| Show lX LlV IUS1 T IN A RAlVAY WRECK Five Coach Tae Fire and Four Are Consumed I SEVERAL BEOPLE BADLY INJURED I Fireman Scalded to Death i H Cab Both Legs of the Head Brakeman Burned Off and His Remains Presented Pre-sented n Most Horrible Appearance Appear-ance A Belief That Some Miscreant Mis-creant Had Tampered With tha Switch Other Casualties Marshalfield Wis May 30The worst wreck that has ever occurred on the Wisconsin Central by which at least six people lost their lives and several were wounded some seriously took place early this morning No4 passenger train with Engineer James Hubbard at the throttle pulled away from Abbottsford twenty minutes ute behind time Just as the engine reached the upper switch at Mannville and while going down grade at a terrific rate of speed i jumped from the main track onto the side track leaving the latter after going go-ing about twenty feet and rolling down a slight embankment with the tender on top turned bottom up Two sleepers sleep-ers one coach besides the smoker and baggage fve in all began burning immediately im-mediately and all but one were consumed con-sumed Engineer Hubbard was found lying at the edge of his cab so terribly scalded that he died in about ten minutes min-utes Fireman Bearhart was dead in the cab when found having been scalded to death Jason Bigelow the head brakeman was not found for about eight hours his remains lying under the debris close to the engine The flesh was burned off his face presenting a horrible ble appearance The flesh from both arms were literally burned off exposing expos-ing the bones and both legs were burned off W B Russell the assistant to Chief Engineer L M Gibson was burned beyond recognition His remains were sent to Milwaukee for burial Mrs John Wagner an elderly lady en route from Butte Mont to Manito woc was dreadfully disfigured her face and body being terribly cut and bruised bruis-ed She died almost instantly News Agent Oliver Boseley suffered excruciating pains and died at O oclock this morning He was crushed under a coach Henry coach received inter l and external wounds probably fatal The other injured Charles Weinburn travelling man of Chippewa Falls badly bruised Fred Jack of Bessemer Mien badly bruised I I Arthur Tunica of Chicago cut in the head and legs sprained William Ryan of Sturgeon Bay Wis several ribs broken and head badly cut The cause of the accident is hard to determine Some think it was from a weakness in the track while others railroad men are inclined io believe the switch had been tampered with |
