Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-04
Further Details Of the Wreck in
Which Four Iowa Men
We're Killed.
Officials Are Investigating to
Ascertain the Cause Of
Smash.up.
Injured Taken to Dubuque and.
With One Exception. Are
Recovering.
Special to Times-Republican.


wreck at Apple River on the Illinois
Central are ell doing fairly WELL with
one execution. that of w. Cameron, of
Dundee. ILL., His death is momentarily
expected, which will make the list of
fatalities five. AS the details of the
wreck become more fully known there
seems to be no disposition to lay the
blame upon any one. The accident oc-
Cured on the main track at the water
tank at Apple River, thirty miles east
of this place.
The ground is level and the track is
straight where the collision took place.
Both of these stock trains were east
bound, and were known as the fifth
section of No 80 in charge of conduc-
tor Judd of Waterloo. This train con-
sisted of twenty EIGHT cars OF hNe
stock, a stockmans coach and ca
boose the latter being at the rear AL
the time the accident occurred there
were twelve stockmen asleep IN the
stockmen's coach. but the trainmen
were not in the caboose.
The train which followed this was
known as section two of No. bs Drawn
by two engines, the front one being In
charge of j. C. Paine, in engine No. ~
and the second one in charge of ). VIII
ley on No. so. p. Joyce was the con-
ductor of this train. Both trains are
known as the fast line stick trains ana
when they left Scales Mound six miles
this side of the place where the COLI
sion occurred they were ten minutes
apart. The train which was ahead had
stopped at the water tank to take wa
ter, and was just pulling out when
the second train came laundering along
and dashed into the rear end. Inc men
on the front engine jumped of before
the crash came and the second engine
was uniniured. The caboose was liter
ally split in two and smashed to pieces
and parts of it We're driven on into the
stockrnan's coach which was also bad
ly smashed by the crash The front
engine was badly stove In, the piiot
torn off and the front end battered IN
These two rear cars the caboose ana
stockmen's coach were the only cars
injured, and none of the live stock was
injured. How the fatal mistake came
to be made is mere guess work. Az
the time the collision occurred 1t was
very dark, and besides this the atnos-
nhere was filled with dense mist OF
snow and frost. which may have pre-
vented the engineers on the rear train
from seeing the danger lights ana sig
nails
The terrible crash, and the means
and groans of the injured and dying at
the still hour and in lonely place
away from the town, made an impress
sion on those who We're not hurt which
they will not soon forget. AS soon as
they could get into the wreck and re-
move the injured, the trainmen rem
dered every assistance possible. Hap
pening at the hour it did 1t was very
difficult for the trainmen to find any
place to remove them to- but as soon
as they could wake up the farmers
nearby they removed the injured to
various places wherever they could get
them In. Messages We're also sent to
the little town for physicians, but this
also required considerable e and de-
llay before help was secureo. \ mes
sage was finally sent to Dubu>. ne to
the company, and Superintendent Har-
riman summoned train crew and the
lcompany's physicians Drs. Staples and
Mehlhop, and with the wrecking crew,
all left about o'clock on a special
train for the scene of the wreck. Word
was also sent to Warren, the next town
east of Apple River, for physicians, who
also arrived, and as soon as the special
from Dubuque reached the scene the
doctors went to work with those previ-
ously summoned. The wrecking crew
also started to clear away the wreck
age, and at 0:30 O'Clock the track was
| cleared.
AS is the custom as soon as any per-
Hives of the deceased are at once noti-
| fled. This was done soon after the
wreck occurred from the superintend-
ent's Office in Dubuque. The body of
Chris Ferdon, whose home is at st.
Ansgar. Iowa. was Immediately pre-
pared for shipment and came thru Du-
buque at l o'clock in the afternoon en-
route for home. The bodies of the 9TH
ers We're also prepared and forwarded
last night. The men who were killed
and injured are live stock dealers who
were accompanying shipments of stock
| to Chicago. The Central runs a great
many of these fast stock trains thru
| here every Sunday night, and for the
Accommodation of the stockmen they
have attached car fitted up with
hunks especially for these men. The
| trainmen occupy the caboose, which is
| just behind this coach. The stockmen
We're all asleep when the crash came.
| and had no warning whatever of what
was coming. The company rendered
every assistance possible to the injured.
and cared for the dead In a careful
manner. AS TO who IL any one is TO
blame for the terrible disaster. that can
not be accurately known until an in
ivestigation is made by the officials of
the road No matter who was RESPONSE
bic for the frightful accident the com
J pany must stand the financial loss,
which will be heavy.
| AT 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
| special train arrived here from Apple
River carrying the injured. The Finley
hospital ambulance and six carriages
l.were at the depot to meet them and
take them to Finley hospital.
FOURTEEN WANT PARDoNS.
That Number of Applications Now Be-
fore the Legislature.
Des Moines, Feb. Already four
teen applications for pardons have