Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-28
Train Crew Responsible For
a Terrible Collision.
EIGHT KILLED AND MANY HURT.


Louis. Their names are:
Adolph Hohl, engineer of the accom-
mediation train.
Charles Moline.
Conrad Kuntz, .4L.si;a
@. @. Blevins.
H. Thall.
Barney McKenna, in charge Of the
Maude MoKenna, aged "A, his daugh-
ter.
John Cartwright.
The collision was between the second
section of an excursion train bound
west and the Frisco Valley Park accom-
mediation eastbound.
From what can be learned the acct
deu5 was the result of disobedience or
neglect of orders on the part of the ex-
cursiontrain crew, who should have re-
NAMED at Spring Park for orders and
let the accommodation through.
The excursion train was the second
section of special bound for st. James,
Mo. 100 miles west of st. Louis, where
the Missouri home for aged veterans
was dedicated yesterday under the aus
nices of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie and Woman's Relief Corps, The
first section had gone through safely
and the second section, which consisted
of II coaches, heavily laden with Grand
Army of the Republic men and their
wives and children. left ST. Louis about
O'Clock
According to J. D. Bishman, the tel
egraph operator and station agent at
Spring Park, it should have stopped at
that place. Instead of doing so the sec
ond section passed by the station and
soon after met the accommodation com
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
switch at Kirkwood crashed into the i'll
fated train in a cut just ID miles from
the st. Louis union station
There was one car and a combina-
ton baggage and coach on Engineer
Hobbs train, but the collision was ter
rife, both engines being demolished
and number OF the cars telescoped
The wreckage was piled high on the
bank, and above the sound of escaping
steam could be heard the cries of the
frightened and injured passengers.
Next to the engine of the train was
the comissarycar, filled with refresh
ments. Barney McKenna was in charge
of the edibles and with him was his
I4-year-old daughter, Maude 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 there
were 70 passengers, suffered the worst
damage, and the list of the killed and
injured aretaken from them. Engineer
Hohl of the accommodation, which was
running on time, was killed, and his
fireman, Frank Harter, badly wounded.
The accommodation train consisted of
an engine, tender, baggagecar and two
coaches, in which there were only five
passengers. The engine and tender
were wrecked, but the other three cars
were not damaged. It is due to the
hghtness of the train that the accident
was not worse than it was.
No wrecking train was available, but
everybody turned in and in a short time
had rescued the injured and had taken
out the dead. Doctors from surround
ing towns hurried to the scene and rem.
dered what assistance they could to the
suffering
When the relief tram bearing the
survivors of the wreck reached the
union station it was Immediately be.
sleged by crowd of friends and rela.
tives. Some of the wounded were re.
moved to their homes by friends, while
others were taken to various hospitals.
Among the latter were three whose in.
1nries will probably prove fatal