Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-10
A HEAD ON
COLLISION
A Terrible Disaster Near Norton,
Missouri, on the Chicago &
Alton Railroad.
The TRAINS ARE BURNING
Six People Were Killed and Twenty-Five
Others Were Injured-The Wreck o.
Cured at Six This Morning
Physicians Hurried There.

Kansas City, July 1O.-The soutf
bound passenger train No. of thu
Chicago and Alton railroad, from
Chicago, crashed into a second sec
ton of freight train two miles wes
of Norton, Mo-, at 6 o'clock this morn.
ing. Both the engineers and the con.
ductor of the freight train were killed
instantly, three passengers were killed
and 25 others injured. The coaches
took fire and are now burning. Spec
ial trains from Slater and Kansas City
carrying physicians have been sent.
B. L. McClain, general agent of the
passenger department at Kansas City
of the Chicago and Alton road, was a
passenger on the wrecked train. In a
message received at the local office,
McClain states that the entire train
was destroyed by fire soon after the
wreck occurred. A telephone message
from the Associated Press correspon-
dent at Marshall, Mo-, at II o'clock
says: The trains collided head on while
going at a good rate of speed. The
engines were pushed to either side of
the track and practically demolished,
while the forward cars of the passen-
ger train telescoped into each other.
Nine persons were reported to be killed
sdntright and two others are said to
have burned to death. Four are be-
lieved to be under the wreckage, and
twenty-five others are reported injur-
ed.
The following casualty list was re-
ceived at the Office of the superintend-
ent of the Chicago and Alton road: F.
HI. Briggs of Slater, Mo-, engireec, F..
J. Anderson OF Slater, Mo-, engineer:
of the freight train, I. Racer Of Chica-
go, baggage;nan; three passengers he
lieved to be women, names unknown.
he dining and chatt cs:s reported
destroyed by fire. the fate o: the
OF, .rs is not known.
THE CASUALTIES.
Kansas City, July 1O.-A revised list
of casualties is as follows. The dead
are: Daniel McAnna, conductor of the
freight, of Slater, Mo-; D. J. Anderson,
engineer Of the freight of Slater, Mo-;
two Unknown men, supposed to be
tramps; an old woman with gray
hair; a young woman with dark hair;
Frank Briggs, engineer of the passen-
ger train of Slater, Mo-; I. s. Rogers,
United States express messenger of
Chicago. The seriously injured are:
e. c. Brady, Chicago shoe salesman,
bruises about the head, and neck
sprained; George B. Hill of Gillian,
Mo-, bad cut on the knee; Sydney
Jones of Kansas City, terribly scalded;
DIR. J. S. Adsit of Hoopeston, Ills,
badly scalded; Gus Williams, colored,
of New Orleans, porter, scalded and a
rib broken Mrs. c. w. Snyder of Jas
per, N. Y, badly scalded; Mrs. Fran
ces Walker of Flatbush, Brooklyn,
badly scalded and inhaled steam; Mrs.
Tottie L. Still of Hornellsville, N. Y,
face and arms scalded; Prof. S. A. D.
Harry, superintendent Of public
schools at Hoopestown, Ills, badly
scalded; Mrs. s. A. d. Harry, scalded.
Miss Julia H. Hayslip of shenoa. Ills,
scalded; Mrs. Levy Arch of Crumwell,
Ind, broken arm and internally in
jured, serious; Miss Dora Wickwire of
Goodland, Ind, hip dislocated, not
dangerous; Sadie E. Taylor of Will
mington, Ills, badly scalded; L. A.
Colburn of Paw Paw, Ills, badly seal
ded; Dan Donnelly, fireman, double
fracture of the jaw and the eye injur-
ed.
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Kansas CiE, July 1O.-A special to
the Star from Marshall, Mo-, says: The
passenger train was due at Marshall
at 6:44, but was IS minutes late. The
freight eastbound left Marshall at 1925
in an attempt to make Norton and
meet the passenger five miles east of
here. When the crash came the smok-
er-diner telescoped, and turned to one
side and went by the baggage-e express
car and engine and down the embank-
ment. But few in this car were injur-
ed. In the chair car, half dozen re-
ceived scratches and bruises, but the
greatest number of victims were in
the tourist sleeper. This car telescop-
ed and fell on top Of the engine. The
passengers were terribly burned and
scalded. The Pullman sleeper and OBJ
servation car remained on the track
and the occupants escaped with a
slight shaking up. The wreckage is
piled high and 1t Is feared several bod