Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09

one mile north of Bloomfield yester-
day, one man is supposed to have been
killed, and four others injured, one of
them perhaps fatally. The man who
is supposed to have perished is
tramp, and is claimed was riding in
one of the wrecked cars. The wreck
age has not yet been picked up, and
it is not definitely known whether his
body is buried in the wreckage or not
The Injured.
Following is list of the injured:
Dr. Clara l.. Kemble, Bloomfield,
probably fatally hurt; injured in the
back, several ribs broken, two severe
cuts in her head and one cut on her
face.
Max Hinkle, Bloomfield, hand badly
mashed.
Geo. Messer, Bloomfield, one rib
broken.
Dr.. 6. H. Cronk, Bloomfield, injuries
slight.
The Wreck.
The train which was wrecked was
No. 95, freight which carries passen-
gers, and is due in this city at 12:15
p.. m. 1t was a few minutes late leav-
ing Bloomfield, and pulled out of that
city rapidly. Terrific headway had
been gained by the time it had gotten
a nile out Of town. when suddenly the
four rear cars in the train left the
track. They ran along on the ties for
a short distance, and the rear car and
caboose turned over. At this time
they were on an embankment about
six feet high, and when the two cars
turned over they rolled TO the bottom
of this embankment and were half
buried in the mud. Fortunately the
caboose rolled on one side of the track
and the freight car on the other.
Carried Four Passengers.
There were but four passengers in
the caboose, all residents of Bloom
field, enroute to this city. The train
men who were in the caboose were
mot injured, and they Immediately set
to work to extricate the injured pas
sengers. Aid was sent from Bloom
field, and all the physicians of
that city in company with large
number of citizens responded quickly.
Injured Removed.
The injured were removed from the
wreck as fast as possible and willing
hands attended to their wants as rap
idly as they were gotten out. The
wreck occurred in the center of a
large field on the bottom land of Fox
river, and the ground was so soft and
muddy 1t is nearly impossible to get
wagons up to the scene of the wreck.
However buggy was driven close to
where the accident occurred and after
DIR. Kemble had been taken from the
wreck, and her injuries attended to as
we'll as possible she was driven to her
home in Bloomfield.
The remainder of the passengers
were not so seriously injured, and
they walked back along the railroad
track to the first railroad crossing ,and
wagon was driven there and they
were conveyed to their homes.
Cause Not Known.
No cause has yet been offered for
the wreck. 1t is supposed to have
either occurred from an imperfectly
aligned track, or broken truck. All
the cars remained upright except the
rear car and cabcase. and after a
short delay they were gotten on the
rails and the train proceeded to this
city without the caboose. The one cal
and caboose were thrown clear of the
track anu Ln6Te WAS llO uGIdS W any
other train. The wrecking outfit from
Moberly will be sent to the scene Of
the accident today and it will pick ur
these two cars and take them to the
shops.
May Have Killed Tramp.
The trainmen claim that there was
tramp in the car of lumber, but this
was smashed to kindling wood and az
yet has not been picked up, SO it can
not be told if the mans. body is undel
4 the wreckage or not. 1t was impossi
BILE for him to have escaped if he was
in the car, and it is more than likel,
his body lies among the wrecked lum
ber, about half buried in the soft mud
No one knows who he is or where h,
Is from, and when the body will be tax
en- from the wreck it will undoubtedl,
be impossible to identify it.
Or. kemble's Experience.
DR.. Kemble was sitting along on
side c. the caboose and DR.. Cronl
across the aisle, when the car left tn
track. AS it bumped along the tie
she became frightened and called II
DR.. Cronk. Just as she did this, tn
car began to turn over and she wa
thrown headlong along the car, stril
ing on the opposite side near the win
dow. DR.. Cronk caught her dress a
she was hurled thru the air. and thi
undoubtedly saved her from bein
thrown thru the window When Dl
Kemble was taken from the wreckag
she was unconscious and remained S