Show S mm TO CARS IN WRECK WERE INTACT WHEN FIRE BROKE CUT v old not telescope but gas tanks exploded and destroyed them from fridays standard the wreck of overland limited no 2 ie i h sy thursday morning will go down in the history of railroad wreck s a one of the worst of its kind on liri nion pacina the main topic jf cr cub ion among tho railroad em and others at ogean today is he w acl and its awful results the v are inclined to censure the i road company in its seeming ne 0 o care for the injured and dead a as possible ih lacast reports from the wreck a 0 0 effect that the cars were noi d ail telescoped and that other uan omo broken equipment duo to in aravy concussion tho cars remained taiafi and were burned to the r aund cremating alio men entrapped the failure to telescope is explained by h w ahat train equipment is of hr roost modern design the festl oui doors and steel make amoo impossible for the cars to be baal telescoped n speaking 0 the wreck a railroad employed who arrived on one 0 the be overland trains held at the point 0 die disaster for many hours hat the scene was one that will I 1 long be remembered by those who did j b in their power to relieve the un Ton victims the bodies or what AV us left ot them were viewed as they were plated side by side in a caboose off a the side of the track some with our head oth rs with legs and arms lassing and many with nothing but trunks left an effort was made by the railroad men and mail clerks of the westbound i rain to identify the bodies of their coworkers and frienda ant it was almost impossible as they worn beyond recognition tion some of the bodies of the mall clerks were identified by the railway badge which is worn while the in the performance or their dui les and alo al o by the keys which are against their names in the postoffice post office the car on this tiala e all equipped with electricity and at the time of the accident he cars were lighted ty lights but an emergency tint containing pintsch gas was carded under each car so that in casa 0 failure of the electric dynamo the gas could be used immediately following the collision the gas tanks took alre anal exploded causing the cars to inflamed inflames in flames and making it tora tor a vigorous fight lo 10 against the flames at one time dm ing the progress of tho fire a scream came from the mail car my dod set me out I 1 am not wt at all but it was impossibly and tho poor fellow whoever he was burned with iho other members of the mail crew T Is stated that bome of the victims who realized that they could not be paved begged to be killed before be flames could reach them the official of employed emp loyes who are dead is three mail clerks three cooks one engineer one brakeman two electricians ians or a total of ten menthe injured with the exception of mail clerk shaffer are but little injured and in a short time will all be able 10 be the condition of shaffer is said 0 be very critical he hai a bad cut on jie bead his shoulder is maitred and he has lost complete comp leLe control of ne lower limbs his escape from the inaam car is nothing short of miraculous and eran he himself cannot say vs 0 o the way he gained his freedom f om the furnace while the railroad company Is being cu for the manner in which hp amplo ves in charge of the wrecking ourbit weal about their work it trusi nor be overlooked that it is the writ en ule of the company to give even aid possible 10 a sick or dying person la he either passenger or em aloye X Is ease after the excitement to j questions as to why fauch nd such was noi don ir Is hard for hc look eron er on to fee the train conductor as boon as he train n wrecked run with heak neck speed down the track n ajic telegraph office and aed e ae people to suffer yet it is let for letting ahe outside know of ae wieck oftentimes in many lives n ach tach t car there Is a of tools and a ho a alre extinguisher bo used in cases of this kind yet iv tug instance the accident happened s he bead of night ahen all who anve assisted in rescuing uie e wece asleep there been a man on the train who understood the construction of he passenger care it would haie been an ea v matter 0 o gain entrance to the fars and free the men tor of sirs huggans en rov c tooru santa barbara to chicago for burial burned and noali acs ics bui ahe lining of hi coffin recia ned tha opinion of those who arre ai the wreck is eliat the mall clerks and cooki who were burned were fisit stunned and then consumed h tic lames marod peddler a brother ln law of 8 igei 4 w ill leave tor the scene of the 1 w ch md if possible identify the eu iams of electrician warren C stig P and bt ing them to logrien for burial yi gt 8 was to have been transferred arom this cud of alic ano to council bluffs within a lew daya or as soon ai the bew train wari placed in service and arrangements were being madar to move tire family to council abero alie long layover lay over would be that oa tho night of juno ho had been assaulted by his son one ot them him with a monkey wrench while the other held him were tried in the municipal court v judge murphy who after j hearing the testimony in the case adjudged the men to be guilty and assess cd a alno of 15 each from tha de casion they appealed to the district court and the case was tried chii morning with tho result noted |