, 1870-08-18
TIE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY
ACCIDENT,
AEc NFcck-The bend md .h,.
W@oMndrd.

"oMndcd.
FINN. fhr nfnrtr {epk> .yera, i ~. II.
oh 1,csday light, about 10 O'Clock. co,,.
rslEeilou tr4in on tho hsnsae Ineiic l,s;lw.r
reN 5ntn the t,a,1!ins train, ;wo miles wcxt =;
','rMa Greek, and about u miles cas: OF Dem
.rf, killing six lien and wouadiae taa norr
IL q r:orc or less serious m.nuef. Tbc n ;:
s!' nt a!'ro ie:acraphct1 to the head o.fice IN
sa's Guy ny Colonel Eirholtz. Superintendent
o. construction. and an engine and car, With
iIf. nanc1o1t. Justice. and Williams we1e
Ter. >''~N ~ ''e ees"e u Tue ctsas-
Late in the evening train OF fourteen c,ra
of iron. drawn by engine No. II, Whitehopso.
engineer, Jackson, conductor, was coming up
11em Dok Elder switch to tho end Of tho t1sci.
summit Of shost grade. 1t WAS approached
By rirto OF track which was down craie ~
least 1itty feel to thu milo for fully halt
mile The III train cane up at The usuL
ssFeed: ard turned down the grade to ,ts
,.a'sdi1E .' P ar, tIsan, There Tsre Two bsakemen,
Gineer wAs evi'iently dong his duty, IS VA,
alse the conductor. IA the train
:utnstl over the rnmmit onto tho
down grade the brakes Of one OF tgo
ca!s were Tut Oh, but they did nor work well,
ihe i1on vas lea ded 60 A. 10 prevent their tree
atta.u high rAto OF speed Down the grade
it dashed. Wlisehouse whau'li1:g aown l,sakea,
aud the hraketnen doing thei1 hess to cEecf
tie speed tf the t1sio, which. az il caue 10
tie foot OF the gr7de, WAS running At speed
of ant ltss than .cr:y r,iles an hour, A. Il
again turned mp grade the engineer saw it
wcn;3 he necesesry to reverse his engine in
order to etcr the trnir. and dill 20 =; ones.
''thsoNiuE ler open." AL using fvnv
el:aita,I 10 step tl'o :laiu, bnt IN vain.
Hr saw that collision WAS iucyit,hIe
s'.l Jumped, sn1. Al a speed Of about ten
nil how ~ 1,-nt.
IL, rnnsiuu1ess ioar.iug tram. The tD-
siEe stuck hes'y box frviSh, car, knocking
he!c In Il, heav,l.E it fr,ln tho trucks ana
rtling it asaiast another b.,1 ca. which xss
!.;o,: into tic next slee2inE car, u, 10 rail-
,taa 1nc1 ray, war - telcst>:Hed.' In the tirst
harmed. In tho third car two pe1sous were
siIi,tl and nuEccr wounded, Hh;,e in The
second cAE no ono was slet ping. Sleeping nm.
der the cara Were number OF petso1ls. four
Me1icaot being killed aud Others wounded.
The forward trucks Of tho engine we're thrawn
M .s.,ni tic truck 1t waa Also m iron car, and
tso " he1 cas- were tom from their trucks, one
" ,aem bling driven into the sleeping car,
ara the tricks piled up in he.r. The pilot
=. ,He engine. lamp, etc., were badly broken
ann stosc up
As soon - tue accident occurred. news was
,e.,,, ~ nehyeE tor aid, and Whom the special
~ ,is. 1Ha<ett everyone WAS found ~ comforts
s'";. ~ "n circumstances M would permit, The phv-
ssiars; s,,s.a ~" arrived Abor. o'clock :. n,
rn'.i ~ y osee to areas tic wounds Of The
lr!e1"l. a'u- as econ e il WIS layljr.I. thcy
Neis removed to I car to he t.Een to III,
e;ir. <@0'A ~ tHts
ltefe Nae much e1eite.,ent a, ,,,a 4,.; :,
the in,e Of .s ssc!!ens, as, fooi;ss o. liz 'Ifn ,S1.,
we're mace of hanging tie enc;near ~ n1eses s'
luti'n q the iron TRAN. Tlere -. .na eon- :
remarkable esesies, and sever, enS n,,ht hmany S
totee ~ an ,msnE X tie meat remarkable II' on
,.r and four Ne.icans. Tleir psncs y salse .e
impossible t'' obtain. One Of The da,i u rs Sas
tat most terribly n.saEled creature ever ~;ts
Less,.1 by lie writer
Tie wolu.iel weie brought to this civ NJ
III ,at 10 O'Clock yesterday. aud quarters cot
fer them in the Smith Block, where eyery
care and comfort aud the best medical i'd 4
be1 s Afforded At the expense OF the COMPANY,
ty: their t!Hicors il, this city.
Regarding the accident, i may be said to
have been Unavoidable. Tho wounded are as
follows: ". C!stk, Lreast, shoulders and face
| iaaiy scratched; II, Davis. brakeman On iron
usis. Iegs, Injured; john Smith, internally.
snd Lea: bruised S,uoH Tuason. saca cut