Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1888 — A DEADLY COLLISION. [ARTICLE]

A DEADLY COLLISION.

SMTorat Fer*on» KlII«ii and Injured—The Conductor Craned by the Sight.. A west-bound Union Pacific passenger train was run into by a freight near Edßon Station, Wy. T., Monday, telescoping two emigrant cars, which at once caught fire and wpre entirely consumed. The a list of the dead and injured: Child of Mrs. Jennie Street, aged three years, killed And body burned in the wreck; infant s is6n of Mr. and Mrs,/ Johnson, died ad&n after reaching RawJ Fm. R. Jdjfnston, chest injured; Mrs/Wm. R. jbhmton, back, injured; Brake manGeotge Sherer.righriiigbrqken an q left thigh cut in. Miss Ida Jay, and abdomen; Jamejfafric&fJ |b#ank?lqand hip injured; Mrs. James Price,back injured; Mrs. JemoVMpbJu#t ed, D. B. Kritzier, se/eVal ribs'broken and injured internMafV Mrs D. B. Kritzler, abdomen a|ft chest injured; son of Mr. and Mrs. nJitzler, seriously injured. The thermometer registerel 20° below zero when the accident occurred, and assistance was nearly thirty nr I ** die. tant. The clothing of mL, v e emigrants were consumed in theh~ S 3, and a number were badly frozen before reaching shelter. The company did everything possible for the unfortunates. Scott Vermillion, conductor of the passenger train, fled to the adjacent cliff, immediately after the accident. It is believed that he was crazed by the awful sight, and doubtless ran until, becoming exhausted, he fell in an isolated ravine and expired.