Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
WORST WRECK
In the Htstor, II the santa Re Road Near
Emporta. Ran Ten or Eleven Persons
Killed and Iully a. Many Inlured.

SAYS:
One OF the worst wrecks In tn. hiss
tory OF the Santa fe railroad occurred
three miles east Of here at about 80
o'clock Wednesday night. Ten or
twelve persons were killed anu ~
many more were badly hurt. Tho ta>t
mail train going east. and the Mex
leo California express west
bound collided head-ou. The Mex
leo ~ California express was pulled
bv TWO locomotives. and when they
struck the engine drawing the fast
mail. tine boy crs OF al three engines
exploded aud tore hold in the round
80 deep that the smoking car, OF the
westbound train went in on ,op OF
three engines and two mail cars and
balanced there without turning over.
The passengers in the smoking car -
capped through the windows The
frond end of this car was
cnvelopcd m volume of sti;ling
smoke and steam bclching up from the
wreck below and the rear door was
jammcd tight in the wreck of the car
behind The wreck cuught fire from
the engines The cars in the hole aud
the smoking car burned 10 ashes IA NO
time In elm bling ont Of the smoning
car several men fell through the
riftS Iu the wreck below and
IT Is impossible to tell whether
they escaped or we're buruc1 -
death The west bound train carried
seven or eight coaches, and it~ pas
Scngcr> included many cscursluuists
who had been to hear Hon w Bryan
spcai, at The county fair al Burhu-niue.
MI Bryan himself was on the train.
but was riding nm the rear Pullman
some 900 feet from the ears whic. were
wrecked lie states that uothiuE but
"a heavy JOLT was experienced by tine
passengers in his coach
MIR Bryan was one of the uoblc>t
men ia the crowd OF rescucre lie
helped to- carry ont the dead and
wounded aud gave the greatest attcu-
ton to their care one poor fellow
who was badly manned called 20 MIR.
Bryan and said.
Il went To hear YOU today. I ann dv-
ing now and want To shake your hand
and say cod bless You. If you pos
~ibly can Mr. Bryan, get me drink OF
water.
MIR BRYAN went into the fast mail
car. one end OF which was burning and
came ont with the drink OF water,
which he gave To the suffering pas>cn-
ger lie brought out cushions for oth-
cr> Of the injured, and was every
where present To minister 20 the wants
of the suffering
The engineer of the wcstbuuni train
had received orders to meet me fast
mail a. Emporia. and was making up
lost time These two are the fastest
trains in the Santc Fc system. and the
wc>tbound train must have been run
ming al a speed of a. least 40 miles an
hour The yc>tbouud express vas 90
ing around "a Slight curve. and met the,
fast mail probably within 200 feet
or tn" seven or eight cars making MP
the McNicu and California express only
the mail. baggage, express and ,mot.
ing cars were destroyed. The coach
following the smoker was badly sp!int-
cred
There We're not more than dozen
passengers ON the fast mail. al. i'm one
coach, and while none Of them were.
seriously injured, their shaking up was
terrible. Every seat in the cua.l was
torn from the floor and many Aour
plank~ came mp with the seats
One man. John Sweeney. was thrown
over three seats. and through a win
dow, but escaped with only scratches
and bruises. The other car, of the
fast mail train. a baggage and al eN-
press. were totally wrecked
1t is stated that the wreck va, cans
ID 10y miscarriage of odcrs from the
trainmastcr. NJ Emporia the east
bound fast mail train received orders
TO pass the California expires, ar I.anc-.
seven miles east Another order was
sent to Lang for the California EXPRESS
to take the siding there
But this order was not delivered and
the wcsthound train passed on. the.
trainmcn expecting To pas, f1. fast
mail at Emporia
At midnight it becomes aoo,rrnt.
that the earlier estimates of ,.... num-
Der of dead were cNaggcratrG ,,ditfs
now apparent that the uumbc- OF dead
viii not exceed ten or clever Durin,,
the excitement early in the ,-..1ino =
%as report ed that nearly al. .t'nc,iv
postal clerks ON the two train. ,,.r,
killed or missing Two of H.. rIcrks
were killed All Of the others ave
one. are more or Ic,, SERIOUSLY i'm
iurcd
The mail clerks who are h.-. are w
L. Jones Il. o. NcGcc and C.agd Uoi-
Iday The latter may die. a.. both I,f.
legs are broken and Inc l., ,.lrr,,is,.
badly hurt Clerk T. G. Lctrarr r,-
capped -crjou> injury
hr dead were brought to Trrnr.a
At midnight special train lore E,n-
p"ra bearing l7 of the Injured e., Tn-
polka where they will bc care. for f.,
the railroad hospital
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h'-I"> sept s. The following tick