The Van Buren press., 1901-06-29
v,f+v Others More or Less Seriously
Injured in a Wreck on
the Wabash.
ME DEAD ALL ITALIAN EMIGRAATS.
r,. Train, the West-BOund Limited
bound for st. Louis, Plunged
Through "a Weakened Trestle at
Point About Nine Miles West of
Peru, Ind.

nine miles west of this city at 12; 30
m The dead are all Italian emf
grants en- route to Colorado. Many of
tbe injured undoubtedly will die,
The Dead.
Sixteen Italian emigrants, names
mknown; interpreter missing.
The Injured.
Mrs. Vim. Cotton, wife of general
sunerintendent Iron Mountain rail
way; badly bruised.
Three children, names unknown; Sc
wrely bruised.
David Agnew, Green Oak, Ind. right
arm injured.
John O'Mars, 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 +. Williamson, Bowling Green.
o.; news agent; both arms, both legs
and right shoulder blade broken.
E.. p. Claugh, Toledo, o.. head bad
ly crushed; right shoulder blade
broken.
J.B. Wood, Logansport, Ind; back
bruised.
G, A. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark;
head and body bruised.
Wm. 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, flagman; body
bruised
John Adams, fireman, head and
shoulder lacerated.
]. s. Butler, head bruised.
J. b. 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-ono
coming from Detroit and the other
from Toledo, were consolidated in
this city into train of II cars, max
Ing up the flyer for It's journey TO ST.,
Louis. II consisted of combination
baggage and express, combination
baggage and smoker day y|coach, emf
grant coach, three chair cars, three
sleepers, and the private car OF Gen
eral Superintendent William Gotten,
Iron Mountain railway, Having left
this city one hour late, the train was
speeding westward at high rate,
when, at n point nine miles west, the
engine plunged through trestle
which had been undermined by the
recent heavy rains.
The locomotives Plunge.
The cmbGnkment OH both sides Of
the little stream dropped at sharp
degree distance OF 40 feet. Owing
10 The momentum of the train the en-
gne appeared 10 leap nearly across
The abyss, plunged into the soft earth
on the opposite side, and fell back 20
thc bottom. Engineer Butler and
Herman Adams were thrown from the
cab' but not seriously hurt The ex.
press car and the first chair car were
ueleScopcd, The cmigront car fol-
lowed by two chair cars, went down
on the left side of the track, and the
hrst sleeper pitched forward upon the
mass of debris Its windows ami
trucks were broken, but none of the
occupants was injured. The remain
ing cars also left their trucks, but
were not bodly damaged,
Denth Among the Immigrants.
~ was In the cmlgrant and day
eoaches that most of the deaths and
INJURIES occurred.
Heavy foilnge lined the banks on
po'h sides Of the oulyert, the mp
pronch TO which was over "rcvcrsc
curve" There was absolutely no
means by which the engine crew could
see the impending danger In fact,
.hc engine ran out upon the trcsi'e
oerore the structure gave way The
"'ght was intensely dark. For u Few
minutes after the fatal plunge ana
dreadful roar OF crashing timbers u
ueathlikc stiffness prevailed, which
was only broken by the cries of the
injured.
seeking Assistance.
irainmcn caught up their lanterns
una rushed TO the nelghboring farm
houses for assistance. The farmers,
WIN their wives and children bearing
'ofches, hastened 20 the scene, and
WI Efforts were bent 10 giving first
a'd to the injured. Telephone mes
sagcs were dispatched to this city,
.nd every physician was hurrIedly
%Nen TO u special train which car
s'ed them 10 the scene. Tho injured