Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-26
FOUR MEN KILLED
N IOWA WRECK.
Rear End Collision At Dyers.
Vile Results In Terrible
Loss of Life
BODIES OF VICTIMS BURNED
When charred Ren,airs Are Recovered
They are Observation-Disclosures
Cars of Stock Wrecked and Hun.
dreds Of Horses and Cattle Killed
Details Of the Accident.
BODIES OF VICTIMS BURNED
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one dying, fourteen cars demolished and
hundreds of cattle and horses killed is
the result of rear end collision on the,
Great Western at Dyersville last night.
The wreck occurred in almost the
exact locality where In similar COLI.
sion on Tuesday of this week w. C..
Corrigan, of Cedar Falls, lost his life.
The dead are:
A. r. Thomas. Green Mountain,
stockman. Was taking a load of hor-
ses to the east
C. w. Griswoid, Dubuque. fireman.
]. w. Rhyme. Lorimor stockn,nn.
Thomas Kavanagh, OF Oelwein.
"a bar tender. who was stealing ride.
The seriously injured:
+. L. Fouch. enroute to Wellington,
Ill. He has a fighting chance for life
The bodies, Of the dead are terribly
burned, as the wreck took fire soon az.
ter the collision.
The officials have started an investi-
CATION and the evidence now in posses.
sion Indicates that the flagnlan
failed to flag the second section OF the
train: that a binding snow storm and
smoke beclouded the headlight SO as to
make 1t Impossible to see the first Sec
ton.
Details OF the Wreck.
The wreck occurred shortly before
9 O'clock last evening and was caused
by the second section of stock train
No 60, dashing Into the cabouse OF the
first section of the same train. Dyers-
vile is situated between two hills ana
trains must come into the station on
the down grade and go out on an up
grade. The first section OF No. 60 hn1
stopped to get orders TO take on a
"pusher'' to help 1t over the hill. This
section was heavily loaded with stock.
The order for the pusher was received,
the engine coupled on, and the train
was about to pull out when the second
section came over the hill. This section
consisted of about forty cars. mostly
refr!gerators, loaded. 1t is supposed that
the second section was making run
for the hill. and as 1t came down the
hill ali terrific Speed. running at per-
haps not less than sixty miles an hour.
Either the fagman had not done ms
duty or the crew was unable 10 see
him for the snow which was blowing
to some extent at the time, FOR when
they discovered the first section there
was no time to stop and the heavily
loaded train crashed into the pusher
engine. attached to the first section with
terrible force, The impact was terrible
and the force was so great that the
caboose in which the illfated stockmen
were riding was crushed into kindling
wood and the men probably died with
out struggle.
Following the crash the utmost cor
fusion prevailed. Fourteen cars loaded
with stock were thrown from the track
and piled up In A confused and shape
less mass OF broken umbers. twisted
iron and dead and mangled stock. TIE
cries of the frightened and wounded
animals added additional terror to the
situation. Many OF the horses and CAT
tie were set free from their imprisor-
ment and ran In their bewildemeiit
thru the adjoining fields.
IN the meantime the trainmen were
doing all In their power to rescue tie
men from the illfated caboose. Here
they were baffled, as the cars had taken
fire and they we're unable to control tile
tlaniea. The. bodies OF the dead men
were not recovered until early morning,
and when found were unacceptable.
having been burned into a blackens.d
mass OF flesh and bones.
The wreckng train was on the scei,e
at an early hour this morning and the
track is being cleared as rapidly as pos
sible. The loss to rolling stock will ioe
large as hundreds of cattle. horses and
hogs were killed and fourteen cars en-
tirely demolished, some so much so as
IN mako them unfit for renaIr