The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-05
TRAINS COLLIDE
At Upton, MO.
Three Killed and Many Injured In
Rear-End Collision.
TRAIN WAS IN TWO SECTIONS
The Blame, According TO snpt. Me-
kee, Rests With h Engineer
and Conductor of the
second Section.


Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 31.-TAree
persons were killed and % injured in
a rear-end collision between section
No. 2 and section No. l Of train No. 3
Missouri Pacific Worlds fair special
at Upton. Mo, early Sunday morning
Train No. 8, on account Of the heavy
Worlds fair travel, vas made up In
two sections, the first leaving st. Louis
for Kansas City Saturday night at
10:1o p. III. 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 so 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, L%ewisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Burke, Kansas City.
]. 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. ]. Black, Topeka, ankle
broken, head badly bruised.
Thomas Richardson, Portland, Ore,
injuries slight.
Mrs, Elizabeth Brown, Kansas City,
head bruised.
]. s.. Calfee, st. Loais, 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. J. Mcguire, Trenton, Mo-, slight
injuries,
G. McEmbry, Niles, Mich, knee In
jured.
Mrs. G. McEmbry, Niles, Mich,
slight injuries.
]. f. Hammer, Lawrence, Kan,
injuries.
A. A. Seligman, serious.
Mrs. J. w. Skinner, Lampasas, Tex,
nervous shock and bruises.
Miss Ruth Skinner, Lampasas, Tex,
scalp wounds.
Cynthia White. Lanpasas, Tex,
nervous shock and bruises.
c. c. Porter, East Orange, N. j..
scalp wound and foot cut.
Mrs. c. W. Donaldson, Kansas City,
and arm hurt.
Robert Eaton and w. E. Price. Pull
nan porters, injuries slight.
Mrs. j.. r. Skinner, Miss Ruth Skin
Ter, Cynthia White, C. c. Porter and
). J. Mcguire were taken to hospitals
n this city upon their arrival here.
Section No. / was in charge of Con.
luctor Sam Lovett. Col. j. E. Jewett,
ocal passenger and ticket agent of the
Missouri Pacific, who was on section
l when the accident occurred.
aid:
There were five %sleepers on section
/. was in the third from the end.
about 3 o'clock | was awakened by a
tdden crash. Downing my clothes
lshed to the platform and found the
nd Of the sleeper smashed to kindlins
Good, section No. 2 having telescoped {
he two rear sleepers."
The injured were taken to Sedalia,
,ater it was said that A. A. Seligman's
were not as bad as at first
|
Engineer Was Responsible. !
Those Of the passengers whose in. !
iries were slight continued their Jour [
ey, while the nor seriously hurt
ere taken to the company's hospital {
| st. Louis. w. J.. Black and wife
t Topeka were taken to the Missouri
,ansas & Texas hospital at Sedaiia. q
he engine Of the second section c
ruck the Pullman car Topaz squarely,
it for two-thirds of its length !"
all of the IA passengers in the car I
ere either killed or injured. There il
ere % passengers in the next car G
lead, and although all were badly b
taken up by the collision and received v
few scratches, only a few were in a
red seriously. s.
The blame, according to Superintend- Il
It W. ]. Mckee, who at once went to Il
Q scene of the wreck, rests with the .
Igineer and conductor Of the second q
ction' They were running 25 miles Is
hour when, the superintendent said. is
ey should have had their train under a.
ntrol. p'
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