The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-19
ROLLED DOWN.
A Coach on the Missouri Pacific
Goes Down an Embankment.
SERIOUS INJURY OF PASSENGERS.
a Failing Tree Kills and Wounds People on
Black Hills Railroad-Axed Couple
Killed ut . Railway
Crossing.

CrOe9inGs
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-The through
Kansas City express on the Missouri
Pacific railway which left St Louis at
eight o'clock Saturday night was par
TALLY wrecked at Glencoe switch, about
twenty-seven miles west Of St Louis.
Eleven passengers were injured, four
probably fatally. The St Joseph sleeper
left the track, while the Wichita sleeper
almost cleared it The locomotive kept
to the rails.
A relief train left here about mid.
night for the scene of the wreck. At
$40 o'clock yesterday morning an en-
CINE and baggage car arrived at Twenty
second street. where carriages and an
ambulance were in waiting to convey
the wounded to the hospital. The
feeble light of the lanterns in the bag
gage car, which had been improvised
into hospital, cast dull light over
the pallid faces of the victims of the
wreck. VS.
The names of those injured, so far
as could be learned, are:
Mrs Mary Lott Kansas City, proba-
bly, fatal abdominal confusion.
A. c. Daily, Lebanon, Ind, bruises on
the head and chest
Mrs. A. c. Daily, bruises on the face.
E L. Norton, 1928 Stoddard street
St Louis, internal injuries
Mrs. E. L. Norton. dangerous internal
injuries and cuts on face and neck.
Mr.. and Mrs Norton were conveyed
home in carriages and the rest were
taken in ambulances to the Missouri
Poetic Hospital.
Those not seriously injured, of whom
there were six, were taken in special
train to Kansas City. Their names
could not be ascertained.
Only one of the sleepers, the Usage,
left the track. All of those hurt were
in that coach, which rolled down an en-
bankment and was badly wrecked
EXCURSION TRAIN ACCIDENT.
RAPID CITY, S. d., Sept 15.-The
Masons to show their appreciation of
the new Black Hills & Fort Pierre mar
row gauge railroad gave an excursion
Saturday. The train was made up of
two coaches and number of fiat cars
with seats arranged to accommodate
passengers and departed from Lead City
at 9:45 in the morning. About 200 Ma
sons and their families went to make up
the excursion party
AS the train was passing point near
Elk creek, twenty-five miles from Dead
wood, large pine tree which had caught
fire from passing engine, fell strik-
ing the last car, which was packed with
human beings killing two people and
wounding seven. When the massive
piece of timber struck the car a panic
took place.
Following is the list of the killed and
wounded: NJ. J. Bilding, engineer of
the Golden Star mill at Deadwood, in
stantly killed; Mrs. j. X. Snyder, of
Lead City, killed; Mrs. j. K Snyder,
leg broken and badly bruised; George
Deemer, jeweler of Lead City, finger
broken; Mrs. J. E. Brooks, of Lead City,
severely injured; Mrs. Klingler, of Lead
City, slight injuries; j. v. Lillig, in
jured in the head; Sam Gilbert, badly
bruised about the body; son of Andy
Gray, of Lead, severely injured.
This is the third accident within ten
days due in each instance to the imper-
feet construction of the road.
RAN INTO WAGON.
ST. JOSEPH, No., Sept 15.-The south
bound St Paul express on the Chicago.
st. Paul & Kansas City railroad, due
here at 1:S0 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
ran into wagon occupied by L. PEN
dleton and wife at crossing three and
a half miles north of here on the Savan-
nah highway. The train was running
about thirty-fve miles per hour and
struck the wagon at the front end.
The horses were thr own on one side
and the man and woman on the other
and all were instantly killed. Pendle-
ton was seventy-six and his wife fifty
six years old. They were coming from
their home in Savannah to St Joseph to
visit their son, Alderman Stephen Fl.
Pendleton- The bodies were somewhat
bruised, but were not mutilated.
TRIANMAsTER KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept 15.-Thomas
Mcdonald, the roadmaster of the Kan
sas City & independence Rapid Transit
Railway, was run over and instantly
killed by train on that road near
Washington Park about $50 o'clock last
night The body was badly mangled.
The deceased, who resided at Bristol
Station, on the line, boarded an east
bound train to ride to neighboring
point In alighting from the train
he stepped upon the other track just es
a west-bound train was approaching at
a high rate Of speed. Mr.. Mcdonald
was a man about thirty-ive years OF
age and leaves wife and three chill.
dren. He had been in the employ of
the railway company for a long time
and was highly esteemed.