The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-31
a TRAIN

a TRAIN WRECKED.
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1Sa0saoeo Rcd ond An the PasooagorD
lalaEoaERsvasA Hse tie Wrsshssa.
81. LoUls, Nay A-Ths west boaad
train ~ he g. Loais & San Francisco
railroad. Which lsft 81 Louis Thursday
night q Sis e'eDeck. was wrecked three
nilse vest q osiltvaa. No, sixty-siGAt
0llss vest q 81 Lsaia. Not . passenger
sesepsd snAurt a,d fosty.avs were ssri-
oosIy injured. though No deaths are yet
sspeFssA
H. train was sunnisg at . high rate q
sDeea whea suddsaly and without warn
ioG thetraek gave way md The locomotive.
baggaGo . and i've coaches went over
IL o0baokDone
1ho tIaln0sn and those only slightly
inj0ssa at . Q st to work 70 prevent the
additioaal Aogror Of Ore IN which they
succssasd end turned their atssatiea to
the moro unfortunate injured. and IN .
very short tine fersy.Avs p-asssngsra all
badly hurt AaA bsea released from tho
debris. A temporary hospital was i'm
psovised at Sullivaa and the most seriously
injured were taken there, while others
were brought to 81 L0ais ON the relief
train. which was hurried to the scene Of
the disaster. The women are under the
care Of DR.. Mcintyre, chief surgeon Of tho
road.
1t was II :25 p m when the accident oc-
CURED. The train was travelling at a high
rate Of speed md most Of the passengers
had already gone to sleep. while tho few
remaining awake were about to do %.
There 10 . curve in the road about three
miles west Of Sullivan and when this
curve Was reached q sudden jolt and Jar
Wal felt all over the train. Everybody
felt it and the people in the rear cars could
hear the forward coaches rafting and
rumbling over tho ties inc the crushing
noises Of cars being demolished. A creek
10 crossed BY the road at that point and
there is q steep embaRkment thirty feet
high. Most Of the passengers thought the
train was going through q 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
Wefe thrown from tho coaches and down
the embankment Walter Davidson. who
travels for the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, was thrown right out Of . win
dow on the opposite side Of the coach from
which he was sitting and sent rolling
down the ~embankment to tho edge Of tts
creek. His feet were in the water.
The explanation given BY the trainmen
and passengers was that the spikes and
fsh-plates had been removed from the
rail at the curve thus leaving the rail
loose on the ties Tho 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 embank.
msnt 1t would probably have gone the en-
tire distance had not the forward end held
IL up Who removed the spikes and plates
10 not known. but the superstition is the
work was done by train robbers who rant
Cd to hold up the train. Still NO robbers
pat In An appearance, and IL the accident
VA caused by them they must have either
weakened in their purpose or have thrown
the wrong train ~ wers not prepared to
do their work at hat time. Tue road Oh
Gals claim it aS . clear case Of train
wrecking.
In the same train were several physi.
clans returning from Springfield. whsre
the State medical convention was being
held, and they al>o rendered valuable as
sistance in caring for the injured Among
the latter was DR.. Russell. who received
very serious hurts, having both ears taken
Cd and being otherwise injured 50 badly
that he could not b brought home and is
II Sullivan.
Tho following 10 . list Of the injured: d.
Il Weikert. Wentzvilie. Mo-. both legs
broken four inches above the ankle,
lose n Of them; George 8 Simpson.
Hancock County, Ill, shock and cut on
:ace; Patrick O'Day, seven years. fracture
of skull. will probably die; Mrs Kate
O'Day, bruised about head, neck and
side and injured internally; Martin
O'Day. cut and bruised on the face.
also cut in right foo and bruised about
the chest; William Dohsrty, left land cut
and bruised; ArA Mary Griffith. Fair
Creek, I'LL, injured In forehead and right
elbow broken; John O Oasley, ROlia No,
shoulder Injured aad thumb disio-
Gated; John E Holloway. Cubs. Mo, lower
portioo night side bruised and cut in fore
head; Mrs Mary z Mash, Bloomington,
Ind. bruised on left side and severely
shocked; c. W. Phillips Springdals. Ark.
fractuso Of arm and cut % shoulder; DR..
IA & Russell, TussarawaS O.. flesh
wound. ear torn Oh and cut In head, Sc
shock hat rallyiag nicely, his wife
also cut in the head; b IL Newman, Cubs,
Mo-, cut in The mouth: d. Railey. New
York. arm and leg broken; d. & Graves,
arm. leg and back bruised;
John Kendrick, Fort Smith. Ark, slight
y bruised on forehead; Joe e. Harln.
Cubs. Mo-, cut On head, bruised on cnest,
on arm and shoulder bruised; Walter
St Louis cut on head and
cut on arm hip bruised; J. b
Sally. Rolia. No, bruised on right leg
arm; B. b Mcintosh, St Louis.
ON shoulder and side; J. O. Nor
'ison. Richmond, No, cut on head slight
y; Emma Patt0nson, Decatur. IL, face
Mrs W. J.. Wright, Decatur. ILL.,,
heck bruised;L Lipc, St. Louis. bruised ON
,houlder. side and back; Mary O'Day,
wrist cut slightly; e F. Shaw.
Durango Col, bruised O shoulder
md slight cut on forehead; Anton Marx.
Louis, slight cut and bruised on side: