The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-31
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voshAulo expeses On the Atehtsoa. To
pska Z Gensa Ge rood. which ief1 kaa-
- City % lo:SS o'clock yesterday NOM
ine, tumped tie track % the rsseese
carve as Wakaruss q i:so In the after
nooa while the train vas running atty
miles N hour and the most dissstroas
wreck which the Santa fe has hsd Tor
years was the result
Twenty-Five Passengers were severely
Injured aaa oae Of them. Ma Kate
O'Connell Of Chicago will probably
die.
For . distance Of moro than go feet
the track was entirely torn up The
three rear coaches we're turned on their
sidea The engine and tender broke
loose from the baggage Cal. and the lat
TER turned 1iayonally scro~k the track
The express car was thrown as right
angles from the track. and did not
touch the roadbed II Any poat II ~as
turned bottom sde mp The smoker
and. second class car we're lcfe standing
straight but twisted themselves at .
complete right angle 20 the track The
day coach Was thrown TO the opposite
side Of the track from the smoker and
laid on its side Tho char 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 10 feet
The passengers were thrown together
into . confused mass Of humanity,
which makes IL 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 wcre
taken out and cared for.
The list OF the moro severely injured
10 IS follows:
Ham Lindsay. Topeka. broken Jaw
and badly bruised
Kate c. O'Connell. F~orty-seventh
street. Chicago. head cut and back in.
jured-
Mrs W. {. Peaslcc. Telluride. Col.
teeth knocked Out and slight bodily in.
jurieA
Mrs E NJ. Peaslee, Telluride. Col.
severe scalp wounds
Mrs George Torey. Fresno. Cal, back
bruised and badly shaken up
Mrs Jane Mcfarland. Carroll Hill.
O.. bruised about the body.
S. Sylvester. Milton. Col. knee badly
bruised.
c. +. Harrington. Lisbon. Ill. d slo-
Gated collar bone.
J. J. Buckley, rear brakeman. severely
bruised.
w. F. Jones. mail agent Kansas City,
injured internally but will
J. ". Fadely. mail agent Kansas
City. bruised
Harry Stone, mail agent Kansas City.
bruises about the head.
+. l. Terry. express messenger. Kan.
sas City. injured In the spine
7. J. Johnson Kansas City, baggage
agent legs slightly mashed.
Miss Mcfarland, severely shocked,
producing nervous prostitution
Miss Elizabeth Stitch, Switzerland,
head badly cut
Mrs Labette Stiebl, Switzerland.
shoulder badly sprained-
Mrs ". j. Mcclure. Kansas City. arm
bruised.
Mrs /. f White. Oakland. Cal, arr
cut and severe bodily confusion.
There were probably . dozen
passengers who received scver shock
and slight bru.seA but none OF them
were seriously enough injured to re-
quiro particular attention from tho ply
8 clans.
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 halt
OF the $50 passengers would have been
killed. rs the cars would have t~elcscoped
bevOnd doubt