Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-11
DEAD NUMBER
TWENTY NOW.
Many More Victims Of Chicago &
Alton Collision May Die.
FIVE STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Injured Are Resting Easily - Fate OF
Some VIII Not be known For
Twenty-four Hours Yet

Kansas City, Mo-, July l1.-Up TO 10
O'Clock this morning two more victims
of yesterdays collision on the Chicago
& Alton railway near Norton, Mo-, had
succumbed to their injuries, making a
total dead of twenty. Mrs. j. u. Adsit.
wife Of Dr. Adsit of Hoopeston Ill.,,
died at $3.50 this morning at st. Joseph's
hospital and Mrs. Hilda Haysllp of
Chicago, died an hour later at univer-
sity hospital.
Leslie r. Coleburn Of Pawpaw, Mich,
Miss Lottie Stills of Hornellsvllle, n.
Y, and Mrs, c. W. Snyder of Jasper
H., are in very precarlous condition
and may die at any moment. Dr. Ad-
sit, Prof. s. A. ID. Harry Of Hoopeston
Ill.,, and Il. c. Bray Of Chicago. are stu
suffering intensely and their condition
has not yet been definitely determined
Most OF the other injured are resting
easily but in the case Of half a dozen
Of the patients, the outcome may not be
known for another "a hours.
Five victims are unidentified. The
first. supposed TO be the daughter Of
Mrs. II, j. Curtis, Of Genesee, N. "
who was killed was about 20 years old,
She had dark hair and brown eyes
The only article to aid idenuhcatlon
was a garter marked California.
The second Is believed to be a Mr..
Jones of Chicago, aged IS or so years,
sandy mustache, light hair Weighing
POO pounds.
The third is a woman about 60 years
old who died at ST. Joseph's hospital
last night. She wore upper false teeth
and had several moles on the neck and
another on the hip,
The other two unidentified are men.
The body Of one is horribly mutilated,
an arm and leg are missing and the
shoulders and head are crushed. The
victim had bark hair, blue eyes, gray
mustache and was about 40 years old.
He was dressed poorly.
The fourth Is also a man Of about 40.
He had blue eyes and light reddish hair,
At the office Of the superintendent OF
the Chicago & Alton In this city today
IL was stated tina no additional bodies
had been found In the wreck.
THE DEAD.
Daniel McAnna. Slater. Mo-, con-
ductor Of freight train.
s. j. Anderson. Slater, Mo, engineer
| OF freight train.
Frank Briggs, engineer Of passenger
| train.
/. S. Rogers, Chicago, U. S. Express
company messenger.
Daniel Donnely, Mexico, Mo-, fireman
OF freight train.
Mrs. Gilman. OF Goodland, Ind.
ID. W. Hooker, Syracuse, n. Y.
c. L. Roy, Wilmington, Ill, bank
| cashier.
- Jones, supposed to be from Chi
cago. not well identified IS TO 80 years
old. sandy mustache, light gray eyes,
| light hair. weighed 100 TO 200 pounds.
Mrs. X. J. Curtis, Genesee, n. Y.
Young woman supposed to be daugh-
| ter of Mrs. Curtis.
Mrs. Dickson, Wilmington, ILL.,, g.
| years old.
Miss Lulu Rider, Kentland. I'll.
Mrs. Frances Walker, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Mrs. S. A. d. Harry, Hoopeston, Ill.
Aged woman, unidentified.
Unknown man.
FATALLY INJURED.
Prof. S. A. d. Harry, Hoopeston. Ill,
hands and face scalded; artery In lefl
| arm broken.
Leslie +. Coleman, Pawpaw, Mieh'i
arms burned; face and legs scalded.
These two are at ST. Josephs hospi-
tai. At University hospital the most
seriously injured are;
- ~ II Aan
| route 10 Denyer neck sprained, head
cut and internal injuries.
Not all OF the other twenty-four pa
tients in Kansas City hospitals are out
| of danger. Indeed all OF those scalded
| about the head are probably injured
Internally by inhaling steam, and thu
| physicians and hospital attendants say
! that many OF the cases are serious.
George 5. Bosworth Of San Francisco
who was conducting party Of Ep-
| worth leaguers 10 San Francisco, says.
| "The train was making a fine sprint
| and everybody was feeling pleasant and
| happy, when all Of sudden there was
| an awful crash and Ii seemed as though
| a tremendous fist had struck the train
in the face. In an instant the air wa;
| filled with cries and screams; cars We. d.
smashed into splinters and seemed tC
vanish: several rolled down the huge
embankment and disappeared entirely
In an instant that splendid train was
reduced TO a mere mass OF debris, with
human beings crawling, screaming OF
| lying In mangled heaps on the ground
| Fire Immediately added It's horror Il
the scene and above all the terrible
clamor Of our train were heard the al.
most human cries Of the burning cattle
| Of the freight train.
'rhe Marseiles French Opera com.
pany. on its way TO San Francisco. com,
| prising seventeen people. lost every hit
Of It's scenery and baggage None OF
the passengers eEcaped with more thar
his hand baggage and were lucky e
| get away with that much"
Mrs. q. $. Doggett Miss Carrie NJ
| Doggett and Mrs. Ethel Newell Dog.
| gett. OF Chicago. and Masier Zach But.
terworth Of Dyersburg, Tenn. were or
their way to Colorado. They succeeded
in escaping with the clothes they haC
In the sleeper, but all their baggag,
was burned. They gave M their trlI
and expect to return TO Chicago To-
| dqy