The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
DISASTROUS WRECK.
Trains on the Missouri Pacific Col
Tide in Binding Snowstorm.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-The biz
gard prevailing throughout western
| Missouri was the direct cause of a
train wreck Tuesday night on the
| main line of the Missouri Pacific road,
| in which at least two persons, and
possibly others, were killed and sew
eral others were badly hurt. The fast
st. Louis day express, due to arrive
| in Kansas City at 5:45 in the evening,
| was delayed by freight train which
stuck in a snow drift two miles south
of Independence, NO., about IL miles
| out of Kansas City. The st. Louis To-
cal passenger train, running 40 min
through the binding snowstorm and
crashed into the express train ahead,
the engineer having failed in the driv-
ing snow to see the danger signal
which the first train had sent back.
Such was the force of the collision
that the parlor car that was in the
rear of the first train was literally cut
in two. When Engineer Frank Ray
mond and his fireman escaped from
the wreck they crawled out through
the windows of the parlor car.
Ruins Take Fire.
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, and
soon the whole wreck was ablaze. Two
or more persons, it is believed, were
burned.
A list of the dead and injured, so far
as known, follows:
DEAD-Unknown woman, body con-
sumed in wreck; unknown woman, body
taken to Independence.
1NJURED-Mrs. ]. G. Schmidlapp, Gin
cinnau, badly cut and scalded, fatally in
jured; J. G. Schimdlapp, Cincinnati, badly
hurt; Miss G.. Schmidlapp, Cincinnati, bad
ly hurt; mother of Mrs. Schmdlapp, pain
fully injured; l.. +. Sheldon, Sedalia, Mo,
assistant superintendent Of telegraph of
the Missouri Pacific, painfully scalded
about head and hands; Mrs. Elizabeth
Peters, Kansas City, slightly burned; Mrs.
Elizabeth Lee, Cincinnati, slightly burned:
William Vaughn, Cincinnati, newspaper
reporter, badly scalded; Brakeman Nc
Aztec, badly cut and bruised.
The Schmidlapp party were en- route
to San Francisco.
Close Friend of President Mckinley.
Cincinnati, Feb. 28.--J. G. Schmid-
lapp is president of the Union Savings
Bank d Trust company, of the Export
Storage company, of the Clifton
Springs Distilling company, and of
other enterprises in Cincinnati. He is
connected with very many industries
in Ohio and Kentucky, and is consid-
cred millionaire. Heis largely
Interested in real estate, and has in
process of construction now a 2O-storv
building at Walnut and Fourth streets.
He is noted as promoter of charitable
and educational institutions, and was
also a leader in the social clubs of this
city. For years President Mckinley
has been his guest when he visited this
city. When President Mckinley was
here about two years ago Mrs. Schmidt
lapp gave very large reception in hon
or OF Mrs. Mckinley. These ladies were
very close friends, and had been such
for many years. Mr.. Schmidlapp is not
only leading business man, but also
leader among the republicans in this
city and in the state. Mrs. SchmidIapp
was patron of literature and music
as well as of nearly all the Charitable
organizations in the city. The Schmid-
lapps left here Monday for months
absence at Pasadena, Cal. The party
consisted of Mr.. and Mrs. SchmidIapp
daughter and the mother of Mrs
Schmidlapp.