The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-29
AWFUL COLLISION.
Two Passenger Trains Wrecked
on the Frisco Railroad.
EIGHT KILLED, TWENTY-ONE HURT.
The Accident the Result of Neglect OF Or
ders-DoctnrS from Surrounding Towns
Hurried to the Scene and the Suf-
tefing Were Looked After.

ST. Louis, Oct. 26.-Shortly before
ten O'Clock yesterday morning two
passenger trains on the St Louis &
San Francisco railroad, going in op-
posite directions. collided near Wind
sor station, about Is miles from this
city. Instantly killing eight persons
and injuring 21 more. The killed are
all Of st. Louis Their names are:
Adolph Hohl, engineer of the accom-
modation train Charles Mobine, Con-
rad kuntz, c. {. Blevins, II. Thall.
Barney Mckenna. in charge Of the re-
freshments; Miss Maud Mckenna. aged
II, his daughter, and John Cartwright.
OF those injured it is thought not one
will die.
The collision occurred between the
second section of an excursion train
bound west and the Frisco Valley
park accommodation. From what can
be learned the accident was the result
of dlsobedience or neglect of orders on
the part OF the excursion train crew,
who should have remained at Sprink
park for orders and to have let the ac-
commodation train through. The eX-
cursion 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 yesterday under the auspices
of the G. \. r. and Woman's Relief
corps. The first section had gone
through safely, and the second. which
consisted Of II coaches, heavily laden
with q. A. +. men. their wives and chill
dren, left st. Louis about nine o'clock.
According to J. d. Dishman, the
telegraph operator and station
agent at Spring park. it should have
stopped at that place for orders.
Instead of doing SO the second section
passed by the station, and soon after
met the accommodation coming down
grade at full speed. Engineer Hohl.
of the accommodation, was not aware
the second section was on the road,
and in trying to make the switch al
Kirkwood crashed into the ill-fated
train in a cut, just - miles from the
St Louis union station. There were
only three cars, a baggage ear and two
coaches on Engineer Hollis train, but
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| being demolished and number of the
cars telescoped. The wreckage was
piled high on the track, and above the
sound of escaping steam could bt
heard the cries of the frightened ano
injured passengers.
| Immediately after the wreck oc
Cured, people began to come in from
all directions on wheels. in buggies
wagons and on foot, and within al
hour after the accident occurred thou
sands could be seen grouped aroun,
the pile of debris. No wrecking trail
was available. hut everybody turned
to and in a short time had rescued tn
injured and taken out the dead. Doc
tors from surrounding towns hurrie'
to the scene and rendered what assist
ance they could to the suffering, VIII
were transported to places of safety
All the medical resources of St. Loui
were placed at the disposal of tn
Frisco road as soon as the news of tn
accident reached the city dispensary
DR.. Starkloff, the city physician. in
mediately set out for the scene with
corps of assistants and ambulances, bu
owing to the delay experienced in ge
ting to the scene of the wreck the
services were not needed.