The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-09

KANSAS CITY. No. sept "a special
TO the Times from Emporia. Kan. says:
One Of the worst wrecks Ira the history
% the Santa Fe railroad occurred three
miles cast ~ here about 7s5o O'Clock 10
night. Twelve TO fifteen persons were
killed., aud as many more were badly
hurt. fbe fast mall train going east
ard the Mexico and California express
weKshound cpilided heaG-on.
The Mexico and California express was
pulled By two locomotives. and when thty
struck the engine drawing the fast mail.
the boilers Of all three engines exploded
ard tore a hole in the gT0lisad so deep
that the smoking car Of the westbound
train weat IN on top Of the three engines
ard two wrecked mail cars and balanced
there without turning over.
The passengers ia the smoking car es-
capped through the windows. The front
ofad OF this car vas developed I'M a
volume os sitting smoke and steam
belchlng up from Tie wreck below. and
the rear door was JaInmed tight in the
wreck of the car behind. The wreck
caught fire from the engines. The cars
IN the hole and the smoking car burned
to ashes In a very short time In climb
Ing from the smoking car several men
fell through the riffs into the wreck be-
low, and IL IL impossible to tell whether
they escaped or were burned 10 death
The work of Rescue.
The wesf-bound train casrisd eight
coaches, and is passengers included many
excursicnisis who had been to hear Hon.
". j. Bryan speak at the county fair AZ
Burlington. Mr. Bryan himself was on
the train. but was riding IN the rear Pull
man. some 80 feet from the cars which
were wrecked He states that nothing but
heavy 5oli was experienced by the pas
sengeTs IN his cuach.
Dir. Bryan MAS one Of the most active
in the crowd of reseuerE. lie helped 10
carry 0s4f The dead and wounded and gave
Tire greatest attention TO their care. one
poor fsii0s who was badly MANNED called
60 Mr.. Bryan and said;
i wsnt 70 hear you today; I am dying
nov. and wani 20 shake your hand and say
God bless yoa. n yoa possibly can. Mr.
Bryan. get me a drink % water"
Ar. nrysn went into the fast mail car
enc end Of which was burning. aud came
out with the drink Of water. whlch ne
give 20 the suffering passengers. He
brought out cushions for others of the In
Jured. and was everywhere present - min
lister 70 the wants of the suffering.
II Is feared that nearly all the seven
mail clerks persisted In the disaster. bat
SO far only six bodies have been taken
from the wreck.
The Dead.
JIM BRENNAN. engineer. Topeka.
NATE HofI.fsTER. fireman, Topeka.
]. II. SoURs. Kansas City. express mes
scnger, body almost consumed by are
WILLIAM FRisHEY. engineer.
r. A. DORIAN, Emporia. postal clerk
GONZALES, fireman. west-bound
train.
BRAdMAN. Topeka.
UNKNOWN MAN. tramp.
Seriously Injured.
Claude Holiday. Lawrence. Kan, ex.
press messenger. both legs broken.
y. G Erter. Kansas City. express mes
sengsr. legs broken. Will Gle.
John lasan. Topeka. face maShed
]. T. Batter. county attorney. Chase
county, may die.
William F Jones, Kansas City lex and
arms broken
T. = Melik. Atohison, badly bruised.
l'nil Schier. Kansas city. hip crushed
e. A. Van Fleet brakeman. Kansas
City. badly b.uised
William Patrick. Kansas City. leg and
c. ., Adams. city Of Mckee. painfully
Mike Sweeney Gnfn-axiils -, 49,,
hurt.
Hen. Walters. 81 Joseph. Me. fireman
on the wcst-bound train. Is missing.
How 10 Happened
The engineers ~ the west hound tel,
had received orders 70 meet the fest mai,
az Fmporia. and were ma king up los, time
The two are the fastest trains en the
fanta Fe system. and the west-bsund
tfesn must have been running AZ least
forty miles an hanr The west.housf 81
press was going around "a slight curve ava
met The fast mail probably Within eaa fee,
af the seven or eight cars making nu sha
Mss.co and California EXPRESS onf, tha
mail baggage and express ard snoklr.-
ears were DESTROYED The cnsch following
the smoker was haalv srNntrre8
There were not mlfo than a dozen rau-
ssngers on the mail Sc one coach ara
while nome ~ thcu were SERIOUSLY injured
their shaking up Was terFlbie Every sret
81 the coach was torn fresr the n.sar ana
many floor planks came up vie the seats
One man John Sweeney. was thrown over
three sests and thro0gh window hu, e..
capped with oHiy scratches una bs,ilsrs
The ether cars % ghe fast mail tratn a
baggage and an express. we're totally
wrecked.
NtScurrtaEr 90 Orders
II Il stated fhst the wreck was causei
ifv a miscarriage of ef1ers frem che tr7fn-
master Az Empcfla tha east hou,s fast
snail received orders CD pass taa California
express az Lang seven miaes eas{ A
order was seus l0 LANG foF tap California;
express "a take the st.sak there. hut saf.
order was NOS delivered and tna west