The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-02-28
WRECKED IN BLlZZARD.
Passenger Train Crashed Into a
Delayed Express Train.
TWO OR MORE PERSONS KILLED.

One Of the Dead Is Mrs. Schmldlapp,
wife of a Cincinnati MuIti-MiIIion-
aire and an Intimate Friend of the
President.
Kansas City, Feb. 28.-The blizzard
prevailing throughout western Mis-
souri, was the direct cause of train
wreck last night on the main line of
the Missouri Pacific road, in which at
least two persons, and possibly more.
were killed and several others badly
burt.
The fast st. Louis day express was
delayed by freight train which stuck
in snowdrift two miles south Of In
dependence, NO., about 12 miles out Of
Kansas City. The St. Louis local pas-
senger train, running 40 minutes be-
hing the fast express, came on through
the binding snow storm and crashed
into the express thain ahzad, the en-
gineer having failed to seesthe danger
signal which the first train had sent
back. Such was the force Of the col
lision that the parlor car in the rear Of
the first train was literally cut in two.
When Engineer Frank Raymond and
his fireman escaped from the wreck
they crawled through the windows Of
the parlor car.
Fire added to the horrors of the
wreck, Goals from the furnace Of the
shattered engine having fallen among
the debris of the splintered coach, ard
soon the whole wreck was ablazc. Two
or more persons, it is believed, were
burned.
The known dead are: Mrs. ]. G.
Schmidlapp, Cincinnati, instantly kill
ed, body recovered; unknown woman.
body consumed In wreck.
Injured: ]. G. Schmidlapp, Cincin-
natl, badly hurt; Mrs. Bake, mother of
Mrs. Schmidlapp, painfully injured; l..
Sheldon, Sedalia, Mo-, assistant super
intendent of telegraph of the Missouri
Pacific, painfully scalded; Mrs. Eliza
beth Peters, Kansas City, slightly
burned; Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, Cincin-
natl, slightly burned; William Vaughn,
Cincinnati newspaper reporter, badly
scalded; Brakeman McAtee, badly cut
and bruised. Mrs. Bake and Miss
Schmidlapp will be totally blinded
Willy NGuEHH lUStS I'LL dIu.
William Rost, farmer, near whose
place the wreck occurred and who was
one Of the very first to render any as
sistance to the imperiled passengers,
is quite sure that at least three wo-
men were burned in the wreck. Mr..
Rost's first act was to pull from the
wreck woman whose legs were stick.
ing out through broken window.
She was not badly hurt. Mr.. Rost
states that he saw the body of one wo-
man jammed in the roof of the burn
ing coach, and that it was not reached
by the rescuers. The body of another
woman was crushed in full view of the
passengers gathered about the wreck.
Mr.. Rost and others reached into the
burning debris and tried to drag her
out, but she was pinned under heavy
wreckage.
]. G. Schmidlapp is president of the
Union Savins Bank and Trust COM
pany, the Export Storage company, the
Clifton Springs Distilling company and
of other enterprises in Cincinnati. He
is connected with very many indus
tries there and in Ohio and Kentucky,
and Is considered a multi-millionaire.
For years President Mckinley has
been his guest when he visited Cincin-
natl. When President Mckinley was
tere about two years ago Mrs. Schmidt
!app gave very large reception in
honor OF Mrs. Mckinley. These ladies
were very close friends. and had been
such for many years. Mrs. Mckinley
last Christmas, as usual, sent presents |
to Mrs. Schmidlapp and her children.