Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-06-19

The Missouri State Express, @. &
A. train No. IA, due here at lilo p. M,
went into the ditch opposite the Poor
Farm, 2 miles west of Mexico, shortly
after noon Wednesday and killed En-
gineer H. Keller, Of Slater.
The injured are:
Express Agent A. She'll, Of st.
Louis, head cut.
Baggageman M. w. Hassett, bruises.
Fireman Thos. Carroll, Of Louisina,
head and body badly cut and bruised.
Mrs. Samuel Rodes, Of $50 Cherry
street, Kansas City, side hurt and
shaken up.
Mrs. r. A. Higgins, Springfield, ILL.,,
head cut, shoulders and hips injured.
Mrs. w. #. Spruill, Of Evanston,
ILL.,, head, arm and shoulder injured.
Lou Ann ~Stevens,of Odessa, Ky, legs
and head cut.
II. A. Fogrey, of st. Louis, leg
wrenched.
J. w. Fowles, Mexico, leg wrenched.
G. .. Borden, Of Wyndotte, Kas.,
hips injured.
Mrs. Fannie Cockrell, Of Marshall,
scalp wound from glass.
- Cockrell, little girl, Of
Marshall. legs cut and wrenched.
AT THE SCENE OF THE WRECK.
The train which went into the ditch
was travelling at a fast rate and the
cause Of the derailment is not known,
as far as can be learned.
The track was torn up for a 100
yards, probably, and the baggage and
two passengers coaches left the track,
falling to the south and turning
nearly over. The engine seems TO have
parted from the train and careered to.
the ditch on the south side several
yards east Of the remainder Of the
wreck. The fireman jumped and was
not seriously injured but the engineer
was killed, it being supposed that he
stayed with his engine.
There were a number Of slightly in
jured and a few who we're not injured
at all. Among the latter were, Mrs.
]. NJ. Page, Of Jerseyville, H., who
did not receive a scratch; she said that
she was standing between two seats in
the overturned car when she realized
what had happcded and did not re-
member having been of Of her feet
during the time of leaving the track
she had been standing in the aisle
just previous to the shock.
H. A. Forgey, OF st. Louis, a very
heavy man, was injured in the leg
slightly. He said to a LEDGER repor-
ter, while viewing the scene Of rescue,
that the force Of the derailment had
thrown him five seats up the aisle.
Probably one Of the most pathetic
scenes was the realization Of Charles
Paxton, Of Centralia, who arrived on
the scene on a Wabash train from
CentraIia, that his two motherless
children had escaped injury.
Mr.. Paxton, who lives in Centralia,
placed his two children on the train,
intending to send them to st. Louis to
live with their grandmother, Mrs.
Parks, Of St. Louis, who was with
them on the trip. Hearing OF the
wreck at Oentralla Mr.. Paxton boarded
the Wabash train and did not learn,
until he had them in his arms,
whether his children we're dead OF
alive. They were not injured, nor was
Mrs. Parks. The childrens' mother
died but a few weeks ago.
ASSISTANCE WAS PROMPT.
No sooner than word was received
In this city Of the wreck than a relief
train, carrying doctors and people to
assist was made up and sent to the
scene Of the wreck. The very quickest
Of work was done and 1t was but a
short time before all Of the injured
were aboard the relief train anC
brought to Mexico, where they arr
being taken care Of at the Windsor
Hotel.
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