New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-18
WRECKS ON THE SANTA FE;
LIVES LOST AND MANY PEOPLE SERIOUS
LY INJURED.

AN EXCURSION TRAIN AND LIVESTOCK TRAIN
IN COLLISION IN oKLAHoMA-oRDERsM MIS-
UNDERSTOOD AND WRONG SIGNALS
Guthrie. Okla. Feb. 17.-Through a msunderstano-
ing OF orders the southbound Galveston express on
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc Raiiroao'
heavily loaded with excursion party. ana
northbound livestock train came into collision az
II As o'clock last night while rounding curve nvs
miles south of Guthrie. One man was instantly
killed, two fatally injured and eighteen received
serious wounds Charles Uppleby, of Topeka, freight
engineer, was killed outright. Patrick Coldron OF
Arkansas City Kan. the passenger train fireman.
was scaIded and terribly injured, and A. Hahn.
freight brakeman. had his legs crushed; both Will
die.
The list OF those seriously injured follows: James
Mormon. freight conductor arms broken; Edwaro
Kitchen passenger conductor, hands mashed ana
body badly bruised r. d. Beagle, OF Kansas Clty'
express messenger badly crushed; George Neville.
baggageman, scalded; Harry Trower. OF Kansas
City Stock Yards cut about head John Engisn.
bridgeman, body lacerated; II. A. Sprow, bridge
man. terribly cut; Hutchins, mall clerk head
badly cut; r. W. Scott. Supreme Court justice.
badly bruised: Senator Scott. injured about head;
Representatives Brown. Willing and sutton, sew
erey bruised; three unknown trainmen. cut and
bruised
Engineer I-ppleby. OF the stock train had orders
10 stop at Seward. three miles south OF the wreck,
10 allow the passenger to pass but IL probably Will
never he known why the orders not obeyed.
The trains sharp curve. In deep cut IN
a bend OF the Cottonwood River. Engineer Frey.
OF the passenger train. shower OF sparks
thrown into the air across the bluff near the end
Of the curve He realized in instant the sparks
were from another engine, and reversing his ma
chine he leaped into the darkness against the side
of the cut calling to his 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 engines together In terri
bic crash. a dozen freighcars were piled IN a neap
and the baggage, express and mail cars OF me
mollshed all in an instant Added to the terrific
noise the escaping steam. and the pelo"nS anu
by The smell OF blood completely drowning the
groans OF the injured and the cries or the oadiy
frightened passengers The passenger coaches Re.
Texas steers. breaking loose from the wreckage
plunged into the darkness making it dangerous for
any one to venture out TO assist the injured .
Buried beneath the engines and crushed to death
was Engineer u'ppeby. Lying beside his engine
terribly burned and scalded was the fireman. Pat
after severa. hours revived, and lies suffering
terribly. but with chance to live. The injured
brought to this city, Seventy head OF camttls m
were killed The loss TO the railroad company VIII
exceed $4,000.
Kansas City. No. Feb. IA passenger train
on the Santa Fe road wrecked near Pittsburs.
Kan. last night. and eight passengers injured.
Sheriff Hiram Adsit. of Pittsburg had both legs
broken and was badly bruised The others injured
were as follows: George Davis. leg crushed; Jo-
seph Ennis leg broken and injured internally: Miss
Bertha Carver side lacerated Frederick {. RAM
sev conductor injured internally; Mrs. :ohrson
and son. badly bruised: Miss Laura James ieg ana
both arms broken. The wreck occurred at the
crossing OF the Missouri Pacific, and was caused
bv a mistake in signals. Every passenger on the
Santa he train more or less injured