Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-04
KILLED IN A WRECK
Thirteen People Lose Their Lives in a
Railroad Accident.
A WABASH FLYER GOES DOWN
Plungcs Through a TrcStic While IL
Is Running At High Speed. With
Disastrous Results.

Peru. Ind. SpcCial.-Thirtccn per.
sons Ter" killed anl about 80 scri.
ouSiy injured In wreck OF Train NJ.
3, the vest bound Wabash limited,
nine miles west OF this city ut I2..0
a II. " CdnCSday. The dead are all
Italian "miSrants en- route TO ColoTa
do, whose names are unknown.
Two sections OF train No. :. one
coming from Detroit and the other
from Toledo. were consolidated IN
this city :aio a train OF IL Carg. max.
ing up the flyer for It's journey To
St Louis. II consisted OF Il Cumhina.
ton baggage ana express. ,umbina.
ton baggage AMI smoker, day coach.
emiEIan. coach. three chair cars.
three slccpcrs ana the private car OF
General Superintendent Cuttor. OF
the Iron Mountain Railway.
Having left this city one hour late
the train was speeding westward At
ElsA rate. when. at a ponit nine
miles west. the engine plunged thru.
ugh a trcstlc which had been under.
mined 10y the recent heavy rains. Tho
cmhankMyut on both sides Cf tho
little stream dropped 1T sharp d..
gree distance OF forty feet. OWN;
10 the momentum Of the train the en-.
EinC appeared to leap across tho
abyss. plunged into the soft earth on
the opposite side aud fen back q
the hot ON. Engineer Butler and
Fireman Adams were thrown from
the cab, but not seriously hurt The
express car and the FIRST chair car
Were tcl"sCOpcd. The CmiRIant car
followed by two chair cars went
down on the LETT side of the track
and The first sleeper pitched forward
upon the mass of debris. It's win
dOwS and trucks were broken. but
none of the occupants were injured.
The remaining cars also LEFT thCir
trucks, but were not badly damaged
II was in the Cmigraat and day coach
cs that most OF the deaths and in.
juricS OCCurI ed.
There was absolutely no means ~
which the engine crew could scc tho
impending danger. In fact the en-
ginc ran upon the tIcstlc before the
structu" gave away. The night was
intensely dark. For few minutes
after tn cfatal plunge AMI dreadful
roar Of crashing timbcrs. a dcathlihc
stiffness prevailed which was only
broken by the crics OF the injured.
TI&inmCu caught up their lanterns
and rushed to the ncighhoring farm
houses for assistance The farmers
with their wives and children bear.
ing torches fastened to the scene and
all efforts were bent To give FIRST all
to IT," injured. Telephone messages
were despatched to this city ana cv.
cry physician was hurriodly 'akcn on
special train which Cari.,d them
TO the s"cre. The injured were placed
aboard ttn cars ana brought To tha
general hospital in this city, whcrt
everything possible was done To anne.
loTata their condition. For time
after the rcscUcrs reached The scene
of the wreck lttl" could lc don" ID
the way Of removing the dead. Han
drcas Of tons Of twisted iron an |
brohcn tim3crs rested upon the ca
whore the unfDrtunat" omigrant3
were Clu-hcd. But by means %
wrocking dcrriCks the mass was gra
dualy opened and by daylight near.
" all the dead had been removed TO
this city.
Among the dead are the following
named. Mrs Kitty Krust, Of Ne"
York, Miss Fannie Munloic sister OF
John Munloic: Luigi Bcnini, Ne"
York; five Italian men. names un
known; two Italian women, names un'
known; three Italian babies.