Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-13
RAILROAD HORROR.
Terrible Collision ON the Missouri
Pacific-I9 Killed Outright and 80
Wounded-BOth Locomotives Com
pleteIy wrecked.

4 Terrible Collision ON the missouri
Pacific-I9 Killed Outright and 80
Wounded-B0th Locomotives Com
pleteIy wrecked.
| ST. LOUIS, May I2--At O'Clock this
morning the night express train on the
| Missouri Pacific Railroad, which left Atchi-
son, Kansas, yesterday evening, colilded
near Eureka, twenty eight miles from here,
with an extra freight going West. Sixteen
persons were killed outright and twenty
wounded. two of whom will die. No
names are known at present The wounded
are being brought here, and further paru-
culars be obtained when they arrive. The
dead viii be brought here as soon as the
Coroner reaches the scene of disaster and
holds an inquest. A special train left here
early this morning with physicians and all
the necessary appliances for relief for the
wounded and care of the dead. Another
train-will leave at noon with the Coroner
it is reported, and another relief party.
Both locomotives were completely
wrecked and the trains badly smashed.
The collision occurred through misap-
prehension of orders given to conductors.
Henderson E Bridge, President, and
Thomas McKissock are on the spot doing
everything possible for the relief OF the
sufferers and clearing the track.
ST. LOUIS, 2:30 p. M--The train with
the wounded has not yet arrived, but Mr..
Thomas McKissock, Superintendent, tele-
graphed the following names OF the
wounded. The names Of the other dead
will probably not be obtained until the
coroner hold an inquest:
KILLED.-O A Pixley, conductor of
the Western Division of the road and
passenger on tho train; Frank Holt, and
daughter 10 years old, Mercer county, o.
Sturdevant Pekin, ILL.,; George Wash
ington, colored, train boy, st. Louis; A
Fl Stickney, Potoka, Md.
WOUNDED. H Mahoff, Sioux City, Iowa;
A Marcus, Kansas; Milan Holt; Thomas
Perrit, Mud Lake, Chatham county, N.
c.; Fred Maester, Vino Grove, Adams
county, Ind; T S Briggs, New York; Viii
son Little, Hillsdale, Mich; Henry Welland,
st. Louis; Jim Morse (colored), Kansas
city: Theodore Hendeman, st. Louis; Peter
Williamson, East Richmond, Ohio; ] d
Hicks, brakeman, P Jackson, engineer,
Dubois, all of the Express train; Jacob
Rice, Hickory county, No.; Joseph Berry,
baggage-master, both legs broken and arm
smashed.
Most of the killed are persons returning
from Kansas, destined to points in Illinois
and Ohio. Although many of the wounded
are seriously hurt, it is believed all will
recover. They are all well cared for. The
people and physicians of the neighborhood
were on the ground promptly, and have la
bored necessarily. All that could be done
has been freely done by everybody to make
the wounded comfortable. Augustus A.
Fleming, engineer on the Tebac and Ne
osho Railroad, is reported killed, but this
needs confirmation. A misunderstanding
of orders seems to have been made by the
engineer Of the freight train, and 1t Is SAID
he has not been seen since the accident.
Another train with coffins for the dead and
comforts for the wounded has Just started
for the scene of the disaster.
Arrival of the wounded i'm ST. Louis
additional Names.
ST. LOUIS, May 1850 P. M-The
train containing the wounded has arrived
The sufferers were taken directly 10 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
a I litiolh names of the wounded:
Thomas L Manning, Evansville, Ind;
] d Carpenter, Cairo, Ill; Leonard Lee,
Stephenson county, Ind; ] r Ewing, Burn
side, III; Martin II Norcross, High
land county, Ill; Henry Erst, Bre-
men, Randolph county, Ill; ] G
Cannon, ST. Louis; Cornelius Short, Ohica-
| 60; Jacob Short, st. Paul; w. d. Ryan
and Rev. James Council, Lafayette, Ind /;
| I. ID. Hick, st. Louis; VIM. j. Kay, High
land Park, ILL., None of these were seriously
hurt, except Ryan and Council, whose col
lar bones were broken. Jacob Rice, of
Hickory county, Mo-, previously reported
| wounded, WAS killed. The death of A. Z.
Fleming is confirmed, and Andrew ]. Shat
ton, New Brighton, Pa, killed. There are
| 10 killed. All the bodies will be brought
to this city tonight.
Laler-AddItiOns an Corrections.
ST. LOUIS, May 12-The following are
| additional names of the wounded, witt
some corrections of names previously re-
ported: Norcross Ray reported, Kay
Neihoff reported, Mayhoff nib broken ant
otherwise injured, Henry G. Hawke, Ran
dolph county, ILL.,, Peter Murray. Caron
delet, Mo-, H G Stael, Hyde Park, Mass.
arm broken, Perry Kinkellan, st Louis
foot crushed. since amputated; Wilson
Style, Reading, Mich, previously reported
killed, is scalped ndbadly cut and bruised
in various places on the body. Who'll,
number killed now reported nineteeni
wounded about thirty, of whom are fifteen
seriously and eight dangerously.
The Cause of the Collision.
The report that the engineer of tn,
freight train has not been seen is unbound
ed j. P. Jackson, engineer of tie pas
senger train states his train was over hal
an hour late at Eureka The next regula
freight train at that place, tagging the extr'
was told that they had twenty minutes o
the express trains time, when conducto
Dubois, who was on the engine said, "Al
right, go ahead" The train left Eurek
slowly, and had proceeded only about
mile when saw the extra freight trail
dashing round bluff under full headwa
only from four to five hundred yards of
Jackson whistled down the brakes, re
versed the engine, and gave her start
He told the conductor and fireman to juml
and in an instant after the trains came to
gether with frightful force and appalling
result.
jackson in jumping from the engine wa
hurled over wood pile, and found him
self thirty feet the other side of the fence
He did not lose consciousness and was nc
seriously hurt. The collision occurred o
a fill about fifteen feet high.