Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-09
TWO KILLED, MANY INJURED.
Train Was Double Header aud Was
Running at a High Rate
OF Speed.
PITCHED A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET
Second Engine Jumped the Track
Weakening Structure When Whole
Thing Collapsed

Des Molnes, Iowa, Feb. 9-Eight
coaches Of the overland limited on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway,
which left Chicago last night for the
west, crashed through n bridge o. mile
and half west of Melbourne early
today. Two persons were killed and
"a injured.
THE KILLED.
II. II. Marsh, conductor.
c, A, Morres, brakeman.
SERIOUSLY INJURED,
r. II. Reid, Perry hips and legs,
Geo. w. La Roy, baggageman, Chi
cage, leg and shoulder and head.
c. w. Jensen, mail clerk Cedar Rap
ids, breast.
David NJ Way Marion Junction s.
D., knee crushed, nose broken, teeth
Knocked cut,
c. S. Lawson, mail clerk Marion
generally bruised, side of face injured
n, a. Hallgan, Moorland, Iowa, back
and kidneys,
Clarence Ongman Chicago, leg badly
bruised.
Anna DlsInger Perry eye and hand
cut,
Minnie A. Taylor Sheridan, Ohio cut
about head and side injured
J. u. Wixel, Chicago scalp wound,
hand and ankle fractured
II. r. Goyke, ST, Louis leg and hips.
Charles Masterson, Boone, Ia, chest
Edith Winters, omaha, hlph legs and
Charles r. Clark, Bayard, la, leg
broken, face cut,
Mrs r. A. Smith, Ma on, 5, d., back
and stomach
WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
The bridge Where the accident occur
red was 100 feet in length and 30 feet In
height. At the time of the accident the
train, which was a double header, was
running at high rate Of speed. The
second engine jumped the track just
as the irlge was reached, and weak
crcd the tImbers of the trestle, Both
engines manager to pass over II, but
eight coaches pitched down through the
bridge, carrying the whole structure
with them. The observation car alone
escaped
Physicians were rushed to the scene
from ,rTy and Marshaltown, accom-
panied by wreckers. The dead and in
iured were removed as quickly as posi-
BILE, The injured were placed in the
observation car and taken to Rhodes,
where they were given medical treat
ment Among the injured was j. A.
AngDnp pf TINT lpt
Of the Des Moues Union Railway COM
pany,
SUPT BUSCH TALKS.
Chicago Feb. a.-Gen. Supt d. T..
Busch Of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul road said;
THE wrecked train was the overland
limited No. /, which LETT Chicago for
Omaha Wednesday night There were
nine coaches and two engines An Nut
the head engine and the observation
car are IN the ditch, The bridge at
which the wreck occurred was 200 feet
long and is feet high and was totally
destroyed. our dispatches do not give
the cause of the wreck
"The irst news was brought by En-
gineer Nichols, on the head engine who
ran his engine 10 Rhodes, a few miles
west OF the accident Our first duty Is
to the injured and we Immediately
despatched relief trains with medical
aid The injured win be cared for at
Melbourne and Rhodes. The general
patronage Of this train is from west
ern people who have come to Chicago
on business or pleasure and are on
their way home Denver and Portland
are points served by this train. An
accurate list Of killed and injured will
be made up as soon as 1t can be OBJ
tanned"