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Show The Iowa KHllrontl Tra.clj Dea M-iinrp, 30. At G o'clock 1 aevei leen liodiei liavo been taken j irom the wreck. Two more bodies are known to be in the wreck. It is ' thought by some that there are still 1 others either iu the bottom ol the car, or floated down the stream, but the best posted say the total deathB will not exceed twenty. The stream , where the accident occurred wat j never be lore known to reac h its pres i ent height. The channel is torly or fifty feet wide and tbe banks about twenty feet high. The locomotive in its Hd dach landed al the foot of the western aide, and hall buried Heeil tu the eartu. Humum's car was next and dropped into the channel. I he bageivge and mail car passed over tbit, the occupants escaping unhurt. Tue first p'tseenger car pitched headlong mto tbe aiream where tue water us niteen leut beep. Tue neit car plunged uu-er litis, telescoping with it, and the next telescoped half through bolh the preceediug. The Bleeping car didn't go into the wreck simply because there was not room tor it. lie occupants were jarred, but none seriously injured. The nee tie at the time of tbe accident is described as terrific, the ruin falling iu turrenta Accompanied by wind, lightning and violent thunder. The crash put out the linhtn, and the scene ol terror en suing iijuy well be imagined. Among thu incidents one mother wae killed i t silting between her two children, wbo escaped uninjured. One little girl who , hitd lain four hnurs iu the water with j a man lying dead beside her, ;is found and restored. She now allows no aifc'na of injury. The tram with, t'ie dead and wounded arrived bere at . 11 o'clock. j |
