Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
Serious Wreck on Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis Road.
MANY PASSENGERS BADLY INJURED
One Will Die-Accident Occurred
at 3 O'Clock A. M.
ACHES TOOK FIR E

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, November 1s.-Train
| No. on the Kansas City. Fort Scott and
| Memphis railroad. which left Birmingham
last evening for Kansas City, was derailed
| just west Of WiIliford Ark, at 3 O'Clock
this morning. The combination coach, chair
car and sleeper went over the bank, the
combination car going into Spring river.
The chair car and sleeper were, both con-
sumed by fire.
One passenger was fatally inquired and
twenty-five others more or less seriously
hurt.
List of Injured.
]. L. Hoover, Pleasant Hill. Mo-, was
fatally hurt.
The following were all more or less Sc
riously injured:
Leopold Pollock Little Rock, Ark.
Clarence Murphy. Atwood, Ind.
j. r. Morris. Bakersfield Mo.
c. A. Ravenstein, wife and baby, At
wood, Ind
c. E. Merriweather, Sulphur Rock, Ark
Ed Webb. Vernon Nook. Mo.
j. j. Altzscheel. Little Rock, Ark.
w. ]. Grant. Salem, Ark; bruised and
cut about head.
NJ L. Price, Beall. Ark; injured about
head.
W. B. staha1. corinth, Miss: injured
about head and hands.
w. H. Boatner, Lection. Mo-; injured
NJ. C. Hogan, Oakland, Ark; injured
about head.
Wesley WINS. Atwood. Ind; injured
about head.
Mrs. A. d. Perkins, Hnal, Ark, extent
of injuries not known.
r. s. City. Monterey, Ind, arms hurt
Mrs. Prince, going to Fort Smith. extent
of injuries not known; her son, a boy, hurt
about face and arm.
NJ. Bailey, Fairplay, Mo-, foot injured.
w. ]. Shesabel. Voldette, Ark, head in
jured.
Mrs. Annette. Mammoth Springs. Ark,
back sprained.
Fast Train From the South.
No. is a fast through train from the
south. Between Williford and Hardy the
Memphis tracks parallel the Spring river,
little stream running out of Mammoth
Springs. The train was composed Of the
engine, mail and express car. baggage car.
combination coach, chair car and sleeper.
The combination car had partition in the
middle. one end being used as a smoker
and the other for colored passengers.
|, When Eear Williford the engineer felt the
train leap forward and found that 1t had
parted between the two day coaches. The
last three cars bumped over the ties, the
chair car and sleeper turning over on their
sides, and the combination car finally go
frg into the river. The most intense con-
fusion prevailed. The engineer backed up
the front part Of the train and the work of
rescue was Immediately begun.
Passengers Terrified.
The terror of the passengers who had
gene down into the stream with the COM
bination car was soon heightened by cries
Of alarm from the chair car and sleeper,
both of which soon took fire. The intense
darkness added to the confusion, and 1t
was some time before an organized effort
at rescue was put into effect by the train
crew and those of the passengers who had
been able to extricatc themselves without
aid. The passengers in the burning cars
were luckily rescued before the fire had
| reached its height, and few in those cars
were injured r. - -
car and sleeper could not be saved and all
efforts were put forth to the unfortunate
passengers of the combination car in the
stream Screams and cries for help were
heard on all sides, and because Of the dark
ness rescue was difficult. AS the flames
from the two burning cars became brighter
the rescuers were enabled to work to bet
ter advantage Luckily not a person was
drowned and 1t was not long before all had
been accounted for and were being cared
for as best Was possible. A telegram to
Thayer. Mo-, 1wenty-nine miles distant,
brought relief train in an hour or so and
the injured were taken to that city and
placed in a hospital.
Injured Taken to Kansas City.
Shortly before noon today Chief Surgeon
Pettijohn of the Memphis road and Claim
Agent Crater left Kansas City for Thayer
ard will bring the injured to this city.
The cause of the accident has not been
ascertained, but it is thought some por-
| ton of the forward truck of the smoker
| gave way. This will not be known posi-
| lively Until the wreck which Is in the
river, has been recovered.