Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-03-20
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A Broken Flange Causes a Fatal
Wreck on the o. K. Line.

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The east bound passenger trail
on the Quincy, Omaha and Kan
sas City, was wrecked near tn,
foot of Greencastle hill, about 81
o'clock Tuesday morning. TIL,
train consisted of baggage car
combination car and one passen
ger coach, and was in charge O.
Joseph Mitchell. conductor, ano
"Billy" Foster, engineer, both ole
and trusted employees on the road
When nearing the foot of the
long hill the flange on one of the
front trucks of the combination cal
broke. The car went about fifty
feet before leaving the track and
bumped over the ties for some dis.
lance when it went down the EN-.
bankment, turning oyer and over
and landing right side up, sixty
feet from the track. The passen.
ger coach was pulled over the bank
and fell Into a ditch about eight
feet deep, landing on its side,
standing at sharp angle with the
head end down the hill. So vio-
lent was the shock that seats and
hat racks were all torn loose, and
with passengers were hurled in
one confused heap at the end of
the car. Few escaped without sus-
tanning injury, and one passenger,
Mrs. Susan Campbell of Hurd-
land, was killed outright, her
skull being crushed by striking
the window casing.
Conductor Mitchell had Just
finished collecting the tickets and
was standing in the rear end of the
coach when the humping appraised
him that they were off the track.
He had only time to reach the bell
cord and give the customary sig
nal to stop when the coach went
over. In the fall his head struck
against something that rendered
him unconscious for a moment.
With returning consciousness
came the smell of fire. The
thought of the passengers being
burned to death caused him to
make an almost super-human eff
tort to free himself from the debris
under which he WAS fastened, and
lisengage his arm which had gone
through the window and was pin
oned fast. After a number of
'rials he was successful, and climb
ug to the top of the car he knock
ID out a window and crawled
through the opening. He called
o the engineer and freman to
BRING water. Water was brought,
md he returned to the interior Of
he car and extinguished the flames
which would have been beyond
'ontrol in a few minutes. After
he fire was extinguished the work
# releasing the imprisoned pas
engers began, and the engineer,
lreman and two men from the
baggage car worked like heroes.
)ne by one the passengers were
AIKEN out at doors and windows,
nd carefully removed to a place
+ safety. Mrs. Campbell was
:illed instantly, and when reached
y the rescuing party it was found
hat her arm had gone through
he window and had been caught |
'etween the bank and the coach |
nd it was impossible to remove
Ter until that part of the coach
lad been cut away.
Kirksville and Quincy were dis
'atched to for physicians, and Drs. |
Burton and Wilcox, &C.
ompanied by number men from
own, boarded a special and went |
0 the scene of the disaster. A
elief train with officials of the
Dad and DR.. Lee, the company's |
hief surgeon on board, left Quincy |
t 10 o'clock and arriv ed at Green |
astle, where majority of the in
nred passengers had been taken, !
bout 2;30. At Greencastle the
1erchants' Hotel was convert
d into hospital, and here
he surgeons went to work to dress
he wounds and set the broken /
mbs. By 6 o'clock all had been
AIKEN care of, and the special, with
hysicians and reporters started /
omeward. The following is q |
st of killed and injured:
James B. Allen, news agent,
quincy, bad cut on the head.
j. G. CLANCY, yardmaster at
renton, shoulder badly bruised. |
Susan G. Campbell, Hurdland, |
lied; skull crushed. Mrs. Camp 4
ell was the mother of Mrs. J. D.
renshaw, formerly of this place,
ut now OF Trenton, |
John j. Estes. Trenton, wrist
orained and cut on head.
Homer Estes, boy aged IL years,
renton, head cut in three places. |
John B. Foster, Queen City, |
rulsed and scratched on nearly
very part of the body, but not