Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-25
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 @ mept Near St Louis.
a5 PEOPLE ARE HURT
No Dent ths. However. are Reported, AL though Some or Those Injured May Die-No Doubt as to the Accident Being the Work Of Train Robbers.

ST. LOUIS, May 25.-A horrible slaugh- ter was planned on tho St. Louis & San Francisco railroad Thursday night. Forty persons were seriously injured, and the wonder is that all were not killed in- stantly. The train left the city at 8 o'clock that night. It was made up of mail, baggage, express, smoking and chair car, 0 day coach and two Pullman sleep ers. In addition to these there were five new coaches belonging to tho San Antonio & Arkansas Pass road, which were being hauled down by the Frisco for delivery to that company.
 When the train reached Sullivan 1t was on time-1l :03 p. m.-and few moments later, while descending a steep grade of sixty-eight feet to the mile and rounding a curve on thirty-foot embankment, the engine struck a rail from which the spikes had been drawn and the fish plates re- moved.
 The impetus of the moving train car ried the engine over 1t, but the tender left the track and the baggage, express car, mail car, two passenger cars and the chair car went dashing down the em- bankmcnt. The first sleeper went partly down and stopped. the rear sleeper and the Ave empty coaches kept the track. At the foot of the embankment was a little stream and by the side of this the cars lio splintered and utterly ruined.
 There is no doubt whatever about the derailnent being the work of malicious and deliberate scoundrels. The spikes were drawn out of the ties with crow bar and some'of them which were picked up showed the marks of the iron lever by which they were pried out. The nuts on the fish-plates attaching the rail to It's fellow were unscrewed and the tish-plates thrown down.
 Among the dangerously injured arc:
 DIS weikert wentsville. Mo. both legs broken may lose one of them.
 General s. Simpson, Hancock county. Ill. shocked and cut on left side of face
 Patrick ODuy. aged years. fracture of skull probably fatal.
 Miss Kate ODay. bruised about head, neck ane side and injured internally. Martin O'Day. cut and bruised on the face. alst in the right foot and bruised about the breast William Doherty, left hand cut and bruised.
 Mrs. Mary Grifnths. Fair Creek. H.. injured ol
 forehead. and right elbow broken. John O. oatiey. Rolla. Mo. right shoulder In injured and thumb dislocated. John F. Hollow. C,lba Mo. lower part of righ side bruised and cut on forehead Mrs. Mary Ash Bloomington. Ind. bruised ol left side and severely shocked. c. w. Phillips Springdale. Ark. fracture of arn and cut on shoulder. pr. Ed. S. Russell, Tuscarawas Ohio severe fesl | wound. ear torn and cut in the head. sever l Bhock
 Mrs. E. S. Russell also cut on the head. B. H. Newman. Cuba. Mo. contusions on .h 1 head.
 D. Railey, New York. arm and leg broken. | c. J. Wright. baggageman. bruised on knee an' | right side. cut on face
 Mrs. w. J. Wayne. Decatur H., slightly bruised Among the others injured were n. W. Graves | Marshfeld. Mo-. John kendrick, Fort Smith. Ark
 J. E. Harin, Cuba. Mo-. Walton Davidson. S
 Louis J. A, Silly. Rolla. Mo. B. B. Mcintosh. s l Louis. ] Q. Morrison. Rchland. Mo-. Emma Pal Patterson. Decatur. H.. Mrs. W. J. Wright Decu | sur. H.. NJ. Dips. St. Louis. Mary O'Day. E. | Shaw. D,EArgo. Col. A. Marx St. Louis. J. 1 Brinton. SIrtct;t Mo-. J. c. Hoyele. Ltchheld Ill
 Crocl Crcslcr. Galveston. Ind. T. L. Cone. Bres | Mo, Hattie shank. St. Louis.
 Thr c Day family arc cousins of Vice
 President John O'Day of the St. Loui
 and san Francisco railway. Genera
 Manager H, L. Morrell has offered re
 ward of $1 ,oOO for the arrest and conviC
 ton of the persons who caused the de
 railment. Tho supposition is that rob
 bery was the motive and that the mis
 creants weakened.