The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-26
Two Passenger Trains Collide
Near st. Louis.
BADLY INJURED.
List Of the Dead and the Injured.
One Of the Trains Was Crowded
with G. A. n. Veterans and TAear
Families, and the surprise 10 That
the Death List In Net LARGER ThaA
IL Is-nsth Easines Were De-
molisAed and Several Cars Tele~
ucOpca.

on the ST. Loa.s 4 San Francisco railroad.
going in opposite osreclianss eol,ided near
ly opposite Windsor station. about ta.r.
teen miles from this c.sy. instantly killing
nine persons and .njuring twenty lone.
The accommodation train consisted Of
an engine. senler. baggage car and two
coaches. N which there were only five
passengers. The engine and tender were
wrecked. but the other three cars were
not damaged. Ii Is due to the lightness Of
this train that the accident was not worse
than * was
The killed are all of st. Louis. Their
names are: Adolph Aohl. engineer OK the
accommodation train. Charles Moytne.
Conrad Kuntx. c. G.. Blevins. II. r.. Ha1l
Il. r. Hall. Barney McKsnna. IN charge
of the refreshments. Miss Maud Mckeunas
aged IA. his daughter. and John Cart
wright.
Twenty-nine persons were moro or loss
injured. but at n late hour il II thought
that none of them will die. The injured
are: Ferd Lange, ST. Louis. internal tn-
Juries; David Gerretty, st. Louis. head cut
and legs bruised: ]. f. Rcbtea. st. Louis.
hips and legs injured: Charles Milents. St..
Louis, scalp wounds, Frank Hasler. ST.
Louis. late OF Springfield. Me-. fireman on
excursion train. spinal cord injured and
hurt internally; Mrs. j. b. Mcdaniel, st.
Louis, slightly injured. George Wulfte. of
kirkwocd. conductor ON suburban train.
hips injured and body bruised: Robert
Muihoiand. of Spring Park. brakeman On
suburban train. slightly injured: George
Atwood. Sc. Louis. conductor ON svouroan
train. slightly injured: Joseph Dryden.
Springfield. Mo-. engineer sn excurqiOn
train. skull fractured and badly ycaleeds
Frederick Miller. Valley Park. fireman On
suburban train. legs injured and oo4y
bruised: A. X. Smith. Valley 1Atk. -.
gageman on suburban train. hcAd cut dA0
hand and arms injured: Mrs. A. X. Smith.
Valley Park, injured by shock; Matt Wap.I
piehorst, Valley Park. slightly injured;
Peter HILL st. Louis. face cut and badly
bruised. Robert Langen. William Suffer-
Henry Larborg. Louis Hunt. Henry Mo-
Michael and Mrs. Rose Hill. all Of 81
Louis. more or less injured.
The collision occurred between the oec>
west and the Frisco Valley Park accoua~
modstion- From what can be learned "a
this hour, the accident was the result ok
disobedience or neglect OF orders on the
part of the excursion crew. who sho5std
have remained at Spring Park for orders
and 10 have let the accommodation train
through. The excursion train was the
second section OF a special bound FOR 1t
James. Mo-. 1eO miles west Of 0t. LoutS,
where the Missouri Home for Aged vet~
Grams was celebrated today under the
auspices Of the q. A. r.. and tho WomAn'n
Relief Corps. The first section had gcpe
through safely. and the second. whith
consisted OF eleven coaches heavily laden
with q. A. II. men, their wives and chfl>s
1ren. left ST. Louis about O'clock. Ar-s
cording to j. ID. Dislsnan. the telegraph
operator and station aren't at Spring Park.
II should have stopped at that place Tor.
orders. Instead of doing no. the second
section passed by the station and SOON
after met the accommodation train cOm~
ing down grade at full speed.
Engineer Hohl. OF the accommodation.
was not aware the second section WAS on
the road. and in trying to make the
switch at Kirkwood. crashed into the ~.
fated train In cut Just thirteen miles
from the ST. Louis Union station. There
was only one car. a combination baggage
and coach on Engineer Hohrs train, but
the collision was terrific. both engines
being demolished and q number OF cars
telescoped. The wreckage was piled hi&h
on the track and above the sound OF en-
Gaping steam could be heard the cries 0G
the frightened ana Injured passengers.
Next to the engine of the Gxcurnlo0
train was the cornnissary car filled With
refreshments. Harvey MoKenna wns ~
charge OF the edibles, and with him Wan
his b-year-old daughter Maud. Both
were instantly killed, being scaIded ana
crushed. A number of passengers. mostly
young men, were grouped around the
Almost all were either killed or injured.
This and the next car. In which were sey.
enty passengers, suffered the worst dame
age, and most OF the killed. and intnrAa
were taken from them. Engineer Hohl,
OF the accommodation which was rpn-si
ming on time. was killed. and his frcmAns
Frank Hasler, sas badly injured.
II seems from the statements made BY
men employed on the line that the acci~
dent was due to the oversight Of one ~
the oldest engineers on this division Of the
Frisco. Joseph Dryden, who was In
charge Of the excursion train.
II cannot see how IL could have oc-
Cured" said an official of the road to-
night. "Bu, Engineer Dryden seems to
have entirely forgotten about No. ~. the
accommodation train. lie is one OF the
best engineers on she road. and the over
looking of the train which was travelling
toward him r. all the more remarkable for
the reason that ne was for a tme'its engi-
Heer. ard was therefore perfectly familiar
with It's schedule. En, the train seems "a
have dropped completely out Of his rerol-
lection. He failed 90 take the siding. and'
his conductor. George Atwood. who was
taking tickets, failed TO notice the fact"
Immediately after fhs wreck occurred
people began 10 come IN from all directions
on wheels. in buegles and wagons and on
foot, and within hour after the acct.
dent occurred thousands could be seen
grouped around the pie OF debris. No
wrecking train was available but every
body turned TO and I'm a short time had
rescued the injured and taken out tho
dead Doctors from surrounding towns
hurried to the scene and rendered what
assistance ffaey could TO the suffering. who
were transported 70 places OF safety. All
the medical resources Of ST. Louis wera
placed a; the disposal ~ the Frisco road
as soon as the news Of the accident
reached the city tispensary.
Al go O'Clock this afternoon the relief
train bearing the survivors of the wrsct
reached the union station and was tn1-s
YneAlateiy begiegee by crowd 0f friends
and relatives anxious 10 ses II their dear
ones had escaped injury Some Of tho
wounded were removed 10 their homes IN
friends. whfie others were taken TO vari-
Gus hospitals Among The latter were
three whose injuries ~lii probably prove
fatal.
J. ID. pishrnan the station agent "a
Spring Park, stated TO a reporter that had
the excursion train stopped as BprfuH
Park for orders. 81 Il should have done.
ihe accident would have been ayeitad. He
said ne got a message from Valley Park
when ihe accommodation train left that
point. and hex&dded that had the excur.s
sion train stopped be would have had lf
pulled into the switch until the accom-.
rnodasion passsed. ulshman said tfatshe
was in hfs office when the excursion tfatn
passed at sAah rate OF speed. He aid
that be knew tnaf the two trains would
come togsth r. but that be Was poWsxtoooI
70 avert the accident. Il