Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

unhurt and As are known to have been
seriously injured, though no deaths are YET
reported.
The train was running at a high rate Of
speed when suddenly, without warning, the
track gave way, and helocomotive, baggage
car and five coaches went over the embank-
ment The train men and those only
slightly injured at once set to work to pre-
vent the additional horror of fire. in which
they succeeded, and then turned their atten-
tion to the more unfortunate injured, and
in very short time 40 passengers, all badly
hurt, had been released from the debris.
A temporary hospital was improvised at
Sullivan and the most seriously injured were
taken there while others were brought to st.
Louis on the relief train, which was hurried
TO the scene of the disaster. The wounded
are under the care of DR.. Mcintyre, Chief
Surgeon of the road.
THE PASSENGERS ASLEEP.
1t was 11:25 P. M. when the accident oc-
Cured. The train was travelling at a high
rate of speed and most of the passengers
had already gone to sleep, while the few re-
naming awake were about to do so. There
is a curve in the road about three miles west
Of Sullivan, and when this point was
reached sudden jolt and jar was felt all
over the train.
Everybody felt it and the people in the
rear could hear the forward coaches rattling
and rumbling over the ties, and the crush
ing noises of cars being demolished. A
creek is crossed by the road at that point,
and there is steep embankment 80 feet
n oh ha
train was going through bridge, and
feeling of horror chilled their blood.
In an instant all the coaches except the
two sleeping cars had been thrown from the
rails. People were thrown about in the
cars in all directions and some of them were
thrown from the coaches and down the en-
bankment. One man, Walter Davidson,
who travels for the Westinghouse airbrake,
was thrown
RIGHT OUT OF A WINDOW
on the opposite side of the coach from which
be was sitting, and sent rolling down the
embankment to the edge of the creek. His
feet were in the water. Another passenger
on the same coach was towed from the rear
end Of the car to the forward end, and, in
fact, men, women and children were thrown
about promiscuously.
The train proper was made up of a mail
car, an express car, baggage car, a smoker,
ladies' coach, areclining chair car and two
Pullman sleepers. Back of these sleepers
were hltched i've empty coac ees of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass road, which had
been picked up at some way station.
The front truck of the first sleeper Jumped
the track, but the rest of the car remained
on and the rear sleeper and empty coaches
behind it never left the track. Fortunately
there were no fires in any of the cars and the
jolt extinguished the lights Immediately
Otherwise confagration would have bean
caused, and there is no telling how many
lives might have been lost. As it was, most
Of the forward cars were smashed into
smithereens.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The explanation given of it by the train
men to the passengers was that the spikes
and fish plates had been removed from the
rail at the curve, thus leaving the rail loose
on the ties The forward portion of the
locomotive passed the place all right, but
the tender jumped the track and was thrown
part of the way down an embankment.
Who removed the spikes and plate is not
known, but the supposition is the work
was done by train robbers who wanted to
hold up the train. Still no robbers put in
an appearance, and if the accident was
caused by them they must have either weak
ened in their purpose or have thrown the
wrong train. The road officials claim it is
a clear case of train wrecking. :
On the train was large body of physi-
clans returning from Springfield, where the
State Medical Convention is being held. and
they also rendered valuable assistance in
caring for the injured. Among the latter
was DR.. Russell, who received very serious
hurts. The following is a
LIST OF THE INJURED:
D. s. Weikert WentZville, Mo-, both legs
broken; may lose one of them.
General S. Simpson, Hancock county, Illinois,
shock and cut on left side of face.
Patrick O'Day. aged years, fracture of
skull; will probably die.
Mrs. Kate 0Day, bruised about head neck
and side, and injured internally.
Martin O'Day, cut and bruised on the face
also cut in right foot and bruised about the
breast.
William Doherty. left hand cut and bruised.
Mrs. Mary Griffith injured on forehead and
right elbow broken.
John 0ately. Rolla, NO., right shoulder in
jured
John E. Hollow, Cuba, No. lower portion of
right side bruised and cut in forehead
Mrs. Mary Hash. Bloomington, Ind. bruised
on lett sloe and severely shocked.
G. W. Phillips Springdale, Ark, fracture of
arm and cut on shoulder.
DR.. E. S. Russell, Tuscarawas O.. severe flesh
wound, ear torn on and a cut in the head;
severe shock, but rallying nicely. His wife
also cut in the head.
B. b. Newman, Cuba, Mo-, cut in the mouth.
.. Railrey, New York, arm and leg broken.
d. W. Graves, Marshheld, Mo-, arm, leg and
back bruised.
John Kendrick, Smith, Ark, slightly bruised
on forehead.
Joe Harlin, Cuba, Mo-, cut on head, bruised
on chest, cut on arm and shoulder.
Walter Davidson. St Louis, cut on head and
slightly on FINGER, hip bruised.
]. B. Sally, Rolla, No. bruised leg and
3. B. Mcintosh. st Louis bruised on shoulder
and side.
j. o. Morrison. Richland, Mo-, cut on head
slightly.
Emma Patterson. face bruised
Mrs. w. ]. Wright, Decatur, ILL.,, cheek
bruised.
NJ Lipo. St. Louis, bruises on shoulder, side
Mary o'Day, wrist cut slightly.
E ]. Shaw. Durango county, bruised on
shoulder and slight cut on forehead
Anton Marx. st. Louis, slight cut and bruised
J. ]. Brinton, Sparta, No.. cut on head, right
J. c. Hoyle, Gitchfeld, ILL.,, cut and bruised
on head, bruised on shoulder and hip.
Croel Crester, Galveston, Ind, bruised on
L. L Cone, Breast, No., cut on head and
bruised on back.
Hattie Shank, st. Louis, light cut on head.
Z. ]. Wright. baggageman. bruised on knee
and right side, cut on face.
Paul Horn, Mount Pulaski cut on head
bruised on shoulder
bruised; little girl unhurt
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