Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-30
WRECK on THE FRISCO.

| Result OF Train " wreeksr,. Work
OF the IsIar-s.
IT. LOFTS. May et-The vest-bound ST.
Louis & San Francisco train which
LETT Union depot at quarter-past
eight O'Clock last night met with
most disastrous accident thre.
miles west Of Sullivan. Mo, a station
sixty eight miles from here. Nearly
every coach in the train was smashed and
scarcely passenger. except those in tbs.
sleeping-caFs. escaped injury. No one
was killed, though at least one and prob.
ably more will die. Some OF the pass-u-
gers continued west on their Journey.
four of them returned to 81. Louis. aus.
many are still at Sullivan so badly in
Iured that they can not be moved. They
are under the care Of DR.. Mcintyre. o.
this city, the chief surgeon OF The r0ad.
hwas II - p m when the accident oc-
CURED. The train was travelling ss high
rate OF speed. and most OF the passengers
had already gone 10 sleep, while the few
remaining awake were about to 10 50.
There II curve IN the road aboat three
miles west Of sullivan, and whsa this
point was reached n sudden Jolt and isr
vas fe't all over the train. Every body
feit II, and the people in the rear cars
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 Ii steep embankment thirty
ieet nigh Most ot the passengers
thought the train was going through a
bridge, and feeling OF horror chilled
their blood. In an instant al the coaches
except the two sleeping cars had been
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thrown about in the cars in all directions,
and some OF them were thrown from tho
coaches and down the enbankment
| Fortunately there were no fires in any
OF the cars, at the time. and the Jolt ex-
ttnguished the lights Immediately. 9th
erwise conhagration would have been
eansed. and there Il no telling how many
.fves might have been lost A. il was,
most OF the forward cars were smashed
into smithereens and the debris thrown
on both sides % the track IL vas the
worst wreck that has occurred in this sec
ton for long time.
I TIE explanation given OF IL by tho
rsinmen 20 the passengers was that the
spikes and Ash plates had been removed
from the rail ut the curve. thus Ieavfn. /.
the rail loose on the ties. The forward
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place all right. but the tender Jumped the
track aud was thrown part OF the wsy
down the embankmsnt IL would prob.
ably have gone the entire distance hal
not the forward eud hell Ii up. who re-
moved the spikes and plates Is not known.
but the superstition is the w--k was done
by train robbers who wan,ed To hold m
the train. Still no robb :. put in an ap-
/ pearance. and IL the s>cident was caused
/ by them they must navs weakened in
their purpose or hare thrown the wrong
train and were not prepared to do their
| work at that time. Possibly they were in
wait for the east bound train. which dill
not arrive until some hours later Il
seems improbable. however. that they
should not have posted themselves better
in regard To the running time Of the roasL
The road officials claim il Is n Gle .r
case OF train-wreeking. DR.. John II. Me-
fntyre, the chief surgeon Ot the 'F'risco
road was coming up on the east-bouud
Frisco train with his wife, aud renamed
at Sullivan to attend the injured whD had
Z been removed there. Ga the same train
with him was a large body ot physicianI
returning from Springfield where the
I State Medical Convention l. being held.
and they also rendered valuable assist
ancc in caring for the injured.
Tho following Is the official list OF ths
/ injured:
I D. s. wefkert. wentzvflle. Mo-. both Iers
broken four inches above the ankle. may loss
one Of them
/ George 5. Simpson. Hancock County H.
shock and cut on left side Of face.
| Patrick O'Day. aged seven years. fracture Of
skull; will probably die
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and side. and injured internally.
Martin o Dav. cut AMI bruised on the face:
also cut in ght foot and bruised about the
chest
VIM. Doherty. left hand cut and bruised
Mrs. Mary Grifnth. Fair Greek. H.. injured
| On forehead and right elbow broken
Jchn o. oatiey, Rolla. Mo-, right shoulder
injured and thumb dislocated-
John Z. Hollow. Cuba. Mo-. lower portion Of
| right side bruised and cut in forehead
Mrs. Mary Hash, Bloomington, Ind. bruised
/ on Ieft side and severely shocked
c. w. Phillips. SprfngiaIe- Ark, fracture OF
arm and cut on shoulder.
Dr. Ed s. Russell. Tuscarawas. o, sewers
| nesh wound ear torn OF and cut IN the head /:
| also cut In the head
| II. II. Newman, Cuba. Mo, cut In the mouth.
d. Railey, New York. arm and leg broken
| d. W. Graves. Marshneld. NO. arm. leg aud
| back bruised
John Kendrick Fort Smith, Ark. slightly
bruised on forehead
| Joe Z. Hariin. Cuba. Mo-. cut on head. bruised
on chest. cut on arm and shoulder bruised
| Walter Davidson. ST Louis, Mo-. cut on head
| and slightly cut on finger. hip bruised
j. b. Sally. Roila. Mo-, bruised ca right leg
| and arm
D. b Mcintosh. St. Louis. No. bruised on
4 shoulder and side
4 n ashf NJ kau.
| slightly.
Emma Patterson Decatur. Ill. face bruised
Mrs. W. ]. Wright, Decatur, III, cheek
/ bruised.
II Lipo. ST Louis. Mo-. bruishd on shoulder.
| side and back.
Mary ODay. wrist cut slightly.
| Ell. Shaw, Durango. Col. bruised on Shout
/ der and slight cut on forehead
Anton Marx. 81 Louis. Mo, slight cut and
! bruised on side
IL Brintou. Sparta, No., cut On mead, right
i hand and left leg
| &c. Hoveie, Litchne!d. III cut and bruised
| On head, bruised on shoulder and hip.
| Croel Chester. Galveston, Ind; bruised on
i foot and arm
| r. l. Cone. Brest. Mo-: cut on head and
i bruised on back and shoulder.
Hattie shank. ST. Louis, Mo-; light cut on
head
| CT. Wright basyageman. bruised on knee
and right side; cut on face
Paul Horn. Mount Pulavi, Ill, 4 cut on head /,
bruised on shoulder.
Mrs " j. Wayne. Decatur. III. slightly
| bruised; M.tle girl unhurt-
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Immense Steel Plates
PIrrsBURGH, Pa, May 25.-Carnegie,
| Phipps & Company have just finished
| two steel plates, each nine inches wide.
/ Isa inches long and three inches thick
/ --ha finished xeight Of each plate Is nins