Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-11-03
TRAINS COLLIDE
At Upton, MO,
Three Killed and Many Injured In
Rear-End Collision.
TRAIN WAS IN TWO SECTIONS
The Blame, According to Supt. Mo-
: Kee, Rests With the Engineer
and Conductor of the
Second Section.

persons were killed and % injured in
q rear-end collision between section
No. 2 and section No. 1 of train No. 3,
Missouri Pacific Worlds fair special,
at Upton, Mo-, early Sunday morning.
Train No. 3, on account of the heavy
| Worlds fair travel, was made up in
two sections, the first leaving st. Louis
for Kansas City Saturday night at
1910 p. m. The second section left a
few minutes later, and when it reached
Upton, section No. l was taking on
passengers. According to Engineer
Ramsey, of section No. 2, a headlight
in the yards blinded MIN and he was
unable to see section No. /. He also
says that his orders were Clear
ahead" The second section was run
ming about 80 miles an hour when the
collision occurred. The end sleeper Of
section No. / was entirely demolished
and the second sleeper was overturned.
The Dead:
Mrs. Bright Walker, Lewisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Burke, Kansas City.
j. w. Bagby, address unknown.
The Injured:
w. j. Black, general passenger
agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad, collar bone broken,
wrenched back and bruised.
Mrs. W. J. Black, Topeka, ankle
broken, head badly bruised.
Thomas Richardson, Portland, Ore,
Injuries slight.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Kansas City,
head bruised.
j. S. Calfee, st. Lolis, serious.
w. H. Morrison, Sedan. Kan; hip
injured.
l.. B. Stoner, New York, serious.
w. W. Manspeaker, Topeka, arm and
leg injured.
J. c. Wiles, st. Louis, back broken.
Raymond Morrison, Sedan, Kas., hip
injured.
l.. B. Twined, New York, serious.
B. ]. Mcguire, Trenton, Mo-, slight
injuries.
G. McEmbry, Niles, Mich, knee in
jured.
Mrs. G. McEmbry, Niles, Mich,
slight injuries.
J. +. Hammer, Lawrence, Kan,
slight injuries.
A. A. Seligman, serious.
Mrs. J. w. Skinner, Lampasas, Tex,
nervous shock and bruises.
Miss Ruth Skinner, Lampasas, Tex,
scalp wounds.
Cynthia White, Lampasas, Tex,
shock and bruises.
c. c. Porter, East Orange, N. j.,
scalp wound and foot cut.
Mrs. c. w. Donaldson, Kansas City,
shoulder and arm hurt.
Robert Eaton and w. E. Price. Pull
man porters, injuries slight.
Mrs. J. F. Skinner, Miss Ruth Skin
ner, Cynthia White, c. c. Porter and
B. J. Mcguire were taken to hospitals
in this city upon their arrival here.
Section No. 1 was in charge of Con-
ductor Sam Lovett. Col. j.. E. Jewett,
local passenger and ticket agent of the
Missouri Pacific, who was on section
No. / when the accident occurred,
said:
There we're five sleepers on section
No. l. l was in the third from the end.
About 3 o'clock l was awakened by a
sudden crash. Downing my clothes l
,r1cha1 IN tho n1otfprp, op5 found tho
end of the sleeper smashed to kindling
wood, section No. 2 having te~1escoped
the two rear sleepers."
The injured were taken to Sedalia.
Later it was said that A. A. Seligman's
injuries we're not as bad as at first
reported.
Engineer Was Responsible.
Those of the passengers whose in
juries were slight continued their jour-
ney, while the more seriously hurt
were taken to the company's hospital
in st. Louis. w. J.. Black and wife
of Topeka were taken to the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas hospital at Sedalia.
The engine of the second section
struck the Pullman car Topaz squarely,
splitting it for two-thirds of it's length;
and all of the Ia passengers in the car
were either killed or injured. There
were 22 passengers in the next car
ahead, and although all were badly
shaken up by the collision and received
a few scratches, only a few were in
jured seriously.
The blame, according to Superintend-
ent W. ]. Mckee, who ut once went to
the scene of the wreck, rests with the
engineer and conductor Of the second
section. They were running Is miles
an hour when, the superintendent said,
they should have had their train under
control.