The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-08-18
MET ON A CURVE.
Santa Fe Trains in Collision Near
Gibbs, Mo.
TWO OF THE TRAIyMES ARE KILLED.
Ten Other Persons Arc InJured-some o;
Them May Die-The Disaster Said
TO he Due to Disregard
of Orders
A FATAL WRECK.


Fort MADISON, Ia, Aug. a. Express
and mail trains Nos. 4 and 8 on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
collided at 8 o'clock Sunday morning
near Gibbs, Mo. Two were killed and
several hurt. Both trains were run
ming at high speed. The baggage,
mail and express cars were demolished.
The killed are George Coplinger, OF
Chicago, express messenger on train
No. 8, and E. r. Humphreys, of Kansas
City, engineer of train No. L. The in
jured are:
Daniel Daily. Fort Madison. Ia. engineer No
D. shoulder badly hurt; Z. Z. Derrick, Chicago
baggageman No 8, cut and bruised, may die;
r. Z. butcher, Chicago, mail clerk; Walter
Durbin, Milwaukee, ankle cut; c. N. Elliott
Chicago, mail clerk; Martin Fogarty, For,
Madison. fremrn No. ., badly burned; -
Holmes, Fort Madison, brakeman No. 8, head
smashed Justin Mccarthy, Chicago, badly
bruised: Dan Millsbaugh, Englewood Ill, bag
gsgeman No. 4, hurt internally, may die; F. p.
Skyles, fireman No. T. slightly hurt.
Met on = Curve.
The trains met on Q slight curve and
came together with terrific force.
Both engineers applied the air brakes
and reversed their engines, which ac-
ton was the cause of saving many
lives As soon as the passengers
and those Of the train crew not
hurt recovered from the shock they
proceeded to rescue the unfortunate
ones. Engineer Humphreys, of No. 4,
was found at his post with one Of his
limbs cut off at the thigh and his head
almost split in two. He died in few
minutes. Express Messenger Cope
linger was instantly killed. E. E.
Derrick, the express messener and
baggageman of No. 5, had a mar
row escape, and his injuries may
yet prove fatal. The momentum
forced him through the side of the car
and landed him on tie embankment 90
feet away. His face was mashed to a
jelly and his body terribly cut and
bruised. There was only one physician
on the train. He was kept busy until
train No was run back to Hurdland
for assistance.
Dlsobeyed Orders.
Conductor Clegern was in charge of
No. 5, west bound. He handed his
order to the Associated Press reporter.
WHICH CledTly SHOWcu UUdU Iie TWO
trains were to meet at Gibbs. The
officials of the Santa Fe here say the
conductor and engineer of train No. 4
were responsible for the accident, hav-
ing disobeycd tclegraphlc orders to
meet train No. at Gibbs station. The
conductor of No says he entirely
overlooked the orders. The damage
to property will not exceed $4,000
Eleven Bodies Identified.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 13.-The re-
mains of eleven bodies of persons who
persisted in the terrible wreck on the
Rock Island have been identified, aad
there is little reason to believe that
any more persisted. The report that
A. Il. Eddie and NJ. Beaver were among
the victims has proved false. They
were safe in their homes at Pawnee
City. A colored man and ex-convict
in the state penitentiary of the name /
of George Washington Davis was ar
rested last evening on suspicion of ,
having caused the wreck. He holds |
bad record around these parts and .
points very strongly toward
him.