Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-16
Accident on the Iowa Central
Deals a Heavy Blow to
Oskaloosa
FOUR TRAlNMEN ARE VICTIMS
Tragedy of Railroad Life Again
Brought Homo to the Mahaska
County Capitalism Of Claim Agent
Marquis Barr victim-cow the
Cause Of the Terrible Wreck.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Oskaloosa, Oct. 16.-This city is in
mourning today as the result of the
wreck on tie Iowa Central near the
little town of Seaton, Ill. Sunday
morning. OF the five men who were
killed four were residents of this city.
This is the third TIME within Few
months that death has dealt hard
blow to Oskaloosa as the result OF ac-
cidents on the road. The bodies OF
the victims Of the wreck were brought
here last evening. The train was sur
rounded by an Immense crowd and 1t
was almost impossible 90 get the dead
through the throng to waiting convey
ances.
The Dead.
George A. Cafall, engineer. Osloa-
loosa.
Harry Summers. engineer. oska-
1oosa.
Harry Barr, fireman, Oskaloosa-
L. n. Briley, fireman. Monmouth,
III
P. T. Morgan, head brakeman. os-
kaiooSa.
The body Of Briley was taken to the
home OF relatives at Monmouth. Nor
gan was taken to Martinsburg. Morgan
fell beneath q car and his head and
shoulders were driven into the ground
and mashed to a jelly
All the victims !, excepting Briley
were married. Fireman Barr, was
son OF Marquis Barr, general claim
agent for the Iowa Central and Min
neapolis & st. Louis. Conductor Ed
Mabie, who had charge Of the train,
was also conductor OF the wrecked
train at Richland three months ago,
when four men were killed.
Story Of the Wreck.
Seaton Ill, Oct 16.-Five trainen
were killed yesterday near this place
when heavy double -header freight
train, eastbound on the Iowa Central.
ran into cattle on the track at a speed
Of twenty miles an hour. Both loco
motives and eleven freight cars loaded
with grain and lumber were piled up
In q heap beside the track.
Disaster Caused by Cow.
A COW was lying on the ties between
the rails. She was hidden fyom view
by other cattle standing about 1t. AT
the sound e the whistle of the ap-
preaching train the standing cattle
scampered away, but the forward To-
comotiva struck the lying COW.
The COW was crushed under the
wheels Of the pilot truck and rolled
along the ties for a hundred feet. The
animals blood made the rails slippery
i .,~oe. ~ b><ro <1,rox,yS tho fronf In.
connective from the track. The derailed
locomotive pitched down an embank-
ment, drawing the second locomotive
into the ditch. where the two machines
piled up, crushing the engineers and
flremen.
Car after car crushed itself on the
hot mass Of metal, and the wreckags
caught fire from the live Goals of the
locomotive IRE boxes. The conductor
and rear brakeman, with persons who
lived nearby, hastily took the mangled
bodies OF the trainmen from the burn
ing debris and saved the rest of the
train from the flames.
Brakeman Morgan was driven into
the earth beneath the end of q box car.
Fireman Briley was found dead, but
apparetly unwoundsd, beside the tang
led Steel Of the locomotives. Engineer
Summers was caught in the cab Of his
locomotive and cooked by steam and
water from the boiler. He lived sew
eral hours. although large pieces of
cooked flesh fell from the bone
Relatives Of the dead mon were
taken to the scene Of the wreck by a
special train from Oskaloosa. All were
dead before the train arrived.