The herald., 1896-10-26
MEN ARE MASHED
WOMEN MAN|aED
Because Engineer Dryden
Was Careless
He FAILED 70 STOP FOR Orders
And Ran Full Speed Into An.
other Train
EIGHT PEOPLE ARE KILLED
While the List Of Those Injured -
braces Twenty.oae
Both Engines Demolished ana Several csrs
TeIescoped IS
Thousands Quickly Gather at the eceao
and Willing Hands Remove thu
While the List Of Those Injured -
braces Twenty.oae
Both Engines Demolished and Several cers
TeIescoped
Thousands Quickly Gather at the econa
and Willing Hands Remove thu
Dead and Give Aid to
the Wounded. ME-


this city, instantly killing eight persona
and injuring nearly thirty. The killed
are all Of st. Louis. Their names are:
Adolph Hohl. engineer Of the accom-
mediation train.
Charles Mobine.
Conrad Kuntz.
c. c. Blevins.
H. T. Hail.
Barney McKenna, in charge Of thu
refreshments
Miss Maude McKenna, aged Il. hin
daughter.
John Cartwright.
Twenty-one persons were more or
less injured. but at a late hour It u
thought no one will die.
The injured are:
Fred Lange, St. Louis, internal In
juries.
David Garrity. St. Louis. head cut
and legs bruised.
J. E. Roblea, st. Louis. hips and legs
injured.
Charles Milentz. st. Louis, scsIr.
wounds.
Frank Hasler. st. Louis, late of Spring.
field, No., fireman on excursion train:
spinal chord injured and hurt internally.
Mrs. ]. B. Mcdaniel, st. Louis. slight
ly injured.
George Wulff Of Kirkwood, conduct
or on suburban train, hips injured and
body bruised.
Robert Mulholland Of Spring Park.
brakeman on suburban train, slightly
injured.
George Atwood. St. Louis, conductor
on suburban train, slightly injured.
Joseph Dryden, Springfield, Mo-, en-
gineer on excursion train. skull frac-
tured and badly scalded.
Frederick Miller, Valley Park. 1re-
man on suburban train, legs injured ana
body bruised
A. X. Smith, Valley Park. baggage
man on suburban train. head cut and
hands and arms injured.
Mrs. A. K. Smith, Valley Park, In
jured by shock
Matt Wapplehorst. Valley Park. .slight-
ly injured.
Peter Hill, st. Louis. face cut and bad
ly bruised.
Robert Langen.
William Sulter.
Henry Larborg.
Louis Hunt.
Menry McAIichael. a
Mrs. Rose Hill, all of ST. Louis, more
or less injured.
1t seems from the statements made
by men employed on the line that the
accident was due to the oversight Of
one of the oldest engineers on this divis-
ion Of the Frisco. Joseph Dryden, who
was in charge of the excursion train.
II cannot see how it could have 6c-
Cured" said an official Of the road to-
night. But Engineer Dryden seems to
have entirely forgotten about No. IA
the accommodation train. He is one
of the best engineers on the road, and
the overlooking of the train which was
travelling toward him is all the moro
remarkable for the reason that he wao
for time its engineer and was. there
fore, perfectly familiar with its sched-
ule. But the train seems to have com-
pletely dropped out of his recollection-
He failed to take the siding, and His COM
ductor, George Atwood. who was taking
tickets, failed to notice the fact"
The accommodation train consisted =
an engine, tender, baggage car and tive
coaches, in which there were only flvo
passengers. The engine and tender
were wrecked, but the other three cato
were not damaged. 1t is due to the
lightness of this train that the acoi-
dent was not worse than 1t was.
The collision occurred between tAo
second section of. an excursion train
bound west and the Frisco Valley Paek
accommodation.
From what can be learned at this houss
the accident was the result of disobo11.
ence or neglect of orders on the partM
the excursion crew, who should have
remained at Spring Park for orders ana
to have let the accommodation train
through. The excursion train was ~
second section of q train bound for -
James, Mo-. 100 miles west Of ST 1ou}A
where the Missouri Home for Aged NJ. &
Grams was dedicated today. under ~
auspices of the G.. A. r. and w. r. g
The first section had gone through sa1cp
ly, and the second. which consisted =
eleven coaches, heavily laden With -
A. r. men. their wives and oht1froqn
left st. Louis about o'clock. Accof1 4.
to J~H Dishman. the tslsszaph epoSo1