The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-04
KILLED IN WRECK
Roar End Collision on Missouri Pacific
Has Fatal acknowledgement
Blared.

Kansas City, Nov. l.--Three persons
We're killed and twenty-three injured
in a rear end-collision between section
NO. 2 end section No. 1, of train No. 3,
Missouri Pacific worlds fair special, at
Upton. Mo.
Train No. 8, on account of the heavy
worlds fair travel, was made up in
two sections, The first leaving st. Louis
for Kansas City last night at 1910 p.
IN. The second section left a few min
utes later and when 1t reached Upton
section No. l was taking on passengers
According to Engineer Ramsay of sec
ton No. 2 a headlight in the yards
blinded him and he vas unable to see
section No. /. He also says that his
orders Were clear ahead"
Section No. 2 was running about
twenty-five miles an hour when the
collision occurred. The end sleeper Of
section No. l was entirely demolished
and the second sleeper was overturned.
The dead:
MRS. BRIGHT WALKER, Lewis
burg. Pa.
MRS. MARGARET BURKE, Kansas
j. w. BAGBY. secretary and treas
urer of the Linotype Publishing com
pany. Kansas City.
The injured:
w. j. Black, general passenger agent
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa he
railroad, collar bone broken, wrenched
back and bruised. .
Mrs. w. j.. Black. Topeka, ankle
broken and head badly bruised.
Thomas Richardson, Portland, Ore.
injuries slight.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Kansas City,
lead bruised.
j. S. Calfee, st. Louis. serious.
w. III. Morrison. Sedan Kan hin
injured.
l.. &. Stoner. New York, seriou
w. w. Manspeaker. Topeka. arm and
leg injured.
j. c. Wills, st. Louis, back w~renched.
Raymond Morrison, Sedan. Kan. hin
injured.
L. ID. Twined, New York. serious.
b. j. Magrie, Trenton, Mo, slight in
juries.
NJ. j. McI1mberie. Niles, Mich, knee
injured.
Mrs. NJ. j. MeEmberie. Niles. Mich.
Slight injuries.
j F. Hammer. Lawrence, Kan, slight
injuries.
a. Seligman. slight injuries.
Mrs. j. F. Skinner, Lampasas. Tex,
shock and bruises.
Miss Ruth Skinner, Lampasas, Tex,
scalp wound.
Cynthia White, Lampasas, Tex.
nervous shock and bruises.
c. c. Porter. East Orange, N. j.. scalp
wound and foot cut.
Mrs c. w. Donaldson. Kansas City.
Mo. shoulder and arm hurt.
Robert Eaton and w. Price. Pullman
,porters. slight injuries.
Disposition of the Wounded.
Mrs. j. F. Skinner. Miss Ruth Skin
ner. Cynthia White, c. c. Porter and
B. j. Mcguire We're taken to hospitals
In this city upon their arrival here.
Those of the passengers whose in
1uries were slight continued their Jour-
.ney, while the more seriously hurt were
taken to the company hospital in St.
Louis. w. ]. Black of Topeka was tax
EN- to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
hospital at Sedalia.
The engine of the second section
struck the Pullman car Topaz suuarely.
splitting it for two-thirds of its length
land all of the fourteen passengers in
the car were either killed or injured.
There We're twenty-five persons in the
day coach ahead, and although an We're,
badly shake up by the collision and
received a few scratches, only a few
We're Injured seriously.
The blame, according to Superintendent
NV. j. Mckee. who went to the scene of
the wreck, rests with the engineer and
conductor of the second section. They
We're running twenty-five miles an hour,
When, the superintendent said, they
should have had their train under control.
Collision Caused by Neglect.
sedalia, Mo-. Oct. 1.-The coroner of
this county held an inquest here inquirlng
INTO the cause of the wreck on the Mis-
Pacific railroad at Upton, Mo in
which three persons We're killed and twen-
injured and the following verdict
was rendered: /
The collision was caused by neglect of
ihasman OF first No. 8 in not properly flag
glns second No. 3. and also by engineer
oi second NO 3 for coming into station in
a careless manner, in not having his en-