Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1901-07-18

for Kansas City, collided head-end
with a fast live stock train about five
miles east of here. Reports so far are
that three women and ten or twelve
men were killed. Only eight bodies
have been located. One car is report
ed to have burned with several per
sons underneath it.
The list Of the dead and injured is
still incomplete.
THE DEAD.
Daniel McAnna, conductor offreight
unmarried, home at Slater.
P. J. Anderson, freight engineer
home at Slater, leaves wife and three
children.
Two unknown men, supposed to be
tramps, on blind baggage.
Old woman, gray hair.
Young woman, dark hair.
Frank Briggs, engineer passenger
train, body under wreck.
l. S. Rogers, United States Express
Company's messenger, Chicago.
Dan Donnelly, Mexico, fireman on
the freight.
Mrs.Gilliand and daughter, of Good.
land, Ind.
ID. w. Hooker, Of Syracuse, N. Y,
died on train.
Mrs. c. W. Snyder. Jasper, N. Y,
died on train.
G. L. Roy, cashier Of the Whining
ton, ILL.,, bank, died on train.
Sidney Jones, Kansas City, died in
hospital at Kansas City.
Mrs. r. J. Curtis, Geneseo, N. Y,
died at University hospital, Kansas
City.
Mrs. Dickson, Wilmington, H.,
died at University hospital, Kansas
City.
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 each other.
OTHERS MAY BE IN THE WRECK.
In a fire that started from the de
molished engines, the dining car and
one chair car were partially burned
1t is feared that other victims are in
the wreck. Relief trains started from
Slater at 10 O'Clock and from Kansas
City at 1890, each carrying a corps OF
physicians.
Both engineers, the freight condue-
tor and express messenger Rogers
were killed outright, as were three
other passengers, believed to be wo-
men. Most of the damage appears to
have been done in the tourist follow
ing the baggage car, these cars being
pushed into the space of one car by
the impact Of the collision.
The train took fire soon after the
collision.
The dead will be brought to Kansas
City, and some OF the injured will be
brought temporarily to Marshall, the
next station west.
TRIED TO MAKE ONE MORE STATION
The freight train was the second
section of No. SS, eastbound, at
point five miles east Of here and two
miles west OF a station called Norton
THE freight crew lefthere at 23,aftel
loading stock. Their orders wer'
that the passenger train was tifty-fy'
minutes late and they tried to maxi
| Norton, the next station east.
| The orders OF conductor McAnna, O
the freight train, received at Mar
Ishall, were to meet the second section
lof the passenger train at Slater ant
that the first section was fifty-fv
minutes late. The regular Leaving
time Of this train at Slater is 6:25 am
la delay of fifty-fve minutes woul'
make it due to leave Slater at 7:2l
IMcAnna left Marshall at 7:23. ii
called to the rear brakeman: "W
, meet them at Slater, /" and ran to th
engine. The front brakeman, wh
was about four cars from the engine
saws conductor McAnna started tn
engine and was running it when tn
collision occurred. McAnna evident
lily overlooked bis orders against th
first section Of the Hummer and thu
caused the collision.
The passenger train was compose
lof an engine, combination baggage an
express car, smoking car, chair cal
tourist car, dining car, Pullman sleeI
er, tourist car, and observation Pul
man, in that order.
Very few In the smoking car WEI
Iseriously hurt. Conductor Bob Dem
more was in this car talking to G. v
IBosworth, OF San Francisco, when u
lcrash came. Both were thrown dow
Ibut escaped with few scratehe
Densmore says the smoking car tel
scoped, turned to the right, went pa
the baggage car and engine and dow
the embankment. In the next car,
chair car, many were injured, but Il
lgreatest sufferers were in the nel
lear, a tourist sleeper. This car tel
scoped and fell upon the passeng'
englne and the passengers were bume
by escaping steam.
THOSE IN THE SLEEPER EsCAPEl
@. II. Van Scotten, with the Do
gett Dry Goods Company, Of Kans'
lCity, was in the sleeper, the third c.
from the rear. He says that none
the occupants OF that car was DANCE
Iously injured and the car stayed {
the track. He, with Others, worke
hard to help passengers out Of u
tourist car and coaches. The observ
tlon sleeper and tourist sleeper at u
rear Of the train we're uninjured.
The forward Pullman and the tou
ist sleeper in front were burned. II
baggage car was wrecked and freigl
cars are piled upon both engines al
lare burning.