Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-19
Special to Times-Republican


Waterloo. June 1s-Ore of the wors,
and most disastrous railway wrecks
took place six miles east of this city
al about o'clock this morning on the
2. east bound. in charge of Conductor
Thomas Quinlan and Engineer j. r.
Griffin, collided with west-bound
neight No 81, in charge of Conductor
Charles Judd and Engineer F. A. Stone
man, ON Raymond hill, about a mile
west of the village of Raymond.
Ten persons are known to be dead
and one seriously and two slightly in
jured. The known dead are:
j. r. Griffin, Waterloo, engineer of
the passenger.
D. J. Bantz. Waterloo. fireman Of the
passenger
F. A. Stoneman. engineer of the
freight, Waterloo.
L D. Mills, Waterloo, fireman of the
freight.
Earl L. Stckney, Waterloo, brake
man of the freight.
+. L. Groom Dubuque, postal clerk
on the passenger.
The unknown dead are:
Three tramps who were beating their
way on the freight train and an emf
grant on the freight tram, whose home
Is at Epworth.
The Injured:
John HURT. colored, Of Independence.
A tramp, injured about the head; Sc
rious.
Charles Moran, Independence. Who
was beating his way on the Blind bag
gage; right arm broken.
The wreck occurred in deep cut, on
what is known as Raymond hill Both
Trains were running at a high rate of
Specu d. tic tiHlC liz SpIiiiSIpii W.
Cured. Passenger No. 2. which is due
to leave Waterloo at 2:33 a. M, pulled
out of the station on time, according
to the report of the train crew at the
depot.
A relief train was dispatched to the
scene of the wreck from this city lit
tie after 8 O'clock, returning about s
o'clock with seven bodies Three bod
les were still buried under the wreck at
the time the relief train made the sec
ond trip. The wreck occurred just as
the passenger train dropped over the
brow of the hill, the deep cut and a
curve shutting off the view of the ap-
preaching trains. Both engine crews
We're killed at their posts.
The dead and wounded were brought
TO this city, where an inquest will be
held this afternoon.
The baggage and mail cars and sew
enteen freight cars are piled up to the
height of the telegraph w.res and both
engines were completely demolished.
The wreck is one of the worst tina
has occurred in this section of the state
since the accident on the B., C. r. & N.
several years ago, when a fast passen-
ger train ran into q washout, wrecking
the train and killing about dozen per-
sons.
The blame for the wreck has not vet /
been fully located. 1t is not known |
whether the freight was running with
out orders or whether the dispatchers
We're at fault. The inquest here will |
probably develop something along this /
line.
The bodies were taken to morgua /
here, where they will De prepared for
burial. The friends of the dead men
have been notified an will probably |
arrive in the city to take charge of the !
remains.
The property loss will be heavy, as
both engines were entirely demolished
ard several coaches were badly /
wrecked, besides the freight destroyed. |
The passenger train, which had the I
right way, was going at the rate of
fifty miles an hour. The freight crew
Is said to have misunderstood ohders
[By Associated Press.l
Waterloo. June 19.-The passenger I
train on the Illinois Central which I
left Omaha at 1850 last night eollided,
head on, with freight train just west
of Raymond early this morning. Tenj
persons were killed Both engineers
and the firemen were among the killed, L
the mail agent seriously injured and
three passengers slightly hurt 1t took