Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-25
Results of the Wrecking of the St. Louis & San Francisco's "Me-
 teor," North Bound.
lERAILED BY AN OPEN SWITCH;
 ALL EXCEPT SLEEPER CAPSIzED.
Fireman and Conductor-Nearly Everyone On the Train Except Those In the Sleeper More or Less Seriously Injured.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 22--The Me teor, the fast train on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, which left Fort Worth Sunday afternoon for Kansas City, was wrecked at Godfrey, 15 miles south of Fort Scott, Kas., carly Mon day morning. The train ran into a awitch and all except the sleeper was derailed and turned over. Nine persons were killed and over 20 injured. The dead and injured were taken to Fort Scott, and arrived in that city at Il o'clock.
 The dead:
 George Hoyt, conductor; sapulpa, TIT.
 B. A. Dewees, engineer; Fort Scott.
 Theorode Bishard, fireman; Fort Scott
 Jas. H. Twyman (colored), Fleming, Kas.
 Asa Moreland, Lenexa, Kas.
 Lon Corbin. Bessie, Okla.
 Joe Corbin, Bessie, Okla
 John Brubaker, news agent; Kansas City.
 One unidentified man, whose body was found. 60 feet distant in corn field
 Express Messenger Bell died later, making the total number of dead ten.
 Fatally injured:
 Sheridan Kanable, Hooperstown, Okla.
 B. F. Garroway, Jonesboro, Ark
 Seriously injured: Mrs. E. c. Call, Hobart, Okla; Henry Mckinley, Sny- der, Okla; Thos. Kent, Mountain View, Okla; J. w. Quill, Ottumwa, Ia; Henry M. Mcdonnell, Lodi, o.; L. Howard Lee, Oklahoma City, Okla; Joseph H nonohue, Franklin, H.; Walter Gods by, Kansas City; John Bell, express messenger, Kansas City; J. D. Bryant, Davenport, la; w. R. Farmer, Black well, Okla; Elmer Corbin, Bessie, Okla; Jacob Roesseler, Parker, Okla; c. J. Donovan, Snyder, Okla; J. w. Adamson, mail clerk, Kansas City; H. B. Darlington, mail clerk, Kansas City
 Fifteen others were hurt slightly. Most of the injured were badly burned, as we'll as being maimed.
 Responsibility For the. Wreck.
 The responsibility for the wreck is laid at the door of a brakeman of the freight crew who failed to flag the passenger train. He has disappeared The engine on the freight had become dead" and the crew was ordered to remain on the main track and turn the switch for the passenger, then about due, the brakeman being ordered to flag the Meteor. This he neglected to do.
 The Wrecked Train.
 The wrecked train was one of the finest and fastest in the service It mail car, a smoker, two chair cars and sleeper. When the train reached God frey it was behind and running at full speed to make up time The crew of freight train that had preceded the Meteor left the switch open and the passenger train jumped the track and rolled down slight embankment All gave the sleeper turned over and so fast was the train running that the en- zine and the forward baggage car landed nearly 60 feet of the roadbed before it stopped The sleeper re- ee,,cc-a.cc.ed upright and none of the pas sengers in this car were injured.
 Baggage Cars Complete wrecks. The baggage cars were completely wrecked and the smoker was badly damaged Five of those killed were in the forward end of the smoker and four of them were killed instantly. A news agent who was badly mangled died on the relief train that carried a1sae dead ana injured to Fort Scott.
 Three Trnin4n n Killed
 Engineer B. A. Dewees, of Fort Scott, Conductor Roy, of Topekak, and Fire man Bishard, of Fort Scott, were all instantly killed, and Express Messen- ger John Bell, of Kansas City, was se- riously injured Others of the crew and almost-every passenger On the en- tire train, except those7in the sleeper, who escaped with a severe shake-up, were injured. some of them seriously.
 Occurred In the Darkness.
 It was still dark when the wreck oc- cured, and the utmost confusion fol- lowed. It was some time before those VI 'ho SiS" WHO Hdu escaped injury were able, with the help of the passen- gers who were unhurt, to aid the in jured.
 A wrecking train carrying physicians did not leave Fort Scott for the wreck for several hours after the accident oc- cured, and it was II o'clock before the dead and injured were brought to Fort Scott
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