The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-13

Terrible Railroad Accident - CoI-
IIsE0n or Trains ON the Missouri
Pacific Railroad - Nineteen Per-
sons Killed, and many Wounded
Full Particulars.
/ ST. LOUIS, May 12.-At o'clock
this morning, the night express train
on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
which left Alchisou, Kansas. yester-
day, collided near Eureka, twenty
eight miles from here, with an extra
freight train going west. Sixteen per-
sons were killed outright. and twenty
wounded, two of whom will die. No
names are known at present. The
wounded arc being brought here. and
| further particulars will be obtained
when they arrive. The dead will be
| brought here as soon as the Coroner
reaches the scene of disaster and
holds the inquests.
A special train left here early this
morning with physicians and all the
necessary appliances for the relief of
the wounded and care Of the dead.
Another train will leave at noon
with The Coroner, reporters and an
other relief party.
Both locomotives were completely
wrecked, and the trains badly smash
ed. The collision occurred through
a Misrepresentation of orders given to
the conductors.
Hudson e. Bridge, President, and
Thos. McKissock, are on the spot,
doing everything possible for the re-
lief of the sufferers and clearing the
track.
LATER-The train with the wounded
has not arrived yet. (2:30 P. sI), but
Thomas McKissock. Superintendent,
telegraphed the following names of
the killed and wounded. The names
of the otAer dead will probably not be
obtained until the Coroner holds an
inquest. H
Ktlled-O. A. Pixely, a Conductor
of the Western Division of the. road,
a passenger on the train; Frank Holt,
and daughter, ten years old. of Mercer
County, Ohio; ]. Sturdevant. Pekin,
ILL.,; Geo. Washington, colored train
boy, St. Louis; A. FL. Stiekney, Pa
toka. Ind.
Wouaded-H. Mabof, Sioux City,
Iowa; A. Marcus, Kansas; Milton
Holt and Thomas Perritt, Mad Lake,
Chatham County, NC; Fred. NAL
ster, Vino Grove, Adams County,
Ind; T. S. Briggs. New York; vii
son Little, Hillsdale, Mich; Henry
Wehilaud, Sc. Louis; james Morse
(colored). Kansas City; Theodore
Henderman. st. Louis; Peter Will
Hanson, East Richmond. O.; ]. ID.
Hicks, brakeman, j. p. jackson,
engineer. G.. j. Dubois, conductor,
all Of the express train; Jacob Reice,
Hickory County. Mo-; Joseph Berry,
baggage master. beth legs broken and |
arm smashed.
Most of the killed are persons re-
turning from Kansas, destined to
points IN Illinois and Ohio. Although |
many of the wounded are seriously
hurt, 1t is believed all will recover.
They are well cared for. The people
and physicians of the neighborhood
were promptly on the ground, and
have labored incessantly. All that
could be done has been freely done by
everybody to make the wounded com.
Portable.
Augustus A. Fleming, Chief En-
gineer of the Tcboo & Nesheo Rail-
road, is reported killed. but this needs
confirmation.
A misunderstanding of orders
seems to have been made by the en-
gineer of the freight train, and it is
said he has not been seen since the
accident.
iAnother train with collins for the
dead aud comforts for the wounded
has just started for the scene Of the
disaster.
- FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The train containing the wounded
arrived about 3 o'clock. The suffer
ers were taken directly to the hospital.
A great crowd was at the depot, and
as the wounded men were borne on
mattresses to proper conveyances,
much sorrow was manifested. The
| following are the additional names of
the wounded: Thos. l.. Manning,
Evansville, Ind; j. d. Carpenter,
Cairo, ILL.,; Leonard Lee, Stephenson
County, Ind. J. r. Ewing, Burnside,
| ILL.,; Martin II. Norcross, Highland
| County, ILL.,; Iii Erst Bremen, Ran
dolph County, ILL.,; j. q. Carrien, st.
/ Louis; Cornelius Short, Chicago; Ja-
cob Short. st. Paul; w. j. Ryan ard
Rev. Jas Connell, Lafayette, Ind T; T.
ID. Hick, St. Louis; VIM. j. Kay,
Highland Park, I'll.
None of the above are seriously
hurt, except Ryan and ConneIl, whose
/ collar bones are broken. Jacob Rice.
of Hickory County, Missouri, previ
ously reported wounded, was Killed.
The death of A. K. Flemming, is
confirmed. Apdrew j. Stratton, of
New Brighton. Pennsylvania, was
killed. There are nineteen killed.
All the bodies will be brought to the