The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-20
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED
TWENTY-ONE OTHERS Sc
VERELY INJURED.
Coliision Near st. Louisa Frisco E1cur-
sion Train Bearing Veterans to the st.
James Soldiers Home Dedication Dashes
into an Accommodation.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2-.-Shortly before
TO o'clock yesterday morning two pas
scnger trains on the st. Louis & San
francisco railroad, going in opposite
directions, collided nearly opposite
Windsor station, about thirteen miles
from this city, instantly killing eight
persons and injuring twenty-one
others, three of whom may die.
The killed are all of St. Louis. They
are:
Adolph Hohl, engineer of the accom-
mediation train.
Charles Moline.
Conrad Kuntz.
C. c. Blevins.
Fl. Thall.
Barney McKenna, in charge of the
refreshments.
Miss Maud McKenna, aged IA, his
daughter.
John Cartwright.
Due to Disobedience.
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 accommodation train 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 aus
pices of the G. A. r. and Woman's Re-
lief Corps. The first section had gone
through safely, and the second, which
consisted of eleven coaches heavily
laden with G. A.. R. men, their wives
and children, left st. Louis about 9
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. In
stead 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 at kirkwood
crashed into the Inflated train in a cut,
just thirteen miles from the st. Louis
union station
There were only three cars, a bag
gage cal and two coaches, on Engineer
Hollis train, but the collision was ter
rifle, both engines being demolished
and a number of the cars telescoped.
The wreckage was piled high on the
track, and above the sound of escaping
steam could be heard the cries of the
frightened and injured passengers.
Where the Havoc Was Worst.
Next to the engine of the excursion
train was the commissary car, filed
with refreshments. Barney McKenna
was in charge of the edibles, and with
him was his 1~4-year-old daughter,
Maud. Both were instantly killed,
being scalded and crushed. A number
Of passengers, mostly young men, were
grouped around the temporary counter.
eating and drinking. Almost all were
either killed or injured. This, and the
next car, in which were seventy pas
sengers, suffered the worst damage,
and most of the killed and injured were
taken from them. Engineer Hohl, of
the accommodation, which was running
on time, was killed, and his fireman,
Frank Hasler, badly injured.
The accommodation train consisted
of an engine, tender, baggage car and
two coaches, in which there were only
five passengess. The engine and ten
der were wrecked, but the three cars
were not damaged. 1t is due to the
ightness Of this train that the accident
was not worse than it was.