Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-21
WAS FINEST IN The SERVICE.
Crew of Freight Train Left Switch Open,
The Passenger Jumped Track, Going
Over Embankmcnt.
ALL BUT A SLEEPER WENT OVER.
Responsibility for Accident Put on the
Freight Brakeman Who Failed
The Flag the Train.

Kansas city, Mo, Dec 21.--The Me.
teor, the fast train on the st. Louis q
san Francisco railway, which left Fort
Worth yesterday afternoon for Kansas
city, was wrecked at Godfrey, is miles
south of Fort Scott Kas., early this
morning, The train ran into a switch
and all cars except the sleeper were
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 II
o'clock,
THE FINEST TRAIN.
The wrecked train was one of the fin
est and fastest I'm the service. II was
made up of two baggage and one mail
car smoker two chair cars and
sleeper When the train reached Cod
frey II WAS behind and running at full
speed to make up time The crew OF a
freight train that had preceded the Me
teor left the switch open and the pas
senger train jumped the track and
rolled down slight embankment. All
save the sleeper turned over and so fast
was the train running that the engine
and the forward baggage car landed
nearly so feet of the roadbed before
They stopped. The sleeper remained up-
right and none Of the passengers In this
car was injured The baggage cars
were completely wrecked and the smok-
err vas badly damaged Five of the
dead were In the forward end of the
smoker and four OF them were Instantly
Killed A news agent, who was badly
mangled. died on the relief train that
carried the dead and injured TO Fort
SCOTT
Engineer y, A. Devices Of Fort Scott
Conductor Roy Of Topeka and Fireman
Bishard Of Fort Scott were all Instant
~ Killed, and Express Messenger John
Bell Of Kansas city was seriously in.
lured. Others OF the crew and almost
every passenger on the entire train ex-
cept those In the sleeper, who escaped
with a severe shaking up, were injured
some OF them seriously.
1t was still dark when the wreck oc-
CURED and the utmost confusion fol-
lowed. II was some time before those
of the crew who had escaped injury
were able with the help OF the passen-
gers who were unhurt, to aid the in
jured.
A wrecking crew, carrying physicians.
did not leave Fort Scott for tn ,uucene
until several hours after the wreck oc-
CURED and it was II o'clock before the
dead and injured were brought to Fort
Scott
THE DEAD.
George Hoyt, conductor, Sapulpa, l. II.
B. Devices engineer, Fort Scott.
Theodore Bishard, fireman., Fort
Scott.
James II. Twyman. colored, Fleming.
Kan
Asa Moreland, Lenoxia. Kan.
Lon Corbin Bessie, O. T.
Joe Corbin Bessie, .. T.
city
one unidentified man, whose body
was thrown 60 feet into a corn field.
FATALLY INJURED.
Sheridan KanabIe, Hoopertown, ., t.
IL. f. GaIroway, Jonesboro, Ark
SERIOUSLY !NJURED.
Mrs. T.. u. Cali, Hobart. o. t.
Henry Mckinley Snlder. O. T.
Thomas Kent, Mountainyiew, o, T.
j, W. Gull, Ottumwa. Ia
Henry Nj, Mcdonnell. Lodi O.
L. Howard Lee, Oklahoma city. o. 7.
Joseph a, Donahue. Franklin. iii.
Walter Godsby, Kansas city.
John Bell express messenger, KAN
sas city.
j d. Bryant, Davenport. Ia.
w. Il, Farmer, Blackwell o. T.
Elmer Corbin, Bessie O. T.
Jacob Roosaler, Parker, O. r.
G. j. Donovan, Snyder, .. r.
j. W. Adamson, mail clerk, Kansas
city
H. y. Darlington. mall cerg. Kansas
city
Fifteen others were hurt slightly.
Most OF the injured were badly burn
od, as we'll as being MANNED.
RESPONSIBILITY.
The responsibility for the wreck Is
laid at the door Of a brakeman OF the
freight crew who failed 20 flag the
train, lie 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 brake
man being ordered TO Nag the Meteor.
This he neglected to do.
In the crash the baggage car teles-
'oped the engine and landed IN corn
Held, while the smoker and the two
'hair cars were piled IN mass on top
N the engine. Most OF the injured were
In the chair cars which took FIRE soon
after the wreck occurred
Express Messenger Bell died later,
making the total number OF dead 10,