Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-11
FATAL LOSS OF TRAIN ORDER
Running Schedule is Mislaid and Train
Pauses in Path of Special.
NINE COACHES ARE OCCUPIED BY TEACHERS
Freight Train Displays No Warning
Lights and Passenger Locomotive
PIungcs Into It's Rcnr-Two
Women Are Killed.

STOCKTON. Cal, July 10.-A Burlington
special train Of nine coaches on the way
from st. Louis TO Los Angeles, loaded with
teachers to attend the National Educational
association convention, now in session at
Los Angeles, crashed into a freight train
within 300 yards OF the depot at Newman,
Stanislaus county, this morning, with the
result that two women were killed and
thirteen passengers injured. The list of the
killed and injured
Killed:
MISS ADDIE HARRIS, No. SO25 Dillon
street, st. Louis.
MRS. LENA THOMAS, Senaca Falls, n. Y.
Injured:
Miss Clara Morehouse, No. 211 Upton ave-
nue., Battle Creek Mich.
Miss May oliver, 2232 Virginia avenue,
St. Louis.
Miss Helena English, 52s2 Washington
avenue, st. Louis.
Miss sallie R. Smith, 1894 West Pine
street st. Louis.
Miss Gertrude Rosenberg. 111s Rutger
street st. Louis.
Miss Luella A. wehmeir, 3s9 Aofcruxko
street st. Louis.
Edwin D. Luckey, 1882 Union Boulevard,
st. Louis.
Robert C. Mills, Lake Creston, S. d.
Miss G.. L. Morse, Philadelphia.
Calvin Bullock. st. Louis.
With the exception of Robert Mills. who
was injured about the head, though not
fatally. none OF the injuries are at all seri-
Gus, the greater part consisting of slight
bruises, or merely shocks.
The special was in charge OF S. R. Drury
of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy rail-
road and was going at the rate of forty
,,,iIa Nd tha atrkt
taking water on the main track. The freight
train Immediately took fire and an empty
coach, way car and three nat cars were
burned. There were no baggage cars be-
tween the locomotive of the special and the
tourist sleeper, so that when the crash came
the tender of the locomotive crashed in the
sleeper. killing the two women in the for
ward berth and injuring thirteen other occu-
pants of the same car. None OF the other
coaches left the track.
One Woman Instantly Killed.
Miss Harris was instantly killed, the
side Of her head being crushed in. She
was taken out dead. Mrs. Thomas, an
elderly woman lived about five minutes
after being taken from the wreck, but did
not speak.
A telephone message states that the
at Ingomar. but thai the orders had been
picked up by some outsider whose name
could not be learned. The Burlington spe
cial had the right of way over the Southern
Pacific track, and the statement is also
made that there was no light out back Of
the freight train, which consisted of twenty
eight cars. The train officials all refuse to
talk or make any statement whatever.
The coroners Jury met at 23o o'clock to-
day. but adjourned until Monday to secure
testimony of important witnesses.
All the injured are doing we'll. They were
taken to San Francisco this afternoon, with
a physician aboard the train.
The passengers Of the special are, FOR the
most part. stopping at the Russ house. where
they are being cared for, and word has been
sent by the Southern Pacific company that
all the special passenger cars will be taken
to San Francisco on the o'clock train today,
while the bodies of the killed will be shipped
east tomorrow.