The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
DEATH LIST A LONG ONL
WEIRD INJURED IN WABASH
TRAIN WRECK
PLUNGED DOWN a DECLINE
TrestIe Over Fifty-FoOt Abyss Gave
Way, and Cars Were Piled Up,
a Mass of Twisted and
Broken Wreckage.

PERU, Ind, June 26-Sixteen persons
were killed and about fifty were seriously
injured in a wreck of Train No 8, the
west-bound limited, nine miles west of
this city, at 1890 a. m. today.
Two sections of Train No. 3-one com
ing from Detroit and the other from To-
ledo-were consolidated in this city into
q train Of eleven cars, making up the
flyer for its Journey to St. Louis. There
were combination baggage and express,
combination baggage and smoker, day
coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars,
three sleepers and the private car of
General Superintendent William Gotten.
Of the Iron Mountain railway. Having
left this city one hour late, the train
was speeding westward at d high rate,
when, at a point nine miles west, the
engine plunged through a trestle which
had been undermined by the recent heavy
rains. The embankment on both sides of
the little stream dropped at a sharp de-
gree distance of forty feet Owing to
the momentum of the train the engine
appeared to leap nearly across the abyss,
plunged into the soft earth on the cppo-
site side and fell back to the bottom.
Engineer Butler and Fireman Adams
were thrown from the cab, but not Sc
riously hurt. The express car and the
first chair car were telescoped. The emil
grant car, followed by two chair cars,
went down on the left side Of the track,
and the first sleeper pitched forward
upon the mass of debris It's windows
and trucks were broken, but none of the
occupants was injured. The remaining
cars also left their trucks, but were not
badly damaged. 1t was in the emig, ant
and day coaches that most of the deaths
and injuries occurred. Heavy foliage
lined the banks on both sides of the
culvert, the approach to which was over
a reverse curve" There was absolutely
no means by which the engine crew could
see the impending danger. In fact the
engine ran out upon the treStle before
the structure gave way. The night was
intensely dark. A few minutes after the
fatal plunge and dreadful roar of ;rash-
ing timbers, a deathlike stiffness prevail
ed, which was only broken by the cries
of the injured The trainmen caught up
their lanterns and rushed to the neigh
boring farm houses for assistance. The
farmers, with their wives and children
bearing torches, hastened to the scene.
and all efforts were bent to giving first
aid to the injured. Telephone messages
were dispatched to this city, and every
physician was hurredly taken to a spe-
cial train, which carried them to the
scene. The injured were placed aboard
cars and brought to the general hospi-
tai in this city, where everything possi-
bic was done to ameliorate their condi-
v
For time after the rescuers reached
the scene of the wreck little could be
done in the way Of removing the dead.
Hundreds of tons of twisted iron and
broken timbers rested upon the car
where the unfortunate emigrants were
crushed.
But, by means Of wrecking derricKs. the
mass was gradually opened and by day.
light nearly all the dead had been re-
moved to this city.
THE DEAD.
John F. Williamson, newsboy. Bowling
Green. Ohio; both arms and both legs
Mrs. Matte Cruise, W wife OS9l'1 Of Joe cruse
New York. who was injured.
Miss Fannie NIuhloic, sister to John
:Mnnio5c, New York, who was slightly
Luigi Benini. New York
Eve Italian men, names unknown
Two 4talan women, names unknown
Inree Italian babies.
A list of injured was given out as fol-
lows: H. A. Seabright, Logansport, Inc. :.
F. E3;,id F. 4 Cl9pugh, pdgg1, 6aggEagemagter, Toledo
Jones, Cedar Springs Ont siightIv
bruised; Earl Jones, her son. siightIy
bruised; James Ray; Mrs James Ray, en-
TTate %aTne to IND 9allas; s. ,]5 Bradshaw Bradshaw Fort
II; Walter Laidlaw, Wabash, Ind. !:
| Sharles Flanagan, brakeman, Toledo !;
Gharies G voorhees,, New York; John
! Wilkins, Lafayette, Ind; Nocoia Po-
lasA; John c. Ickes, Fresno, Cal: John
F. 1ckes. his son; Annie Gruber, nine
years old, Sc. LoHSS; Lena Gruber two
years oId; g. A; Thompson, porter; John
! COLA, Ind; Joseph Grose; Mrs. Joseph
Grose; Martin Blye, Logansport; CLARK
Taylor. Iogansport; Ottof LukenviIIe.
Mrs; Charles Park; three-year-ol son of
Park. Irene Park. two months old: Da.
Hd va, AgneW. Greenup, Scotland; John
I Cruise. Costergate Utah. GaorrrS q ~, =