Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-02
DeraiIment at Lyndhurst,
Wis.,, as Result OF
CIoudburst.
PINNED IN THE DEBRIS
Later Reports Indicate Exten-
Slve Loss to Grain Crops
in the State.

Green Bay, Wis, Sept 2.-Six per.
sons were killed, two seriously iniur.
ed and u slightly injured early Sun.
day morning when train No. 112 on the
Lake Shore division of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway was derailed
two miles north of Lyndhurst, Wis,
a the result of washout due to a
cloudburst.
The train was running 80 miles an
hour. The locomotive, mail car, bag
gage car, smoker and day coach left
the track and the first three cars were
overturned. The dead:
w. $. CALKINS, passenger, Shawa-
no. Wis.
JOHN JONES, engineer, Green Bay,
Wis.
c. f. BUSHEY, conductor, Milwau-
kee, Wis.
GEORGE MARK. brakeman, Mil
waukee, Wis.
CARROLL BENNETT. baggage
man, Amigo, Wis.
STEWART D. SHELDON, express
messenger, Milwaukee. Wis.
| Seriously injured
! George Hammerbecker. passenger,
/ Chicago; head and arm bruised.
| NJ. Pusovink, passenger, Ironwood,
Mich, internally injured
/ Alexander Schoelles, mail clerk;
both hips broken and internally in
jured.
PINNED UNDER WRECKAGE.
Late yesterday afternoon the wreck
still was SO tightly piled in the ditch
that the bodies OF some OF the dead re-
mained under the debris.
Alex SChOelles probably will die He
was pinned under the debris for five
hours before it was possible to re-
lease him by chopping a hole through
the floor of a wrecked chair car. He
might have recovered had it been pos
sible to give him early attention, but
with both hips broken and other in
juries it is probable that he will not
survive, the shock of his unattended
injuries having greatly accentuated his
agony.
Hammerbecker and Pusovink were
removed to hospital at Green Gay
and may die.
BALL PLAYERS INJURED.
The Wausau team of the Wisconsin,
Illinois Baseball league was in the ac-
cident and as the result of injuries
to its members the game yesterday
al Green Bay was played with the ex-
ira pitchers filling infield and outfela
positions.
Kerwin, formerly with the Chicago
Cubs, may never pitch another game
One of the players, Glen Davey, short
stop, will probably lose one of his
arms.
The Is other passengers who were
slightly cut and bruised had their
wounds dressed at Lyndhurst, Wis,
and proceeded on their journey to Mil
waukee and Chicago. The train left
Ashland, Wis, Saturday evening and
wac due in Chicago at 8 o'clock Sun
day morning
, DUE TO CLOUDBURsT.
a A northbound train safely passed the
y point where the accident occurred an
hour before the derailment OF train
No. 112. Railroad officials report that
a heavy cloudburst occurred in the
vicinity of the washout a few minutes
) before the accident.
: The storm which caused the wreck
: was general throughout northern Wis
e consin and numerous heavy losses
r were reported, with some smaller rail
! road wrecks in other parts of the
s state.
Y Gi1NESAL MANAGER on TRAIN.
General Manager Cantillon OF the
Northwestern railroad was in his pri.
yate car with his family returning
from the northern summer resort
country, but all escaped injury. He
. himself attended to the removal Of
. the debris and the rescue OF the In
z jured from the wreckage. Mr.. Cantil-
Ions pet dog was killed Lyndhurst is
50 miles north of Green Bay.
OFFICIALS BLAME CLoUDBURST.
Chicago, Sept 2-Omcials u Chi
csgo of the Northwestern road assert
ed yesterday that cloudburst caused
the washout on the tracks near Lynd-
hurst, Wis, which led to the wreck.
= Il is asserted that the crew of a
- north bound train which passed the
scene of the wreck an hour before re'
:, ported no signs Of water or indications
T. o! heavy storm Reports afterward
Indicated heavy electrical storm and
= cIoudburst, local in nature.
The sleepers and balance OF the
train were taken to Eland Junction
= and detoured to Milwaukee. Accord
- ing TO the railroad figures eight were
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