Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-15
DUE 70 THE HEAVY RAMS.
A Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf
Passenger Train Derailed
Near Grandview, Mo
HEAVY RAINS HAD WEAKENED THE TRACK.
Nearly Fifty Persons Were Injured,
Three of Them Probably Fatally
"A Night spent in the Rain
Around Camp Fires Until a Re
lief Train Arrived.

A Night spent in the Rain
Around Camp Fires Until n Re-
lief Train Arrived.
Kansas City, No., June 1O.-Between
30 and As passengers were more or less
seriously-three perhaps fatalIy-in-
jured, by the derailment of train No.
4, south-bound, on the Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf railroad, three miles
south of Grandview, No., at $3.50
| Thursday night. The train left Kan
sas City late, and was running at
slow rate of speed, on account of bad
condition of track, occasloned by heavy
rains. The injured were brought to
! this city, and the seriously hurt taken
! TO st. Joseph's hospital, and the others
! to the Savoy hotel. The list Of in
jured follows:
The Injured.
/ P H Williams, Amoret, Mo; slight.
Mrs. E. B. Chandler, Jaudon, Mo-; in
S. B. Powell, Mena, Ark; slight.
b. c. Duffy, Fort Smith. Ark; hip
Mrs B. c. Duffy, face cut
Child of Mr.. and Mrs. Duffy, badly
bruised on side of face.
DR.. w. T. Adams, Richards, Mo. slight
c. j. Marrs, Christopher. Mo-; right
shoulder hurt.
Arthur scruggs, Joplin, Mo-; cut over
eye.
! Ra- Ceffs. Joplin, Mo-; arm and side
John, Reynolds. Kansas City; hip
u Vernon BigIer. Amsterdam. Mo-; face
II. F.. Specie, Merwin. Mo; hip bruised.
Mrs. L. c; Specie, hand lacerated
august Hulett, Asberry, Mo-; leg
Mrs. NJ. E. Churchman, Colorado Springs.
NJ. A Jones. Winthrop. Ark; head cut.
Mrs. J. NJ Horne, Pittsburg, Kas.; face
P. r. Brown, Cleveland, Mo-; legs in
l. v c. Moore, Kansas City: head hurt.
Mrs. Frank Down, Kansas City, kas.;
head bruised.
Mrs. Charles F. Haines, Kansas City.
Charles F. Haines, arm cut and knee
W. E. McGraff, Blair Neb cut on head
Mrs: w. H. Warden, Kansas City;
j, ". G. Sloan, Arnett, Mo-; bruised
w A Deuel. Nashville Mo-; side hurt.
a. ]. Gorgenson, news agent, Kansas
City; cut over eye and cheek injured;
Henry Giliody, Drexel, Mo arm bruised.
c.. G. Berkey, Cleveland, No; leg
c. S. Lacey, Argentine. Kas.; knee hurt.
George Payne, Argentine, kas; cut on
W. c. simons, Drexel, Mo-; shoulder
G. E. Sage. Merwfn, Mo; sprained back.
+. S. Howell, Nebraska; bruised leg.
j. r. Stuart, Jr., DreXel, Mo-; ear lac
Henry Williams, Kansas City; arm in
S, 4. willhoit, Drexel, Mo-; flesh wound
G. l. X. Crawford. Drexel. Mo; bruised
chest; seriuos; may die.
\. G.. Donovan, Kansas City, kaS.; head
and hip hurt.
j. n. Leggett, Drexel. Mo-; badly cat
j. NJ. jackson, lingo, Kas.; cut about
head, and back hurt.
John I. McElhany. Neosho, Mo-; back
Fred J. Berkowitz. New Orleans; ankle
Mrs Berkowitz, bruised about head
Euell Stoker. DreXel. Mo; hurt in back.
Melville Stoker, Rock Vail, Kas.; GU:
The Wrecked Train.
The wrecked train was due to leave
Kansas City Thursday night at 7:30,
but it was nearly eight o'clock before
a start was made. Two miles beyond
Grandview, which is small station
80 miles south of Kansas City, the train
was derailed by spreading rails, the
track having been damaged by recent
severe rains. The smoker, which con-
tanned most of the injured, and the
chair car, Immediately following, We're
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 to work with will to rescue
the passengers, and did heroic duty
n, In nd orly
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 been
taken out of the chair car, fire started
from the stove in the rear end. The
porter of this car earned great praise
by his presence of mind in cutting
hole through the roof of the car,
quenching the fire and rescuing sew
eral women in immediate danger.
In the Smoking Car.
In the smoker, which was well filled,
passengers were compelled to crawl
the full length of the car to the rear
door to escape. Exit through the
broken windows was dangerous, the
darkness making is impossible to see
foot ahead. The scene of the wreck
was in the woods. Torches were soon
improvised, and here and there in the
darkness and rain, the dim lights flut-
tered in the hands of their holders,
scurrying in every direction to render
aid to the unfortunates. For the i'm
mediate care of the hurt. greS were
built alongside the tracks, and lent aid
to the rescuers and warmth to the
rain-soaked injured.