The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-27
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED
Frightful Collision on the St. Louis
and San Francisco.
ACCIDENT In THE BIG BEND CUT.

veteraa's Home One Engineer Crushed
Under His Engine.
st. Louis. Oct. 27.-Two passenger
trains. one running at a speed of forty
miles an hour and the other about
twenty Ave miles an hour. came to-
gether In Big Bend cut. fifteen miles
west of this city. at s:A o'clock sun
day morning, and eight persons were
killed and not less than fifty injured.
some manned for life and others who
are yet in the shadow of death with
small chances OF surviving. The dead
are: c. C. Bievins. s145 Morgan road;
John Cartright; Adolph Hahl. 1885
Kentucky avenue. engineer; Conrad
Kuntz. John street: Charles Mabins.
l222A Sarah street; Barney McKenna.
In charge Of buffet; Mamie McKenna.
daughter of Barney McKenna. aged II
years; III. Thole, 1922 Sarah street.
List of Injured.
The injured are: George Atwood.
Chouteau avenue. ST. Louis. conductor
of the excursion train. slightly injured:
Joseph A. Dryden. az years. married.
residence In Springfield. Mo-, engineer
on excursion train skull fractured and
badly scalded; David Gervie, 40 years,
married, residence 20l6 Linton strest.
st. Louis, head cut. legs bruised and
spine injured. taken from wreck In q
dazed condition. but recovered con-
seriousness later: Frank Hasler. "a.
years, married, residence 3006 Chestnut
street. ST. Louis. fireman on excur-
sion train, spinal and internal injuries,
thought to be fatal; Peter Hill. 2623
Walnut street. St Louis. face cut ana
bruised Mrs. Rose Hill. about 20 years
| Of age, residence 2623 Walnut street, ST.
Louis, ankle crushed and head In
| jured: Louis Hunt. corner Marine av-
| enue and South Broadway. St Louis.
| injury on face and hand; Ferdinand
| Lange, so years old. 2S0s North Tweiftn
| street. st. Louis Internal injuries; hop-
| ert Langenbacher. s22 Salisbury street
| st. Louis. knee hurt: Henry Larborg.
| 3736 Page avenue. St Louis. cut ana
| bruised over eye; Mrs. j. b. Macdan-
| lei. 4l29 Evans avenue, st. Louis. slight
ly injured: Henry McNichol, 3l33 Me-
| braska avenue. bruised and cut; Fred
erick Miller, married, of Valley Park,
fireman on suburban. legs injured and
numerous bruises: Charles r. Miientx,
"a years. single. residence 1886 South
| Tenth street, st. Louis. scalp wounds
and head cut: Robert Mulholland,
| Spring Park, brakeman on suburban
| train, slightly injured; j. r. Ribiet,
| bricklayer, residence 441s North Thirty
| first street, st. Louis. hips and legs IN
| jured and wound on scalp; Al X. smith.
| of Valley Park, baggageman on SUD
urban train, cut on forehead and hand
and arm injured; Mrs. Al X. Smith, OF
| Valley Park bruised and injured by
shock: william Sulter. 4455 Page av-
enue, ST. Louis. confusion oil chest'
Mat Wappiehorst. OF Valley Park.
slightly injured: George Wolff. South
west Kirkwood conductor on subur-
an train. hips injured and numerous
bruises
| Were Going to a Dedication.
| Quite a few others whose names
could not be learned. were slightly In
fured, but were able to go to theit
| homes unassistsd. An excursion train
| OF eleven crowded cars left st. Louis
| Union station at 9:01 o'clock on the 81
| Louis and San Francisco railway Tor
ST lanes Mo. The excursionists were
| soing to attend the ceremonies or ded-
| ication at the veterans home HAD
| the excursion train left st. Louis or
| time II would have sidetracked at Val
lev Park until the accommodation
train. east bound. had passed. As the
| train left st. Louis thirty-four minutes
later than schedule time. Spring Park
six miles east of Valley Park was ths
place designated for passing. Wher
the excursion train neared Spring Farf
| the accommodation was not In signt
| That was the moment that some one
| either the engineer or conductor OF th>
| excureion train--assumed RESPONSE
bii,ty for all that might come-and die
| come Which OF the two men decided
10 try TO make Valley Park is not
clearly decided. Anyhow, the throttle
was pulled wider open, and the ninety
ton engine dragging eleven coache'
crowded with humanity plunged for
ward and downward. for the grade II
descending one.
Trains Met on = Bend.
At Big Bend cut, two miles west o
Spring Park. the road turns sharply
In making the turn, running tort'
miles an hour. Engineer Joseph Drydei
came face to face with the engine o
the accommodation, approaching
perhaps twenty-five miles an hour
Throttle. sand and reverse lever wer
used, OF course. but the speed or neith
or train was reduced when the engine
met.
Rotb engine crews jumped Engin
ear Dryden struck upon his head ant
Law unconscious with O crushed skull
: Hi. engine overturned near him an
e.csp,ng steam scalded him terribly
He cannot live. The fireman of the ex
cursion train struck upon his feet an,
rolled into the railroad ditch. badl.
hurt internally.
AdoIph Hohl. engineer OF the accom-
modation train, sprang from his ca
, window. He ieaped an instant too late
! far when he reached the ground hi
, engine fell upon It's side upon him, an
he was crushed out Of all semblance
man.
Remarkable Escape.
{ His fireman was saved in a remark
able manner. When he left the ca
4 he was caught 10y the first coach as
Y leaned upward and forward. and cat
{ rl.d twenty feet up the embankmen
unharmed and out Of harms way
Behind the engines we're wrecks q
wood and iron almost as bad as tn
twisted boilers and shattered cabs. On
car of the accommodation trai
climbed over engine and tender an
stopped pointing up the embsnkment.
The first coach OF the excursion trsi
struck head on against the tender an
turned across the track. The secon
| coach teiescoped the first From thes
!, cars we're taken six men already dea
: and two who died within a few ms
mpnts, then half hundred other
n,aimed. bleeding, bruised. moaning