The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-21
A TERRIBLE WRECK.
Twelve Persons Killed and q
Number Injured bya
Collision.

Collision.
Buffalo, y. Y, Sept. IA special to
the Commercial advertiser from Silver Creek
SAYS: A serious accident occurred this
morning on the Nickel Plate railroad
near this place. The west-bound express
train ran into an excursion train from
Erie, Pennsylvania, and twelve persons re-
ported killed and fourteen wounded.
A dispatch from Silver Greek, New
York, to the Commercial Advertiser SAYS:
The Niagara Falls excursion train on the
Nickel Plate railroad under the manage
ment of J. w. Butler, excursion agent
CoLLIDED WITH THE LOCAL FREIGHT
train in the cut on the curve just East of
here at eleven o'clock this morning, both
engineers and 6remen saved themselves by
jumping. The excursion train contained
one baggage ca, one smoker, and
eleven coaches only those in the smoking
car were hurt. 1t being completely teles-
COPIED by the baggage car. Only partial
list of the killed can be given at present
several are mangled beyond recognition.
THE KILLED ARE
w. w. Loomis, Of Erie, Pa.
Henry Gedhart and son, John F. Ged-
hart, OF PitHburg.
s. Cameron, mayor Of Waterford.
John Fuller, Pittsburg.
David Sharp, Erie.
w. w. Rastaller, Erie.
Charles Hirsch, Ere.
Mr.. Lyphore, Erie.
A. w. Reynolds. Dunkirk, New York.
Aaron Parkburg Wayville
Two bodies which have not been identi-
fed.
John Meyers, of Erie.
THE ACCIDENT
seems to have been caused by misunder-
standing of Geographic orders.
There are various causes given for the
collision, engineer VIM Harris of the
freight train is blamed 1t is said he had
orders to meet the excursion train at
Irving. He failed to obey the orders and
was
RUNNING AT FULL SPEED
when the crash occurred. The train men
will not talk regarding who is to blame. A
gentleman who was on the train says tn at he
freight train had orders to go TO Silver
Creek, and the passenger to go to Irving,
which is this side, and IL was these orders
that caused the collision
THE EXCITEMENT
among the survivors was intense. The
sceneS4n the smoking car were narrowing.
The first warning that was given was the
slight Jar caused by the heavy pressure Of
the air brakes. Some OF the passenger
braced themselves In their seat seemingly
apprehensive of danger. Then came the
terrible shock followed by the smashing of
the windows and the roof of the car
and all was a mass of bleeding and
struggling humanity, men covered with
blood were locked in each others arms,
while underneath them on all sides lay
THE POOR UNFoRTUNATEs
who were instantly killed and crushed out
of all human resemblance. The wounded
crawled out of the debris and were assist
ed to the neighbOring houses People
brought bedding, etc., on which to lay the
dead and dying and did all they could to
relieve the sufierings OF the wounded
UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF MEDICAL AID.
Mrs. J. III Siegel, of Erie, Pennsylvania,
a passenger who was on her way to Buffalo,
arrived here safely this afternoon.
In an interview Mrs. Siegel said Il
was on the first coach next to the smoking
car. The passenger train was large one
and carried
A LARGE NUMBER OF EXCURsIoNIsTs
as well as regular passengers. the first
we knew of the collision was terrific
crash like an explosion. Nobody was
hurt except those in the smoking car.
The sight was so horrible that / could not
look at it. Not single car was thrown
from the track but the smoker was COM
pletely telescoped. 1t was mercy that
our car was not crushed also.
IT WAS A NARROW ESCAPE.
One Young man in the smoker saved him
self by dropping on the floor, and escaped
with only few bruises. did not learn
the cause of the accident, but we were go
ing very slow while the freight was eemlng
at a high rate of speed. We were within
one coach length of the trestle when the
collision occurred. Some Of the wounded
were taken to different houses and one OF
the coaches was
TURNED INTO HOSPITAL.
In another coach the dead were placed.
| Most of the excursionists remained at Sill
yey creek intending to return home. The
( regular passengers for Buffalo and other
points came on this afternoon In another
/ train"
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