The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-29

1C'6 WAY anu aPpoN ~ "NNN
seriously injured in a wreck of train
No. 3, the west-bound Wabash limited,
nine miles west of this city at 1880
a. m. The dead are all Italian emf
grants en- route to Colorado. Many of
the injured undoubtedly will die.
The Dead.
sixteen italian emigrants, names
unknown; interpreter missing.
The Injured.
Mrs. VIM. Cotton, wife of general
superintendent Iron Mountain rail
way; badly bruised.
Three children, names unknown; Sc
verely bruised.
David Agnew, Green Oak, Ind; right
arm injured.
John O'Mara, Denver; right leg
broken.
Unknown Italian, New York; right
leg and right side mangled.
Nocola Polasa, head and shoulder
bruised.
John Ickes, New York; head and
body bruised.
Joseph Pozza, Trinidad, Col; head
and left foot injured.
Herbert Menger, Hillsdale, Mich;
face cut.
Joseph Cruze, Italian, New York
city; head, body and left leg bruised
Mrs. Joseph Cruze, head and body
bruised; will die.
George S. Miner, Alton. H.; left
leg broken.
John f., Williamson, Bowling Green.
O.; news agent; both arms, both legs
and rightkshoulder blade broken.
E. Z. Claugh, Toledo, o.; head bad.
" crusheH; right shoulder blade
broken.
j. b. Wood, Logansport, Ind; back
bruised.
G. \. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark;
head and body bruised.
VIM. Brode, Angola, Ind; face cut.
Clark Taylor, Logansport, Ind;
head and body cut.
Rev. Father Welsch, Logansport,
Ind; right foot crushed.
John Wilkins, Lafayette, Ind; right
arm and shoulder broken.
Walter Laid. Wabash, Ind; righ'
leg injured.
Charles Flanagan, 1agman; body
bruised
John Adams, fireman, head and
shoulder laceIated.
J. S. Butler, head bruised.
J. r.. Lucks, Logansport. Ind: trav-
cling salesman; slightly bruised.
Twenty others. whose names have
not yet been obtained; severely cut
and bruised.
The Wrecked Train.
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 it's journey to ST.
Louis. 1t consisted of a combination
baggage and express, combination
baggage and smoker, day coach, emf
grant coach, three chair cars, three
sleepers, and the private car of Gen
eral Superintendent William Gotten,
Iron Mountain railway. Having left
his city one hour late, the train was
speeding westward at a high rate,
when. at a point min miles west, the
engine plunged through a trestle
which had been undermined by the
recent ntdNN IdIHS.
The omOtiv Plunge.
The em~bankment OH both sides of
the little stream dropped at a sharp
degree a distance Of 40 feet Owing
to the momentum of the train the EN-
CINE appeared To leap nearly across
the abyss, plunged into the soft earth
on the opposite side, and fell back 10
I'm, hntfnt, J'pnihaHr I,+Iar o,I
Fierman Adams were thrown from the
cab, but not seriously hurt. The ex-
press car and the trst chair car were
telescoped. The eInigrant car, fol
lowed by W. chair cars. went down
IN the left side Of the track, and the
first sleeper pitched forward upon the
mass of debris. Its windows and
trucks were broken, but none of the
occupants was injured. The remain
ing cars also left their trucks, bu.
were not badly damaged.
Death Among the Emisrants.
II was in the emigrant and day
coaches that most of the deaths and
injuries occurred.
Heavy foliage lined the banks on
both sides of the culvert, the ap-
proach 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 t~restle
before the structure gave way. The
night was intensely dark. For a few
minutes after the fatal plunge and
dreadful roar of crashing timbers a
deathlike stiffness prevailed, which
was only broken by the cries of the
injured.
Assistance.
Trainmen caught up their lanterns
and rushed to the neighbOring 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 mes
sages were dispatched to this city,