Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-03
III Ol LII I'LL OUIOIl
Rock Island Freight Follows a Union
Pacific Accommodation Train Too Closely
AWFUL WRECK NEAR LEAVENW0RIH
Rear End Collision in Which Both Trains
Were Moving at the Time
SEVERAL CARS CON UMED BY THE FLAMES
-Four Men Killed and Of Others Who Were
Hurt Two Are Expected to Die.
CARLOAD or HOGS BURNED TO A CRISP
Conductor Lost His Life While Trying to
GIVE Warning to the Passengers
OF What lie had Seen
to BE Inevitable.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2.-Three men were
killed, four seriously injured and n dozen
more slightly hurt in n wreck on the Union
Pacific railroad near Llnwood, Kan, twenty
seven miles west of Kansas City, at 5:Su
o'clock this morning. The wreck was
caused by a freight train on the Rock island
railway, which uses the Union Pacific track
between Kansas City and Topeka, running
into the rear end of a miXyd freight and pas
seDger train of the Union Pacific. Both
trains were coming to Kansas City ana
were in motion when the accident occurred.
They were a few minutes late, and the Rock
Island train was running fast to make up
time. The Union Pacific train was near a
water tank, west of Linwood, ana was slow
ing up when the other train crashed into it.
Following is a list Of killed:
Victims of the Wreck.
JAY ATWOOD, conductor Of Union Pacific
train, Kansas City, Mo.
- MARTIN, stockman OF Wakefield, Kan.
HERMAN SMIZE, stockmln OF Clay Center,
Kan.
The injured are:
GEORGE w. HAsKINs, stockman, of Ran
dolph, Kan, back broken below the neck
will die.
b. +. PosTEN, stockman, of Hill City, Kan,
badly injured internally.
r. NJ. MCCRARY, stockman, of Tescott,
Kan, back broken at the waist; will prob
ably die.
e. w. F~AGERBrRG, stockman, of Oldsburg,
Kan. arm bruised and head cut.
CASPER DTTMER. stockman, of Idana, Kan,
arm bruised and head cut.
JOSEPH BERTRAND, stockmln, of Concordia,
Kan, nose broken and head badly cut and
bruised.
WILLIAM HARDEsTY, %stockinan, of Delpnos,
Kan, head cut anG arm badly bruised.
DANIEL TAYLOR, stockman, of Bellevue,
Kan, arm badly bruised and face and head
cut.
G.. w SPENCER, stockman, OF Clyde, Kan,
badly cut about the mead.
w. r. GILMORE, s1OoSman, LLAMA, Kan,
spraiued shoulder and Commissions.
j. /. WEST, stockman, Concordia., Kan,
rib broken.
C. w. Mason. stockman, Concordia, Kan,
rib broken.
Hsroism OF Tho Conductor.
The Union Pacific train WAS No. 12. a stock
train due in Kansas City about Z o'clock.
There were about twenty-five passengers on
board riding i'll a combination passenger and
baggage car, just in front of the caboose
anu DtLWGeu IL anu Il SlOCh VAL II pas
sengers, or most of them, were stockmen
from stations in Kansas, who were coming
TO Kansas City with cattle ana hogs. Nearly
all of them were sleeping when the acciuent
occurred. Conductor Jay Atwood, who
lived at 1881 Madison avenue, this city, saw
n collision could not be avoided and started
from the caboosc 10 the coach to warn the
passengers, but he was caught between the
cars and crushed, His rear brakeman and
a young man who was on the CaOoOSe, saved
their lives by jumping.
When the Rock Island engine struck the
Union Pacific train IL smashed the caboose
into splinters and crashed into the passenger
coach, splitting IL in The middle. A car
loaded with hogs in front was wrecked ana
the next car, loaded with cattle, was broken
open and the cattle escaped.
Fire Catches In the Wreck.
Trainmen and passengers who were not
seriously injured began at once TO 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 enycloped in flames. The
flames spread so rapidly that the men under
the debris OF tine caboose and passenger
coach could not be reached. Faint ana
piteous calls for help were heard, but the
men who had been saved were powerless 10
aid the poor fellows, and soon
their cries ceased. To have ven,
tureu lulu Tue bululuS NItNh "OuAh
have been certain death. The unfortunate
men whom the passengers heard, but could
not help, were Conductor Atwood and Her
man SmIzc, a stockman OF Clay Center,
Kan, and Stockman Martin of Wakefield,
Kan. Conductor Atwood was frightfully
burned ANA his body was not reached for
several hours. The bodies OF the other men
were burned 10 a crisp.
The Rock Island engineer and fireman
saved themselves Dy jumping. Tho front
trucks of the engine We're broken of and
the engine was dismautled,
The Rock Island conductor notified the
Union Pacific officials here at once and Gen
eral Superintendent y. Il. Palmer took n
special train with surgeons and 4 wrecking
crew TO the wreck,
The relief train returned to Kansas City,
Kan, this afternoon will the injured, and
they were taken to 81. Mary's hospital.