The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-10
lore Than Thirty ExcursiOnsts From Southern Kan
SaS Points en- Route to Worlds Fair at St. Louis
Killed Outright and Between Twenty and Thirty
Other Passengers Seriously Hurt

wARRENsuURG. No oct 10
twenty seven persons are dead aud
several others viii Die as the result
Of frishtful train wreck ON the
Missouri Pacific railroad. a mile aud
a hair ffom this city. this morning
Between 20 and 80 persons are seri-
ousiy hurt
/. The Second section Of fast east
bound worlds fair special met a
4 freight train FoinE al high rate 81
speed IN the opposite direction as the
= result OF the failure Of the traiumen
= en- the freight 20 regard the. signal
( displayed by the first section Of the
q passenger. indicating that second
-ksetion was following
An east bound worlds fair special.
running al bieh speed. met hesd-on
a vest bound freight. which was
also running At a high rate 81 speed
Identified dead W. J. Dearsi aud
son. Dexter. kan. Daisy Greer.
HAFAt A4aA - AhAH AA AAhEAN|Hs AsHA4aA
lunh. Mo. cat Rnam, nfunauEh.
ale. Airs. cat Rsam. Daisy Ream.
their daughter gcrtie Loud. hrcn-
auah. Ma. Clarence Herfeng. Kan
- city. u A. Weber. Funfyilie.
ft AIRS NJ Lindsay. oxford.
kas Mrs Hattie Kelley. oxford.
~sn.s II. n. Alley. CetarTille. kan.
Mile sullivan. CednrNale. poilic
sullivan. her sister W H. Alien.
two sons aud maid nsrret Marion
and Addie Kane. uurse. fitisbufE.
Kan
Phillip REGAL. wife and son 10
Seph. Mrs. susan Cooper. kdna,
Kan. Charles Casemant and Mrs.
J. G. Casemaut. Harry Carr. Sedan.
Kan. Bruce MeIlhany. kinEman.
Ban
DIR II. MfLHoSEY. Klngman.
Kas.
The injured Freight crew. John
preston conductof. John Horton.
engineer. p q. naWEon fireman.
Basesuan Se3die. ~ Bassan. euEi-
Der. and Fireman Young on she
refaeuger. fatally injured
alost 81 the victims are from
southeastern Kansas towns.
.tThe crash was terrific and beth
trains Vere completely wrecked.
making one great piie u dsbris In
which the dead were entufnbed and
the MANNED and Injured held ptis-
o1ers.
The news 81 the catastrophe vas
brought to this city and a re-
lief train vas hastily dispatched 10
ths scene. other trains with sur
Eeons and nurses aboard are beinE
rushed 10 the scene from Sedaiia and
other points
The injured are being bruuFht To
this city and temporary hospitals
have been established here. The
!. -. are also being brought here
= @Nae. as they can be recovered
= z y ~ - reeksge.
:. 49, u several bodies In the
2. s.s htvt b. burned before they
e.sr~xi.-'es stats.it as the ntNrN -
,ylane. having caught from the fires
a. the demolished engines.
s"gf the bodies already recovered
) Many Of them are 30 manRled and
stsfigured as % make Identification
difficult
The greatest loss Of life was IN
the day coaches. which were in the
forward part 81 the worlds fair
special and which were crowded TO
the guards with prospective visitors
af tks 81. Louis exposition.
The freight vas under orders "a
awss the passenger al Mont Ser
rat section one wemt through dis
Hlayht. signals that the other see
tion 6as following. but the freight
I'D not seed the signals on the
first section indicating that another
section was following and pulled out
and ran head-on into the second
section.
The freight engine demolished the
passenger engine and pinuRhed
three fourths Of the way through
the first coach In the second and
third Coaches every biz Of glass was
broken and many seats were
wreuched loose
The news - the wreck spread
rapidly and several thousand people
gathered az the scene and assisted
In removing the dead Hnd injured.
The passenger the second see
ton Of train No 30. from Omaha
and st. Joseph 20 st. Louis II
picked Up a sleeper AZ Kansas City.
The train consisted OF a mail and
baggage coach. three chair cars and
three sleopers The collision Oc-
CURED AT O'Clock.