St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-03
BURNED TO A CRISP.
Frightful Chapter of Death
by Fire and Accident.
THREE cREAATED IN KANSAS,
And Several Fatally Injured
in a Railroad Smash-Up.
TWO MEET A FEARFUL DEATH
In a Tinder-Box Boarding
House in Buffalo.
THREE cREAATED IN KANSAS,
TWO MEET A FEARFUL DEATH
OTHER FATALITlES OF THE DAY.

KANSAS CITY, MO-. Jan. 2-Ibre6
men were killed, four seriously injured
and dozen more slightly hurt in a
wreck on the Union Pacific railway
near LinwOod. Kan. twenty-seven
miles west of Kansas City. at $50
O'Clock this morning. The wreck was
caused by freight train Oh the Rock
Island railway, which uses the Union
Pacific track between Kansas City and
Topeka, running into the rear end of
mixed freight and passenger train Of
the Union Pacific. Both trains were
coming to Kansas City, and were in mo-
ton when the accident occurred. They
were few minutes late, and the Rock
Island was running fast to make up
time. The Union Pacific train was
near a wafer tank west of Linwood. and
was slowing up when the other train
crashed into it. Following is a list OF
killed and injured:
THE KILLED.;
JAY ATWOOD. conductor In ion
Pacific train. Kansas City. Mo. -
MARTIN, stockman, of Wakefield,
Kan. HERMAN SMIZE, stockman, Of
Clay Center, Kan.
THE INJURED.
George W. Haskins, stockman. of
Randolph, Kan, back broken below
neck, will die: B. F. Posten. stockman,
of Hill City, Kan, badly injured in
ternally; T. NJ. McCrary. stockman. of
Tescott. Kan, back broken at waist,
will probably die; c. W. Fagerburg,
stockman, of Oldsburg, Kan, arm
bruised and head cut; Casper Ditmer,
stockEan. OF Idana. Kan. arm bruised
and head cut; Joseph Bertrand, stock
man, of Concordia. Kan, nose
broken and head badly cut and
bruised; William Hardes:y, stock
man, of Delphos. Kan, head cut
and arm badly bruised. Daniel TAYLOR,
stockmaG. of Bellevue. Kan. arm badly
bruised and face aud head cut; q. W.
Spencer. stockman. of Clyde. Kan,
badly cut about the head; ". II. Gil
more, stockmau, Idana. Kan, sprained
shoulder aud contusions; J. S. Went,
stockman, Coneordia. Kan, rib broken;
C. ". Mason, stockmau, Concordia,
Kan, rib broken.
The Union Pacific train was No. II,
a stock train. dae in Kansas City about
O'Clock. There were about twenty
five passengers on board. riding in a
combination passenger and baggage
car just in front of the caboose, and be-
tween it and stock car. The passen-
gers, or most of them, were st0ckmen
from stations in Kansas, who were COM
ing to Kansas City with cattle aad hogs.
Nearly all of them
WE'RE SLEEPING
when the accident occurred. Conductor
jay Atwood, who lived at 1881 Madison
avenue, this city, saw collision could
not be avoided and started from the
caboose to the coach toward the passen-
gers, but he was caught between the
cars and crushed. His rear brakeman
and young man who was on the ca
boose saved their lives by jumping.
When the Rock Island engine struck
the Union Pacific train it mashed the
cabooSe into splinters and crashed
into the passenger coach, splitting it in
the middle A ear loaded with hogs in
front was wrecked, and the next car,
loaded with cattle, was broken open ana
the cattle escaped.
Trainmen and passengers who were
not seriously injured began at once tG
save those who were more seriously
hurt. Four men were dragged from the
wreck more dead than alive. Fire
caught from the stoves, and before the
dead could be removed, the four cars
were enveioped in flames. The flames
spread so rapidly that the men under
the debris OF the caboose and passenger
coach could not be reached. Faint and
PITEoUs CALLS FOR HELP
were heard, but the men who had bee
saved were powerless to aid the poor
fellows, and soon their cries ceased. To
have ventured Iuto the burning wreck
would have been certain death. The
unfortunate men whom the passengers
heard, but could not help, were Con-
ductor Atwood and herman SmiZe, a
stockman of Clay Center, Kan. and
Stockmau Martin, of Wakefield, Kan.
Conductor Atwood was frightfully
burned, and his body was not reached
for several hours. The bodies of the
other men were burned to crisp The
Rock Island engineer and fireman
saved themselves by jumping. The
front trucks of the engine were broken
off, and the engine was diSmantlei. The
Rock Island conductor notified the
Union Pacific officials here at once. and
General Superintendent \. T. Palmer
took q special train, with surgeons and
a wreeking crew, to the wreck. The
relief train returned to Kansas City,
kan.. this afternoon with the injured,
ami they were taken 10 st. Mary'S hos.
pital.