The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-05-10
COLLISION.
The Fast Mail Dashes into q
Freight Engine at
KnObnOster.
Wood Wiley, the Well Known
Engineer, Loses One of His
Feet-Others Injured.

at Kuobnoster. nineteen miles west OF
Sedalia, at SIG a. m. daily.
1t went west Saturday morning on
time, in charge Of Conductor Sergeant
Engineer Donnelly and Fireman, Ed.
l. Gorsuch. The train arrived at
Knobno,ter on time and collided with
a freight engine in oh rye of Wood
U. Wiley.
Mr.. Wiley in endeavoring to es-
cape the impending danger was
caught by his right foot between the
engineer and tender just as the crash
came and the foot was
: SEVERED FROM THE LEG.
Donnelly was more fortunate and
jumped from his engine escaping un-
hurt. The fireman in the cab with
D,nne!ly also jumped and suffered q
severe injury of the right shoulder,
possibly broken, which fact was not
known at the hour that the injured
man was taken to K ,nsas City.
When the news Of the accident
reached Sedalia. it flew from mouth
to mouth with great rapidly, and of
course was greatly exaggerated. The
news m,ngers about "ioafers' corner"
had it that several we're killed and q
} greater number injured.
As soon as possible . wrecking out
fit was PIT upon the track and started
as speedily as possible for the
SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT,
1t was accompanied by Doctors
Overstreet, of the Missouri Pacific and
Shadburne of the NJ. K. & L., divis.
ion superintendent, Al Marsh, Master
Mechanic Weller, and a representa-
tive OF the BAzoo.
Arriving at Knobnoster the wound
ed men were found in q room in the
business part Of the town, where they
had been kindly cared for.
The injuries of the two men were
given a temporary dressing, and then
lpu: on thu fast mail and sent to Kan
sas City, an engine from Sadalia hav-
ing in the meantime arrived for that
purpose.
STATEMENT BY THE FIREMAN.
Fireman Gorsuch of the fast mail
said: "We arrived right on time and
when we were in sight of the depot 1
heard she engineer put on air twice
and whistle as if answering flag, but
1 cav no fig. 1 asked him what he
was doing that for-whst is the mat
ter? He replied Get of! l started
to get of on his side and he, having
in the meantime put full air brake on
the train and reversed the engine, was
ahead of me and I could not get of,
90 l whiried and jumped from my
, side shout the time the collision came
Il dou't think there was a quarter
of second of time elapsed between
the time my feet left the tender and
the collision. The first l recollect at.
ter that was I was pulling myself up
to the top of the bank from the
ditch about six feet away from the
track. dom. know how I struck,
but suppose it must have been on my
right shoulder. as it was badly hurt.
I can't tell how long l was iusensible.
Mr.. Gorsuch is one of the Oldest
fIemen on the road. He has a wife
and one child, and resides at 1905
East Sixth street. He has been in
the employ of the Pacific about five
years. In speaking to the BAzoo rep
rssentative he said: "Wood Wiley,
) poor fellow, l feel sorry for him He
has been used to two good legs, and
now be will stub around on one leg
and short stub. He is one of the
best fellows on the roai."
WOOD U WILEY
Has been employed on the Pacific
eleven years-six years OF that time
running an engine. He said to the
surgeons who were working at his
foot: Save as much as you can, gen.
tlemen. l need it all" and his great
eyes seemed to beam with delight
Wien he said TO reporter: "Tnis
might have been much worse" NJ.
/! Wiley has wife and three children,
and resides at 800 Boonville street.
! He exhibited much wonderful nerve
and fortitude during the trying ordeal
Of dressing his injuries.
THE POSTAL CLERKS.
These employees did not escape very
easily. They were shaken up ter
riically. There we're ten on the
train. Two of them were Injured
quite painfully, but not seriously
John W. Salwaenter, who resides al
1882 Walnut street, St. Louis
had his face badly bruised.
He is a man of high cheek
bones, and the left side came in con
tact with something q little harder