The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-22


miles west of Topeka aDd three miles ives
of Usage City at $40 o'clock this morning
Five persons were killed and numbe
fatally injured The train was the regula
eastbound night express 1t is believed
that the train was wrecked by robbers
who were after q large sum of money il
the express car, as a rail and a number O
ties were found lying at the foot of The
ten-foot embankment at the scene OF The
accident. The section men near by report
that their tools were stolen last night
Engineer Edward Maher, his fireman ant
the express messenger are among the
killed
The bodies OF the killed and injured
passengers arrived in Topeka shortly be
fore noon. The following is a list Of the
killed and badly injured:
KILLED.
Edward Maher, Topeka, engineer.
James Chiddick, Topeka. fireman.
John Blumberg an extra Wells-Fargo
guard; one eye punched out and the other
scalded out; died at Usage City.
- Express Messenger Frank Baxter; died
Oh train enroute TO Topeka.
INJURED
T. C. Waddlaw, Portland. Ore; hurt on
left leg aud face, not dangerous.
Conductor Il. B. Donahue, Topeka; bad
ly hurt on back and head, not fatal.
S. u Kelly OF Kansas City, mailing clerk,
brother OF Senator Kelly OF Mcpherson;
fatal injuries to shoulder and face.
Mrs Mary Lyman, enrouJe from Dodge
City, Kan, to Bloomington, HIS; seriously
hurt. will probably die.
Mrs Mary f. Reed of Great Bend,
caught between the seats in chair car;
seriously hurt. She was the last to be res
cuad.
H. s Foster of Lawrence, postal clerk.
serionrly hurt; hip dislocated, hands and
feet badly bruised.
Miss Jessie Grant of Pedro, No., serious
injuries 70 the back.
j. B. Osborn of Kansas CITY,. hands
smashed, face bruised and internal iDju-
rleS.
c. B. Kinney of Kansas City, express
messenger; foot smashed and hand injured;
not serious.
". a. Curry. BurIingame, Kan, head
cut.
Ollie Young, Poplar Grove, No., head
badly cut.
a C. Roach, Newton, Kan, head cut.
;. L. johnson, Minneapolis, Kan, hips
badly bruised.
C. Mcclure, Richmond, Mo-, knee fract-
ared and head badly cut
w. ID. Minor, Ness City, Kan, knee
hurt.
William Dore and child, Chillicothe,
Mo, both badly bruised and scratched.
Mrs. II. Jones and two children, Wich-
jta, slightly bruised.
II. NJ A. Roberts, Emporia, Kan, back
injured
Mrs w. II. Miller, Macon, No, injured
IN spine and side.
II. +. Wadaell, Bayou, Kan, injured in
left Jung
Mrs. Mary Lyman of Bloomington, HIS,
IS the most seriously hurt of any of the
passengers. she is now at Christ's hos
pital, There were about thirty-five people
IN All hurt, bat most OF them sustained no
serious injury
THE WORK OF WRECKERS.
All the stories told by the passengers on
the wrecked tram agree, and there is little
doubt that the accident WAS the result OF a
deliberate plan to wreck the train for the
purpose OF securing large amount of
money which WIS on the express car.
Major ". IL. Llewellyn, the Santa Fe live
stock agent at Las Cruces, n. NJ, who
was on the train, says:
Il was awake when the wreck occurred
We We're going probably thirty-five miles
an hour. 1t TOOK place at exactly $50
O'Clock this morning at point half WAY
between Barclay and Usage City. The jolt
WAS terrific, aud all of the cars left the
track except ours and the one back of u.s.
L. was the worst wreck ever saw. Those
front coaches We're ali piled in a heap and
good for nothing except kindling wood
There were twelve cars in the train
and l think that there must have
been about 225 people on board
Many OF them were women, accompanied
by children. | don't see how on earth SO
many escaped. They all acted admirably.
TOO, and pitched in and helped the unfor-
tunate. 1t is a wonder that the train did
not catch fire. 1t WAS piled up on top of
the engine 1t WAS as dark as 1t could be-
and every light IN the train was out We
tore the rails of the fence and used them
for torches. II WAS hard work getting
some OF the people out. One aged lady
was caught between two chair cars, and il
took long while 10 eXtricate her. After
we had rescued her she went back after
her pocketbook ! took special pains TO
find ont the cause OF the wreck | found
that four bolts had been taken from the
fish plate which holds the rails together
The rail was left standing. but with no
support The engine was actually buried
nearly out of sight. The poor fireman is
buried under it.
There WAS one million dollars in
currency on the train. IL belonged TO the
Mexican Central railway aud WAS on its
way 10 the headquarters of tie company
IN Boston. It WAS in wooden box three
!eet long and rlobed with iron. Captain
J5dlrd and tcoS charge of ie TIL we got
io Usage City, where we turned it over 10
lom McLellan, The city marshal He, in