flag the APP
III, Il. =.