The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09

you to-day; l am dying now and want to
snake your haad and say God bless you.
If you possibly can, Mr.. Bryan, get me a
drink OF water"
MIR. Bryan went into the fast mail car,
one end of which was Burning, and came
out with a drink OF water, which be gave
to the suffering passenger. be brought
out cushions for others of the injured and
was everywhere present to minister TO
the wants of the suffering.
At midnight it became apparent that
the early estimates OF the number of dead
we're exaggerated, ana it now seems that
it will not exceed ten or eleven. During
the excitement early in the evening it
was reported that nearly all the six postal
clerks on the trains were killed or miss
ing. Two of the clerks were killed. All
OF the others, save one, are more or less
seriously injured.
The list of the dead as known at mid
night follows:
James Brennan. engineer, Topeka.
Nate Hollister, fireman. Topeka.
William Frisbey. engineer.
- Gonzales fireman.
]. f. Saurs, express messenger, Kansas
CITY.
r. A. Dorsn, postal clerk, Emporia.
NJ. J. MoGlade, postal clerk, Emporia,
died at IL O'Clock.
- Shurlev, fireman.
Daniel McKennon. boy, Kansas City.
Unknown man, tramp.
Ben Walters, fireman, of ST. Joseph,
is missing.
The mail clerks who are hurt are w. r.
Jones, r. o. MCGEE and Claud Holiday
The latter may die, as both his legs are
broken and he is otherwise badly hurt
Clerk Z. c. Fletcher escaped serious in
jury.
The dead were brought to Emporia. At
midnight a special train left Emporia,
bearing seventeen OF the injured to To-
peka, where they will be cared for in the
hospital,
Among the seriously injured are: R. C.
Erter, Kansas City, express messenger.
legs broken, will die; John Dagan, To-
peka, face smashed: j. T. Butler, County
Attorney Chase County, hip broken, may
die; William +. Jones, Kansas City, leg
and arms broken; B. P. Metik, Atchison,
badly bruised; Phil Schier. Kansas City,
hip crushed; C. A. Van Fleet, brakeman,
Kansas City, badly bruised; William
Patrick. Kansas City. leg and arm broken;
C. D. Adam City of Mexico, painfully
bruised Mike Sweeney, Gainesville Tex.
back hurt.
The engineers of the westbound train
had received orders to meet the fast mail
at Emporia and were making up lost time.
The two are the fastest trains on the Santa
Fe system and the westbound train must
have been running at speed of at least
forty miles an hour. The west bound ex-
press was going around slight curve.
OF the seven or eight cars making UP the
Mexico and California express only the
mail, baggage and express and smoking
cars were destroyed. The coach following
the smoker was badly splinlered.
There were not more thana dozen pas
sengers on the mail all in one coach, and
while none OF them were seriously in
iured their shaking up was terrible.
Every seat in the coach was torn from the
floor and many floor planks came up with
the seats
One man, John Sweeney, was thrown
over three seats and through a window,
but escaped with only scratches and
bruises The other cars of the fast mail
train, baggage and an express, were
totally wrecked.
1t is stated that the wreck was caused
bv o miscarriage of orders from the train
master. At Emporia the eastbound fast
mail train received orders to pass the
California express at Lang, seven miles
east. An order was sent 10 Lang for the
California express to take the siding there,
but this order was not delivered, and the
westbound train passed on, the trainmen
expecting 10 pass the fast mail at EN-
poria.