Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-07-12
SEVENTEEN DEAD IN WRECK
Over Two Score Injured, Many Of
Them Fatally,
1T WAS AN AWFUL DISASTER.
Fire Follows the Collision on tho Alton
Road Near Norton, Mo.--Fscaping
steam Scaids---Both Engineers Arc
Dead.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 12.--Later re-
ports show that seventeen persons We're
killed, several are dying. and more
than forty received serious hurts in
the wrecking of an Alton passenger
train from Chicago and a live stock
train near Norton. Mo. Fire added to
the horror of the disaster, the coaches
being ablaze within few minutes
after the wreck occurred. The diner,
chair car. and several other coaches
were destroyed. Many of the passen-
gers were burned or Scalded by escap-
ing steam. Six were killed outright,
four died on a train conveying them
to this city, and four died in the hos
pitfalls. The wreck was the result OF
head end collision between the Chicago
and Alton train No. I, which left Chi
-cago at g.: 80 o'clock last night, and
live stock train, north bound. Follow
ing is list Of the dead: P. J. Ander-
son, Slater, Mo-. engineer Of freight
train; Frank NJ, Briggs, Slater, Mo,
engineer Of passenger train; beautiful
girl of 20 supposed to be Mrs. Curtis
daughter; died at University hospital:
Mrs. r. ]. Curtis, Geneseo, y. Y; died
at University Hospital; Mrs. Dickson,
ST years old; died at hospital: Daniel
-Donnelly, of Mexico, Mo. fireman Of
the freight train; died at University
hospital: Mrs. Gilman, Goodland, Ind;
Mrs. S. A. D. Harry, Hoopeston. H.;
ID. W. Hooker. Syracuse, n. Y; died
on train; Sydney Jones, Kansas City;
died in hospital; Daniel McAnna, Stat |
5er. NO, conductor of freight train:
l. S. Raser, Chicago, express messen-
ger; G. L. Roy. cashier OF the Will
md bank; died on train |
coming to hospital; Miss Lulu Rider, i
25 years old. Kentland, Ind; Mrs. c. |
w, Snyder. Jasper, n. Y; died on |
train on way to hospital; Mrs. Frances
Walker, Flatbush, Brooklyn; unidenti-
fled woman. elderly. OF the many who
were injured several will die.
Both engineers are dead The con-
ductor of the freight, the baggagemas-
ter and three passengers made up the
rest of the list. There has been such
desperate rescue work at the scene of
the accident that few names of the in
jured are obtainable. Most of the vic
TINS were fearfully mangled and some
of them were burned so that they can
not be recognized Relief trains loaded
with physicians and nurses have start
ed from here and other points.
It was one of those terrible head-on
collisions, with all the attendant hor-
rors Of demolished engines, telescoped
cars and mutiliated human beings. |.
The trains rushed into each other at
full speed, the engines climbed one
over the other and fell at the side OF
the track, and cars plowed through
other cars as if they were made OF pa
per. Farmers living two miles away
heard the crash as the two monsters !
came together. "
Members Of the train crew hurried
to the assistance of the panic stricken
picnickers, but it was some time before
quiet was restored. Conductor Sullivan,
who was in charge of the train, and
Ticket Agent Rich, secured the names
of six persons injured and left for Chi
cago to raDOrt the accident