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

wood, and how anyone in the Ill fated
coaches escaped with his life is mex
plicable. The cars were hurled on
either side Of the track. The first car
that lies on the north side of the track
is the Denver sleeper Moquebay. 1t
was turned completely upside down. 1t
landed in the middle of the ravine.
This car suffered the greatest damage,
with the exception of one of the chair
cars. 1t was in the sleeper Moquebay
that Conductor H. M. Marsh, of Perry,
was killed. The porter of the car,
James Woodley, (colored), whose home
is in Chicago, was badly injured, per-
haps fatally. 1t is believed his back
was broken. He is still alive, at this
moved with the rest of the injured to
Des Moines.
The next car on the north side was
the sleeper Los Gatos, for Oakland,
Cal 1t stands upright and was not so
badly damaged.
The baggage car, the next one on
the north side, was pitched off only
partly from the right of-way, and one
end lies on the embankment on the
west side of the ravine.
Mail Car Demolished.
On the south side of the track the
completely wrecked. 1t is lying on it's
side resembling heap of kindling
wood. About it are scattered mail and
broken fixtures. One of the clerks in
this car was badly hurt. 1t was re-
ported he was dead, but that story
was later denied. A report that there
was a dead body under the wreck of
this car was started, but it was not
verified and probably is untrue.
Beyond the mail car two chair cars
were hurled upon the south side of
track. Their destruction was COM
plete. The interior of the cars were
simply gutted and at noon, altho the
passengers had all left the scene of
the smashup, might still be seen bits
of wearing apparel which the passen-
gers had lost. Here and there was a
mans hat or coat. Perhaps woman's
wrap or hat was lying close by. The
chairs were torn from their fastenings
and in some instances hurled thru the
sides of the car. That there was not
loss of life in these two coaches was
undoubtedly due to the fact that there
were very few passengers in them.
Nothing could be more complete than
the destruction of these two cars.
On the south side of the track was also
the sleeper "Nagawicka," the Sioux
City sleeper. This car was also badly
damaged. There were only two pass
engers in this coach, both bound for
South Dakota. Neither one was SER
iously injured. The porter of this car,
w. Fisher, of Chicago, was severely
cut about the hands. The Des Moines
sleeper Neceda, was derailed, ane end
going off to the north side. 1t was
simply turned wrong side up and the
passengers in it were not badly in
jured
servation car, which was not derailed
and escaped damage.
The BRIDGE DESTROYED
Nothing was left of the bridge. 1t
was as completely deYolished as if
tornado had carried it away. Hardly
a stick of timber remains standing
upright and the track is torn up en-
tirely. The force with which the
coaches struck the timbers, running at
high speed as they We're, was un-
doubtedly the cause of the total demol-
ition of the bridge.
Conductor Escapes.
The train was in charge of Con-
ductor Frank Cornelius, of Marion. He
was not injured. The sleeping car con-
ductor, McDaniels, of Chicago, was un-
hurt. Jack Woods. a brakeman, of
Marion, had his leg broken.
Conductor Marsh Killed.
Conductor H. M. Marsh, who was
killed, was a passenger on the train.
He had been east with a train and
was returning dead head to Perry, his
home. He was caught in his berth and
forced partly thru a window. 1t was
necessary to cut away a portion of
the partition between two windows to
release him. When taken from the