The Monticellonian., 1904-10-13
Twenty-Seven Persons Killed ard Upwards of Thirty Injured,
 Some Fatally.
VICTIMS WERE EXCURSlONISTS
 ON THEIR WAY 10 WORLDS FAIR,
The Second section of No. go ColIId- ed With Freight Train, Both Going nt High Speed, Nenr War rensburg, Mo, Resulting In ErigbtfuI Wreck.

ot NarrensDurg, Mo, between the sec ond section of Missouri Pacific passen- ger train No. 30 which left Wichita, Kas., Sunday night for St. Louis with World $ fair excursionists, and heavy .estbound extra freight train. The collision occurred In what is called dead mans bend" Both engineers and both firemen saw the danger and jumped.
 Following is a partial list of the lead and injured:
 The Dead.
 Mrs W. ]. Darst and son, Gilbert, aged 12, Dexter Kas. instantly killed
 w. H. Allen and two sons. Bird and Francis, Pittsburg Kas
 Dorothy Greer, Pennsboro. Mo. l.. F. Rnres, Bronaugh Mo.
 Cal Reed, Bronaugh. Mo.
 Gertrude Loud, Bronaugh. Mo. Dicy Rsam, Bronaugh, Mo.
 Addie Kane, Pittsburg Kas.
 c. A. Webber. Fountain. Pa.
 Clarence Herring. -. Kas.
 Sidell, head brakeman of freight; killed instantly.
 Nellie and Dolly Sullivan. Cherry vale, kas.
 Hatty Kelley Oxford, Kas.
 NJ Lindsay, Oxford Kas
 Dosia Gregg. Bronaugh, Mo.
 Dr. H. l.. McIlheney. Springman, kas.
 The Injured.
 D. D. Hale. Dexter. Kas., thigh brok- en.
 Mrs Hale. wife of above; leg and body injured; serious.
 Amelia Englani, Dexter limbs bad ly crushed.
 l.. C Dressel. Eatonville, Kas; seri- ous.
 E. L. Bares. conductor passenger train: slight
 E. D. Rossem, engineer passenger train; hadly scalded.
 Holan, engineer freight train; serious
 Perry NJ. Allen, Coffeyville, Kas.; legs badly crushed
 Bert Tottman, Cedarville. Kas.; cut about body; injured internally.
 Amelia Trautwein. St Louis
 E. s. Nicholson, Dexter, Kas.; hurt about head
 Ruth Stewart Fourman. Independ- ence, Kas. serious.
 w. E. Fourman. Independence; seri- ous.
 Wm J. Darst, Dexter, Kas.; slightly Fred Barnes, Oxford. Kas.; scalded; arm hurt
 Miss N. J. Wood, Dexter. Kas.; seri- ous.
 Elizabeth Cowdeley, Adrian, Kas.; serious.
 E. T. Cowdeley, Adrian Kas., seri- ous.
 The freight train was an extra. It's crew, had, according to the story of the conductor of this train. been in structed 10 take siding and let the passenger train pass The first section of the passenger train had gone by when the freight pulled out. The pas senger train bore no signal of second section to come, he asserts. and he had no reason to believe another train was due
 Both Trains Running Fast.
 The scene of the wreck was on the down grade, on either side of which there was steep rise. Both trains had put on heavy steam to pull them up the hill. and when they met at the curve at the lowest point they were running al a terrific rate
 The passenger trasn was made up os three coaches and Pullman, no bag gage car, the front coach being next 70 the tender, the freight train being a heavy one.
 Sfckcning sight.
 When the trains met the heavy freight train pushed the passenger en- zine back into the first coach. The tender of the passenger engine literal ly cut the coach in two in the center. aId never stopped until it had plowed itself through the car, killing those In the forward end instantly. and man gling all within reach in a most horri- ble manner.
 Half dozen who were not killed outright were so terribly injured that they died before they could be removed from the debris. M.ly of the dead were almost unrecognizable Arms and legs Were dismantled in several cases. and, together with baggage and pieces of wreckage. were tumbled together into a confused mass of bleeding hu- man forms.
 Other Coaches Damaged
 The next two eoaehse were also bad ly damaged. seats being torn up and windows smashed but in these cars the passengers fared better. all except q few escaping with slight injuries. The Pullman remained upright. and none of its occupants was hurt beyond sue*ai"i"g a severe shaking up
 So tightly were the tender of the paasenger engine and the first coach sedged together that it will take un-