The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-03
MEN KILLED AND BURNED.
FIRE FoLLoUs a CATTLE TEAM cor
LISION nv KhNSlS

Csrsiessuess said 60 Have causes ere Desss
OF rrohnbty Five snd the Fatal IriorY &c
Two Othsrs-Sleeping stoek-en Csusht.
KANSAS CRY. Jan. 2.-This afternoon. under
the ashes and twisted iron OF what had been q
passenger coach. a caboose. and two freight
cars. n wreckIng crew found few handouts Of
human bones and the battered cases and
wrecked works Of two gold Watches
Not n shred OF clothing, not another trinkst
Of any kind. was found to identify the bones Of
those who were killed in a collision and wreck.
closely followed by FIRE. near Llnowoods
twenty seven miles west OF Kansas City. on the
Union Pacific. at 80 this morning.
one man IL known certainly to have PER-
ished In the wreck. J. H. Atwood. conductor
OF one OF the trains. met his death while brave
ly trying to warn his passengers OF their
danger.
Two other mon. stockmen. are missing aud
are believed to have perished. but this will noe
be definitely known until the Union Pacific
surgeon has made . thorough examination OF
the few bones recovered from the ashes OF the
burnt car The list OF dead, however. doubt
less is:
J,rH Arvoop conductor. Union Pacific train. Ksa
ss city.
WILLIAM R MARr,x ,tochmsn. Of Wakefield. Kan
HERnAS ssizE stockmAn, OF Clay Centre Kan.
To this list before many hours will surely Be
added two others, Tor OF tne eleNeu inlukNA
The list OF the injured Ia as follows:
GroRGK W. HlsKSS stockman. Of Randolph. Kan-
i r. P6srss, stoctmsn OF nil City. Kan, badly in
~ N. M.Oaisr. stCskmsg e re'co's K'n-' Nsos
6. ". F,gtnruaG. stocEmsn OF oldsburF Kan. arm
C. DifsSS stockSsn Of Idans Kan. arm bruised ana
JossrR Brurrivp. stockmnn. ot Concordla Ksn. noss
WmLHa i,FSrsfT sIcckmSn. Of Dslphos Kan, head
bi am 'r TiT" .ass@sn u B..vu Kan arm
q. y. sTxSeGG stocEmsn. Clyde. Kan. cut about
v, n Gmr ,toesmsn. dana Esn- ,prsinsd shoulder
~ l. Wvst stockmsn concordIs Kan. rib broken.
| 4. W MssoS stockmsn. Concordia Kan. rib broken
The wreck was caused by freight train on
th Son G Iaeic tPack between Kansas Git, and
| Topeka, running into the rear end OF mixed
! freight and passenger train OF the Union
10th trains were coming to Kansas I.,ss, City,
few minutes late. and the hock Island train
| was running fast to make ur time. Inc Union
| Pacific train was near n water tank west OF
Linwood and was slowing up when the other
AIN Ahead a, OF the two trains was another Union
| Pacific freight. 1t Is said that this train threw
back Of ' i to run cautiously and that the Sec
ond train failed to throw out similar signal
| Thisis given as the cause OF the dissster.
The Union Pacific train was No. = 3 stock
train due in Kansas city about O'CLOCK.
bds4d M mos,g gS9% from station. n Kan
sas who were corning to Kansas City with cat
| tie and hogs. ,.,
accident occurred. Conductor J. H. Atwood
| saw that collision could not be averted ana
| started from the caboose to the coach toward
| the passengers but he was caught between
| the cars and crushed. His rear brakeman ana
| "A young man who was In the caboose saved
| their lives by jumping. .
| When tho Rock Island engine struck the
| Union Pacific train 1t smashed the caboose
into spinters and crashed into the passenger
coach splitting l. In the middle
| A car loaded wi tn hogs In front was wrecked.
| and the next car. loaded with cattle. was broken
| open and the cattle escaped.
| Trainmen and passengers who were not
| seriously wounded began at once to save those
| who were more seriously hurt. Four men
| were dragged from the wreck nearly dead
| Fire caught from the stoves aud before the
| dead could be removed the four cars were en-
veloped in flames which spread so rapidly
| that tho men under the debrls OF the caboose
! and passeng ger coach could not be reached:
Conductor Atwood's bravery is spoken OF By
| auryvOr