Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-18


burned to death was William Freeman. of
Kansas City. the express messenger. He
was about 10 years old and had been In
the employ Of the United States Express
Company for a number Of years.
The list Of injured follows:
W. G. Means. Kansas City. mail clerk.
shoulder and back injured.
R. A. swarts. Kansas City. mail clerk.
head. left leg and both arms cut.
]. W. Gilgrlss. Kansas City. mail clerk.
slightly cut in neck.
NJ. ]. Clemings. Columbia, Mo-. side hurt
and leg bruised.
Carl r. Keen. Columbia. Mo-. cut on head.
Charles H. Penn. Ashland. No.. cut ON
hand.
Miss Madge Farrer. Sterling. Kas. back
wrenched.
W. H. Phillips. watonga, o. T.. spr'ained
hip. cut in head.
John searle. Timber Lake. o. T.. leg and
arm hurt
7. A. spurseon. weatherford. o. T.. back
sprained.
Mrs o. c. Allen. Caldwell. Kas.. LIZ hurt.
ankle sprained.
George W. Lewis. Ell Reno. o. T.. ankle
| sprained.
H L. Hail. North Topeka, Kas, both
legs bruised.
! Fred W. Casner, Hutchinson. right side
and thumb hurt.
II. Coy,,. Mapleton. Kas.. leg sprained.
| Mrs. J. H. Bell, Cooper. o. T.. breast hurt
and leg sprained.
c. +. CLARK. North Topeka. Kast. hip
| sprained
B. E. Bryant. Cloud Chief. o. T.. eut on
chin.
A. warneieks. Fort Sill. o. r. left wrist
| sprained
John Phillip. Protection. Kas.. hip hurt
and bach. sprained.
James aIcspadden. Rosedale. hack
| sprained.
! N. Deanel, St. Joseph, Mo-. news agent.
knee, arm and neck hurt; slight.
! r. H. Aashingali, Caldwell. Kas., scalp.
| thigh, shoulder and leg injured.
Mrs. Sarah Smith, Bethany. Mo-, nervous
prostratlon.
Calvin Green. velpen, Ind. hurt in breast
| and ribs broken.
The trim left Topeka at 11:os with forty
nine passengers on board. 1t passed through
Alma on time, and had reached q speed Of
| thirty miles an hour by tho time 1t came
to volland. AS the wheels Of the engine
tank struck the west switch at the station
they suddenly few the track, the tank
breaking loose from the engine and drag
| ging tho combination baggage and mail
car and the smoker down q slight embank-
ment The coach and chair car tipped half
way over, the Pullman sleeper alone keep
ing the rails.
Almost Instantly fire broke out In tho
baggage car. which had toppled over on
| its side. Men in the smoker broke through
the windows and passengers in tbs cars
rushed tor the doors and jumped down the
embanklnent. By the time the cars were
emptied however. the baggage car was In
| flames and before anyone noticed that the
| MESSENGER had not escaped 1t was too
late to give him aid Evidently he had been
pinned down by the falling trunks and
| was burned to death beneath the heavy
load of baggage. few charred bones were
| the only remains found in the wreckage OF
| the baggage car.
| The fire spread quickly from the bag.
gage car to the cars behind it, and in a
| short time all were in flames. The Pull
man wis saved by being pushed back a
few feet from the burning chair car. Be-
fore the relief train sent ont from this city
arrived at the scene Of the accident the
four cars were a mass Of blackened wreck
| age.
Volland IS not a night station. and it was
half an hour after the accident occurred
before the word was received at the Rock
| Island Offices in this city. Mr.. w. II. Still
We'll. assistant general superintendent: Mr..
W. E. Dauchy. superintendent Of construc-
tion. and Drs. Mum and Mcclure were At
once called and left here shortly after 2
O'Clock on a special relief train. A relief
train was also sent from Mcfarland, and
wrecki1g trains from Herington and Hor-
ton.
AS soon as the physicians arrived the in
jured were cared for in the Pullman sleeper
and tho small room Of the station house.
BY sn early hour this morning the wreck
age had been cleared away and the track
opened.
Conductor Thomas and Engineer Riley.
with engine 90 were in charge Of tho train.
The cause of the derailment can only be
surmistd. The wheels Of the eLRine passstl