The Indianapolis journal., 1901-07-12
Three of the Number Were Indianians
and Some of the Seriously Injured
Are Residents of This State.
TEN MEN TERRIBLY MANGLED
WENT DOWN TO DEATH WITH A
NICKEL-PLATE RAILWAY BRIDGE.
Structure Collapsed when Three Cars
of stone Were Put on It-Passen-
ger Train Had Just Passed.

tWenty-fOur persons injured III the AlloH
wreck who are still in Kansas City hos
pitals two are not likely to live through
the night and three others are fatally
hurt, but will probably survive until to-
morrow. Five of the injured left for their
homes this morning. revised list of the
nineteen dead follows:
MRS. j. 5. ADsIT, aged twenty-nine,
MRS HULDA HAYsLIP. aged ffty-two.
Chenoa, Ill.
MRS S. A. D. HARRY. aged forty, syra-
cuse. y. Y.
REV. d. w. HOOKER, aged seventy-one,
Syracuse, N Y.
MABEL ROSS. aged twenty-three. Kent
land, Ind.
MISS LULU RIDER. aged twenty-five.
Kentland Ind.
MRS. LORENA GILMAN. aged thirty
FIVE Goodland, Ind.
MRS. S. L. RAY, aged sixty. Whining
ton, Ill.
MRS. ELIZABETH DIXON, aged sixty
seven. Wilmington, Ill.
All the foregoing were excursionists
bound to the. Epworth League convention
at San Francisco.
MRS. FRANCES WALKER, aged sixty
eight. Brooklyn, n. Y.
MRS. RHODA ]. CURTIS. aged ifty-five.
Simpson, Kan.
SIDNEY JONES identification not posi-
tive). aged about forty-five, Chicago.
DANIEL DONNELLY, fireman.
DANIEL MAMMA, conductor freight
| train.
P. ]. ANDERSON. engineer freight train.
FRANK BRIGGS, engineer passenger
| train.
1. S. ROGERS. United States express
messenger, Chicago.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN, burned and
mangled beyond recognition.
Leslie S. Colburn. aged twenty-four, of
| Pawpaw, Mich, and Miss Lottie l.. Still,
| aged twenty-six. of Hornellsville. n. Y,
| are not expected to live through the night.
| Mr.. Colburn was scalded on the face and
| arms and his right leg and arm broken.
He is at st St JosePh's Hospital on Miss StiTs II,
| scalded and she Is unconscious most of the
| time. She is at University Hospital. The
| following are fatally injured:
MRS. ANNIE MORRISON. Valparaiso,
| scalded.
MISS ORA E. TILLMAN, aged twenty
| four. daughter of Mrs. Morrison, Val
paraiso. Ind, face and arms scalded.
MRS. C. W. SNYDER. Jasper. ILL.,. aged
| fortyfour. face. arms and shoulders
| burned.
MISS JULIA NJ. HAYSLIP. Chenoa H..
| aged Twenty-Five arm and face scalded
| inhaled steam.
The following are seriously but not fatal
| ly injured:
E. c. BRAY, Chicago, aged thirty. neck
strained and bruised about head and body.
DR. j. S. ADSIT, Hoopeston. ILL.,, aged
| forty, hands and arms scalded. artery
| in left arm cut by jumping out of win
| dow.
MISS DORA wICKwIRE. Goodland
| Ind. aged twenty-five. hip dislocated and
| leg broken
MISS EMMA DIXON, Wilmington, H.,
extensive burns on body.
| The following patients left the hospitals
| for their homes to-day:
MRS. DORA JOHNSON and her six
| year-old son, Bloomington, III.
MRS. LIBBIE ELKINs. Bloomington,
| Ill.
c. E. NULL, Mexico Mo-
E. y. HAYSLIP, Chenoa, Ill.
The case of Mr.. Hayslip, of Chenoa, H.,
| is extremely pitful. Although badly
| burned and ir a serious condition, the
enormity of his affiiction made 1t neces-
| sary for him to leave the hospital tonight
His wife, Mrs. Hulda Haysp, died last
night at the University Hospital and his
! daughter. Miss Hulda Hayslip, is now in
| a dying condition al ST. Joseph's Hospital
| He will take the body of his wife home
i; and return for his daughter. The hospital
attendants report that the less seriously
! injured patients are improving rapidly
The friends of Mrs. s. A. d. Harry. Of
! ing at st. Joseph's Hospital. have sent
numerous kilograms to the hospital MAX
| ing inquiry about funeral arrangements
No arrangements will be made until the
| arrival of Judge Harry from Hoopeston.
! Most of the injured were Epworth League
| excursionists en- route 10 San Francisco
and were in the tourist car, in which the
| greatest havoc was wrought. Most OF the
uninjured and slightly injured leaguers
have proceeded on their Journey.
| George ). BoswOrth, OF San Francisco
! who was conducting a party of five Ep-
| worth Leaguers TO San Francisco says
| The train was making a fine sprint and
4 everybody was feeling pleasant and happy
| when all OF a sudden there was an awful
| crash and IL seemed as though a tremen-
dous fist had struck the train in the face
| In an instant the air was filled with cries
and screams; cars were smashed into
| splinters. while several rolled down the
! huge embankment. In a twinkling that
| splendid train was reduced TO a mere mass
| OF debris. with human beings crawling
| screaming or lying In mangled heaps on
/ the ground. Fire Immediately added its
| horror 10 the scene and above all the ter
rible clamor OF our train were heard the
| almost human cries OF the buruing cattle
/ OF the freight train. The Marseilles French
! Opera Company on its way TO San Fran
! cisco comprising seventeen people. lost
/ every bit of its scenery and baggage. None
| of the passengers escaped with more than
his hand baggage. and were lucky 10 get
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