The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-16
DUE 70 THE HEAVY RAINS.
A Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf
Passenger Train Derailed
Near Grandview, Nc
HEAVY RAINS HAD WEAKENED THE TRACK.
NenrI, FIT, Persons We're Injured,
Three of Them Probably Fatally
"A Night spent In the Rnfn
Around Camp Fires Until a Rs
lief Train Arrived.

Kansas City. Mo, June iO.-Between
% and IS passengers were more or less
seriously-threc perhaps fatally-in-
jured, by the derailment of train No.
4. s~outh-bound, on the Kansas City.
Pittsburg 4 Gulf railroad, three miles
south OF Grandyiew, Mo, at $3.50
Thursday night. The train left Kan
sas City late. and VAS running at a
slow rate of speed, on account OF bad
condition Of track, occasioned by heavy
rains. The injured were brought 10
this city. and the seriously hurt taken
10 ST. Joseph's hospital. and the others
TO the Savoy hotel, The list of in
iurcd follows:
The Injured.
p. ii. Williams. Amoret. Mo; slight.
Mrs. L. b. Chandler, Jsudon. Mo- IN
5 il. Powell, Mena, Ark slight
y G. Duffy. Fort Smith, Ark; hip
Mrs Is. c. puny. face cut.
child OF MIR and Mrs. Duhy' badly
bruised on side OF face.
Or. w. 7. Adams. Richards, Mo. slight
&. j. Marrs. Christopher, No; right
Arthur scruggs. Joplin, Mo. cut over
Eay Gems. Joplin. Mo. arm and side
John, Reynolds, Kansas city. hip
bruised
ii. + Specie, Merwin. Mo. hip bruised.
Mrs. T.. g. Specie, hand lacerattd.
Ansnst Hulett. Asoerry' Mo- leg
Mrs. NJ. +. Churchman. Colorado Springs.
N 4. Jones. Winthrop. Ark. head cut.
Mrs. J. NJ. Horne. Pittshurs, kas face
= K. Brown. Cleveland, Mo. legs in
II y. g. Moore. Kansas Cfy. head hurt.
Mrs. Frank Down. Kansas city. kas;
Mrs charles + Haines- Kansas city.
Charles r, IIaines arm cut and knee
N. +. McGran. Blair. Nen. cut on head.
Mrs. w IL. Warden, Kansas Cty'
| shoulder hurt.
j ~ . sloan. Arnett. Mo. bruised
VI a. deuel.. Nashville. Mo; side hurt.
A J. Gorgenson. news agent, kansas
City. cut over eye and cheek injured
probably serious.
G q. Berkey. Cleveland. Mo-. Leg
q : Lacey. Argentine. Kas knee hurt
George Payne. Argentine, kasi cut on
" c sirnons, Drexel. Mo shoulder
q. b. sage. Merwin. Mo. sprained hack.
r $ Howell. Nebraska. bruised leg
j Il. Stuart. Jr. Drexel. Mo. ear lac
Henry Williams. Kansas city. arm in
5 x wmhoit. Drexei- Mo aesi. wound
4 /. k. Crawford. DrexeI. 40 bruised
chest. seriuos. may die.
a. O. Donovan. Kansas City. kas.; head
Miss Burrows. Amsterdam. No. head
hurt
D. NJ Jackson. lingo. Kas. cut about
head. and back hurt.
Fred J. Berkowitz. New Orleans: ankle
Mrs. Rerkowitz. bruised about head
Euell Stokcr. Drexel. No. hurt in back.
Melville Stoker. Rock Vail. kas.. GU:
The wrecked Train.
The wrecked train was due 10 leave
Kansas City Thursday night al 1880.
but il was nearly eight o'clock before
a start was made. Two miles beyond
~Grandview, which il a small station
30 miles south of Kansas City the train
was derniled by spreading rails. the
truck having been damaged by recent
severe rains. The smoker, which con-
tanned most OF the injured. and the
chair ear, Immediately following. Were
turned on their side into a ditch: the
Pullman left the track. but remained
upright
The accident occurred during a
heavy downpour Of rain. The crew
went 20 work with "a will Ia rescue
the passengers and did heroic duty
: in the pouring rain and darkness. Tn,
women and children were first cared
!. for. They were dragged from the
windows Of the chair car. and attended
to as well as was possible under the
circumstances. Before all had beei,
taken out of the chair car, fire started
from the stove in the rear end. The
porter of this ear earned great praise
by his presence of mind in cutting a
; hole through the root of the car,
; q~uenching the fire and rescuing sew
eral women in immediate danger.
In the Smoking Car.
In the smoker, which was well filed
passengers were compelled 10 crawI
!, the full length OF the car 10 the rear
/, door to escape. Exit through the
/, broken windows was dangerous, the
uHrkntsS mt&iHE - lmpoSslDi' W 50
a foot ahead. The scene of the wrecI
was in the woods. Torches were soor
r ~improvised. and here and there in thu
. darkness and rain, the dim lights flut
|, tered in the hands OF their holders
scurrying in every direction To render
b aid fo the unfortunates. For the i'm
mediate care Of the hurt. gres wer'
built alongside the tracks. and lent aie
"a the reScucr and warmth TO tn,
/, rain-soaked injured.