The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
BRYAN IN A COLLISION.
HIS TRAIN MEETS ANOTHER AND
TWELVE ARE KILLED.

ne Escapes without Injury and Leads the
Work OF Rescue, Assisting In CarrSin Out
Dead nodies and Also Ia Helping to Mako
tho 1riured ne Comfortable ns Possible.
EMronrA. Kan. Sept, s.-Thrco miles east of
this city tonight occurred ono Of tho worst
wrecks in the history OF tho Santa Ed road. At
lonst twelve men aro killed md ten or twelve
badly wounded. Tho wreck was tho result OF n
collision between tho fast mail going cast and
the Mexico and California train going west.
Tho Mexico and California train was pulled by
two engines. and when they struck the fast mall
the boilers OF nll three engines exploded and tore
n no c in the track so deep that the smoking car
OF the wcst.bound train went on top OF tho
wreck OF the three engines and two mail cars.
There It balanced without turning over.
Passengers in this car, in escaping through
the windows, came very near turning
the car over, in which event the fatal.
ity would have been increased. The car
caught fire and was burned to ashes in
no time. Tho front door Of this car
ovcrhunE a terrible volume Of smoke and steam.
md the rear door was so tight that IL would not
open. In jumping out OF windows two or three
passengers fell into tho wreck underneath. and
1t Is impossible to tell what happened to them.
The wcst.bound train carried five coaches. all
crowded. William J. Bryan, who had been
speaking at Burlingamc, was in the rear car.
Mr.. Bryan was one OF the most active men In
the crowd Of rescucrs. lie helped TO go through
the wreck, Drawing the most terrible dni gers,
assisting in carr, ing out every one of the dead
and wounded men. and paying the greatest at.
tention to their care. His cool head was valu.
able in pointing out dangers and directing how
TO avoid them.
One man who was badly wounded called for
Bryan and said:
IL went to hear you to-day. / am dying now
and want to shake your hand and say God bless
you. II you possibly can, Mr.. Bryan. get me n
drink OF water"
Mr.. Bryan went into the fast mail car. the end
OF which was burning. and got the water. Ho
went into a car and brought ont a Cushion scat
to make a pillow for another dying man. He
was every where and assisting everybody. and
was perfectly cool during all the terrible scenes.
The Mexico and California train was due TO
leave there at 3:25 y. NJ. but did not leave
until G:2o. A second engine was put on with
tho first and five coaches attached. Every
coach was crowded and not q foot OF space WAS
In the aislcs.
The front and rear platforms Of every coach
were also crowded. Luckily the bulk of tho
crowd got off Mt Usage City and those who re-
manned in the coaches had seats.
Til wcs..tound train hal orders TO meet tho
fast III Il at Empor a and was making M Tine.
The rain must ave been running az
u Eu'c VI Az itVbJ l'EH HiIic7 hh hoNE.
Tho conductor and brakcmen were GOT
urg their lanterns re,dy for EN- ORA.
three mics Of. when nj h no warning
signal the train rounded a slight curve and
faced tho fast mail not 200 feet away. There
was a shock AS II the train had bumped against
a stone wall. There WINS nm explosion. q scrap
Ing sound. an uncertain movement OF the
ImmeaistSiy the 'drst coaches in the west
bound train were filed with smoke and the pc
euliar odor arising from the pouring OF water on
hot cinders. One man. after getting out through
Thought / WAS going through the fumes of
His description is not exaggerated. After tho
crash the smoking car Went OF the rails and ran
over the wrecked coaches and engines. 1t rolled
over the wreck. and nobody knew how soon it
would fall to one side or go to pieces or be set
on IRE by the engine fires that were undo 1t.
: Although this car went on Its trucks and
lodged on top OF the pile OF wrcckugo without
turning oySr' and nobody IN it was seriously
over. but scvcral Of It's occupants were injured
more or less.
n There were not more than n dozen passengers
was seriously injured. hut the shaking. up was
fastening With such force that many OF them
pulled thanks from the floor with them Ono
=. s sont. c YSnn ont HWG q Widow w"I but r'F by some %N'i miracle taFie
Only two coaches in the west bound train. be-
sides the baggage and mail cars, were wrecked.
: The mail and baggage cars OF he fast mail were
Q a or total INV w "nI 90 i%T MS could be- e AT cert 6n,i
a trains before they were burned. Tho known
. dead are:
9 JIM BRENNAN. engineer. Topeka.
Y NATE HoLLtSTFR. fireman. Topeka.
q J.F. SOUS OF Kansas city. brother Of Gus sours. a
prominent Kansas City merchant. lie was an ex-
press messenger on tho west bound train,
Brakeman. Last name not known. on blind baggage
g -GoszALfs, brennan on west. bound train:
3 +. 4. f poMax. f p%stsi clerk ri .h E@ Spsar %1"H' 'FHn'
( Tramp, unidentified.
The seriously injured are:
4 CLAUDE HOLIDAY. Law renee. express messenger
both legs broken ard hurt Internally.
!, Il. c. ERTEn, Kansas City, express messenger. LEGS
broken and badly injured internally. His case Is al
y JonS DA0AS. Topeka. farc and head badly hurt.
J. 7. BurlER. County Attorney OF Chase county, hip
II brStsn and lady 1aExi inEIgrea ", her r Iss and arm, ,roxon
face cut aud back badly injured.
n. p. MrTrcK. Atchison. salesman: forehead badly
PUT scnEn, Kansas city; hip badly hurt.
WILLIAM PATRICK. Kansas city leg and arm broken
G. D. ADAMS, City OF Mexico.
- EAdAS. n passenger.
~ MIKE SwELsEr. Gninesville, Tex. back hurt
II Missing; pES whLrEhs of ST Joseph. Mo. fireman
81 on the rRst.bOund train
a Strctchors were improviscd. and as the dcat
and wounded were taken from the debris they
wcro passed down from the top of the ruins by
e string OF men who worked nobly.
10 William Frisby. engineer OF tho fast mail, was
!, conscious until he died. He said:
)" Il did not SEQ tho other train until came
upon 1t. | turned on the air and jumped
n. Tho wreck WAS caused by tho miscarriage O
orders from the trninmastcr. The conductor o
IVA the east.bound train was ordered at Emporia Il
Ut meet and pass tho west bound Mt Lang, abou
NJ seven miles cast.
" An order sent to Lang to tho conductor Of tn,
OF wcst bound for him 10 wait there WAS not dc
Of livereG. He supposed he was 10 pass at Emporia
g. Each train WAS hurrying. ono to Emporia, tn