The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-03
THREE ARE SLAIN
IN A COLLISION
FATAL RAILROAD DISASTER ON
MISSOURI PACIFIC ROAD.
TT OCCURS AT Upton, NO.
Man and Two Women Are Instantly
Killed-Twenty-Th Three Passen-
gers Are Injured-Names
of Victims.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 31.--Three
persons were killed and % injured in a
real end collision between section No.
2 and section No. / of train No. 3, Mis-
souri, Pacific worlds fair special at Tip
ton, Mo-, early Sunday. Train No. 3, on
of the heavy worlds fair travel,
was made up in two sections, the first
leaving st. Louis for Kansas City Sat
urday night at 1910 p. m. The second
left a few minutes later and when it
reached Upton, section No. i was taking
on passengers. According to Engineer
Ramsey of section No, 2, a headlight in
the yards blinded him and he was unable
to see section No. /. He also says that
his orders were clear ahead" The
second section was running about 80
miles an hour when the collision oc-
CURED, The end sleeper of section No.
I vas entirely demolished, and the sec
Ond sleeper was overturned.
The Victims.
TIL dead are:
Mrs. Bright Walker, Lewisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Burke, Kansas City.
]. w. Bagby, secretary and treasurer
OF the Linotype Publishing company,
Kansas City.
The injured: w. j. Black, general
passenger agent of the Atchison, Topeka
e Santa Fe railroad, collar bone broken,
wrenehed back and bruised; Mrs. w. J.
Black, Topeka, ankle broken, head bad
by bruised; Thomas Richardson, Port
land, Ore, injuries slight; Mrs. Eliza
beth Brown, Kansas City, head bruised;
y. S. Calfee, st. Louis, serious; w. H.
Morrison, Sedan, Kan, hip injured; L.
ID. Stoner, New York, serious; w. w.
Manspeaker, Topeka, arm and leg in
jured; J.. c. Wiles, st. Louis, back
lwrenched; Raymond Morrison, Sedan.
Kan, hip injured; L. B. Twined, New
York, serious; B. J. Mcguire, Trenton,
Mo-, slight injuries; G.. McEmbery,
Miles, Mich; knee injured; Mrs. G. Nc
Embery, Niles, Mich, slight injuries:
J. F. Hammer, Lawrence, Kan, slight
injuries; A. A. Seligman, serious; Mrs.
j. #. Skinner, Lampasas, Texas, nervous
shock and bruises; Miss Ruth Skinner,
Lampasas, Texas, scalp wound; Cynthia
v hAbOS NdLuPchS6Loy 4CAdsog nEI fOuS 6uOCh
and bruises; G. G. Porter, East Orange,
N. J., scalp wound and foot cut; Mrs.
O. w. Donaldson, Kansas City, shoulder
and. arm hurt; Robert Eaton and w. E.
Price, Pullman porters, injuries slight.
The engine of the second section
struck the Pullman car Topaz squarely,
splitting it for two-thirds of its length
and all of the IA passengers in the car
were either killed or injured. There
were % passengers in the next car ahead
and although all were badly shaken up
by the collision and received a few
scratches only a few were injured seri-
ously.
The blame, according to Superinten-
dent ". ]. Mckee, who at once went to
the scene of the wreck, rests with the
engineer and conductor of the second
section. They were running 25 miles
an hour when, the superintendent said,
they should have had their train under
control,
Fixes the Blame.
Sedalia, Mo, Oct. 31.--The coroner
OF this county held an inquest here
Sunday night, inquiring into the cause
Of the wreck on the Missouri Pacific
railroad at Upton, Mo. in which, three
persons were killed and % injured,
and the following verdict was rem
dered: The collision was caused by
neglect of fiagman of first No. 3 in not
properly tagging second No. 3, and
also by engineer of second No. 3 for
coming into station in a careless man
ner in not having his engine under
control"