Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-03
CRUSHED AND MANGLEO
PLUNGE, OF THE ST. LOUIS EXPRESS
TO AWFUL DISASTER.
Dead and Injured in the Wreck He
meath Six Feet of Raging
Water.

here at 6:2O Saturday evening, plunged
through a trestle at Missouri City, NO.
at 1905 o'clock, carrying down the entire
train with the exception OF the rear car,
a Pullman The gorge, which few hours
previously was practically empty il'o oe-
come raging torrent by the tremendous
downpour OF rain, and the structure
weakened. Several persons are known TO
be dead, and the list may reach -. There
were 25 persons in the chair car, and only
a few of these are accounted for. In the
intense confusion it became impossible
to estimate the dead OF wounded.
The Dead.
The number of dead is estimated al
from nine to 25 The known dead num-
Der nine. Their names are:
Frank w. Brink, st. Louis; postal
clerk.
Charles G. Copeland, st. Louis; conduc-
tor Of the train.
Edward Greidrod, st. Louis; express
and baggageman.
O. Smith, st. Louis; postal clerk.
W. S. Mills st. Louis; postal clerk.
Gus Smith, st. Louis; postal clerk.
C. p. Greasley, St. Louis; brakeman.
Train boy, name unknown.
The Injured.
Mrs S. S. prather. Columbia, Mo;
head, shoulders and neck badly injured.
.Artelia Prather, Columbia, Mo; head
and face cut; three years old.
l.
ders injured and head and face covered
with cuts
Miss Alice Darcy, Kansas City; head
badly cut, both arms sprained and side
injured.
Miss Nellie Merrick, CarrolIton; back
badly hurt.
Mrs Sallie Smith, Kansas City; side
hurt.
Edward W. Dillon, Holiday, Kan.
head bruised and cut, knee sprained.
Dr. Sol Gray, Prairie Hill, Mo; right
knee and both elbows injured.
J. w. Huff, Mexico, Mo. both legs
badly bruised.
The bodies of the dead which have
been recovered from the wreck are 1T
Missouri City.
Those who are badly injured were left
at Missouri City in charge OF surgeons
from Kansas City. Those who can he
removed will be taken to Aoberly. 9th
ers of the injured and those who escaped
were returned to Kansas City III q spe-
cial train sent down from Randolph,
,t
Many Are Missing.
There were 25 people in the smoker at
the time of the crash. Only eight could
be accounted for after the wreck. 1T Is
believed all the others We're crushed OF
drowned Only the top OF the smoker is
above the water The chair car was
crowded Several who were occupants OF
this car have not been accounted for
Work Of Rescue.
The work of resc,ling the passengers
who We're injured began with great
promptness. but was accomplished with
the greatest difficulty Not a trainnren
was to be found. The crew were all III
the wreck, and only the conductor Of the
Pullman and his porter were able to hep
passengers. They took charge and reil-
dered valuable assistance. The occupants
Of the smoker. who were in the rear end
managed to scramble out of the car and
escape, although it is pretty certain a
number were unable to get out.
The worst damage was done in the
chair car. Conductor Copeland had just
entered the front door of that coach when
it went down. The jolt Of the sleeper be
hind and under it sent the occupants OF
the car down at the front. Chairs Went
tumbling down along with the people
and beneath the mass Conductor Copeland
met his death. A heavy chair struck him
and crushed his head, while a score OF
other people were piled above him. The
trainmen and news agent were in the
smoker when it went down.
Told by Il Survivor.