The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-09-10

3ured" List-One Man Missing. Suppose.
to Have Been Utterly Burned Up-LAt
est Corrected Lists Given in FuIl-Hu
man Ghouis Among the Ruins.
Emporia, Kan, Sept. 9-Tweive known
dead, one missing (probably incinerat
e1), and fourteen injured, two of whom
will likely die, is the record Of the ter.
Tible head-on collision on the Santa Fe
as known tonight. The first lists were
mixed because of the confusion attend
ing the wreck, and all day names on the
list Of injured have been transferred to
that Of the dead. Even tonight it is not
positively known that the list given is
complete, as il is believed that several
were burned to death and nothing left
by which they could be recognized. The
bodies of eleven have been taken from
the debris, three burned beyond recog-
nition.
Michael McGlade and r. A. Doran,
postal clerks, were found 10 have been
wrongfully placed in the list Of injured.
Nothing could be found of tine remains
Of the Wells, Fargo express messenger,
J. F. c. Sauer. A handful OF charred
bones taken from the wreck. however,
are supposed TO be MS. Near them was
found his watch.
The dead:
MICHAEL MGLADE, Kansas City,
postal clerk.
]. F. C. SAUER, Kansas City, Wells,
Fargo express messenger.
JOHN SHIRLEY. Topeka. fireman.
r. A. DORAN, Ernporia. postal clerk.
NATE HOLLISTER, Topeka, fireman.
c. ". VAN CLEVE, brakeman.
BEN WALTERS, st. Joseph, fireman.
JAMES BRENNAN, Topeka, engineer.
- GONZALES. fireman.
DAN M'KERNAN, a tramp.
AN UNKNOWN TRAMP.
Missing:
HARVEY FOWLER, farmer Of EN-
poria.
The injured:
]. NJ. Bell, Florence; hip bruised.
Alexander Ferguson, Kansas City,
Conductor on No. l: hips hurt.
Claude Holiday. Lawrence, express
messenger; both legs broken.
D. O. Etter, Kansas City, express
messenger; legs broken; will die
John Dagan, Topeka: face MANNED
J. T. Butler, county attorney of Chase
county; nip broken; may die.
William F. Jones, Kansas City; leg
and arms broken.
H. 2. Mellck, Atchison; badly bruised.
William Patrick, Kansas City; leg and
arm broken.
C. D. Adams, City Of Mexico; pain
fully bruised.
Nike Sweeney. Gainesville, Tex; back
hurt.
r. o. McGee. Kansas City: postal
clerk
Z. C. Fletcher. Kansas City postal
clerk
William Frisbee, engineer, Topeka !;
both legs broken: may die.
Human ghouls delved in the burning
wreckage and plundered the baggage
mail sacks which strewed the ground.
One tried 10 snatch diamond from the
breast OF an Emporia doctor who, weak
ami nervous. was creeping slowly out OF
the debris He had strength enough left
TO hit the brute blow in the face which
made him utter a curse and sneak away.
field and rifled.
The report at the Kansas City postof-
fee is that practically all Of the mail on
both of the wrecked Santa Fe trains
was destroyed. One pouch. however, for
southern California on the westbound
train No. l, is said TO have been saved.
This train carried a large mail from
New York City TO California. Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona No official
report has been received here.
WRECK STORY IN DETAIL.
Emporia. Kan, Sept 9.-Last nights
head-end collision on the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe proves the worst dis
aster that has occurred on that system
in many years. Ten people were killed
outright or soon died of their injuries,
and fifteen others were more or less seri-
ously injured. One or two OF the wound
ed may ye5 succumb. That the wreck
did not result more seriously seems mir
acuous miscarriage OF orders caused
the wreck
William ]. Bryan, who was a passen
ger on one of the trains. escaped unin-
Jured and aided materially in rescuing
N-AS oAiAS- s0ildttS dilu d44tNl3 3lnS their
s.ufferngs.
The wrecked trains were the fastest
In the service--,he fast mail eastbound.
and the California and Mexico express.
westoound. Each was running al the
rate of forty miles an hour and over.
The wreck occurred last evening ar 7:3O
o'clock. three miles east OF Emporia, on
a small culvert that crossed dry stream
The culvert was not more than tel feet
wide. and the foremost engine Of the
westhound train had spanned +, when !
tne collision occurred. The embankment
approaches 70 this culvert were about ten |
feei high. This added 70 the danger.
The wreck was caused by the miscar- +,
riage Of orders from the trainmas,er. The |
conductor of the eastbound train was or |
dered al Emporia 10 meet and pass the |
California flyer al Lang. seven miles |
east. An order sent 20 Lang 10 the con-
uuctor of the westbound for him TO wal, /
there was no; delivered and he supposed !
he was 10 pass AZ Emporia. Each train /
was hurrying-one 10 Emporia. the other
30 Lang-and met a; full speed on the |
main line.
The California train was almost an
n