The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-02
WORSTED IN A WRECK.
j. G.. Perdue's Leg Broken
Early on Sunday Morn
ing Last.
Heroic Conduct OF His Wife, Who
Was Securely Held Fast
by Timbers.

Mr.. J. Il. Perdue. son of judge j. w
Pert.ue, accompanied by his vile, arrived
at the Garrison house Yesterday morning
having come IN ON Pacific train No. 3 from
~. Louis, the former suffering with a ftac-
turc of the elt lee, midway between the
knee and ankle. 2nd ibe latter complain
ing oi 4 number OF bruises, all the result @;
z wreck on the Ono Il Mississippi railway,
on which road they were passengers, about
/ o'clock Sunday morning, rear Seymour,
Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perdue, il will he remem-
oered, lei: Sedala sorle two weeks ago,
going TO Kentucky fur the purpose OF visit
ing relatives, and hoping that the trip
would prove beneficial 10 MIR. Perdut,
whose health has been poor for some
months past.
On Saturday, night last Mr. and Ms.
Per.iUe. who had b.cn in attendance at the
Louisville exposition, boarded the Ohio *
Mississippi train in that CITY, on their re-
lnrn TT . home, aud IL Was whiie IN route
here that they met with their injuries
FRIDAY night there vas Il freight wrecl;
on The Ohio * Mississippi main line, near
Seymour. Ind and a. the track was moi
perfectly safe, train Nc. :, which let Gin
cinnati al 7:l5 p. M. was or5erei II move
slowly and cautiously. At North Vernon
sleeper and coach containing Louisville
passenSers-amorg whom W. re Nr.and Mrs.
perGue in The coach and Col. Thcs Price
and wife in the sleep,r-were coupled ON 10
train No. ., the coach being in he rear OF
the slice, er.
Tn train proceeded to Seymour accord
ing orders. When shor; distance beyond
the latter place train No. >, Cincinnati
express, which left Cincinnati an Eour
and a hall after the first train, suddenly
came dashipg after ii .. a high raie OF
speed, and before il could be checked The
engine struck the second coach of the
Louisville train and Ieiescoped it The
crash was terrific, almost completely de-
molishing the car, and the scene that fol-
lowed beggaIs description. Splinters OF
wood, broken iron ana machinery were
strewn about, and amidst the kissing Of
the escaping steam from the wrecked en-
CINE could be heard the hearlrending
shrieks OF the dying and wounded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Periue, who were in the
coach Immediately IN irolt OF the sleeping
car, were caught in the wreck ard iniuIed
As above stated. Mrs. Perdue, although
not SO seriously hurt as her husband, WIS
placed in an exceedingly peril
Gus position. Her right arm was
caught between two pieces Of timber, and
more than hail an hour was spent in releas-
ing her. a crow bar was first brought into Use.
but il proved Intellectual, and not until a
iackscrew was secured was IL possible To
extrica,e her arm. During the period that
she was held fast the car caught fire twice,
and at one time it seemed as though she
would perish in the flames. The herosm
displayed by Mrs. Perdue was something
able, and had it not been for the
directions she gave while the train men
and passengers were endeavoring to release
her, she certainly would have suffered Sc
we're injury.
The wreck was most complete, two
persons being killed and not less than "a
dozen injured. Of those killed were the en-
gineer on the rear train and baby belong
ing 20 St. Louis lady named Mrs Taylor.
As soon as possible the wreck was cleared
and Mr.. and Mrs. Perdue were taken to st.
Louis, from which point Mr.. Perdue tele-
graphed to his father, Judge Perdue, who
reached Sedalia in time 10 take passage on
the east-bound train Sunday night. He
proceeded as far as California.
where he awaited the arrival
Of the train on which
his son was passenger, and came to Soda
liza with him yesterday morning.
Among the passengers on the same train
was DIR. w. p. King, who had spent the
Sabbath in St Louis. On the trip TO Sc
lalia the doctor paid every attention to
both Mr.. and Mrs. Perdue, and on arriving
It The depot they were taken into the Gar
.ison house, where, during the forenoon, the |
tactured limb was set. Mrs. Perdue was
ound to have escaped with only slight /,
bruises, and later in the day left for home
n a private conveyance.
Mr. Perdue remained at the Garrison |
house until the 6:l0 train last evening, /
when he, too, left for home. He rested easy |
throughout the afternoon, AID il the trip /
home does not give him a setback. il is
hought he will have no further trouble