The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-23


During the entire afternoon an uneasy
feeling prevailed among the members OF
the families OF the knights Tsmplars
party that was In the train wreck at
Junction City. that there mad beel some
thing withheld from them regarding the
condition OF the persons who had been
cut and bruised and when the hour that
the train officials said the hospital cars
would arrive drew near there was owl
dence OF suppressed excitement among
the many friends.
At $50 the Worcester train came In
without the cars and IL was learned that
there was delay OF three hours on leav-
ing Kansas City that spoiled connections
all along the line and prevented their
arrival at Worcester.
Soon after IL was learned that the two
sleeping cars, Ben Wives" and 1ous-
ton" had reached Worcester on the last
train from Gardner. Mass, which had
been held several hours for them. These
two cars. containing the party ot y.
comprising the doctors. the injured local
people and attendants. were to be az,
tached 10 the last train from Worcester
leaving about 1890, which was due To
arrive here at midnight.
The anxious friends composed them-
selves for the long walt with as much
patience as possible, and discussed the
reports and rumors that had filtered into
| the city regarding the accident, ana
| imagining ell sorts OF terrible things
about the party.
A RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Eminent Commander Penniman and
! Hon j. +. Burlingame, capt AIohzo
| williams, Andrew j. Ferguson, FRANK
/ Pierce. Clayton Ballou and number OF
members OF both commanderies, were
| busted in arranging for carriages Tor the
a A. ftll la flH
! Rhode Island hospital was also sum
moned to be on hand in case OF need.
Inst before the train arrived Lieut.
! o'Nen and the reserves from the Central
notice station arrived and assisted In pre-
pairing for the arrival of the party.
| Generalisimo John T. Thompsol ol
Calvary commandery; 5. w. FREDERICK
Dana pilot Albert L. Anthony, War
den Frank Holmes, Past COMMANDER
Thomas Philips, p. c. Joseph Potter
= r Ballou. r. c. Horace II. Blanchard
F,mminent Commander II. &. PehhlthaIi
OF ST. Johns commandery; Joseph
Burlingame, +. G. Walter Burnhath' r
c. Frank Pierce, =. c. Andrew ers "a
son. DIR. clifford Griffin. Frank s. VII
son cant Alfonso williams. DIR. Williams
ord about @ other members or Doth
Communicates were at the depot
Mr. Paddock. father OF George fau-
dock. who was reported cut was al tno
depot about . o'clock awaiting the ui, usil,,
and there were also number OF lauies
accompanying the sir KIM shts tha' "o''01
during that long interval
,rhn train pulled I'm about on time anC
tho eight OF the swathed sir knights IL
the omen windows occasioned a puIst ~
cheering from the 200 or more persons y,
the nlatform outside the barrier "nIci
was returned from the cars sonIeW NE iIa l.i
|, less loudly but fully as hearuly' lhe
oh
, ! nartv at worcester, comprising III.
~ Hunt p G. Joseph Baker Jr, r. =
Rogers q Young Charles 5. Pettee ah'
! | Geo r Bent Of Calvary COMMANDER
ara Covton r. Ballou of So. Johns com
, r,anderv had charge OF affairs at the ae
pot. ,, o,t,y,,,s
, The appearance to Henry W.Carpehte
with his arm ip sling and head Amos
en,,orad with bandages was the sigma
. Tor another burst OF cheering which wa
buabed as the injured man and MS VIII
. were reunited Then followed succession
, of touching reunions that touched ever
the most calloused onlookers ana when al
; those able TO walk easily had disembark
ad Mr. q G. Peck OF this city started e
leave the car aided by friends. every ste
, brought tears 10 his eyes, showing IN
main he was enduring and wheel chal
was brought to take him TO hack.
, There then remained upon the car, Mr.
|, and Mrs. A. L. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
, NJ Dexter and Mrs A. ). Peek, VINO wa
tho most injured and to avoid the croW'
the train backed onto the siding near tn
office building There the injured men
both of whom were able to hobble alonl
were helped off and aided TO the carriag
after being warmly greeted by Few IN
innate friends Mrs Arthur l.. Peck VIII
was in n berth at the forward end of tn
IN, hA rAOQ COn0i
tion and IL is thought several ribs ar
broken There was trained nurse, Mis-
C,empbell OF Kansas City. who was picke
nm on the train en- route, and she mad
, the injured woman ready TO be move
and after being carefully placed on
stretcher she was lifted through the win
dow 10 the platform where four stalwar
policemen carried her TO the ambulance
which removed her 10 her home at
Whitmarsh street.
STORY OF THE WRECK.
snatches OF the story OF tho wreck wer
told nv various members OF the party {
friends and Il is substantially as follows
"when our section OF the train strucl
the curve, II was bowling along at tn
rate OF 10 or IS miles an hour. The EN-
bankment was built UP from the level o
the Smoky Hill river with sand bags an
earth and at the time we went over tn
ties were neither ballasted nor the road
he'd graded. Many OF the ties were so bad
ly decayed that they would crumble unde
a pressure OF the thumb and afforded n
Resistance 20 the spikes.
The train successfully covered th'
first s. in the tracks. but the rackinl
which its wheels gave the rails was to-
much at the rate the train was travelling
for the holding power OF the spikes
which drew out and allowed the rails &
spread. There was a Pullman, which al,
not contain any particular party, calle,
the Amsterdam. ahead OF the Polynesia
and the Kara was the rear car on IN
train
when the rails spread the Polynesia
forward trucks were I'm the act OF passinl
over the spot. and that nj once deraile'
that car and pulled the rear truck O
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