The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-07-04
KILLED IN A WRECK
Thirteen People Lose Their Lives in a
Railroad Accident.
A WABASH FLYER GOES DOWN
PIunges Through Trestle While 1t.
Is Running at High Speed, With
Disastrous Results.

Peru, Ind, Special.-Thirteen per-
sons were killed and about so seri-
ously injured in wreck Of Train No.
8, the west-bound Wabash limited,
nine miles west Of this city at 1890
a m, Wednesday. The dead are all
Italian emigrants en- route to Colora-
do, whose names are unknown.
Two sections of train No. 3, one
coming from Detroit and the other
from Toledo, were consolidated in
this city into a train Of II cars, max
ing up the flyer for its journey to
st. Louis. 1t consisted Of combina-
ton baggage and express, combina-
ton baggage and smoker, day coach,
emigrant coach, three chair cars,
three sleepers and the private car OF
General Superintendent Cotter, or
the Iron Mountain Railway.
Having left this city one hour late
the train was speeding westward at
high rate, when, at ponit nine
miles west, the engine plunged thro-
ugh O trestle which had been under
mined by the recent heavy rains. The
embankment on both sides Of the
little stream dropped at sharp de-
gree a distance Of forty feet. Owing
to the momentum Of the train the en-.
CINE appeared to leap across the
abyss, plunged into the soft earth on
the opposite side and fell back to-
the bottom. Engineer Butler and
Fireman Adams were thrown from
the cab, but not seriously hurt. The
express car and the first chair car
were telescoped. The emigrant 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. Its win
dows and trucks were broken, but
none of the occupants were injured.
The remaining cars also left their
trucks, but were not badly damaged.
It was in the emigrant and day coach
juries occurred.
There was absolutely no means by
which the engine crew could see the
impending danger. In fact the en-
CINE ran upon the trestle before the
structure gave away. The night was
intensely dark. For few minutes
after tn efatal plunge and dreadful
roar of crashing timbers, a deathlike.
stiffness prevailed which was only
broken by the cries Of the injured.
Trainmsn caught up their lanterns
and rushed to the neighboring farm
houses for assistance. The farmers.
with their wives and children bear
ing torches hastened to the scene and
all efforts were bent to give first AID
to the injured. Telephone messages.
were despatched to this city and ev-,
cry physician was hurriedly taken on.
a special train which carried them
to the scene. The injured were placed
aboard the cars and brought to the
general hospital in this city, where
everything possible was done TO anne
liorate their condition. For a time
alter the rescuers reached the scene
Of the wreck little could be done in
the way OF removing the dead. Hun
dreds 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 gra,
dua!iy opened and by daylight near
ly all the dead had been removed to-
this city.
Among the dead are the following
named: Mrs Kitty Krust, Of New
York; Miss Fannie Munloic sister or
John Munloic; Luigi Benint, New
York: FIVE Italian men, names un'
known; two Italian women. names un--
known; three Italian babies.