The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-10-29
WERE RIDING TO DEATH
RAILWAY COLLISION OCCURRED
NEAR ST. LOUIS.
Caused by Disobedience of Orders
on the Part OF Excursion
Train Crew.

killing eight persons and injurlng more
than 20, three of whom will probably die
| The killed are all of St. Louis. Their
names are:
ADOLPH HOLE. engineer of the ac
commodation train
| CHARLES MOBINE.
| CONRAD KUNTZ.
| c. c. BLEvINS.
H. THALL.
BARNEY MKENNA, In charge Of the
| refreshments.
MISS MAUD M'KENNA. aged IA. his
daughter.
| JOHN CARTWRIGHT.
Twenty one persons were more or less
| injured but at late hour 1t is thought
| no one will die.
The injured are: Ferd Lange Of st.
| Louis, internal injuries; David Garrett
of st. Louis, head cut and legs bruised;
j. e. Robla of st. Louis, hips and legs
injured; Charles Mltnez of ST. Louis,
scalp wounds Frank Hasler of ST. Louis
late OF Springfield, Mo-, fireman the
excursion train, spinal cord injured and
hurt internally; Mrs. ]. B. Mcdaniel of
st. Louis, slightly injured; George Wolff
of Kirkwood, conductor on the suburban
train, hip injured and body bruised; Rob
eIl INuluOlldHu OIL spring .IdTh, DTdheItldD
on the suburban train, slightly injured
George Atwood ST. Louis, conductor
the suburban train, slightly injured; JOS
eph Drisden of Springfield Mo-, engineer
on the excursion train, skull fractured
and badly scalded Frederick Miller of
Valley Park. fireman on the suburban
train, legs injured and body bruised; A.
K. Smith of Valley Park, baggageman on
| p11fo 1ryl1s In
Mrs. A. X. Smith of Valley Park. injured
by shock; Matt Wapplehorst of Valley
Park, slightly injured Peter Hill Of st.
Louis. face cut and badly bruised Rob
ert Langen, William Sulter, Henry r.
Larborg, Louis Hunt, Henry McMichael.
Mrs. Rosehill all of st. Louis. more or
less injured.
How 1t Occurred.
The collision occurred between the sec
ond section OF an excursion train bound
west and the Frisco Valley Park accom-
mediation train. From what can be
learned, 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 accommoda-
ton 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 section had gone through safe
| ly and the second. which consisted OF II
coaches, was heavily laden with G. A. R.
men, their wives and children, left st.
Louis about 9 o'clock.
According to ]. D. Dishman, the tele-
grapher and station agent at Spring
Park, it should have stopped at that place
for orders Instead Of doing so the sec
ond section passed by the station, ant
soon after met the accommodation com
Ing down grade at full speed. Engineer
| Hole of the accommodation was no
aware the second section was on the roac
and In trying to make the switch at Kirk
| wood. crashed into the il-fated train il
a cut just 13 miles from the ST. Louis
union station.
The accommodation consisted of an en-
CINE. tender, baggage car and two coach
es, in which there were only five passen
gers The engine and tender were wreck
. ed, but the other three cars were no
. damaged. 1t is due to the lightness O.
:, this train that the accident was not wors
than 1t was.
One Chr Train.
There was only one car, combination
baggage and coach on Engineer Hole
train, but the collision was terrific, botl
engines being demolished and numbe
of cars telescoped The wreckage wa
! piled high on the track and above tn
sound of escaping steam could be hear
the cries of the frightened and injure
| passengers. Next to the engine of tn
excursion train was the commissary cal
filled with refreshments. Barney McKen
V ma was in charge of the edibles and wit
him was his 14-year-old daughter, Maut
Both were instantly killed, being scalc
ed and crushed.
A number of passengers, mostly youn
men. were grouped around the tempo
rary counter, eating and drinking. Thl
and the next car in which were 70 pas
sengers, suffered the worst damage an
:, most of the killed and injured were take
M from them. Engineer Hole of the az
commodation, which was running G
time. was killed, and his fireman, Fran
Halser, was badly injured.
If seems from statements be men en-
nloved on the line that the accident W;
due to the oversight of one of the olde
ooo | engineers on this division of the Frisco
Joseph Dryden, who was In charge
the excursion train.
er. .I cannot see how that could have .
-, curred.r said an official of the road t
-. night. ''But Engineer Dryden seems
- have entirely forgotten about No. IL, {
accommodation train. He is one of t
oa best engineers on the road and the owe
looking of the train which was traveli
toward him is all the more remarkaf
for the reason that he was for time
engineer and was, therefore, perfect
familiar with its schedule.
a but the train seems to have oropp
r. comnletely out of his recollection
95; failed to take the siding and his condi
= tor, George Atwood, who was taxing ti'
y ats failed to notice the fact"
q Immediately after the wreck occur
- people began to come in from all DIR
~ tions, and within an hour after the &C
- dent occurred thousands could be 81
grouped around the pile of debris.
- wreckng train was available, but eve
|ry, body turned to and in a short time
rescued the injured and taken out
dead Doctors from surrounding TOY
me ! hurried to the scene and rendered W
assistance they could to the suffer-
who were transported to places
Cu. safety. g. r,