The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-11-05
FORGOT HIS ORDERS
Engineers Carlessness Causes
a Terrible Accident.
TRAINS COLLIDE NEAR ST. LOUIS
Eight Persons Were Killed. and
Twenty-Five More or Less In
jured-Mauy VIII Die.

jured-Mauv Will Die.
st. Louis. Dot. 27.-Shortly before
10 o'clock this morning, two passenger
trains on the st. Louis g. San Fran.
cisco railroad, going in opposite direc-
tions. collided nearly opposite Windsor
station, thirteen miles from this city,
instantly killing eight persons and in.
juring large number, three of whom
will probably die The killed are all
of ST. Louis. Their names are:
Adolph Hohl, engineer of the accom-.
mediation train; Charles Moline, Con-
rad Kuntz, G. 9. Blevins, 81. T. Hall:
Barney McKenna, in charge of the re-
freshments; Miss Maud McKenna, aged
IA, his daughter; John Cartwright.
Twenty-one persons were more or less
injured.
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 dis.
obedience or neglect of orders on the
part of the excursion crew, who should
have remained at Spring Park for or.
ders. and 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 today
under the auspices of the g. A. R. and
Women's Relief Corps. The first SEQ
tion 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 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 80. the Sec
ond section passed by the station, and
soon after met the accommodation COM
ing down the grade 1T full speed.
Engineer Hohl. of the accommoda.
tion, was not aware the second section
was on the road, and, trying to make
the switch at Kirkwood. crashed into
the Inflated train in cut just thir-
teen miles from the st. Louis union
station. There was only one car, a
combination baggage and coach, on En-
gineer Hollis train, but the collision
was terrific, both engines being de-
molished and number of cars tele-
scoped. 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.
The accommodation train consisted
of an engine, tender, baggage car and
two coaches, in which there were only
five passengers. The engine and ten
der were wrecked, but the other three
cars were not damaged. 1t is due to
the lightness of this train that the ac-
cident was not worse than it was.
Next to the enigne of the excursion
train was the commissary car, filled
with refreshments. Barney McKenna
was in charge of the edibles, and with
him his 14-year-old daughter Maud.
Both were instantly killed, being scald-
ed and crushed. A number of passen.
gers, mostly young men, were grouped
around a temporary counter, eating
and drinking. Almost all were either
killed or injured. This and the next
car, in which were seventy passengers,
suffered the worst damage, and most
of the killed and injured were taken
from them. Engineer Hohl, OF the ac-
com mediation, was killed, and his fire.
man, Frank Hasler, was badly injured.
Immediately after the wreck oc-
CURED, people began to come from all
directions on wheels, in buggies and
wagons and on foot, and within an
hour after the accident occurred thou
sands could be seen grouped around the
pile of debris. No wrecking train was
but everybody turned to, and
in a short time had rescued the injured
and taken out the dead. Doctors from
towns hurried to the scene
and rendered what assistance they
could to the sufferers, who were trans
ported to places of safety.
All the medical resources Of st.
Louis were placed at the disposal OF
the Frisco road as soon as the news OF
the accident reached the city dispen-
sary.
At $40 this afternoon the relief train
bearing the survivors Of the wreck
reached the union station, and was i'm
mediately besieged by crowd OF
friends and relatives, anxious to see it
their dear ones had escaped injury.
Some of the wounded were removed to
their homes by friends, while others
were taken to various hospitals.