The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-13

Kansas City. No, Aug. IA disas-
trous head-end collision occurred on
the Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
way between Hurdlan and Gibbs, Mo,
at $3.50 this morning, between express
train No. ., west-bound, and express
train No. 4, east-bound, resulting in
two trainmen being killed and several
passengers injured and the engines and
combination express and baggage cars
completely demolished. According to
orders, the trains were to have met at
Gibbs, and it is alleged No. 4 violated
orders
Killed:
Engineer. George Humphrey. No. 4.
George Cappinger, express messenger,
No. 3, buried in the wreck.
Injured.
Daniel MiIlspaugh, of Chicago, bag
gage man of No. 4. badly bruised and
hurt internally; may die.
E. Z. Merrick, of Chicago, baggage
man of No. 3, cut and bruised from
head to foot; will probably die.
Engineer Dan Daley, of No. 3, Of
Fort Madison, shoulder badly hurt.
Fireman Mark Fogarty, of Fort Mad
ison, on No. 5, badly bruised; will re-
cover.
Fireman F. P. Styles, on No. 4, of
Kansas City, slightly bruised.
Brakeman Holmes, on No. 8, of Fort
Madison, hands mashed.
Justin Mccarthy, % years old, Chi
cago head and hand cut.
Walter n. Durbin, % years old, of
Milwaukee, ankle cut.
The trains met on a slight curve, and
came together with a. terrific crash.
Both engineers applied the air-brakes
a nd Rr1cr x1rof ah ~
ton alone was the cause of saving
many lives.
The Work of Rescue.
AS soon as the passengers and those
of the trainmen not hurt recoverAl-Srom
the shock, they proceeded to rescue
the unfortunate victims Engineer
Humphrey, 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 CappingeT was in
lstantly killed.
E. e. Derrick, the express messenger
land baggageman of No 8, had very
narrow escape and his injuries may yet
prove fatal. The momentum forced
him through the side of the car and
landed him on the embankment about
fifty feet away. His face was mashed
to a jelly, and his body terribly cut and
bruised.
There was but one physician on the
train, and he was kept busy until train
No. ) was run back to Hurdlan for as
lsistance.
None of the passengers on No. 4 were
injured.
Engineer Daily and Fireman Forgarty
and Styles saved their lives by jump
ing.
General Manager Fry was on the
III
lions and superintended the work of re-
lief. The passengers in the smoker and
chair car of No. were badly shaken
up.
Remarkable Escapes.
Justin Mccarthy, of Chicago, was sit
Ting in one of the reclining chairs when
the crash came and was hurled through
the window and landed on a clay bank
about six feet from the track. His in
IjurieS were not serious, having suffered
but a slight cash on his head and
hand.
Walter N. Durbin, of Milwaukee, was
IN the smoker next to the baggage car.
land was also thrown through a win
dow, cutting his ankle. He had a mar
ROW escape, being hurled almost forty
feet and landing within two feet Of
where the locomotives lay on the
track
conductor CleSHOFu was III charge OIL
the west-bound. He handed his order
| to the Associated Press reporter, which
clearly stated that the 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,
having disobeyed the Geographic orders
| to meet train No. at Gibbs station.
| The engineer being killed outright, no
statement, of course, could be secured
of him, but the conductor states he en-
/ tirely overlooked the orders.
The total damage to property will not
exceed $4,000.