The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-26
TWO TRAINS IN COLLISION,
RESULTING IN THE MANNING AND
MANGLING OF MANY ST. LOUIS
VETERANS.
THIRTY
TY SERIOUSLY INJURED,
Three of Whom VIII Die-Engineer's
Disobedience of Or
ders.

Francisco railroad going in opposite
directions, collided near Windsor sta
ton, about thirteen miles from this
city, instantly killing eight persons
and injuring more than thirty, three of
whom will probably die. The killed are
all of st. Louis. Their names are:
ADOLPH HOHL, engineer of the accom-
mOdatiOn train.
|. CHARLES MOBINE.
CONRAD KUNTZ.
c. C. BLEVINS-
H. THALL.
BARNEY McKENNA.
MAUD McKENNA. aged fourteen, his
daughter.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT.
The more seriously injured are: Ferdinand
Lange, st. Louis, internal injuries: David
Garrety, st. Louis, head cut and legs bruised;
J.. e. Riblet. st. Louis, hips and legs injured;
Charles R. MilentZ, st. Louis, scalp wounds;
Frank Hasler, st. Louis. late of Springfield
MO-, fireman on excursion train, spinal cord
injured and hurt internally; Mrs. J. B. Nc
Daniel, st. Louis, slightly injured; George
Wulff, of Kirkwood. conductor on suburban
train, hips injured and body bruised; Robert
Mulholland, of Spring Park, brakeman on
suburban train slightly injured; George At
wood st. Louis, conductor on suburban train,
slightly injured; Joseph A. Dryden Spring
field, Mo-, engineer on excursion train, skull
fractured and badly scalded; Frederick Miller,
Valley Park, fireman on suburban train. legs
injured and body bruised; A. X. Smith, Valley
Park. baggageman on suburban train, head
cut and hands and arms injured; Mrs. A. X.
Smith, injured by shock; Matt Wapplehorst.
Louis face cut and badly bruised; Robert
Langen, William Sulter. Henry Larborg,
Louis Hunt. Henry McMichael, Mrs. Rose
Hill, all of St. Louis, more less injured.
The collision occurred between the
second section of an excursion train
bound west and the Frisco Valley
Park accommodation. From what can
be learned at this hour the accident
was the result of disobedience, Cr ne
glect, of orders on the part of the ex-
cursion train crew, who should have
remained at Spring Park for orders
and to have let the accommodation
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 the Aged
Veterans was dedicated to day under
the auspices of the G. A. R. and
Woman's Relief corps. The first sec
ton 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 8 O'clock. According to T.
D. Dishman, the telegraph operator
and station agent at Spring Park, 1t
should have stopped at that place 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
that 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
was only one car, combination bag
gage and coach, on Engineer Hollis
train, but the collision was terrific, both
engines being demolished and a num-
ber Of cars telescoped. The Wreckage
was piled high on the track and above
the sound of the escaping steam could
be heard the cries of the frightened
| and injured passengers.
Next to the engine of the excursion
train was the commissary car, filled
with refreshments. Barney McKenna
was in charge Of the edibles and with
him was his fourteen-year-old daugh-
| ter, 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 passengers. The engine and ten
der was wrecked, but the other three
! cars were not damaged. 1t is due to
the ughtness of this train that the ac-
cident was not worse than 1t was.
| Immediately after the wreck oc-
| Cured, people began to come in from
lr11 TONS O1- IN, i
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 available, but everybody turned to
and in a short time had rescued the in
! jured and taken out the dead. Doctors
from surrounding towns hurried to the
scene and rendered what assistance
they could to the suffering who were
transported to places OF safety All
the medical resources of st. Louis were
placed at the hesdisposaI of the Frisco
railroad as soon as the news of the ac-
cident reached the city dispensary. DR..
diately set out for the scene Of the
wreck with a corps of assistants and
ambulances, but owing to difficulty in
getting to the wreck, their services
were not needed.
At 2:40 this afternoon the relief train
bearing the survivors reached the
union station and was besieged by a
crowd of friends and relatives anxious
to see IL their dear ones had escaped
injuries. Some of the wounded were
removed to their homes by friends,
while others were taken to various hos
pitfalls. Among the latter were three
whose injuries will probably prove
fatal
]. d. Dishman, the telegraph operator
and station agent at Spring Park,
stated to a reporter that had the ex-
cursion train stopped at Spring Park
for orders as it should have done, the
accident would have been averted He
said he got message from Valley Park
when the accommodation train left that
point and he added that had the ex-
cursion train stopped he would have
had 1t pull Into the switch until the
accommodation passed. Dishman said
that he was in his office when the ex-
cursion passed at a high rate Of speed
He said he knew that the two trains
would come together, but that he was
powerless to avert the accident.
1t seems from the statements made
by men employed on the line that the
accident was due to the oversight of
enc OF the Oldest engineers on this d.
vision of the Frisco, Joseph Dryden,
who was in charge Of the excursion
train. II cannot see how 1t could have
occurred" said an official of the road
tonight, '.but Engineer Dryden seems
to have entirely forgotten about No
IL, the accommodation train. He is