The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-01-22

Sdnld N OulO railway bSaI AhIiWauScy W.
yesterday morning, passenger train col
lin.ng with one section OF freight, which
hal broken in two. EigDt persons were
killed and dozen injured.
HOW THE WRECK OCCURRED.
At Pot o'clock yesterday morning the
| train, No. 8, east-bound, rounding the
sharp curve one and q half miles east OF
Tallmadge, came suddenly upon q part OF
| freight train No. 81. There was a dense
fog, and this conspired with other things to
make the accident beyond human power to
avoid.
Engineer Robert Huntington had Just
time to reverse his engine when the dread
full crash came, ard in the instant he
yielded up his life. The freight was heavy
and while it was climbing the grade a
coupling parted about the middle OF the
train. 1t was decided to resort to the con-
mon expedient of doubling up. Flagmen
were sent out, one east and another to the
vest, to warn any approaching trains.
Brakeman James Bradley, an old and ex-
perienced railroader, was sent ahead to
Gag the east-bound passenger, which was
known to be about due. Meantime the
first part of the broken freight train was
taken to Talmadge siding. The engine
then returned to the second part A sig
nal was then given, which is said to have
been to summon back the fagman sta
toned at the east. Flsgman Bradley
took it to be for him
also. and started back to the
freight. The engineer OF the freight en-
CINE says that no recall whistle was sound
ed, but at any rate Bradley heard it 80 and
went back The freight had just got under
motion to 60 to Tallmadge, when the ex-
press came along. The momentum of the
fast train was somewhat checked by the re-
verse, but the impact was terrible, never
theless. The freight engineer and brake
man jumped and escaped serious injury,
the engineer receiving several cuts. The
passenger engine was crushed into bits and
mingled with the wreckage behind it. The
freight engine reared up and stood almost
on end. Engineer Huntington and Fire
man Walters, of the express, were terribly
lcrushed. The brave engineer was disem-
boweled. his head crusked, and his limbs
broken and doubled up.
The passenger train consisted of q COM
bination baggage and express car and
smoker, common coach and two sleepers.
STATEMENT OF THE EYE WITNESS.
s. E. Barnes, residing near by, heard the
crash and the Kissing steam, and hastily
dressing, ran over. He says:
"The two sleepers had been pushed by
:rainmeu and passengers away from the
wreck distance of about six rods. The
combination baggage and express car and
passenger coach were on fire when /
reached them. The passenger and baggage
cars had telescoped, and the two engines
were thrown upon the embankment. /
helped to take out the body of Engineer
Huntington"
The greatest horror came when the bag
gage car and smoker, which telescoped
with the common coach, took fire. Engi-
ueer Jones, of the Kent yard engine, FIVE
miles of, began to be uneasy, and looking
down the track, saw through the trees the
glare of the burning cars.
After the accident the two telescoped
coaches appeared as one and from the
shattered and burning cars came the groans
and shrieks of the unfortunates. Then
came the scene of the occasion, the strong
struggling to escape the horrible death by
FIRE, the ~eak and hopelessly wounded
praying for succor from the flames that
were enveloping them.
One man, q. Shaw, pinned by the wreck
age, managed by superbuman efforts to
release his lower limbs and escaped, cut
and bruised. The last man able to get out
alive was able to grasp an ax-handle and
retain his hold until he was drawn through
gap, half.desd, but was quickly resusci-
tated
| In the smoker were eight Cinnamon.
Five were pulled out alive. Three were
never seen after the crash, and bones a d
bits of charred flesh gathered up in a bag
were all that were found of them.
A PATHETIC SCENE.
One of the most pathetic of all scenes
were those attending the death of little
Mary Ann Lyon, an orphan, who was be-
ing sent through from Idaho on a second
class ticket to relatives in Cherry Creek, n.
| \. EDWARD Peltzer, passenger going 10
New York, tells this story of her death
Il noticed the little girl, who appeared
to be all alone, and learned that she had
| been ticketed through TO New York as
second-class passenger. She was a sweet
faced child, and every time | visited the
smoker L interested myself In her. She saiu
her parents were dead, and she was going
to Cherry Creek to live with some relatives
When the crash came / was in nv berth in
the sleeper, and received only slight
shock. My first thought was of little
Mary, and rushed out of the car, and, to
my borrow, saw that the smoker was in
flames. l went outside opposite the part
of the car where the little one had sat and |
found that she had been wedged down by a !
seat which had fallen upon her.
The flames were already surrounding her
and, finding she could not be rescued, i fed
from the spot, imagining that could see
her pleading eyes and hear her dread
full shrieks. This so unnerved M that |
threw myself down upon the ground and |
sCbbed."
Another eyewitness says that the little
girl, whose shrieks were heart rsndirg, re-
leased herself Just before the fire got to her.