Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-26

psru, Ind, June 26-siXteen persons
kled and about fifty were serl-
., injured in a wreck Of train no o.
vestbound Wabash limited, nine
-" west of this city at 1880 a, m
,aIov The dead are all Italian emil
',s hts en- route to Colorado Many OF
IN. injured undoubtedly will die
THE DEAD.
sixteen Italian omlgrants names un-
tnown, Interpreter missing
THE INJURED.
Mrs. william Cotter wife OF Cen
stunt cotter, of the Iron Mountain rail-
way badly bruised
Three children, names unknown Sc
yerely bruised.
Dayid Agnew, Green Oak, IND, rlght
arm injured .,.h. Loo
Unknown Italian, New York, right leg
aud right side mangled.
Nicola Polasa, head and shoulder
John Ickes, New York, head and body
bruised. 80 80 hoat,,
Joseph Pozza, Trinidad. Colo, head
and left foot injured "a,
Herbert Menger Hillsdale, Mich
face cut.
left leg bruised.
Mrs. Joseph Cruz, head and body
bruised, VIII die.
George $. Miner Alton, Ills, left leg
broken.
John +. Williamson, Bowling Green,
Ohio. news agent both arms, both legs
and right shoulder blade broken.
p b Claugh, Tiledo, Ohio, head bad
" crushed. right shoulder blade broken.
]. d Wood, Logansport, md back
bruised.
G. A. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark
head and body bruised.
W. A. Brode, Angola, Ind race cut,
Clark Taylor, Logansport, Ind, head
and body bruised.
Rev. Father WEIGH, Logansport, Ind'
right foot crushed.
John wilkins, Lafayette, Ind, right
arm and shoulder broken.
Walter Laid, Wabash, Ind, right leg
injured.
Charles Flanagan, flagman' body
bruised.
John Adams, fireman, head and shout
ders lacerated.
J S Butler, head bruised.
n Imcks. Logansport, Ind. trh-
ye,,nq salesman, slightly bruised,
Twenty others whose names have not
yet been obtained, severely cut and
bruised,
THE FATED TRAIN.
Two sections Of train No. S--one COM
ing from Detroit and the other from
Toledo-were consolidated In ths city
into a train Of eleven cars, making up
the flyer for its journey to ST. Louis
II consisted Of a combination baggage
and express, combination baggage and
smoker, day coach, emigrant coach,
three chair cars, three sleepers and
the private car of Gen. supt. VIM, Cot
ten Of the Iron Mountain railway
Having left this city one hour late
the train was speeding westward ai
a high rate when the engine plunged
through a treste which had been I'M
dcrmined by the recent heavy rams,
The embankment on both sides Of the
little stream dropped at q sharp de-
gree a distance Of 40 feet. owing to
the momentum Of the train the engine
appeared to leap nearly across the
abyss, plunged into the soft earth on
the opposite side and fell back TO the
bottom. Engineer Butler and Fireman
Adams were thrown from the cab, but
not seriously hurt. The express car
and the first chair car were telescoped,
The emgrant car followed by Two
chair cars went down on the left side
OF the track, and the first sleeper
pitched forward on the mass of debris
It's windows and trucks were broken
but none OF the occupants was Injured
The remaining cars also left their
trucks, but were not badly damaged
WHERE DEATHS OCCURRED.
1t was in the emigrant and day
coaches that most Of the deaths ana
injuries occurred.
Heavy foliage lined the banks on both
sides Of the culvert, the approach to
which was over reserve curve
There was absolutely no means by
which the engine crew could see the
impending danger In fact, the engine
ian out upon the trestle before the
structure gave way. The night was in
tansely dark. Trainmen caught up
their lanterns and rushed to the neigh
boring farm houses for assistance The
farmers with their wives and children
bearing torches, FASTENED to the scene
and all efforts were bent 70 giving first
aid TO the injured Telephone mes
sages We're dispatched 10 this city and
every physician here was hurricdly
taken 20 the scene on a special train
which carried them 10 the scene. The
injured We're brought TO the general
hospital in this city where everything
possible was done TO amelioriate their
suferings. Many operations We're nee.
essary the most notable ~ which was
the one performed on John Williamson.
The news agent. lad OF Il pears. Both
~ the hoy's arms. both his legs and
me right shoulder blade were broken.
Under the surgeons knife the lad bore