The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-22
WHOLE. TRAIN ROLLS
DOWN EMBAN K MENT.
Smoker and Two Chair Cars
Piled Up in Mass of.Wreck-
age in Corr76e1d, Sixty Feet
From the sTrack-Most
Of the Injured Were.
Burned.
(BN Associated Press.o

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KANSAS CITY. Y M ~ December 21.-1n
a wreck to-day at Godfrey Kan, OF the.
Meteor" a ST. Louis and San Francisco
fast train south. nine persons were killed
and thirty-two We're injured, OF the in
jured four probably will die, while four
teen were severely hurt. The dead:
JAMES KIRKPATRICK. ,.F
GEORGE HOYT, conductor.
B. "A. DEVICES. engineer.
.THEO. BlsHARD. fireman.
a JAMES H. WYA1AN. u 5s
Fl 'AsAGA HMOORELAND.
4 LORN CORBIN. l 4
JOSEPH }cORBIN..S X.
JOHN BLUEBACKER.
Il .Probab bly, ia tally Injured: .s
Sheridan kna BILE. if9
= z. Z. Garrowick :gs
8 j Johni Bell. mes seng ger.355
# II. B. Darllngtnn.s mail clerk. 5ss5s
/. All the dead lived Sin ansas and Okla
homa3 and the Injured are residents OF
the West. l ssyssS \, s'5t ~
u !. IA. BartlcyFt freig ght tprakcman. whose
failure to-, fla g the passehser, train caused
the wreck has not been found:
At Full Speed.
y The wrecked train was one Of the
finest and fastest In the service. ~ It wis
made up Of two baggage cars and one;
mall car. a SIN olser two chair cars and
a. sleeper, When the train reached God-.
frey It was running at full speed to make
up time. The crew of a freight train
that had preceded the Meteor left tho
switch open. and the passenger train
jumped the. track and rolled down slight
enbankment All Of the cars except the
sleeper turned over and SO fast was the
train running that the engine and the
forward baggage car landed nearly sixty
feet off the roadbed before 1t stopped.
The sleeper. remained upright, and none
OF the passengers In this car were In
jured
!. The baggage cars were completely
wrecked and the smoker was badly dam
aged. Five OF those killed were In tho
forward end OF the smoker, and four OF
them were killed Instantly.
Engineer B. "A. Devices, Of Fort Scott;
Conductor Hoyt, OF Topeka, and Fireman
Bishard, Of Fort Scott, were all instantly
killed, and Express Messenger John B. H..
of Kansas City, was seriously Injured.
Others of the crew and almost every
passenger on the trala, except those In
the sleeper, who escaped with severe
shaking up, were Injured, some OF them
seriously.
Sixteen persons. Including Henry NJ.
McD onnell, Of Lodi. Ohio were serou ly
hurt, and fifteen others were slightly in
jured.
!. Most Of the injured were badly burned,
as we'll as being MANNED,
Responsibility for Wreck.
The respons. bil4ty for the wreck is laid
at the door of 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 10
remain on the main track and to- turn
the switch for the passenger train. then
about due, The brakeman was ordered TO
flag the Meteor. This he neglected to do.
In the crash the baggage car telescoped
the engine and landed In corn field,
while the smoker and the two chair cars
were piled In a mass on top Of the enslne,
Most Of the injured were N the chalr
cars which took fire soon after the wreck
occurred. i s,I ttfa. I-a3f5. " t.Hs.5 ~