The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-11
ONE SLEEPING CAR BURNED.
Six Passengers Were Killed Out
right and Others Died on the
Train or at kals:;s
City Hospitals.


night. when train loaded with bruised ana
scaided Isopls arrived hero urd transferred
Its sufferers tc tho hcsritaJs.
First reports OF the accident indicated
that four traiaIaeJs ana two passengers
were killed outright. CO tbs wounded who
startsa Tor this city. four were decd before
the train arrived ana six passed away at
the hospitals Before midnight, makiuy six
teess Deaths IL: to the present time.
IL st. Jossah's and University hospitals
are thirty persons. at least two CT whom.
are expected to OILS. The physicians VIII not
give an spihion as tc the condition Of the
sufferers. Most of them were scalded by the
stss'n that issued frc,a tho locomotives.
beth ct which were wrecked and piled up In
a heap Of wreckags with two Of the uassap-
ger cars.
Two bodies Still Unidcntlaed.
Identification OF those Of the dead who
passed away without regaininx conscious
ness was difficult, owing to the fact that
clothing had been hastily stripped from the
body In order to give relief to the tortured
flesh.
Two OF the bodies are still unidentified
one a young woman, killed at the wreck,
ana another. supposed TO be q daughter Of
AIRS. X. J. Curtis If Geneseo, N, Y. and
the other a grar-haired woman, who died
late tonight at st. Joseph's Hospital.
Ten bodies are at various undertaking es-
taoiisaElsnts. The bodies OF the four dead
trainIuen are at Slater No.
Inc wounds OF the victims are very pain
iti. helng severe scal!s and burns. They
are receiving the very best of treatment.
A man who died Tonight at st. Joseph's
hospital Is known to be narned Jones' and
II Is believed he is from Chicago He was
AZ hrst supposed to he a Kansas City man,
his clothes were destroyed
Misunderstood orders the Cause.
kEPC ELlc SPECIAL
Marshall. Mo, july l0-~he wreck was
caused by head-end collision heu-een
passenger train No. l.. known as the hum
mer ara fast freight train The trains
We're both late and going at full speed when
tney met en- 4 sharp curve. Nothing wss
left of the fine passenger train escen+ ths
TWO sleepers in the rear. The dining car
and one sleeper burned and the baggage car
and two coaches in front were crushed 70
pieces. :"
ihe two engines were completely demol-
lsnea ana about seventy-five head of cattle.
with which the freight train was loaded
We've killed SN'
Inc cause CT the disaster is thought In
ee misunderstanding Of an order given
conductor McAnna or a mistake on the
part Of the operator at Marshall, or the
Train dispatcher at Kansas City
1t is thought tie wreck will cost the c,r,.
pany not less than 100000. after all the
carnage and death claims are paid.
Inc freight train left Marshall at 7.9
after loading stock. The passenger was re-
ported nfty-iive minutes late, and the
freight was trying to make Slater. some
seven miles east of the point at which the
ne IR
posed OF an engine. combination baggage
and express car, smoking car, chair car.
tourist car, dining car, Pullman sleener
aid observation Pullman The cars were
arranged In the train in above order.
Passengers Horribly Burned.
ously hurt. Conductor Bob Dinsmore was in
the car talking to G. W. Bosworth of sam
Francisco.
When the crash came both were thrown
Gown. but escaped with few scratches.
Dinsmore says the cars were telesconed.
turned to the right. and went past the bag
gage car and engine and down the emu
hankuent.
Quite number in the next car q chair
car. We're injured. but the greatest sufferers
were In the next car. a tourist sleeper
| This car telescoped and fell on the pas
! senger engine and the passengers were hor-
ribly burned by escaping steam.
Z. H. Vansc0ten. with tho Doggett DRY
Goods Company Of Kansas City, was in the
sleeper, third car from the rear. He says
that mona of the occupants were seriously
| injured, and the car stayed on the track
| he. with others. worked hard to help
passengers out Of the tourist cars and the
| coaches. The horror Of tho fire at once
| aodcd to ,hs other terrors Of the wreck.
Means fer its extinguishing were not at
| hand and the cries CT thoss imprisoned
could be distinctly heari.
| 1t may never be known how many met
I death under this funeral pyre.
| The dead:
| DAN McANNA. conductor Of freight, single
J. D.. aNDEKsON engineer freight, lived a,
Slater Slater l.syes w1ie ana no., three children
OLD MoMSS; gray hair;
FAM engineer ans ni passenger tr..n
der wreck. BODY not recovered.
| MRS. GILL~AND and daughter OF 0oodIand.
| D. W. HOOKER OF Syracuse. n. Y. died on
MRS. c. W. SNYDER. Jasper. n. Y. died ON
G. l. ROY. cashier Of the Wilmington. ILL.,.
sidney JONES kansas City. died in hospi-
's DANIEL. DoNNELLY. Mexico. No., fireman
of freight train. died at University Hospital.
MIsss r. j. CURTIS Genesco. n. Y. died at
University Hospital Kansas City.
,s MN as SEiNk Kansas ss CITY o'' died at oh'-
| a BEAUTIFUL GIRL OF ~. supposed to be
| Mrs. Dickson's daughter. died Mt University Hos
pitai. Kansas City.
| The Inquired:
II. C. GRAY, Chicago, lei State street, shoe
salesman; bruised about head neck sprained:
going to Denver.
htn hurt: no. serious -"N'' ''s"'
MISS SIS GusTA 4. NELSON. Topeka, Ind. !:
SEo. IL HILL. Gillian. No.: bad cut on lef,
GEORGE ALLEN. negro New Frankfort. Mo.
hurt in side; not serious.
JOSEPH WhiTTIsE. Gillian. NO.; hurt on left
MRS. ZOLLA HARRY. hoopestoa. ILL.,; scald-
| ed about face and arms: not serious.
| MRS. J. 8. ADSIT. Hoopeston. ILL.,; scalded
SYDNEY JONES. Kansas City; terribly scald-
. ed about head and over body.
DOCTOR J. s. ADslT; Hoopeston. H.; hand
cts WILLIAMS. negro. New Orleans porter
on tourist sleeper; hands scalded; rib broken en-
j zen M itse' FRANCES wILKER, Flatbush, Brook
Ign; face, breast and hands badly scalded: In
n! MISS lutte r STILL. Hornellsvile, N. r.
q. p. DIXON. Fairbury.. n. &: face bruised
both legs scalded: not serious: was In smoking
PROFESSOR s: A. D. HARRY. supcrintenden
| Public schools. Hoopeston. ILL.,; hands badl,
scaided. face slightly. artery in left arm broken
MISS JuLik II. HAYsIIP. chenos. H.: FAC
N. I. HAYsLiP. chenoa. H.; hands and FAC
'eooldsS ST as saEaoHRaNy ch.no., n hand. pad
Mss Mss ANA :ss MosikiRIsoN. Valparaiso. Ind.
afss s osA head nS.
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