Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-17
NOBODY KILLED.
A Wabash Train Is
Wrecked
BY the Spreading OF
the Rails.
Thirty OF the Passen-
gers Injured.
Exploding OIL Burns
Two Cars.
A Rival Train Refuses
to Stop.

ST.. Louts. No. Oe. IL The west.
bo4nd Chicago hunted train on the Va
bash roa1 ieff The track one mile south
a Nameoxi Nils a, s. - o clock tonight.
resahlag ia the injury q some thirty
pcrssns The wreck - remarkable in
sorue respects. and Is without parallel in
fhat uo sac vas killed cut of the 40
passengcrs The train was IN charge q
Coniactor Woods aud was making up
tbirty miles lost time. After Nameoki
had bees paAed there was stretch II
twelve m.iss Of straight. level road 10
Elst ST. LOUIS The engineer put on
a. lorcs ard the train was
going forty milss 60 hour when
these wes sudden jar fol-
followed ~ TIE sioeiag q the train.
TIE rails hai spread bskind the loecmo-
tive and the cars following went over a
nx foot enkanknsnL The bulfes car
behind be baggage car swung across
the track and the gas tank exploded, SET
tiuS IRE % the hrst chair car and the
buffet car which Were consumed The
ualslured iu.Dediateiy set 70 work TO
reecuo their unloftunate companiooS
Two physiclans on he train did noble
service. Wide the excitement Was az
ITS highsst pitch a train on the Big
-Four. oaiy thirty yards away. came BY
a. express speed and refused - stop IN
answer 70 . signai Aid had been sent
for 10 81 Louis but did not appear til
o'clock At that hour a special from
s. Louis wifh physieians ard nurses ar
rvcd and brcgght the injured % this
ely.
some OF the Injured
Among the injured were the following:
{. &. Palmer. San Antonio. Texas. arm
brulsed and thigh broken, n. :. Stager
81. foEis. arm broken; Mrs. hanash G..
flgrrs. - Louis badly injured IN
ereasf. Mrs. BEARD. Mississippi. seriously
iniured Ia head. - Is Hunter. Nevada
CITY. Ca. seriously laurel internally.
airs. - Frame. ~. Louis. skull frac-
tured. l. -. Mink. a Wabash conductor.
scalp wound: Mrs Kate Becklcy. 81
LOUIS. bruised. Mrs. nary Dunn. Mis-
sour. rlb Droken. Miss Lou Dunn.
dangerous wound OF head; Mrs. Mary
Moore. ~ Louis. thigh broken; Mrsk Lot
tie v Henry C0feyyille Kan. shoulder
uisiocafed. Mrs N. Davis. Taylorville.
iaiaois. back spra.ned; Mrs. W. NJ.
cfi- IN. ltuAnb NIX. AEAae, heaH cut
aua arr broken: Robert n Jcnkins.
Chlcago. hand Mashed. James Gordon.
hncaie. Louisiana. scalp wound, W. &.
Lnglehard. Io.edo. slightly.
The Halls spresd.
Ia addition % thcse there we're a mum
bef q returning worid's fair visitors
from 81 Louis Injured. who were con
vsgsd t0 their homes b frirods before
the.r nsaaes could b. learned None
nt -he train crew give any theory
concerning the cause II The disaster.
The generally sooeptsd opinion Is
that TIE speed and weight of tie
locomotive caused tae rails "a spread az
= Nsas sef.f For a dozen miles before
reaching ta-f So Louis the tracks of
tns Chieszo < Alton. the Blk -Four and
thr 81 ahash parailel caeh other. being
onlv fh rrs ysais srarf and every day
race oceufs laagf - gst e. the f.ast -.
LOUIS l8nc-ita frst A dresdfri loss q
hfe ls snIf prevented by the gradual
.'oF az "a ite train. TIE Nouadie.i we're
cared Tor - tha Wabash oifciaia tie
u.osf severely injured ceiag taksn tn 81
May hosf itsl snd the others 90 hotels.