Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-08-28
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ExpLopED,
as a Result Two Are Dead and Tbrs.
naaly Hurt, Two Mortally-
Happened Near Rush Hill.

Inc boiler of the big mogul engine
NO. 5O4, drawing G. & A. fast meat
train, No. SO, blew up a mile east q,
Rush Hill and II miles east OF Mevicc
at l2;SO Sunday morning and Instantly
killed Ii. 0. Maxwell, Of Slater, Ex.
IRA engineer, L. @. Shallenberger. also
OF slater, was horribly burned and
uied at the Windsor Hotel in this CITY
at 5:3O O'Clock Monday morning.
engineer M. G. Page, Of Slater, fireman
M. L. Stephens, of Slater, and J. t.
Mcmahon, Of Springfield, Mo-, were
terribly injured and two Of them, the
two latter, will probably die.
The boiler Of the monster engine
blew up while the train was running
about 80 miles an hour and stripped
tile engine trucks Of all gearing, the
boiler being thrown nearly 200 Yards
and tearing an immense hole in the
ground where 1t struck. The trucks
remained on the track but Q cars Of
meat were dera!led.
All five OF the injured and dead we're
ON the engine at the time of the ex.
plosion and were thrown for MANY
feet In all directions. The trainmen
In the caboose were not injured and
got back up the track in time to flag
the east bound passenger train which
was following, In time to avert a
second wreck, which would have cost
many lives.
The trainmen and passengers of this
train went Immediately to the rescue
of the unfortunate ones who were in
jured and dead. They we're brought
to Mexico under the charge Of DR..
Vandeventer.
II. 0. Markwell, Of Slater, aged %
years and single, was picked up dead.
He was head brakeman and was
horribly mangled.
L. G. Shallenberger, who died in
this city Monday morning, was scald-
ed by steam and cut and burned by
hot cinders. He had been sick Of
typhoid fever for several week and was
making a trial run to see If he could
take out his regular run again. He
leaves a widow.
M. G. Page, Of Slater, married and
having children, was the least injur-
ed but, still, suffered terrible injuries.
He has compound fracture OF the
left thigh near the hip and his face
and legs are badly burned by steam
and cinders. He will, IL is thought,
recover.
J. T. McMahan, OF Springfield, Mo-,
a machlnist, who was working his way
over the road TO jacksonville, has a
small chance for life, He has a COM
pound fracture Of both legs and is
though to be injured internally.
NJ. L. Stephenson, the fireman, is
badly scalded all over the body and It
Is thought that he cannot live. He is
from Slater and is single.
THE WRECK CLEARED UP.
The wrecker was called out early
Sunday morning and by noon had the
track cleared for traffic. Many from
his city went down TO view the work.
THE CoRoNER's INQEEsT.
Coroner Bridgford held an inquest
INTO the cause OF the death OF the two
Glctims Of tthc wreck this afternoon
before the following jury: p. NJ. Nor
is, Mark Pitcher, W. Z. Kemp, ]. NJ.
NJ. N. Nelson, Willard Potts.
The jury rendered a verdict that
10Th men were killed by the explosion
# the engine.
REMAINS SENT HOMIE
The remains OF the dead brakeman
we're returned TO Slater Sunday noon
or interment and the remains OF En-
yineer Shallenberger were taken to
he same place Monday noon. Rela-
i've of each party accompanied the
'emains.