Show RAI COLLISION AND through a bridge into eternity HEAVY rainstorms brainstorms RAIN STORMS THE CAUSE reports throughout iowa dakota illinois i and ohio of storms rain and fearful floods FT MADISON iowa may fay 5 A disastrous wreck occurred on oil the santa fe ile road twenty five miles west of here chii morning ile in the vestibule train went I 1 through rk gg a bridge which waa probably v weakened I 1 1 by the recent heavy av rain thirty five people are reported to t lave lost if their le i r lives in tit the wr wreck ec k or by drowning in the swollen stream A reporter has gone to the scene CHICAGO may 5 Nf details detail ms havee b been een received by the atchinson topeka te L santa fe road of the tile fright frightful NI wreck at medill missouri the chicago limited was thrown through a bridge near there at 8 this morning so far as known wn all ill tho the care cam of the magnificent train loaded transcontinental trans continental passengers bound eastward were buried in the waters of a flooded ravine it is known that manware many are crushed to death and drowned and more injured from the beet best information BO so far obtainable seven were killed and twenty three 1 injured J ed I 1 N no 0 names have yet been r received e ceide atthe at tho scene of the accident a fifty foot t arch spans the usually dry ravine it I 1 is supposed the recent heavy rains weakened a and nd finally displaced it this train is usually well filled with the beet class of passengers a score of whom at are e believed to passengers have been een drowned amon among th the e killed are the engineer and fire fireman nitin the disaster was caused by a waterspout filling the ravine and carrying away the bridge the train plunged directly into the water from the broken rails and the cars must have piled on top of one another the train usually has seven cars follow ink ar are the names BO so far as learned of the kiib killed lou marace luther cornelius residence unknown the injured are andy bounan Il express manager of chicago IV A sham a brakeman of chicago robert Kobert schultz martin itigan ll etan residence unknown fred W alien allen and wife ol 01 of pittsburg NV M adams england and an italian woman and eb child d M y 5 tho the official statement A at t the santa fe lie general offices gives the follows following ng list of killed and injured up to noon in the wreck t this his morning near bodill 1 0 lon va markle r k io kansas city luther cornelius corneline kirksville Kirks ville mo 78 8 E west Port Mo john C Grones Macon mo to wm haynes IIa oklahoma city woman and two children names unknown killed thirty were injured I 1 mostly resi residents dente of chicago buethe but the character of the injuries are tire not given givena the tile wrecked train consisted of an en gine ine tender baggage car coach chair oars cars sleeper and one pullman the dead and injured were taken to fort madison Mith may 6 A k man jutres turned from the santa fe vis wreck report that seven bodies have already been n tak taken ann out and more are under the wreck twenty are injured four coaches went through tr t alie le bridge FORT MADU it N la ia may 6 5 without a word of warning in the midst ot ola a fearful storm the tile eastbound eat bound train of the continental express of the atchison Atchi aon topeka santa sant fe filled III ed with human beings wrapped in A slumber imber plunged ged through 1 a I trestle aou weakened e by yi rain killing seven people PI e and wo wounding adin a number abber of others vo alie I 1 le bridee bridge t through i rou which icci the train plunged Is ab about t 17 feet long and thirty ale feet narl high 1 I over fox river near revere the terrible terrible rains the past month seemed to reach the climax last night and carried the bridge out of line yet vet left it st standing andini and d BO so far as the engi engineer heer could see a all was right owing to the terrible storm the train crawled slowly on oil to the bridge the engine crossed in safety but not the balance of the tile train for the bridee bridge went down with its precious load 0 bilig I 1 only the engine and the rear islee per remaining em ou on either side of the abutments the other he portion of the train A was as procip precipitated 4 into r the ia mad current which was rushing through the ravine five cars witla a I 1 load oad of human freight and the remains of the bridge sank together in one conglomerated mass of crushing timbers t torn orn and twisted iron work and mangled hu humanity humanity there arose a wild shriek from tho woun wounded L and the dying above tile roar of the L storm term the engineer eer and fireman ll who were not killan killed as re reported 0 r ted and the uninjured occupants of the li e rear