The Princeton union., 1896-10-29
IEIGHT ARE KILLED
.FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD WRECK OC-
@ CURS NEAR ST. LOUIS
Two Passenger Trains ON the St.
Louis & San Francisco Road Col
lide Eight People, All of St.
Louis, Are Instantly Killed. and
More Than Thirty Others Are In
jured, Three of Them Probably
Fatally. -...|.. y

he Fatally. a.. -'.' y
st. Louis, Oct 27.-Two passenger
trains on the st. Louis & San Francis
co railroad, going in opposite direc-
tions, collided to-day near Windsor
Station, about thirteen miles from this
city, Instantly killing eight persons
and injuring twenty-one others.
The killed are all Of st. Louis. Their
names are Adolph Hohl, engineer;
Charles Mobine, Conrad Kuntz, C. G..
Blevins, H. Thall, Barney McKenna,
Miss Maud McKenna, John Cart
wright.
The collision occurred between the
second section of an excursion train
bound west and the Frisco Valley
Park accommodation. The accident
was the result of disobedience, or
neglect, of orders on the part of the
excursion train crew who should
have remained at Spring Park for
orders and to have let the accommo-
dation through.
The excursion train was the second
section of a special bound for st.
James, Mo-, 100 miles west of st.
Louis, where the Missouri home for
aged veterans was dedicated under
the auspices of the G.. A. R. and Wo-
mans Relief Corps, The first section
had gone through safely, and the Sec
.ond, which consisted Of eleven coaches
heavily laden with G.. A. r. men, their
wives, and children, left st. Louis
about 8 o'clock. According to J. D.
Dishman, the telegraph operator and
station agent at Spring Park, it should
have stopped at that place. Instead
of ioing so the second section passed
bytthe station and soon after met the
accommodation coming down grade
At Full Speed.
Engineer Hohl, of the accommoda-
sec.ion was on the road, and in trying
ito make the switch at Kirkwood,
crashed into the illfated train in q
cut There was only one car, a COM
bination baggage and coach, on Engi-
terrific, both engines being demolished
and a number Of cars telescoped. The
wreckage was piled, high on the track,
and above the sound of escapeing
steam could be heard the cries of the
frightened and injured passengers.
Next to the engine Of the excursion
y
with refreshments. Barney McKenna
was in charge of the edibles, and with
him was his fou1teen-year-old daugh.
ter. Maude. Both were instantly
killed, being scalded anl crushed A
number of passengers, mostly young
men, were grouped around the tenn
porary counter, eating and drinking.
Almost all were either killed or in
jured. This and the next car, in which
were seventy passengers. suffered the
worst damage, and most Of the killed
and injured were taken from them.
The Injured.
Ferdinand Lange, st. Louis, internal
injuries; David Garrity, st. Louis,
head cut and legs bruised; J. E. Rib
Charles r. Milentz, St. Louis, scalp
man on excursion train, spinal cord in
Mcdonald, st. Louis, slightly injured; =
George Wulff, Kirkwood, conductor on
suburban train, hips injured and body;
Park, brakeman, slightly injured;
slightly injured; Joseph A. Dryden,
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tured and badly scalded; Frederick
Miller, Valley Park. fireman, legs in
jured and body bruised; A. X. Smith,
valley Park, baggageman, head cut
and hand and arms injured; Mrs. A. K.
Smith, injured by shock; Matt Wap-,
plehorst, Valley Park, slightly injured ;;
Peter Hill, st. Louis, face cut and
badly bruised; Robert Langen, Will
lam Sulter, Henry Larborg, Louis
Hunt, Henry McMichael, Mrs Rose
Hill, all of St. Louis, more or less in
jured.
1t seems from statements made by
men employed on the line that the ac-:'
cident was due to the oversight Of one.
!of the oldest engineers on this division
;of the road, Joseph Dryden, who was
lin charge Of the excursion train.
II cannot see how it could have oc-'
:curred," said an official Of the road,
,,"but Engineer Dryden seems to have
.entirely forgotten about No. II, the,
accommodation train. He is one Of
the best engineers on the road, and!
ithe overlooking of the train which was
travelling toward him is all the more.
remarkable for the reason that he was:
for time its engineer, and was,j
therefore, perfectly familiar with Its
schedule. But the train seems to have,
dropped completely out Of his recollec-
;'tion He failed to take the siding, and
his conductor, George Atwood, who
was taking tickets, failed to notice the
fact"