The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-09-10
Wednesdays Terrible Catastrophe
Which Cost Eight Lives and
Injury to Many.
AN INSECURELY PLACED RAIL
WAS THE CAUSE or THE ACCIDENT.
La Plata, Missouri, Plunged Into
Mourning, the Larger Portion of
the Victims BEING fEx~cursionists
From That CITY To the Worlds
Fair at 81. Louis.

NluCHI WHICH OCCuiIeu ucdI WdIIcL-
ton, Mo-, Wednesday, on the Wabash
railroad, has plunged La Plata and
Macon, Mo-. into mourning. The for
mel city, however, suffered the worst,
as a large proportion of the victims oc-
cupied the coach loaded up with ex-
cursionists' from La Plata to the
Worlds fain
The wreck, it is stated by passen-
gers arriving here, was caused by a
defective place in the track. They say
a section gang was at work spiking
down a new rail, which had not been
fastened securely. The engine and six
cars passed. over the new rail, but the
seventh coach, the Ia Plata special,
left the track, followed by the dining
car. The latter crashed down the en-
bankment after the passenger coach,
alightins upon>the wreckage and prob
ably killing several who would other
wise have been numbered among the
injured.
Both cars were totally demolished,
hardly a n of the occupants escaping
and eight were dead before otn-
er passengers could reach them.
Considering the deep embankment
down which the coach turned, land
irg at the foot among trees, a heap of
splintered timber, it is miraculous that
any n should have escaped death.
Following is the list of casualties:
The Killed.
John L. Nichols, Macon. Mo
Mrs. Henry Folcht, Huntington, Pa
Mrs. q. II. Graves, La Plata. Mo.
Mrs. Anna Griener, Macon, Mo.
Miss Edna Patterson, La Plata, Mo.
Mrs. Henderson, La Plata, Mo.
Miss Emma Hebeler, daughter of y. F.
Macon, Mo.
Mrs. w. L. Fitch. Huntington, Pa.
The Injured.
L. L. Cast. wife and son, Elmer, Mo-.
all severely hurt. II
Miss Ellen King, La Plata; feg broken.
Mrs. Willard and daughter, Macon, Mo.
not serious.
Mrs. Wilcox, Macon. Mo; head
hurt; not serious.
Mrs. Florence. La Plata, Mo; head
j. w. Ryan. La Plata. Mo; head hurt
and body bruised; not serious.
DIR. Frank CT. NifOng, ST. Louis; in
A~~N ~AJANNNs AOC |
bly, serious.
4. w. King. La Plata. Mo-; face cut;
not serious.
J.. F. Tate. La Plata, Mo-; face and
cut and bruised.
Mrs. j.. F. Tate. seriously injured.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Tate, scalp wound;
lot serious.
NJ. Ryther, Macon, Mo-; head and face
Tut.
Mrs. NJ. Ryther, Macon, Mo-; face cut.
t: j. Philips, Adair, Mo: internal in
.uries; serious.
Z. s. lS<Rgg, Kirksville. No; internal
probably serious.
G. A Crawford, La Plata, Mo; face
ID. NJ. M~cClellahan. La Plata, No; head
Fred Crawford. La Plata, Mo; internal
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Billings, La Plata,
TO-; both internally injured.
Eva Hicks, La Plata. Mo; head cut.
j. Il. Brainer, Brewer, Mo; head hurt.
Mr.. Wills. Macon. Mo; severely injured
Internally; will probably die.
r. Kelso and sister, La Plata, Mo-: both
eceived bruises about the head and in
l.. McDavit and mother, La Plata, Mo;
9th internally injured.
Mrs. j. w. Ryan, La Plata, Mo; head
]. b. Gooding. La Plata, Mo. head cut.
j. a. Dudley, La Plata, Mo; internally
njured.
j. S. Curtain, La Plata, Mo; internally
+. Frizzelt, Manitou Col; internal in
Iries.
Mrs. F. Plemmons. La Plata. Mo-;
oulde broken.
&. +. Bragg, Kirksville, No; head cut
internally injured.
David Drummer, Kirksville, Mo-; inter-
ally injured.
&. Johnson, cook on diner; leg sprained.
J. F. Ross, La Plata. Mo; head cut.
Murt Hasner, La Plata, Mo-; hand and
ip hurt. Il
G. II. Graves, La Plata, Mo-; internally
ljured. I
a. H. C. Andrews, conductor on diner;
cut. I
Curtis Smith, chef on diner; sprained
rm.
Barney Johnson. second cook on diner;
John Henley, third cook on diner; badly =
jured. =
John Renfru. waiter on diner; slightly
jured. ,
ike Gresham, waiter; slightly injured. /
Mariems, La Plata, Mo; leg frac- |
Ired, /
Waldo Walker, Macon, Mo-; leg and |
m hurt. a
DR.. Nifong, the st. LOuisan injured,
a son of DR.. and Mrs. William
ifong, of $50 North Kings highway.
e was educated in st. Louis, and has 5
zen prac':cing medicine in this city C
nee 1889. He is married. t
r
NeII-Known Horse Trainer Dead. /
Chicago. Sent. John Shields. a )