The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-27
Train Crew Responsible For
a Terrible Collision.
EIGHT KILLED AND MANY HURT.

AdOlph HOhl. engineer Of the accom-
mOdAtion train.
Charles Mobine.
Conrad Kuntz.
O.. Blevina
II. Thall.
Barney McKennA. in charge Of the
reireshments.
MAude MeKenna, aged Il. his daugh-
Ger.
John Cartwright
The collision was between tho second
section Of an excursion train bound
west aud the Frisco Valley Park accom-.
mediation eastbound.
From what can be learned the acci.
deu; was the result Of disobedionce or
neglec, Of orders on the part Of the sx-
cursiontEAin crew, who should have re-
mAined at Spring Park for orders and
let the accommodation through.
The excursion train was the second
section Of = special bound for 81. James,
No. 100 miles west Of 81. Louis. where
the Missouri home for aged veterans
was dedicated yesterday under the aus.
p oes of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lic and wonan's Relief Corps, The
hrst section had gone through safely,
and the second section. which consisted
Of Al coaches. heavily laden with Grand
: Army Of the Republic men and their
wives and children. left st. Louis about
0 O'Clock.
According TO J. d. Bishman. the tel.
egrAph operator and station agent at
Spring Park. it should have stopped At
! that place. InsteAdof doing 20 the sec
{ end section passed BY the station and
soon after met the accommodation CON-
ing down grade at full speed. Engineer
Hohl Of the accommodation was not
aware that the second section was on
the road. and in trying to make the
4 switch At Kirkwood crashed into the ILL.,
o faied train IN q cut just IS miles from
e the st. Louis union station.
h There was one car and oombina-
. ton baggage and coach on Engineer
Hollis train. bus the collision was ter.
rife, both engines being demolished
"a and a number oi the cars telescoped.
= Tho wreckAgo was piled high on the
d bank. and above the sound Of escaping
l. steam could be heard the cries Of the
J. frightened and injured passengers
- Next 20 the engine Of the train was
the comissarycar. filed with refresh
y ments. Barney McKenna was in charge
= Of the edibles and with him was his
l. Ia.year-Old daughter, Maude. Both
Al were instantly killed. being scalded and
Ar crushed. A number Of passengers
mostly young men. were grouped around
the temporary counter eating ant
drinking. Almost all were either hlles
% or injured.
70 This. and the next car. in which Their
90 were 70 passengers. suffered the wors
d. damage, and the list Of the killed an'
~ injured are taken from them Enginee
Hohl Of the accommodation, which Wa
=. running on time, was killed. and HI
an fireman. Frank Harter, badly wounded
"a, The accommodation train consisted 0
zee an engine. tender, baggagecar and iw
coaches, In which there were only nv
passengers. The engine and tende
- were wrecked. but the other three car
-. were not damaged. II is due TO th
nd uehtness Of the train that the aocideu
AN was not worse than it was
er. No wrecking train was available, b
ron everybody turned in and in short tim
his had rescued the injured and had take
IAN ont the dead. Doctors from surround
ing towns hurried to the scene and rel
dered what assistance they could to q
suffering.
~ When the relief tram bearing q
survivors Of the wreck reached q
union station Il was Immediately b
- sieged BY a crowd Of friends and rel
tivos. Some Of the wounded were =
moved 10 their homes BY friends, viii
others were taken to various hospital
Among the lattcr were three whose 4
]. jnries will probably prove fatal.
'en Noas af the InJared WIN Die.
. ~ ST. LOUIS, Oct ss.-The indieAtio
- - are there will be no more fatalities |
e sulting from Sundays collision on I
Frisco railroad near this city. Al /