The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-25
DEATH IN THE kAW.
A Large Number of Persons
Killed i'm a Kansas City
Wreck.


just entering The city Irum Bea ce
Neb plunged through a bridge an,
down iLto the muddy depths OF tn
kaw river, Dear It's mouth in Kausa
City, Kan.
No one knows how many persons
were ON bard, hut there NAV hav,
been anywhere fr,m dozeu up Z,
Thirty, snh, SD far as TIE names are
known If those rescueh, the list Ol
save d cOmpr Sc only IOur members oil
the ira crew aud one or two culOred
men who were ri'iing across the BRUCE.
The lis of The killed aud wounded SO
far as known is fIll,ws:
KILLED.
Fred Allen, fireman, Lawrence,
KIN.
Henry Coleman, colored, Kansas
City, Kan.
viii Crawford, color,d, Kansas
City. Kan.
Henry Williams, ,lored, Kansas
City. Kan.
The latler three were employees at
ArmOur's packing house aud were
riding to their work.
INJURED.
Christian Pa,cb, engineer, No.
2040 North Third street, Kansas City,
cuts ann bruises one lett leg. jaw
frac ured ami cut across torches d.
Thomas Mulligan. brakem IN, Law
renee. Kan, ,ru ses about body, cut
across The forehead.
s. V. Smith, Latham, Kan, stock
m N, badly bruised about the body
AID legs.
l.. Latimore, co'ored, Kansas City.
Kan, three rib, broken.
Horrod Piuckuey. nductor, Kan.
sas City, Kan, igntl, bruised.
III. L. Viii lat b. brakeman, Kan
sas Civ, Kan. lightly bruised.
The following list of nam of miss
ing is furnished by the Armours. All
these were seen to get aboard the ILL
fated train, AMI as they have neither
put in an appearance at their working
places or returned home, il is feared
hat they are among The lost:
Ralph Fay, elevator man at Ar
mOur's.
Fred Bell, pipe fiter, Armour's.
L Burke, pip. filter, ArmO RS.
Frank Wall, ia ker, Armour's.
Dave Brown, beet xii at Ar
mpur's.
Three tramps who boarded the
train several st ,tiOns up the road are
ais missing. All the missing are
supposed to have been killed, and
Their bodies are now probably confined
IN The wreckage.
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
The accident occurred on the mid
die of the Kansas City, Wyandotte
and Northwestern bridge spanning
the Kaw River, north of the cable car
and The water works bridges. The
train was entering the city a little
ahead of Its usual time and Was run
ming at a very moderate rate of speed. |
Just b. fore reaching the bridge nine
men were seen tOjump alb ard |
the csboose, while two were seen rid
ing on the engine pilot. The short
t, ain quickly afterwards ran upon the
bridge and had crossed the first span
to the south and was about half way
across the second or center span, just
before the two stone piers that upheld
the structure without an iDstanl's
warning gave way, and with a sudden
plunge the engine dived downward
and disappeared beneath the surface
Of the river, striking with a splash
that threw the water 100 yards away.
One alter another the six cars of the
freight train dashed down upon the
engine each striking with deafening
crash and sinking at once below the
water.
The caboose was the only car that
lid not disappear from sight. Its
ront end jammed down sgainst the
pile of wreckage that just appeared
lbove the river surface and sloped,
he other end resting against the
broken bridge, standing it up at
teep angle of at least sixty degrees.
The splashing of the water had hardly
ubsided, following the immersion of
he train, when a tiny blaze sprsng
ut of window of the caboose, where
be red hot stove had overturned, and
n short space of time the whole car
vas ablaze, wildly lighting up the
wreck.