The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-08
EIGHT KILLED IN
WABASH WRECK
CAR JUMPS TRACK AND DASHEs
DOWN EM8ANKMENT.
osKALoosA PEOPLE ESCAPE
Train Was Bound for ST. Louis and
Had over 500 Passengers on
Board-No lowans. Are
injured.
scripps,McRae Telegram.

Scripps-McRae Telegram.
Moberly, Mo, Sept. THE south
bound st. Paul express on the Wa
bash line was wrecked yesterday af-
ternoon near Pendleton. Mo-, killing
eight passengers and injuring more
than fifty others. One of the latter
died at the hospital here, making the
total number of dead eight. n
The dead:
j. e. Nichols, Macon, Mo.
Mrs. Henry Folcht, Huntingdon, Pa.
Mrs. G. H. Graves, .LaPlata, Mo.
Edna Patterson, La Plata, Mo. Z.
Mrs. Henderson, LaPlata, Mo.
Mrs. Anna Grenor, Macon, Mo.
Miss Hebler, daughter Of A. +. Heb
Ter, Macon, Mo.
Mrs. w. T. Fish, Huntingdon
Seriously injured:
David Brune, Kirksville, Mo.
A, s. Billings, < y~s
Mrs. A. S. BillsS u.
]. S. Curtaip ..iaPlata, Mo.
Fred Crawford, LaPIata, Mo.
]. A, puley, LaPlata; Mo-
p Frizzeip, Manitou, Colo. y
G. ii. Graves, Laplata, Mo.
john Henley, cook on eer
+. Kelsoe, LaPlata, Mo.
Miss Kelsoe, LaPlata, Mo.
Miss Anna Marines, LaPlata. Mo.
Mrs F.rPlamans, LaPlata, Mo.
Mr.. Wills. Macon. Mo.
Waldo Walker, Macon, Mo.
J. T. Tate, LaPlata, Mo-
Immediately upon receipt of the news.
of the wreck a relief train was sent out
and the dead and more seriously injured
were brought back here, The train.
which was composed of an engine, bag
gage and smoking cars, day coach, din
nerand Pullman sleeper, was we'll filled,
it being estimated by Wabash officials
that there were about 500 persons on
rs - rss sEsEA xss 49, ~ { .s its u
scheduled speed wnyn the accident oc.
Cured The day coach left the track,
and breaking loose from the baggage and
smoking cars. plunged down an enbank-
ment, dragging the diner with it. The
Pullman did not leave the track. The
heavy dining car crashed on top of the
coach, and the majority of those killed
and injured were passengers in the lat
ter. There was no one in the dining
car, 1t is stated, except the employees, who
escaped with injuries.
The wrecked train was the one that
passed through Oskaloosa on the
IOWA Central at five o'clock Tuesday
morning. Quite number Oskaloosa
people were aboard, enroute to the
fair. Among them were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Burnside, daughter Catherine,
and Margaret and Elizabeth Burnside,
daughters of William Burnside; Mrs.
w. "A. Sewers and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hill Barnes, Mrs. Mace Hagan
and Chas. West and family. All Of
the Oskaloosa people were in forward
cars which did not leave the wreck
and not a local resident was injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Sewers, of this
city, with Mr.. and Mrs. kellogg, faith
er and mother of the lady, were en-
route home from the Fair and their
train came up to the wreck shortly af-
ter four O'clock yesterday afternoon.
The wreck occurred about one o'clock
near Pendleton, Mo- The spreading
of the rails is the probable cause of
the accident. One car, the one in
which so many people were killed, left
the rails and rolled down an embank-
ment. One end of the heavy diner
had crashed into this and it was lying
mostly on the opposite side of the
track. The north bound train was
turned into a hospital train and the
dead and dying were picked up and
placed aboard and taken to Moberly,
where they were cared for. The
wounded received some attention at
the scene of the wreck, as the relief
train was sent out Immediately fol-
lowing the receipt Of news of the
wreck. Two of the injured died
aboard the train en- route to Moberly.
Others were taken to the local hos.
pitfalls. The north bound train was
delayed a number of. hours.