The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 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 a score Of others less seri-
ously hurt as the result Of hesd-end
collision between a passenger and a
fast live stock train on the Chicago and
Alton railroad, near Norton, Missouri,
att O'Clock Wednesday morning. Six
were killed outright, four died on q
train conveying them to Kansas City
and four died at hospital in this city.
The dead are:
P. J. Anderson, Slater, No., eng.
neer Of freight train.
Frank Briggs, engineer Of passenger
train.
I. s. Rogers, Chicsgo, U. s. Express
company messenger.
Mrs. Giiland and daughter Of Good
land, Ind; both killed outright.
u. W. Hooker, Syracuse, N. Y; died
on traiD.
Mrs. O. ". Snyder, Jasper, N. Y;
died on train.
G.. L. Roy, cashier Of the Whining
ton, Ills, bank; died On train.
Sydney Jones, Kansas City, died in
the hospital. as did Dsniel Donnelly
Of Mexico, Mo-, fremsn.of freight train
and R. j. Curtiss, Gepeseo, 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 Frsn-
cisco. The wrecked train was the first
section, and contained DO Lasguers.
Conductor McAnna of the freight
train, eastbound, had been ordered to
meet the second sc secsion Of the psssen-
ger train at Slater, the next station
east Of Norton, but apparently over
looked the fact that the first section,
which was IS minutes late, had not
passed. The head brakeman on the
freight, who was about four cars from
the engine, says Conductor McAnna
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 q
curve surmounting high embank-
ment.
A relief train started from Kansas
City at noon and returned here with
the injured at 6 o'clock Wednesday
evening. Those who died On the way
there were delivered to the undertakers,
while the others were distributed be-
tween two hospitals.
The trains collided while going at
pushed to either side Of the track and
practically demolished, while the for
ward cars Of the passenger train tele-
scoped each other.
The forward Pullman and the tourist
sleeper in front were burned. The bag
gage car was wrecked and freight cars
we're piled up on both engines and
burned. The train which was wrecked
vas one Of the finest passenger trains
in the United States. The equipment
was all new, including the sleeping
cars, coaches, baggage car and lccomo-
tive.
The injured suffered mostly from
scslds, due to escaping steam from the
wrecked locomotives, t1ere being no
broken limbs. Some Of the victims had
inhaled steam and were in worse condi-
tion than the first examination indi-
csted. Soon after the arrival here,
three Of the injured died at Universal
ty hospital. Identification Of the dead
was difficult, because the clothing had
been removed to apply relief to the
scalded surfaces.
Mrs. Hilda Hasslip, Of Chenoa, H.,
7. G. Bray, Of Chicago, shoe dealer,
and Mrs. Frances Walker, Brooklyn,
N. Y, and an elderly woman unidenti-
fed, are in q critical condition.