Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-07

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Corrected List Of the Injured in
the Burlington Wreck
at Thayer.
About Thirty Persons More or
Less Hurt..Were Mostly
Iowa People.
Engineer Brown. Of the Wrecked
Passenger, Net His Death
Bravely.
'eciaI to Times Republican.

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Creston. May III Following is the corr
rected list of the killed and Injured in
the wreck on the Burlington at the
town of Thayer, yesterday afternoon.
The dead:
Sid Brown. engineer passenger. home
in Burlington. Ia.
Injured:
o. i. Garrett, Murray. Ia, bruised
about nose. left eye and right arm.
Col. j. A. Oldstead, Des Moines, se-
yerely injured.
George Won Behrn. celton. right side
hurt.
NJ. Shirley and wife, Omaha
Mr.. Shirley cut about face and head,
neck bruised.
Mrs. Shirley, bruised.
W. "A. Scott, Chicago, back injured.
right leg and foot bruised
Albert Brown. right arm and leg
bruised.
Mrs Ellis Pixley. West Salem, 1ll...
internal injuries, serious.
/. IT. McCune. Ottumwa, hurt in stom-,
ach and breast
Clarence Woine, Grinnell. scalp
wound. limbs injured. bruised about
back.
T. NJ. Gallup, Wyoming, en- route to
Randolph, Ia, scalp wound, right
knee, left wrist injured.
Z. G. Carter, Charlton, Ia, lip cut.
f. f. Flag, Chicago, internally seri-
Gus.
j.. L. Farthing. creston, travelling
salesman, right hand badly bruised.
VIM. w. Bond.
j. d. Johnson. Chicago, bruised.
c. NJ. Buchanan, Fairfield, Ia, severe
ly shaken up.
p. Bates. Chicago back and chest in
jured.
Mrs. F. a. Bell, Fairfield. Ia, slightly
bruised.
william Trefel. Burlington. Iowa.
brakeman on passenger train; bruised.
bruised.
Z. L. Gardner. Charlton, Iowa.
ID. O. Campbell. Cleveland; head and
shoulders bruised.
S. ID. Reed. Osceola. Iowa: slightly
wounded.
walter Crowley. woodburn; legs
shocked
j. L. Farauahar. Gillion, O.; badly
shocked.
Or. Averill. Alton. Iowa; back in
inred.
T. j. Burke and wife, Jacksonville.
Fla: wife badly cut on forehead and
back hurt; Burke's injuries slight.
Mary Cherry. Leroy, Iowa; chest and
head hurt; serious Internal injuries.
Clyde Wilson, Hopeville, Iowa; collar
bone. head and legs bruised and cut.
r. b. Mitchell, Weldon, Iowa; head
snd face badly cut.
G. B. Miner, Clarinda. Iowa: Slightly
injured, both head and arms.
William Elder. Ottumwa, Iowa; Shout
der dislocated; head cut.
Roscoe Mowan, Talmage, Iowa; se-
MERELY shocked.
Clarence whitelock. Osceola. Iowa;
arm broken; internal injuries.
8. E. Reen1. Osceola; cut over eye; Sc
we're bruises.
Fireman Mike Cauney. Ottumwa;
badly bruised and cut; arm broken.
X. homeland. Chicago; leg and three
ribs broken.
Will Harper, ottumwa; head and
hands cut.
Mrs. Will Harper, ottumwa; back
sprained.
The injured were hurried to Creston
on a special. after their injuries We're
attended to by staff of physicians.
who left this city at noon.
1t was one of the most disastrous
wrecks the Burlington has had the mis-
fortune to have in years
Thayer is peculiarly situated. 1t lies
at the bottom of ravine Where the
Burlington track enters the place on a
heavy curve from both directions. To
the further fact/that the engineer of a
! heavy train Is compelled to make a
terrific run down hill to make the top
of the one following on schedule time, is
attributed the destruction of property.
The wonder is that all the passengers
were not either killed or hurt much
wores than they were.
The relief train hastily made up at
this place and sent to the scene of the
wreck. had surgeons and cots aboard.
"A wrecking train was sent from Ores
ton and after ten hours hard labor
cleared the tracks of the fearful con-
gestton and trains. both freight and
passenger. allowedeto proceed.
Owing to the fact that both tracks
for great distance are heavily curved.
neither engineer could. see the other
train until within 200 feet of each other.
The engineer of the freight train heard
the passenger train coming, and made
frantic Efforts to back his heavy train
onto the sidetrack. He succeeded in get
ting all but the engine to place OF
safety. The passenger, which was run
ming about seventy miles an hour,
crashed into the freight engine with
terrific force The impact of the loco
motives together with the rending tim
bers of the cars behind was frightful.
The passenger engine was hurled
down seventy-foot embankment fol-
lowed by the baggage, express. day
coach and tire chair cars. The chair
cars and day coach were filled with
passengers. and the confusion which
followed was indescribahe.
The crew of the freight engine made
desperate efforts to avoid the impend-
ing catastrophe. and staid at their posts
until the last moment. when they Were
compelled to jump in order to save their
lives.
Engineer Brown, who saw the danger
!, when 200 feet from the freight engine
threw the air brake to the emergency
notch, applied the sand and stuck tc
his engine in grim endeavor to save
the lives OF those behind him.
The agent at Thayer, together with
hangers-on around the depot. were the
only witnesses to. the wreck. Terror
stricken. they rushed to the rescue