Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-30

ditionaI bodies have been found
IN the Burlington wreck, making
the death list twelve.
McCook, Neb., May 29.-East and
west bound passenger trains No. 8 and
No. IL on the Burlington railroad
met head-on In fog nine miles east oi
McCook, about o'clock this morning.
Nine bodies have been brought to thu
morgue' in this city.
The dead:
ROBERT SHEPPARD. HoldridgA
travelling salesman.
I. CLARENCE HILSABECK. Hold
ridge, Neb.
JOHN ". HYDER, Engineer. No IL,
Lincoln, Neb.
FIREMAN DAMERoN, No. 70, Lin
coin, Neb.
ENGINEER w. T. LEAHIN OF train
No. 8, Lincoln, Neb.
FIREMAN FLINT OF train No. 8.
FIREMAN T. P. BOWER
"A. j.. X. OLSON, Leroy, Neb.
GEORGE FREER. McCook, Mob.
|haggageman. si
The List Of injured.
OF the passengers hurt mono suffered
serious injury, according to j. F. Val
llery. general agent OF the Burlingtor
In Denver. The list Of injured In
cludes:
Bert Keeley, Omaha baseball club.
James Mccall, Denver
w. H.. Harris, Max. Neb.
M. H. Peekin, Havelock. Neb.
G. Carpet, Perry, Neb. !,
J. D. Wilson. Tobias. Mob.
H. B. Snipen, Alden, Colo {.
Sam Davis, williamsburg. Colo.
w. M. Mark, Omaha. .
L. o. Nobel, Oxford. Neb.
O. H. Anderson, mail clerk, trai1
No. 1c.
H. H. Culbertson. Springfield. III.
Maggie Sentance, McCook, Neb.
Gerame Core, Denver
q. B. Kent, Lincoln, Neb.
r. c. Higbee. McCook. Neb.
B. /. Giving, Omaha.
Irving Steffe, travelling salesman.
Pontiac, Mich.
Grace Dean, Minden, N. d.
Brakeman Dave Burnett, McCook.
Neb., broken arm and other injuries
Mr.. and Mrs. Feekin, McCook, Neb.,
slightly.
Two relief trains have gone from
McCook, carrying physicians.
No. 8 Hardest Hit.
Both trains were running at high
speed when the collision occurred
but the force OF the impact was appar-
emily felt more by the heavy west
bound train, the Colorado limited,
which was made up Of baggage car
and express car, day coach, diner. two
tourist sleepers, a Pullman sleeper and
an observation car. The day coach
was reduced to splinters, and In this
car most of the casualties occurred.
One OF the tourist sleepers containing
the members OF the Denver Western
league baseball team was turned on
its side. and q number OF the occu-
pants, including President James ].
McGill, were injured, but none seri-
ously.
Enelnenen Buried Under EnSInss.
The baggage car was also over
turned. Both engines were reduced
to mass Of twisted steel, In which
the mangled bodies OF the engineers
and firemen were found.
AS soon as news Of the wreck
reached McCook, two relief trains
nurses and hurried to the scene Of the
wreck.
The dead and injured were brought
here. It will be several hours before
the track can be cleared
The cause of the wreck has not AZ
yet been determined but 1t is reported
that it was due to Misunderstanding
Of orders.
No. s's First Through Trip.
Chicago, May 29.-Oficials OF the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. rail-
road, had meager information for sew
eral hours after the accident. The
first report to the Chicago ONCE said
the wreck was the result Of head-on
collision between trains No. 9 and IL.
Both these are through trains. the
No. 9 or west bound being on Its In
itial run, as far as Denver. Both are
standard through trains.
The No. train left Chicago yester-
day morning with heavy passenger
list. Previously 1t had run only ss far
as Nebraska points, but its schedule