Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-01
ERROR RESULTS IN WRECK
Two Passenger Trains Collide
Near Fairfield, Ia.
DEATH LIST NOW FOUR.
From twenty-five to Thirty Believed In
jured, Including Members of Crew
and Train Dispatcher.

FAIRFIELD, Ia. Oct. 26.-Two fast
passenger trains on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway collided head
on at point one mile south of Fairfield
early today.
The cause of the accident is now laid
to the train dispatchers' office.
The wrecked trains were No. II, which
left Chicago at $50 last night for the
west, and II, which departed from Kan
sas City at $50 last evening.
Four Dead; Many Hurt.
Four persons were killed and many
injured, none fatally. The dead:
MILLS, T. j., Muscatine, Ia, engineer Of
CANFIELD, GLEN, Murray, Ia, mail
GRIFFITH, DETECTIVE, Lucas, Ia.
A TRAMP, name unknown.
The most seriously injured:
W: II. Durham, Eldon, Ia, engineer No.
Il; leg broken, foot smashed.
r.. W. Witte, Eldon, Ia, fireman on No.
II. G. Pottorf, Eldon, Ia, fireman on No.
o. B. Helmar, mail clerk on No. II, head
cut, leg crushed.
j. E. Hickman, mail clerk, bruised and
cut
G. W. Williams, George Fisher, J. Quak-
ems and F. s. Hagle. passengers on No. l.,
cut and bruised; not serious.
Trainmaster Kennedy.
O.. Mathews, Neloa, Ia, cut severely on
E. W. ,wilmot, New Bedford, Mass, thigh
f. S. Hagle, Pontiac, Mich, back badly
sprained.
George E. Froden Jacque, Kan, cut about
Mrs. Joseph Harris, Chicago, slight in
5uries
l. G. D. Rummeny, Enid, Okla, slightly IN
'jured.
At the time of the accident the trains
were running at the rate of about thirty
miles an hour. Both engines, which
lwere Of the large Pacific type, were de-
:molished by the impact, which was ter
rifle.
/ Relief Is Quickly Sent.
Four cars of No. II were derailed and
seven damaged. Most of the unfortunate
(were on this train. All of the killed
were on train No. II, which was badly
damaged.
A relief train with physicians was sent
to the scene from Eldon and the injured
were removed to the latter point Traf-
nc was tied up for nearly twelve hours
tSeveral of the injured were able to con-
itlnue their Journey and other passengers
went over the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul tracks by way of Ottumwa and
lEldon
! Official Version of Wreck.
! An official statement issued by the
! Rock Island road gives the number Of
dead as four and places the number of
injured at from twenty-five to thirty
1T adds:
Present official information leads to
the belief that the collision was caused
by the failure of the operator at Fair
field to deliver an order for No. II, west
bound, to meet No. II, eastbound, at
Fairfield.
All Killed on No. II.
Both locomotives were demolished
-four cars of No IL derailed and seven
damaged. The damage to No. II has
not been reported, but all the killed were
'on this train, including an unidentified
tramp, who was stealing a ride.
Those injured were nearly all on No
i12. A relief train with seven physicians
was sent to Fairfield from Eldon. Pas
Isengers on No. II able to travel will be
sent over the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul road part of the way to Washing
ton, Ia, and put aboard Rock Island
train No. A, bound for Ell Paso, Tex"