sleter sleeper hurried burned to the rescue through the whir whirling aig torrent reached the banks and fell to the tile ground exhausted seven sank in the wreck to die and twenty six mix are known to have been injured the list of killed as given before is correct A relief train was sent from here at 3 a m the t train min arrived there after cayll daylight lit and rendered tendered valuable assistance to suffer suller ing passengers in the meantime the colorado express came up to med lir fir a and n d started for fort lort madison via alie keokuk A western road afew A few miles north of keokuk the train ran in into t 0 a landslide and narrowly escaped ditching many ninny of the injured are in a serious condition but only two fatal terminations mi are anticipated most of the passengers ae a e agers able to proceed were mere transferred fr ed it will require several days to clear on up the wreck and put the track in working order serious floods OTTAWA ill may 6 the arnot disastrous and alarming flood in the history of the city visited t this ilia locality last n night allet I 1 in the old town marseilles a sm small bridge across oum gura creek lodged at the mouth of a culvert and wid blocking the stream backed u up t the e water and flooded the tile entire en tire district ane t many narrow escapes are reported in ill I 1 the he nights flights for safety but no lie loss of life wasen was entailed the low land inthe in alie residence and manufacturing districts of ottawa tawa for one and anft liala f miles long and from one quarter to one mile wide Is it continuous lake small bridges were carried away culverts cu lverts were washed out and railroad awn roa tracks racks washed away until connection with I 1 he lie outer world wag was cut off between et twin bluffs and lasalle an and geneseo gene eo all communication Is cut off by the washout wa shouts st of tracks culverts cu lverts and small bridges it Is estimated it will take twenty four hours to establish reestablish re communication there is a serious washout near tonica the main business streets are inundated during the afternoon the water was receding rapidly at ottawa but no noti noticeable cable changes were kieen at tit la salle and peru iowa may 6 5 the bea heaviest rain of the season fell last night almost approaching a i a waterspout the streets s are re flooded and thia this morning many cellars we were refilled filled A portion of false work on the new bridge was swept out and part of the south aide re residence section la is under water washouts Wa shouts on al the roads leading to the city have del delayed ayeAl the trains ohio Ohi oMay may 6 5 A terrific rain and windstorm early this morning did much dams damage I 1 e to property ro perty the heavy henvy iron roof of the e leedecker Lel decker tool company compan y was torn from the building fay 6 5 at arrille rai rainstorm last night amounting to a cloudburst cloud clond burst caused a flood hood which has submersed submerged a large number of streets in this city many lower stories arc are under water and in some districts people are mo moving vi tig aro around und in boats the trucks of the burlington road I 1 I 1 11 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 TM 11 L t were washed out for some distance near the missouri pacific was I 1 aig TIl to abandon ity its lincoln branch in ill nebraska on account amount of land slides and washouts was wa Loats shouts all streams of southeastern nebraska and northwestern kansas are the banks and doing much damage to crops I 1 burlington BuBus iowa may 5 last nighta nights storm tonu was tho the worst in years vor for ten hours rain min fell in III a solid body flooding the tile entire country co u 1 I 1 the tile chicago burlington quinca e r road 0 7 suffered several bad on outa b between er we anthis cita and creston which sto ped all traffic during the day the trap trains ins got through tonight to night A big bij landslide rout dutli it of the city interrupted apted all on the be st lonia lonis keokuk northwestern no r th toad north of fort madison madis on south main street of chii city was a running river three feet deep for some sometime tinie much damage wan was done in the city and stir rounding country DIM modinea iowa may 6 5 continuous rains in iowa the past put week resulted in high water and great damase damage to railroads mil roads twelve milea miles of the de don moines kansas oily road between here and gainesville are washed away the Diago diagonals nalis trains are abandoned and the hock inland island trains are laid off for similar reason reo iona thal atan A of the fame alpe are alao n I 1 so at a anast andst travel by wagon is u impossible of the condition of the country bount ry roads |