The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-28

KANSAS CITY. June Z.-Sever cofNns
were forw argted 70 S. Louis today from
Missouri City. They contained the re-
ry4zsHs Of the victims III Izst nights WRECK
or tise Wabasa roaa 4 eoETscted list OF
the dead Is as follows:
W & Mills. postal clerk e. Louis.
. II Smith, postal clerk. s. Louis.
aisssave 4. Smith postal clerk, s.. Louis
Charles Winters. p-o@fat clerk ~ Louis
r W Brink postal clerk. -. louis.
Edward Grfndrode, saggagsnaaT 81
Cnar9es p. GreasIey. brakeman. St
Louis
The conductor OF the train. c. e. Cope
lad. Of 81 .lyoala. who was reported last
nschf among he dead Is still alive. He
was removed this morning 70 the hospital
A. Moberly T-lEh A fractured skull and
several broken limbs, he fingers between
iife and death, bat the surgeons express
q hops taat he will recover He WAS sup
posed 20 be dead when taken from ire
wreck and his body. with handkerchief
drawn over the face, Eas ranged In a
row with seven corpses. A few min
utex later some one observed sign OF life.
and he was quickly transferred 20 a
stsetoIler and given every possible atten-
tor.
CT the eighteen others injured. not one
f. IN critical condition. Among them
all there ia not one broken hub. though
many % them Here thrown tnree-qaarterS
- The length Of the coaches IN which
ii-ey were riding.
ars ". II Wilkinson. Of Kansas City.
f. the most seriously hurt. Two small
homes Of her left hand are broken. and she
alIfTered q severe laceratlo1 OF the thigh,
Il wen as bruises about the face and neck
f'he wounds OF most OF the others are
trivial
All indications are that death came 10
~ least four OF the five unfortunate mall
clerks almost Instantly. Their car pitch
Ell end first through the break in the
'tesfie sni they must have been drowned
81 the raging stream while In an uncon-
stIpGs condition. The remains of the four
sere carried from The wreck and were re-
ttFvered SONS distance down the stream.
There were signs Of life III the body OF
o. hfth mail clerk when rescaers dragged
him from the wreck. but he died few
ftiGates later on the bank OF the creek.
last night II was feared there were more
tdies IN the stream, but a careful search
today proved that the fatalities were
limited to those already named
To-day bnt a small stream was flowing
heneath the trestie where the wreck oc-
e5Ered. In ordinary weather Ii is "A dry
creek bed. The storm of last night, which
WIS almost a cloudburst had swollen the
Ittla stream TO torrent. The flood car
rid away wagon bridge a short distance
ABOVE the Wabash trestie. The wreck Of
THIS bridge was hurled down upon the
railroad trestle and carried away a row
OF wooden supports I'm the center =
naIghhoring farmer noticed the perlious
condition 0f the trestie and resolved 10 flag
tie passenger train. which he knew to be
about dre. For nearly an hour he stood
there In the terribia downpour OF rain,
only 10 fan at last in his good intentions.
fes' when the Wabash fast mail came
~ inderinx on the storm was almost blind
i1E and the engineer, evidently. could rot
sst the signal which the farmer so frantic
ally waved across the track.
The locomotive struck the trestie a mo-
mint later and the disaster was present
IN all its horrors. The engine passed over
hift the tender went through with the
ssfnbtng bridge. The baggage car top
pied over on It's side. while the mail car
wHich followed. pitched into the stream
first Every life Ia this car was lost
he smoker. next behind, followed II
wis IN this car that Conductor Copeland
~As riding. The other occupants escaped
serious injusy. Tile chair car. next be-
hied. also plunged in upon the mass of
*reckage, end nrst. and all It's passengers
wure thrown 20 the forward end In an in
dfscrthabla heap, How they escaped with
NJ more serious injuries Is a mystery
which all the passengers in this coach are
Puzzled over. The front end OF the sleeper.
nttt I'm the rear. damned into the protrud-
ins end Of the chair car. and was thus
prevented from following the others INTO
tha cnasEn. Tie two Excelsior Springs
eoichcs remained ON the track
The scene OF the wr@ck which is only
tstnty miles northeast Of Kansas CIV.
near Missouri CITY station, was visited TO.
das by many persons. wreckine train
worked there all day. repairing the trextie
ana raising ths shattered coaches and to-
n'elt trains are moving over the read as
uslai.
] - postal authorities report that prob
Rbtg nearly all the mali carried on the
train was lost or destroyed. When thu
wreck occurred the five postal clerks are
supposed 20 have had al their pouches
open ARA 10 have been at work distribut-
tne the mail The ear vas So broken and
Sf'intercd hat most % the mail fi0ateti off
The Wabash train carries all Of Kansas
Guys msH f2r the East and IL Ia always
heavy and NaIMahfa