The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-01-08
SIX PEOPLE klLLEC OUTRIGHT
AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
BY NORTH WESTERN FAST
MAIL TRAIN LAST FRIDAY
NIGHT.
BODIES THROWN 200 FEET
ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON RAIL
WAY CROSSING JUST WEST OF
THE McHENRY STOCK FARM, IN
THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF
THE CITY.
ONE BODY on ENGINE PILOT
Funeral Held Monday in Germania
Opera House and Remains Are
Buried in Neissen Cemetery
BODIES THROWN 200 FEET
ONE BODY on ENGINE PILOT
Details Of the Accident.

One of the most appalling acci
dents in the history of Denison oc
Cured on Friday night at 1920 a.
the McHenry railroad crossing jus
west of the city, when the NORTH
Western fast mail train, No. 26
from the west, due to arrive
here at 1922, and running al
a tremendous rate of speed, collideC
with double seated spring buggy II
which seven people were riding, there
by causing the death of every person
in the vehicle except girl fourteen
years of age. Those who We're killed
outright or died within a few min
utes after the collision We're:
JOHN REIMER, age SO years.
MRS. JOHN sREIMER, age q years
walter REIMER, age years.
STELLA REIMER, age months.
CARL EVERS, age 80 years.
HERBERT EVERS, age years.
The young lady who miraculously
escaped with her life is Minnie Evers
fourteen years of age, sister OF Mrs
John Reimer and Mr.. Carl Evers, both
victims of the collision.
The mail train doing the damage
was going practically fifty miles an
hour and apparently struck the front
part of the buggy, killing one OF the
horses, while the other one escaped
uninjured. Some of the bodies OF
those in the buggy were thrown more
than 200 feet, Mr.. Reimer's body be-
ing found at least 200 feet away and
Mrs. Reimer and her daughter We're
found still farther away. All the 9th
er members of the party except Carl
Evers were picked up at intermediate
points, lying between the rails, and
must have been run over by the train
as some of them were literally ground
to pieces The momentum OF the
train was so great that although the
air brakes were applied it lid not
come to a stop until it reached the
bridge just west of the passenger sta
ton. After the train pulled into the
station and stopped the body OF Carl
Evers was found upon the pilot of the
engine, from which it was removed
and taken into the baggage room.
The train, as soon as it could be
stopped, was backed up to the place
where the accident occurred and
every effort made to locate the bodies
and to offer aid to those who might
be alive. A messenger hurried to a
house near by on the McHenry farm
and telephoned information of the ac-
cident and for medical aid and the
ambulance Those engaged i'll the
search soon discovered Mr.. Reimer,
but not before life was extinct. The
same was true as to Mrs. Reimer and
the baby daughter, i've months old,
their bodies being badly mutilated.
Herbert Evers was disfgured beyond
fGcOS SnlIlOu, tIle iIdlll idNliS SNiuShI-
ly passed over his body.
Mr.. John Reimers injuries were as
follows: Both limbs broken, head
crushed arm broken and in addition
injured internally.
Mrs. Reimer, skull crushed, one
limb off below the knee, the other
fractured and injured internally.
Walter Reimer, chest crushed and
scalp wound
Stella Reimer, the baby, head in
iured and internally injured.
Carl Evers, head crushed. left arm
broken, left limb also broken.
Herbert Evers, disfgured beyond
recognition.
Minnie Evers, left limb was frac-
tured both above ard below the knee,