Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-30
A TRAIN WRECKED.
Train Wrecked on the st. Louis 6 San
francisco Road and All the Passengers
Injured-Reward For the wrackers

nlsnt al CLIO O'CLOCK. was wrecked three
miles west of Sullivan, Mo-, sixty-eight
miles west OF ST. Louis. Not a passenger
escaped unhurt and forty-five were seri-
ously injured, though no deaths are vet
reported.
The train was running at a high rate OF
speed when suddenly and without warn
ing the track gave way and the locomotive.
baggage car and five coaches went over
the embsnkment.
The trainmen and those only slightly
injured at once set to work to prevent the
additional horror of fire in which they
succeeded and turned their attention to-
the more unfortunate injured. and in a
very short time forty five passengers, all
badly hurt, had been released from the
deorls. A temporary hospital was inn
provlsed at Sullivan and the most seriously
injured were taken there, while others
were brought to St. Louis on the relief
'raln. winch was hurried to the scene of
the disaster. The women are under the
care OF Or. Mcintyre, chief surgeon of the
road.
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
There is a curve in the road about three
miles west of Sullivan and when this
curve was reached a sudden jolt and Jar
was felt all over the train. Everybody
felt ii and the leople in the rear cars could
hear the forward coaches rafting and
rumbling over the ties and the crushing
noises of cars being demolished creek
is crossed by the road at That point and
there il q ,hou
nigh. Most of the passengers thought the
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 embankment. Walter Davidson. who
travels for the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, was thrown right out of a win
dow on the opposite side of the coach from
which he was sitting and sent rolling
down the embankment to the edge of the
creek. His feet were in the water.
The explanation given by the trainmen
and passengers was that the spikes and
sh-piates 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 embank-
ment 1t would probably have gone the en-
tire distance had not the forward end held
1t up. Who removed the spikes and plates
is not known, but the superstition is the
work was done by train robbers who want
ed to hold up the train. Still no robbers
put in an appearance, and il the accident
was caused by them they must have either
weakened in their purpose or have thrown
the wrong train and We're not prepared to
do their work at that time. The road off,
Gals claim it as a clear case Of train
wrecking.
In the same train were several physi-
clans returning from Springfield, where
the State medical convention was being
held, and they also rendered valuable as
sistance in caring for the injured Among
the latter was DR.. Russell. who received
very serious hurts, having both ears taken
off and being otherwise injured so badly
that he could not be brought home and is
now at Sullivan.
The following is list of the injured: d.
s. Weikert. Wentzvile. Mo-, both legs
broken four inches above the ankle,
may lose one of them; George s. 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 foot and bruised about
the chest; William Doherty, left hand cut
and bruised; Mrs. Mary Griffith, Fair
Greek, ILL.,, injured in forehead and right
elbow broken; John D Oatley, RolIa. No.,
right shoulder injured and thumb dislo-
Gated; John E. Holloway Cuba, Mo-, lower
portion right side bruised and cut in fore
head; Mrs. Mary E. Nash, Bloomington,
Ind, bruised on left side and severely
C. W. Phillips, Springdale. Ark,
fracture of arm and cut on shoulder; DIR.
Ed s. Russell, Tuscarawas, o., flesh
wound, ear torn OFF and cut in head, Sc
we're shock but rallying nicely, his wife
also cut in the head; B. II. Newman, Cuba,
Mo-, cut in the mouth; D. Railey. New
York, arm and leg broken; ID. s Graves,
arm, leg and back bruised;
] ohm Kendrick, Fort Smith. Ark, slight
ly bruised on forehead; Joe E. Harlin,
Cuba Mo, cut on head. bruised on chest
cut on arm and shoulder bruised; Walter
Davidson. St Louis cut on head and
slightly cut on arm, hip bruised; j. B.
Sally, Rolla. Mo, bruised on right leg
and arn; B. B. Mcintosh, St Louis,
bruised on shoulder and side; j. o. Nor
-ison, Richmond, Mo-, cut on head slight
v; Emma Pattonson. Decatur. Ill, face
bruised; Mrs. ". j. Wright Decatur, ILL.,,
heck bruised; M Lipo, St. Louis bruised ON
shoulder side and back; Mary O'Day,
wrist cut slightly; E F. Shaw,
Durango, Col, bruised on shoulder
nd slight cut on forehead; Anton Marx.
1t. Louis, slight cut and bruised on side;
!. j. Brinton. Sparta. Mo-, cut on head,
light hand and left leg; j. c. Hovele,
.itchfield, H., cut and bruised on head,
ruised on shoulder and hip; Croel Cres-
IT, Galveston, Ind, bruised on foot and
rm; T. L. Cone, Brest Mo. cut on mead
nd back and shoulder; Hattie Shank,
t. Louis, light cut on head; c. j.
Wright, baggageman, bruised on knee
nd right side, cut on face: Paul Horn,
lount Pulaski, Ill, cut on head. bruised
n shoulder: Mrs. w. j. Wayne, Decatur,
H.. slightly bruised.
No deaths have as yet resulted from the
fleets of injuries received by the passen-
ers, though several of the injured are in
precarious condition.
General Manager Morrill, has offered
sward Of S1,CO0 for information which
ill lead to the detection of the party or
arties who removed the bolts from the
sh- plates and thus caused the wreck.
A Valiant Doctor.
CHARLOTTE, ". c., May 25-Dr. John