Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09
BY Staff Correspondent.

BY Staff Correspondent.
Rhodes, Feb. 9.-Overland Limited
train, NO. /, on the Milwaukee, was
q mile and half west of Melbourne
One man was killed and twenty five
others injured. The wreck is one OF
the worst in the history of the road
and that the loss of life was not great
er seems miraculous. Fortunately the
number of passengers on the train was
not large, and it is due largely to this
fact that the loss of life was not great
er. Nearly every passenger on the
train was more or less injured.
The dead:
H. M. Marsh, conductor, OF Perry.
The injured:
81. F. H. Reid, Perry, both hips, back
and legs injured.
George w. Laroy, Chicago, bag
Eagerhan, hurt in head, shoulder and
tip.
C. W. Jensen, mail clerk, Cedar Rap
dds, injured in breast.
-
3D., knee crushed, nose broken and
Meeth knocked out.
G. S. Lawson, mail clerk, Marion,
generally bruised and left side Of face
Nnjured.
D. A. Halhgan, Moorland, hurt in the
back and kidneys.
Clarence Ongman, Chicago, left leg
badly bruised.
Dses,o 1off nVyn or n
hand cut.
., Minnie. A. Taylor, Sheridan, Ohio,
'cut about the head and right side in
bured, producing paralysis.
s ]. II. Wixel, Chicago, scalp wound
and right hand and ankle fractured.
H. r. Goyke, st. Louis, left leg and
hips injured.
i J. ]. Huston, Omaha, left hand cut.
Gus l3achrake, Holland, Minnesota,
right ankle sprained.
Alden Jones, Sanor, South Dakota,
left ankle sprained.
Charles Masterson, Boone, injured in
Chest.
Edith Winters, Omaha, hurt in hips,
legs and back.
Charles E. Clark, Bayard, left leg
broken and face cut.
I. F. A. Smith, Marion, South Da-
kota, back and stomach hurt.
J. G. Banks, New York, slightly in
,aured about the face.
George P. Dewall, Omaha, cut slight
" about the face.
Ralph Morrow, baggageman, Coun-
oil Bluffs. left knee injured and right
ankle sprained.
w. J. Wait. mail clerk, Marion, hurt
in the chest.
= J. E. Woodley, car porter, back bad
~ bruised.
g. p. H. Ray, engineer, both ankles
hurt.
NJ c. Roberts, superintendent for
Armour Il Co., Omaha, slightly injur
I'd; went on to Omaha.
The injured have been taken to Des
Moines where the more seriously hurt
will be taken to the hospital. Those
able to travel will be sent to their
destinations.
Cause Of the Wreck.
The cause of the wreck was a broken
rail. A representative Of the Times
Republican who visited the scene Of
tion of the rail and is positive that the
nefective rail was the cause of the dis
aster.
Train NO. T. known as the Over
land Limited, is one of the finest if not
the finest and best equipped trains on
the Milwaukee system. 1t left Chi
Ioo iorJ,f OF 60
engines and carrying nine coaches and
an observation car. 1t was about three
hours late when it reached Melbourne
this morning. A mile and half west
OF Melbourne there is large ravine or
"dry run," which sis spanned by
bridge twenty feet high and probably
Ex~ feet long.
TIL hundred feet east Of the bridge
the train, running at high rate of
Two engines We're not derailed at this
point, but dashed across. When, how
ever, the cars struck the defective
spot, the rails were torn up and the
peaches with their human freight We're
hurled into the ravine beyond Nine
pf the cars went into the ditch, leaving
lha last car, a composite observation
Tar, standing on the track, not dam
lged.
Cars Piled Up.
The scene of the wreck is one not
sasily described. The wrecked cars
are piled up in terrible confusion.
home Of them being torn into kindling