The sun., 1895-02-18
TWO SANTA FE SMASH-UPS.
\ SUPREME CoURT JUSTICE AND
SECERIL LEGISLATORS NJURED.

The Work OF Rescue Mndo Dnnrerou. sy
the Escape OF Hundreds or Cattle, Many
OF which Were Maddcncd by the Hissirg
OF Steam and the Smell of Biood-Ons
Person Killed aud Eighteen InJurea.
GUTnRIE. oklahoma. Fob. 17.-Through =
misunderstanding of orders the south-bound
Galveston express on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa rs Railroad heavily loaded with day ex-
Cursionists, and north bound live stock extrs
cOllided at Il a. o'clock last night while round-
ing a curve flve miles south of Guthrie. One
man was instantly killed, two fatally injured,
and eighteen received serious wounds. Charles
upplcby Of Topeka, freight engineer, is dead.
The injured are:
PATRICK CotpnoS, of Arkansas City, Kan. passenger
fireman; scaldcd and terribly nIurcd will die.
A. HAHN freight brakeman, lcgs crushed; will die.
JAMES MORMON, freight conductor arms broken.
EDWARD kJrcHEN, passenger conductor, hands
mashed aud body badly bruised
X. ID. BEAuLB, OF Kansas city, express messengeE
badly crushed.
GEORGE NEVILLE, baggascman, scalded.
Harry TRowER, OF Kansas city stock yards cut
about head.
JoIiS ENuLisu, bridgcman, body lacerated.
ii. A. SrRuw, brldscman, terribly cut.
--HuTclnSs, mail CLERK. head badly cut
Supreme Court Justice H. w. SCOTT, badly bruised
Senator ScorT injured about head.
representatives BROWN, WILLING, ana SUTTON, Sc
verely bruised.
Three unknown tranmen cut and bruised.
Engineer Uppleby Of the stock train had orr
dcrs to stop at Seward, three miles south OF the
wreck, to allow the passenger train to pass, but
II probably will never be known why the order
was not obcyed. The trains met on n sharp
River : NN'p N'' - " "''''' u '"' No''oh"oou
Passenger Engineer Frey saw a shower Of
sparks thrown into the air across the bluff near
the end or the curve He realized in inatank
that the sparks were from another engine. and.
reversing MS machine he lcaped into the dark.
fireman to jump also, but before the latter could
comply the extra came around the curve at the
rate OF forty miles an hour and the two en-
gines came together in a terrible crash, and
were buried into each other one-third of their
lengths; dozen freight cars were piled into u
great heap and the baggage, express. and mail
cars of the passenger train were completely
Added to the terrific noise was the escaping
steam and the hellowing and ,plunging. of hun:
Of blood, completely drowning the groans OF the
injured and ihe cries OF the badly frightened
or Ss FeRsa
steers. breaking loose from the wreckage,
plunged into the darkness, making it dangerous
FOR any one 20 venture out to assist the injured.
Buried beneath the engines and crushed to
death was Freight Engineer Charles Uppleby.
scalded,. was Passenger Fireman Patrick Col
dron. who was picked up for dead, but after
terribly and with no chance to live. Many pas
sengers were badly bruised and cut by broken
Brought TO this city. and are receiving the best
Of treatment. Seventy head of cattle were
killed; The loss to the railroad company will
exceed $4,000.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Feb. IA passenger
train on the Santa Fe road was wrecked near
Pittsburg, Kan. last night and eight passen-
gers were injured. They are:
sheriff Hiram Ad.t of Pittsburg, both legs broken
and badly bruised; George Davis leg crushed: Joseph
Ennis leg broken and injured internally: Miss Bertha
Carver, side laceratsd Fred G. Ramsey. conductor,
injured internally, Mrs DIR, johnson and badly
brused Miss Laura James, leg and both arms broken.
The wreck occurred at the crossing of the Mis-
souri, Pacific and was caused by mistake in
signals Every passenger on the Santa Fe train
was more or less injured.