The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-13
Railroad Accident.
ST.. LOUIS, NIuy IL.

At six o'clock this morning the night
express train OIL the Missouri Pacific Rail
road, which lcl Atchcson, Kansas, yestcr.
day evening, COllidcl near Eureka, %
miles from here, with an extra freight
train going west. Sixteen persons were
killed outright, and 90 wounded, two Of
whom will die. No names arc known ut
present. The wounded are being brought
here and further particulars will bG oh.
tainGd when they arrive. The dead will
be brought hero as soon Ns the train
reaches the scene of disaster and holds an
inquest A special trim left here early
this morning with physicians and all ne.
CcsSIry appliance for tho relief Of the
wounded and care Of the dead. Another
train will leave here with coroner, re-
pOrLers, and another relief party. Both
locomotives arc completely wrecked md
the trains badly smashed. The collision
occurred through the misapprehGnsion Of
orders given to the conductors. Hudson
Il. Bridge, President, and Tlos. S. Nc.
KissQck arc ON the spot doing everything
possible u relieve the sufferers and clear
the track.
The train with the wounded has not
arrived yet, 9:30 II. NJ. But Thos MCtIis.
sock, Superintendent, has tclegrapled the
following names Of the killed anil wound.
ed. The names Of tho other dead will
probably not I've obtained until the COrO.
ncr NOUS Nn inquest INC 1H1ttes W. " tIIc
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broken anu arm stlasllCu' Mos' " tnc
killed aTe persons returning from Kansas ans
destined 70 points n Illinois anu onIo'
Altioush many o. the w3Inue@ Hrc scsI-
91s hurt, II u believed al VIII III, recover.
lhSy arc aIl wen cared ior' Inc people
anu physicians OF INC hClSnDorliotN1are on
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