The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-07
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT.
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Newspaper Reporter Who Was
on Train Tells of Wreck.
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TOPEKA. KAN,, jan. ELI, e. par.
sons, d reporter Of tho Topeka state Jour.
nal. Ito was on the wrecked Rock Island
trim arrived Speka ,s oo tpo t ms
scene Of tie collision. !. Parsons escaped
Wl.h sIsn. iJulcs W.,lo Kitty 8, ="
the seat III front Of hin, were Kllleu Pnr-
sons tells tho following story OF ING
wreck: 3 ). e &s5
II was u. tho thlrti car o.. tne pasHen-
ger tram. the tifst coacn naYlns pe1n
preceded W q smoker anu naggaBe car
, 1at me greates, loss 81 oI ~ on ~
Inc smoker, winch was occu p,eu ny ol.,y
Two. or three men, was overturned ~ , nla
pushed through the car beniiiu ~. W!i WIFI
was crowded with passengers, so'llu s.ntu-
Ing IN the nlsles. Inc lltst Was .,,,as
given the passengers III tHs GU Whs w. LII
off tho lig hts leaving al ~ aatk,iess 49,,
moment later q mass or spilhteleu w.
and iron was crowded down upon tilet ~.
No ono was thrown out q nis sca. ~ ~,
tho DOW hlosl OF tlloHc ~, ny , ~,
end OF the chr were killeu !, -,
Lnlrty ~ lear e.,u ), ~ .n tro lint end
ever sueceedcu ~ eseaplS l,9i nh
Of the car, when was sun
No ono In tho front halI q .me GU a un
capped. liicy were crus!leu uvm so.,,e
the setlls ny t!ie s!lok =. q,
was ilhallS nossDio oliy - ~, raso,iars
who were e. s1o cnop s'y ~, - the
slde.anu tllrpusn, INC giioor ui'u ~ =
coach TO rcaci mem. s
EHz Three Saved.
7S55i tsst X IS
1.-THE three rescued from thls spor ,i,
we're man , small glrs anu un n'u and
begging 10 be taken out. One man, hurt
internally. was removed through tho'rcar
door within five minutes after the COL
lision, but died almost as soon as tho res,
cucrs laid him down. The woman .ulea
two hours later while Trying 20 .ctl !, :, :,
physician her name 4 q. dozen zn . tnem hao 10
y, Mo 'p MSr sha was extricated.
= "Ionucv Martin. girl eleven years OF
1 cc;e.l was ninned down between tho two
cers fla heavy stove resting on one foot.
Ia I1nr slcrcs ! attracted the rescuera, and
mon many OF them bleeding from wounds
about tho face and arms, worked hcroi.
cally to get her out 1t took two hours OF
stcady work to relieve her. WHen ste
was taken out she addrsssso ~. 49, :,
who was bending over hcI 10 -, 49,
Tho physician dlu hoa nu :, nr r her
70 tel het tliat sae -, Man Filled
father hhu llot.!St ,.iiiaI -" fn.tan tiv md
Mr.. Mart,n wus a't.s ,,,,tns - az hairg
o. h
.hken ~ LII, i,r",, an ankle where the
nt IN her. and severe scalp
ronitllsiors, She was put to sleep ny,
byn Nv Srmlc 1iniection to relieve the pain.
lt"some Of the bodies found In tho WRECKS
are were so badly crushed as to be unrec-
oenizable. Through hole chopped IN
one side OF the car the body OF gray
haired, henvy-set man and q woman WIZ n
long yellow hair were visible. ,,, =
Fires were built along the, Lnc ts1 "a .h. %
short intervals, and oy INC tga. ot - "a.
the rescuers IN their eass nno,,,rrs 4,
move the victims. cnoRpsu ,, ons and
the wrecked coach u w. - others. ~
then n "a ''t1 ~" lSSE;ndi;r1
+. Crushed Into h llt1'-lA
..rhe entire sides Of this car had been
c11opped away when tho work was E:coH.
Melted. Occasionally the rcscuers wouio
"a sisty upon an alarm being raised oy
watchers, who declared that tla choppins
away OF the coach was letting tho smok-
ar down upon the victims. So terrific was
hc rorco Of tho collision that the smoker
sleft tho trucks III Its backward rush. leaV.
mo the trucks stu upon the track Not
:. wheel in tho entire passenger train
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