Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-30
ANOTHER BAD WRECK.

A Bad Wreck TO s~nsa Fe Passenger
Train-nfany Passengers injured But
None KfIied-Oas May Possibly Dse-
TOPEKA. Kan, Oct a5.-The Denver
vesabule express OF the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe road, which left Kan
sas City at loss o'clock yesterday morn
ing, jumped the track on the reverse
curve at Wakarusa a. 1:3o 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
OConnsll Of Chicago. will probably
die.
For distance OF more than 400 feet
the track was entirely torn mp The
three roar 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 4
complete right angle to the track. The
side of the track from the smoker and
laid on its 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 leo feet
The passengers were thrown together
into confused mass OF humanity,
which makes it all tho 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 were
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. O'Connell, Forty-seventh
street. Chicago, hoad cut and back in
iured
Mrs. W. C Peaslee, Telluride, Col,
teeth knocked cut and slight bodily in
! juries
Mrs E NJ. Feaslee, Telluride, Col,
severe scalp wounds
Mrs George Torcy. Fresno, Cal, back
bruised and badly shaken up
Mrs Jane MacFarland. Carroll Hill,
O., bruised about the body.
S Sylvester. Milton, Col. knee badly
bruised.
c. f. harrington. Lisbon, IL, dislo-
Gated collar bone
J. J. Buckley, rear brakeman, severely
bruised.
W. T. 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 about tho head.
z. L Terry. express messenger, Kan
sas City, injured in the spine
I. J. Johnson Kansas City, baggage
agent legs slightly mashed
Miss Mcfarland, severely shocked,
producing nervous prOstration-
Miss Eliza beth Stich, Switzerland,
head badly cut
Mrs Labette Stiebl, Switzerland,
shoulder badly sprained
Mrs W. ]. Mcclure, Kansas City, arm
bruised.
Mrs L. z White, Oakland Cal, arm
cut and severe bodily confusion
There were probably Z dozen more
passengers who received severe shocks
and slight bruises. but none OF them
were seriously enough injured to re-
quire particular attention from the PIN =
| SscianS
The people from the little town o.
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 hal
of the $50 passengers would have beer
killed, as the cars would have telescopeS
| beyond doubt