Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
CIRCUS TRAIN IN COLLISION
Many Unfortunate Victims Killed
While Asleep and Badly ManGled
Refusal of Air Brakes to
work Responsible.

inquest will be held. Following are
the dead and injured:
List of the Dead.
James Mccarthy, trainmaster of the
Grand Trunk road. His division EN-
bracing Port Huron and Battle Creek.
A. w. Large, special officer of the
Grand Trunk, Battle Creek.
John Purcell, Peru, Ind; boss can
vasman.
LATE Larson, Cambridge, O.; driver.
G. Thomas, residence unknown; la
boreI
Harry St. Clair, residence unknown;
ticket seller.
John Leary, Springfield, ILL.,; boss OF
ring stock.
Andrew Rowland, New York state;
convasman.
Frank Thorp, Dundee, Mich; train
master of circus train.
Robert Rice, residence unknown;
blacksmith.
Charles Sands, Peru, Ind; driver.
Joe Wilson, Pittsburg.
w. J. Mccoy, Columbus, O.; canvas
man.
James Taffelmire, Orient, la.
Unknown man; driver.
Unknown man, home said to be in
indianapolis; rider in circuit races.
Unknown man, home said to be in
Louisville; driver.
Unknown man, driver.
Tr1.un c,ffnontoJ tn lnath
Two identified men at the hospital.
Edward York, Terre Haute, Ind.
The Seriously Injured.
Seriously injured:
James Foley, special officer of the
Grand Trunk, Detroit; shoulder dislo-
Gated and badly bruised about body.
Jos. T. Benton, New Milford, Conn;
internal injuries.
w. H. Roe, Armstrong, ILL.,; internal
injuries.
Frank Tilley, Rising Sun, Ind; hip
d~islocated; bad bruises and internal
injuries.
Bole Abrams, %Sandusky, o.
Burt McGrath, Connellsville, o.
John w. Rooms, Bairdstown, o.
/ George BARLEY, Los Angeles, Cal.
w. L. Cone, Dubuque, la.
Joseph Patterson, Grand Prairie, ILL.
John Collins, Des Moines, La.
| j. r. Stewart, Denver, Col.
Edward York died at noon at the
temporary hospital.
Many Terribly Mangled.
The dead, many of them SO terribly
mangled that Identification seemed
well-nigh impossible, We're laid on the
ground a short distance from the scene.
BY 6 O'Clock a corps of twelve ply
sicians was operating IN the injured
and dressing their wounds in the tenn
porary hospital. -Four Of the injured
died before $50 o'clock. When the
wrecking train crews had finished
pulling to pieces the tangled and bro
ken cars, II dead men were lying on
the grass awaiting removal to the
morgue. A majority of them were
killed while asleep. The circus per-
formers were on the rear of the NOV
ing train and escaped injury. Wallace
bTOllItI0 say lhIJ tlCll 1888 a. ~
very heavy, but have given no esti-
mate of it as yet. This is the second
wreck that the Wallace shows have
suffered within a month.
In discussing the question of re-
sponsibility for the horror, the railroad
officials un~hesitatingly lay it to Engi-
neer Probst of the second section of
the train, whose home is in Battle
Creek. Probst says that the air
brake on his train refused to work, but
the officials declare that he could have
stopped the train in time to have avert
ed serious consequences. General Man
ager F. H. Michigan said:
"Probst knew that he was coming in
to a yard where trains usually stand
and take on coal and water. The rules
say plainly that engineers shall ap-
proach such yards with the trains I'M
der control. A brakeman sent back
by the first train warned him of the
danger three-fourths of a mile before
he got to the standing section, For
nearly half a mile before he got to the
first train the track is straight and
clear and he should have been able to
see the red light on the back of the
train ahead in time to stop his train.
Of course he, like anyone else, will try
to avoid such a dreadful responsible
ty."