The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-25

This morning en- accident occurred on
the Missouri Poetic, in this city, jls, xe.i
OF the + giE.wr street crossing. which was
very peculiar. .Id j. one q the kind o:
mi-shsl~ which no human foresight can
pnp,r.. for or avoid. Tie employee. we're
ell, a. IL ti.e,r C sion, reticent abol; the
ma';-', and left the tax of explainin: the
unlucky scrid~nt 20 those in Authority.
Th. ra'lrcsi company j. not the .e..t 10
blame. fram all that conld be learned. a.
no smouni al care On the par, If snp'oyss
or officer. could have prevented IL.
Just w~-t os the Engineer stree, crossing
there are large NUMBER ~ switches aud
side track wi:icn are nearly always 6ll,d
wi,h cars. This j. the regular yard Of the
ru.ros,, ronpsnv. Ah'u thirty ysrd-
wcsi OF & ,gin-er s:rest the 6r.t
-wi,c., br ,nc:.rs OF from the m ain trek.
fi.i- u,urr n. 40 the 40 passenger train
mUv!, slower thss usual, a. j. IN. cut I'm
Ga irving At the city iinI,.. A.
the n In pascal the part where the
6r-t -sich b.snche. "a from the m>in
ii,.. ali the r.. p sad The .siic. unt,l the
i"..cn chair C AZ -rraek the lint where
'i- !s.g - Tie ch,ir CIR give q lurch
% the ri.h;, bresking ionse the pit MT
,"Ipiag th- ch AR ear aui al the c ,.- be-
hi,,d q, t,as -hurt AMI ran I. g down The
-~i.ch, while ih. re-t al the train
vert On for some di-:sr c.. Tire FEAR
p'a,,"n al the tam, which entered
The switch, r.n i"wn the side tack
al u: thirty yard-, wien It coili!sd
siih q :rrish, Cur loaded with -heiist; cnrn,
xhich il very he,vy. and Ihr~e c.b..-.-
~h,ch ~e'e standing IN lie aide track u. II
ro the corn car. Tae bumper oi the
freight car sirucs thst of the
chsir car and lied up over the
81 .,i,rm ard was '',.lesoop~d" into the
en-. Of the Horton car ab-ui FIVE feet.
The freight car gu it, wsy ;n'o the other
~ clean - a ln f.. ard did n., disturb the
.~nin, which ov-rhsns- the platform.
The hug. iirub-rs aud irns un both car.
were groun,: up irio sm -li -iiv-Is.
Ar- SSinn,r, the mn ger .: tie stccs
: arts in this cit, Was -;s.ding on the irSht
PATTERN Of the Horton ca, and il VA hi.
intentions to j mp d the train ji-t sbaut
where the switch branches fl from the
M ain line.
Before he could make his descent, he |
ar -c,n;.G of mo the ssi,ch. Wher h /
nv that IL world suon cUIiid, with the ;
'tiier-. lac started To -i.p INSIDE the train |
brakes from the inside Of TIE car. Before |
i- could DO IL tie c r. came together; the !
ioor struck him ,n the bak oi the head
IN knock.i ham i,~n w en- he got up /
&c fJund h- had q Pretty severe cut some
so 'Gc;'es long IN line -ca;p. The wound
= not dsns-ryus or serious !
ne. A, he aroSe 10 hi. feet he
~ an old man VINO hsd been
:; the water CLOSET 1t the time the care
ome together, crawling ont al . pile ol
nasi'sd ,Im5er- holiing his clothes on
u the Cd nan, vrry veil shaken and
CT .,ch-' tn, noi Ot,-rsise hurt, emerged
rom t.. mas of broken tinb.rs he
i '"-iy j 'cuis'ei:
"Whri in he'll j. the matter nov ?"
tie -ro1 fuuna GU. A lady who IA.
iuing NIX; IL one oi the ~inioss rec~iv.,i
"De severe cUt in the a-m from broken
!.--. Her wound We're dressed ard sh-
FL on ne -a'ls train for The sou'h. Il
"a reported that sno'i.er man had his arn
rok~n hui THE was MT COT. firm.1.
A .siirnai tn an who lives three bio X.
'om the point where the accident occurred
sid h- he ard the sound Of the c,iIi.ion
nj tbs, il s,uni.d like the explosion Of
'g gun. Tie Horton ~ and the freight
AZ we're the only ones isj ired, hut the eni-
THEM are pre.iv badly wrec<ed. The
her passengers we're pr-,ty ~ell ehaken
p hut me- ore hnrt. '
The BaZ' 10 il very muc. oblige 10 John .
need for h:- kinines- in taking the re- q
'.ter 20 the scene of the accident tehinu Z
10 big @ e..
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