Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-22
MANY DEAD AND
INJURED in WRECK



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J. 8. swizer. Waterloo. Iowa. inter
nal injuries, condition serious; L. NJ.
Wallen, Washburn, N. D., head cut,
collar bone broken; W. B. Kennedy,
Burlington, Iowa, both legs broken,
head cut: A. II. Nagel. Waterloo,
Iowa, right leg and right arm brok-
en-; Mrs. William Teats, Waterloo,
Iowa, both legs broken; scalp cut;
Alfred Abraham. clermont, 8. d.,
bruised.
Alma Swanson, Vinton, Iowa, scalp
torn OF; William Moody, Minor. Va,
arm fractured; G. J. Lamb, Chicago,
badly bruised; Walbur Neese, Rock
Falls, ILL.,, bruised; Frank Swanson,
Wilton, N. D., leg cut; Edward Hill,
Muscatine, Iowa, badly bruised; e. s.
PrItchard, Cedar Rapids, engineer,
slightly bruised; A. r. Bowen, Wat
erloo, badly bruised; Francis Swan
son, Burlington, Iowa, both legs bro
ken; William Arnett, Independence,
Iowa, chest bruised; G. w. Patterson.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, head cut; w. i.
Southwell, Washington, Iowa, leg
and hand cut; r. l.. Buerdage, Dav-
export, Iowa. slightly bruised;
George Downey, Vinton, Iowa, right
leg bruised; DR.. @. N. Newman, Mt.
Vernon, Mo-, right shoulder bruised;
A. X. Brown, Waterloo. Iowa, both
legs broken; N. Jenkins, st. Louis,
NO., slightly bruised.
Engines Running Backward.
The Rock Island trains, No. 10
from Chicago and No. Il from St.
Louis to Minneapolis and st. Paul,
were running over the Chicago, Great
Western tracks, as the Rock Island
track had been broken by a previous
freight. At Marshalltown the trains
were coupled together. AS there is
no turntable at Reinbeck, where the
trains expected to strike the Rock
Island main line, both locomotives,
coupled in front OF the combined
train, left here running backward.
The Inflated train consisted of 10
cars. The Pullman car from st. Louis
was leading the irala next to engine
NO. 1909. Then came a smoker and
cay coach IN which there were
many women and children.
About four and half miles beyond
Green Mountain, at the top of a
hill, is cut about IL feet deep. 1t
was in this that the tender on the
leading engine suddenly Jumped the
track. This threw the head locomo-
tive into the side Of the cut. The clay
OF the sides was soft, and the engine
went into 1t, stopping instantly. The
sudden stop ditched the second loco
motive and the heavy train crashed
the day coach and smoker upon the
Pullman. The smoker and day
coach were instantly telescoped and
hardly an occupant of either car es-
capped death or injury.
While the last 10 cars of the train
remained on the track, the shock
sent the passengers sprawling from
their seats to the floor.
Conductor William Worst was
the first to grasp the situation. He
sent trainmen to flag train No. 419,
bound for Sioux City. while others
were hurried to Gladbrook and
Green Mountain.
The unlnjured passengers then be-
gan to remove the dead and injured.
The dead were taken to an adjoining
pasture and laid out ON the grass. 1t
was two hours before train carry
ing surgeons and Coroner Jay ar
rived.
Crushed Beyond Recognition.
The dead in many cases were
crushed beyond recognition. Heads
we're severed from bodies, arms and
egs were cut of.
Coroner Jay, himself a surgeon, |
vas Fastening in a Red Cross ambu-
ance to hospital in Marshalltown |
where he was thrown to the pave
nent as the ambulance rounded a
orner. He was picked up uncon-
eious, 1t is believed his back Is
'roken and that he can not live.