The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22
OtSOBEYED ORDERS,


 And Paid the Penalty with Ills Ltfe-A Dis- astrous Wreck on the Santa Fe Caused by atoilision on Curve In Cut Between an Express and a Cattle Tran-Many Per-
 sons Injured, some Fatally. GUTHRIE, Okla, Feb 1S.-0ne of fine most disastrous wrccAs the Santa Fe has had for years took place five miles south of the city few minutes be- fore midnight Saturday night
 The south-bound Galveston express left here few moments late. heavily loaded with Texas excursionists, and at ll;43 was rounding a sharp curve in deep cut in bend of Cottonwood river. Passenger Engineer Frey saw shower of sparks thrown into the air across the bluff near the other end of the curve. He realized in an instant the sparks were from the smokestaclx of another engine, and revers- ing his engine, he ieaped out into the darkness against the side of the cut, calling to his fireman to jump also, but before the latter could reply the north bound extra came around the curve at the rate of forty miles an hour and the two engines came to- gether with terrible crash and were buried into each other one-third their lengths dozen freight cars were piled into one great heap, and the bag gage, express and mail cars of the pas senger train were completely telescoped and demolished all in moment
 The scene was an awful one Added to the terrific noise was the escape of steam and the believing and plung- ing of hundreds of cattle, injured or maddened by the sme}i of blood, com-@. pletely drowning the groans of the in- jured and the cries of the badly fright ened passengers.
 The passenger coaches remained on the track, but many of the gigantic Texas steers breaking loose from the wreckage would plunge madly in the darkness making it dangerous for any one to venture out in the night to as- sist injured trainmen.
 Buried beneath the engines and crushed to death was Freight Engineer Charles Uppleby, of Topeka, and lying beside his engine terribly burned and sealded was Passenger Fireman Pat Condon, of Arkansas City, Kas., who was picked up for dead, but after sew eral hours revived He cannot live
 A. Hahn, the freight fireman, has his legs crushed and will die; James Norman, freight conductor, arms broken; Edward Kitchen, passenger conductor, hand mashed and body badly bruised; Express Messenger k. D. Beagle, of Kansas City, badly crushed; Baggageman George Neville, scalded; Harry Trower, of the Kansas City stock yards, badly cut about head; Bridgemen John English and II. A. Sprow, bodies 1acerated; Mail Clerk Hutehins, head badly cut. Three or four other trainmen were badly bruised.
 Many passengers were badly bruised and cut by broken glass, but none fa- tally injured. Justice H. w. Scott, of the supreme court, was badly bruised, as was Senator Scott and Representa- tives Brown, Willing and Sutton
 Seventy head of cattle were killed and many injured The track will not be clear for hours yet, and the loss to the railroad company will ex- ceed $50, ,000. The stock train had been ordered to stop at Seward, three miles south of the wreck, to pass the pas senger. Why it did not wait will never be known, for Engineer Up- pleby who received the orders and had them in his pocket was instantly killed