The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-10

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EMPoRIA, Kas,, Sept. s,-Twelve
known dead, one missing (probably in
clnerated) and fourteen injured two OF
whom will likely die, is the record OF the
terrible head-end collision on the Santa
Fe as known tonight. The first lists
were mixed because of the confusion at
tending the wreck, and some of the
names OF injured on the list have been
transferred to that of the dead. Even
tonight 1t Is not known positively that
the list given is complete, as 1t is bellev-
ed that several were burned to death,
and nothing left by which they could
be recognized. The bodies of eleven
have been found in the debris, thred
burned beyond recognition.
william Frisbee, of Topeka, engineer
OF the east bound fast mail, who was last
night reported as among the injured, ex-
pired to-day, and Michael McGlade and
II. A. Doran, postal clerks, were found
to have been wrongly placed in the list
of injured,
Nothing could be found of the remains
OF the Wells Fargo express messenger,
j. i. c. Sauer. A handful of charred
bones taken from the wreck, however,
are supposed 10 be his. Near them was
found his watch.
The dead are: Michael McGlade,
Sauer, Kansas City, Wells Fargo ex-
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fireman. r. A. Doran, Emporia, postal
clerk. James r. Bremen, Topeka, en-
gineer Nate Holllster, Topeka, fire
man. c. Van Cleve, brakeman. Ben
Walters, st. Joseph, fireman. - Con-
zales, fireman. Dan McRearnan, q
tramp. William Brlsbee, Topeka, en-
gineer. An unknown tramp.
Missing, Harvey Fowler, farmer OF
Emporla.
The injured; j. NJ. Bell, Florence, hip
bruised Alexander Ferguson, Kansas
| City, conductor on No. /. hips hurt
Claude Holiday, Lawrence, express
messenger, both legs broken. d. o,
Etter, Kansas City, express messenger
legs broken, will die. John Dagan, OF
Topeka, face MANNED. j. 7. Butler
county attorney Of Chase county, hir
bFoHeH' may UT HIHdlH - 1plliSi
Of Kansas City leg and arms broken
II. z. Mellck, Of Atchlson, badly hurt,
Phil Schier, express messenger, Kansas
City, hips crushed. William Patrick,
Kansas City, leg and arm broken. C.. d.
Adams, City Of Mexico, painfully bruis-
ed. Mike Sweeney, OF Gainesville,
Texas, back hurt r. o. MCGEE, OF
Kansas City, postal clerk. u. c.
Fletcher, Kansas City, postal clerk.
Human Ghouls.
Human ghouls delved In the wreckage
and plundercd the mail sacks which
strewed the ground. One tried to snatch
a diamond from the breast of an Emf
porla doctor, weak and nervous, who
was creeping slowly out of the debris
He had strength enough left TO hit the
brute n blow in the face. which made
him turn with curse and sneak away
| all sacks were dragged into the corn
| field and rlned. Tho report at the Kan.
sas City office Is that practically all OF
| the mail on both OF the wrecked trains
were destroyed. One pouch, however
for southern California, on the west
| bound train No 1, Is said to have been
saved. This train, when II arrived
carried large mail from New York
City to California, Colorado, New MeXl'
co and Arizona. No official report has
been received here.
William ]. Bryan was interviewed by
n reporter as to his experience in thu
collision III have Travelled thousands
OF miles on railroads." he said. "ant
never was in wreck before. did moi
| feel the shock very severely where | was
but from the way things looked TO me
cannot for the life OF me see why WE
were not all killed. The scene pre-,
scnted was the most terrible have evel
seen. II hns made an impression on me
that cannot leave me during my life
time"
as II true that you were the first mar
to reach the ground from your car ant
go to the rescue OF those who were In
jured?" he was asked.
"Plense do not say anything about
| that" Mr. Bryan replied, with O depro'
eating gesture
From passengers II was learned thai
Mr. Bryan was the first person to rusl
forward 10 the assistance OF the Victims
that he assisted TO carry the first body
recovered, aud that so long az there wa,
any necessity he was foremost in IN,
wreck Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by Dn,
Vld Lcnhy, u Topeka newspaper man
were In the smoking coach of the west
hound train. They wore discussing Tho
days events Mt llurllngnme, when thcy
heard crash, then an explosion. In
moment the lights went out ana steam
and gns and conl smoke filed the car
Before they could mako n move the cai
was pushed forward with trcmcndoul
force and II seemed TO toss In the dcbrll
like crippled ship In Il storm Every
moment they expected II TO turn over
Tho car finally stopped, ana az II dlt
no began to catch FIRE from below, Tht
two men Jumped out of the same win
dow without their hats or baggugc
which were aftcrwnrd burned, and cs
capped practically without scratch. Mr.
Bryan rcnchcd EmpOrlH about mldnlgh
and remained he hotel until morning
when he resumed his Journey.
Ha..HH..Ha
Fatalities In u freight wreck,
MuNCIE, Ind, Sept "a frclgh
train ON the Lake Eric & Western rail
way near Albany was wrecked thl
morning on n trcstlc. Flight loaded car
were amaahcI Charles Manor Of Port
land, wac Killed ana John Collins of TN
same place, was fatally Injured, The
were ptcnllng ride. II Ia believed Their
are other men under the wrCCkngc
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