The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-17
FOURTEEN KILLED,
Two Trains Collide on Chicago
and Alton Road

Fourteen persons are dead, three
others probably fatally injured and
more than score of others less seri.
ously hurt rs the result of hesd-end
collision between q passenger and q
fast live stock train on the Chicsgo and
Alton railroad, near Norton, Missouri,
at z O'Clock Wednesday morning. Six
were killed outright, four died on
train conveying them to Kansas City
and four died at hospital in this city.
The dead are:
p. j. Anderson, Slater, Mo-, engi.
neer of freight train.
Frank Briggs, engineer Of passenger
train.
l. S. Rogers, Chicago, U s. Express
company messenger.
Mrs. Gillsnd and daughter Of G ood.
land, Ind both killed outright.
ID. W. Hooker, Syracuse, n. Y died
on traip.
Mrs, @. W. Snyder, Jasper, N. Y;
died on train.
G. l. Roy, cashier Of the Whining
ton, Ills, bank; died on train.
Sydney Jones, K snsss City. died in
the hospital. as did Daniel Donnelly y
of Mexico, No., freman'of freight trsi n
and h. j. Curties, Geneseo, n. Y.
Miss Lula Rider, 20 years old, OF
Kentland, Ind.
Mrs. Dickson, 81 years old.
The passenger train was travelling in
three sections on account Of the heavy
Epworth League business to San Fran
cisco. The wrecked train was the first
section, and contained no Lsaguers.
Conductor McAuna Of tho freight
train, esstbound, had been ordered to
meet the second section of the passen.
ger train at Slater, the next station
esst of Norton, but apparently over
looked the fact that the first section
which was 50 minutes late, had mo-
passed. The head brakeman on the
freight, who was about four cars from
the engine, says Conductor McAnni
assumed the throttle himself on leaving
Marshall, and was running the engine
when the collision occurred. The trains
met two miles west of Norton, on 9
curve surmounting . high embank
ment.
A relief train started from Kansas
City at noon and returned here will
the injured at o'clock "Wednesday
evening. Those who died on the way
there were delivered to the undertakers
while the others wero distributed be
tween two hospitals.
| The trains collided while going at
good rate Of speed. The engines wer,
pushed to either side Of the track ant
practically demolished. while the fcr
ward Gsfs u the passenger train tele
scoped each other.
The orwsrd Pullman and the touris
sleeper in front were burned. The bag
gage car was wrecked and freight car
were piled up on both engines ant
burned. The trsip which was wrecke(
was one of the finest passenger trains
In the United States. The equipmen
was all Lew, including the sleepini
cars, coaches, baggage car and l0comoS
tive.
The injured suffered mostly from
scalds, due to escaping steam from the
wrecked locomotives, t ere being no
broken limbs. Some Of the victims had
inhaled steam and were in worse condi
tion than the fest examination indi-
Gated. Soon after the arrival here,
three of the injurued died at Universi.
ty hospital. Identification of the dead
was difficult, because the clothing had
been removed to apply relief to the
scalded surfaces.
Mrs. Hllda Hssslip, of Chenoa, Ill.
L. Q. Bray, Of Chicago, shoe dealer
and Mrs. Frances Walker, Brook yn
n. Y, and an elderly woman unidenti
| fad are IN & oritinal nnnditinn