Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
MANY RAIL
FATALITIES
Two Wrecks in Iowa
and One in West
Virginia.
ELEVEN ARE KILLED
Derai1ed Train Strikes
Bridge Near OF
turnWa.
ELEVEN ARE KILLED

wreck on the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy road three miles west of Abba,
Ia. The west bound passenger train
was in some manner derailed while
running On to the Cedar Greek bridge.
and five cars were wrecked by col
lision with the steel girders of the
bridge The wreckage Immediately
took fire and Severaa of the victims
were badly burned. The dead are:
Mrs. w. L. Mitchen, Abba. Ia; Mil
dred NIitchen, years old, burned to-
death; Thomas Peatty. killed in wreck
of smoking car; - Franklin, address
unknown; unknown man. Beatty,
Franklin and the unknown man were
Iaborers.
List of the injured,
The injured are: W. p. Martin,
Chicago. leg sprained: c. +. Blair. La
moni. Ia, hip injured Robert Fer
gusOn. Mitchell. Neb., leg broken; Mrs.
]. H. Robinson, Ottumwa. back
sprained: f. T. Scett. Osceola, Ia;
three ribs broken; j.. II. Browning,
Yates Center. Kan. hip injured: Cab
Tiel Allen. Chicago. waiter dining car;
II. Price. Chicago. cook dining car;
William Branch. Chicago. cook dining
car: * I. Williams. Chicago, porter.
None of the injured will die.
The Accident a Mystery.
Just what caused the accident is
uyStery. IS Socu q, the engineer no
ticed there was something wrong he
applied the air-brakes. but was una
IL, Il IN
completely burned aud the remaining
coaches badly damaged. The work of
rescue was carried on with difficulty.
as the cars took fire Immediately after.
the accident. and the bridge is high
one The injured were taken to Abba
and Ottumwa.
FrightfuI Fate of the Child.
Mildred Mitchen. the little 3-year-old
child of Mrs. w. f. Mitchen. was hung
To one of the bridge girders. and
burned to death before the eyes of the
uniniured passengers and trainmen.
When the train was derailed just be-
fore reaching the bridge the sides of
the cars struck the efbridge and were
torn out. The live Goals from the
stove were scattered throughout the
cars. lie AlllCIltli klliib iCii AAO"-h
the bottom of the cak its clothes catch
ing to the girder. where it cried loudly
for its mother. VIII ohad been instantly
killed in the wreck.
Three Dead and Five Injured.
Des Moines, Ia. Dec. IA. - Three
trainmen were killed and five injured
In a freight coIIfsion on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St Paul road. near
AdeI. Ia. \ double header west-bound
and an extra freight east-bound came
together in a deep cut on sharp
curve Three engines and fourteen
cars were entirely demolished. The
dead are: Frank Finnicum (engineeri.
Oscar Dyer (fireman). and Walter
Ward (engineerl. all of Des MOines.
The injured are: Conductor Flynn.
Brakeman Held. and Brakeman II. NJ.
Rellman. all seriously: Brakeman
Fields and Engineer Chambers.
CoIIided alta Siding.
Wheeling. w. Va3 Dec. 14.-NOrth-
bound passenger train known as the
Pittsburg and Kenova flyer. on the
Panhandle railroad. collided head-on
with a south-bound cattle train at
GIenova. few miles above this city.
The dead are: Engineer Thomas Muir
ray. of the passenger train and Fire
man James Lanahan. of the stock
train-both of Steubenville. The in
iured: Frank Mckay, aSGagemaster,
Wheeling. leg broken; Detective Will
lam Johnson. Pittsburg. skull frac-
tured: T'rainman Frank Cartwright,
Wheeling. leg broken. The passenger
train was running fast to make up lost
time and met the freight when it was
| trying to make a sizing.
Engineer Fatally injured.
Huntington, W. Ma. Dec. 14-The
third section of Chesapeake and
| Ohio freight No. a ran into the rear
of second section near Lewis Sta
ton. Engineer William Hamilton of
Russell and Brakeman Ed Hamilton.
of Huntington We're dangerously in
| jured.
Cruiser Flora i'm Port Again.