The Iola register., 1890-10-31
ANOTHER BAD WRECK.

A had Wreck to Q santa Fe Passenger
Train-Many Passengers Injured but
None KiIled-Ore May Possibly Die.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct 25.-The Denver
vestibule express on the Atchison. To-
peka & Santa Pc road. which left Kan
sas City at 1885 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, jumped the track on the reverse
curve at Wakarusa at 1870 in the after
noon while the train was running fifty
miles an hour and the most disastrous
wreck which the Santa Fe has had for
years was the result
Twenty-Five passengers were severely
injured and one of them, Mrs. Kate
OConnell, of Chicago, will probably
die. rft
For distance of more than 400 feet
the track was entirely torn up The
three rear coaches were turned on their
sides. The engine and tender broke
loose from the baggage car, and the lat
ter turned diagonally across the track
The express car was thrown at right
angles from the track, and did not
touch the roadbed at any point 1t was
turned bottom side up. The smoker
and second class car were left standing
straight but twisted themselves at
complete right angle to the track. The
day coach was thrown to the opposite
side of the track from the smoker and
laid on it's side. The chair car, Pull
man and tourists cars remained coupled
together. From the engine, which
alone remained on the track, to the
mail car it was distance of 100 feet
The passengers were thrown together
into a confused mass of humanity,
which makes it all the more remarkable
that no immediate deaths resulted.
As soon as the passengers who were
uninjured could scramble from the
windows of the cars the wounded we're
taken out and cared for.
The list of the more severely injured
is as follows:
Ham Lindsay, Topeka, broken Jaw
and badly bruised.
Kate c. 0Connell, Z Forty-seventh
street, Chicago, head cut and back in-
jured.
Mrs. W. C Peaslee, Telluride, Col,
teeth knocked out and slight bodily in
juries .-
Mrs. E NJ. Peaslee, Telluride, Col.
severe scalp wounds.
Mrs. George Torey. Fresno, Cal, back
bruised and badly shaken up Sass =
Mrs Jane Mcfarland, Carroll Hill,
O., bruised about the body.
8. Sylvester, Milton, Col, knee badly
bruised.
c. T. harrington, Lisbon, Ill, dislo-
Gated collar bone.
.. j. Buckley, rear brakeman, severely
bruised. ..s
W. L. Jones, mail agent, Kansas City,
injured internally but will recover
j. W. Fadely, mail agent, Kansas
City, bruised
Harry Stone, mail agent, Kansas City,
bruises abest tho head.
Il. l. Terry, express messenger, Kan
sas City, injured in the spine.
T. J. johnson. Kansas City, baggage
agent legs slightly mashed.
Miss Mcfarland, severely shocked,
producing nervous prostration.
Miss Elizabeth Stitch, Switzerland,
head badly cut
Mrs. Lsbette Stiebl, Switzerland,
shoulder badly sprained.
Mrs. w. j. Mcclure, Kansas City, arm
bruised
Mrs. L. E. White, Oakland, CAL, arm
cut and severe bodily confusion.
There were probably dozen moro
passengers who received severe shocks |
and slight bruises but none of them
were seriously enough injured to re-
quire particular attention from the ply
sioianS
The people from tho little town of
Wakarusa turned out en- masse to assist
the wounded. Coffee and lunches were |
prepared and every thing possible done
to relieve the suffering.
Railroad men declare that had the
train not been vestibuled at least half
of the $50 passengers would have been
killed, as the cars would have telescoped
beyond doubt.