The morning call., 1894-09-13
MET A CYCLONE.
Train CoIlided With a
TWiSter.
BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.
Two Passengers Killed and Many
Injured.
!. FIRE BROKE OUT IN ONE CAR.
FIRE BROKE OUT IN ONE CAR.
The. Brakeman BraveIy Beat Out the
:, Flames and so Saved a Worse
Catastrophe.

.. CHARLESTON. Mo-, Sent. 1.-TWO men
were killed and score of people injured,
half of them fatally in a cyclone here TO-
: day during which q train was blown from
the track. The following are the names
Of the killed
PalmalIs Dempsey OF Missouri.
Frederic Mcclellan, ETdorado, H.
Among the, score of injured, only the
following names could be secured: Bag
gsge-master Coyle, badly bruised; Davis,
FL Dorado, Ill, leg broken; - Dexter,
Centertown,: Ohio. internally injured 81.
de Camp, Hamilton. Ohio. side badly
hurt;.:; A. ID. leming, Alto Pass, ILL.,,
fatally: injured; II. w. Dexter, Moore
house, Mo, shoulder dislocated; G. w.
Humphreys Leora, Mo-, arm broken :;
George McClendoD, Joplin, No., arm
burt; Mrs. J. W. McCullom, Dexter, No,
arm broken; G. II. Millen, Corning, Ark,
badly bruised.
It. was about o'clock this afternoon
when:the westbound express on the C. and
o. branch of the Iron Mountain road was
struck by cyclone, and the result was
one Of the most serious wrecks ever known
on@the system. The train was in charge
OF Conductor Jack Lower and Engineer
: Andy. Hill. The train had just reached
the limits of the city when the passengers
:: and crew noticed the approach OF funnel
shaped cloud that WAS dealing destruction
to everything in its path, uprooting large
trees and hurting missiles before it. The
traip and the cyclone met, and the wind
: lifted the entire line of coaches and landed
them "a distance of twenty feet from the
: track, almost turning them over. Those
:Who were not hurt seriously had to free
themselves and rescue others less fortu-
nate.
:: Efforts were being made In this direc-
: ton when new danger presented itself.
Flames were seen in the rear of the train,
and. only for the heroic action of Brake
imam Cartwell an even worse catastrophe
might have been recorded. He hastily Sc
cured a heavy piece Of timber and batter
ing down the car door rushed in and ex-
tinguished the flames. Near by were a
%onlah and a little child afre, and hastily
ca tehing them up he extlnguished the FIRE,
but not till both had been severely burned.
a little fellow 2 years old is supposed to
have fallen out of the window when the
train was overturned. The child was
dead. his body being badly bruised.
Among those deserving mention for spe-
cisl, efforts are Eustin Ball, roadnaster; !;
Jack Lower, conductor, and j. A. Greene,
local agent, who were energetic in relieV-
ling the sufferers. Aside from the train
and its passengers the damage done by the
cyclone, which seems to have been purely
local. was slight. Its path was not over
thirty yards wide and did not extend more
than a mile.
There were about forty passengers on
the train and all were more or less bruised
and frightened. The railroad officials
acted promptly in relieving the distress
and suffering and removed the Injured to
comfortable quarters.
Physicians were promptly summoned
and as quickly responded, while citizens
gathered to offer help. The work of clear
Ing the track was at once undertaken and
=. trains ran as usual in a few hours. A
especial train went out this evening to
carry the passengers to their destination.