Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-27


route to Colorado. Many of the injured
undoubtedly will die.
DEAD.
Sixteen italian emigrants, names un-
known; interpreter missing.
IsJuRED.,
Mrs. William Cotton, wife OF the
general superintendent Of the Iron
Mountain railway. badly bruised
Three children, names unknown,
severely bruised.
David Agnew, Green Oak, Ind,
right arm injured.
John O'Mara, Denver, right leg
broken.
Unknown italian, Now York, right
leg and right side mangled.
Nichola Polasa, head and shoulder
bruised. vi
john Iclses. New York, head and
body bruised.
Alma Juber, St. Louis, head badly
bruised.
Joseph Pozza, Trinidad, Colorado,
head and left foot injured.
Herbert Menger, Hillsdale, Michigan,
face cut.
Joseph Cruise, Italian, New York,
head, body and left leg bruised.
Mrs Joseph Cruise, head and body
bruised; will die.
George /. Miner, Alton, ILL.,, left leg
broken.
John F. Williamson, Bowling Green,
o., news agent, both arms, both legs
and right shoulder blade broken.
e. II. Olaugb, Toledo, o., head badly
crushed and right shoulder broken.
j. q. Wood, Logansport, Ind, back
q. A. Thompson, Lione Rock, Ark,
head and body bruised.
William Brode, Angola. Ind. face cut.
CLARK Taylor, Lcgansport Ind, head
and body badly cut.
The Rev. Father Welsch, Logansport,
Ind, right foot crushed.
John Wilkins, Lafayette, Ind, right
arm aud shoulder broken.
Walter LAID, Wabashh Ind, right leg
injured.
Charles Flanagan, Augman, body
bruised.
John Adams. fireman, head and
shoulder laoerated.
j. s. Butler, head bruised.
j. u. Luoks, Logansport, Ind, travel
| ing salesman, slightly bruised.
Twenty others, whose names have not
yet been obtained, severely out and
| bruised. a,. 9-d
PLUNGED THRoueH A TREsThE.
Two sections OF train No. Some
| coming from Detroit, and the other
| from Toledo-were consolidated in
| this city into train OF IL cars, making
up the flyer for its journey to st. Louis.
1t consisted Of q combination baggage
and express, combination baggage and
smoker day coach, emigrant ooaoh,
three chair cars, three sleepers and the
private oar Of General Superintendent
| William Gotten of the Iron Mountain
railway. Having left this city one
hour late, the train was speeding west
ward at a high rate, when, at point
nine miles west, the engine plunged
through trestle, which had been IN
/ dermined by the recent heavy rain.
The emhankn,ent on both sides Of the
little stream dropped at sharp degree
n distance of 40 feet. Owing to the
momentum Of the train, the engine ap-
peared to leap nearly across the abyss,
| plunged into the soft earth on the
| opposite side, and fell back TO the bot
tom. Engineer Butler and Fireman
| Adams were thrown from the cab, but
! not seriously hurt. Ths express car
| and the first chair cars were telesooped.
| 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 windows and trucks were
broken, but none of its occupants was
injured. The remaining cars also left
| thor trucks, but were not badly dam
| aged. 1t was in the emigrauts' day
| oonohes that most of the deaths and in
juries occurred. Heavy foliage lined
the banks on both sides OF the oulyert,
| the approach to which was over ''re-
verse curve" There was absolutely no
means by which the engine crew could
see the impending danger. In fact,
the engine ran out upon the trestle he-
fore the structure gave way. The night
| was intensely dark. For few minutes
after the fatal plunge the dreadful rom
of crashing timbers, death like still
ness prevailed, which was only broken
by the cries of the injured.
| FARMERS TO THE RESCUE.
Trainmen caught up their lanterns
| and rushed to the neighhoring 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
tho injured, Telephone messages we've
sent to this city, and physicians were
hurriedly taken TO O 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 verything possible
was done to ameliorate their condition.
Many operations were necessary, the
most notable Of which was the Que
performed on John Williamson, the
news agent, q lad Of IA years. Both
the boys arms, and both his legs and
the right shoulder blade were broken.
Under the surgeons knife the lad bore
up wonderfully, and possibly may re-
| cover.
For time after the rescuers reached
the scene Of the wreck, little could be
done In the way OF removing the dead.
Hundreds OF tous of twisted iron and
broken timbers resled upon the car in
which the unfortunate emigrants were
crushed; but by means of wreclSiDg
derricks, the mass was gradually
opened, and by daylight nearly all the
dead had been brought to this city.
| -e-
Skull Was fractured.
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