The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-10-14

and both firemcn saw the danger and
jumped.
ii was some time before word was
sent back to Warrcnsburg and word of
the wreck spread. Relief trains car
rying physicians were sent out as
quickly as possible from surrounding
towns and everything possible was
done to aid the injured
The Identified Dead.
The dead 80 are identified are:
Mrs. W. j. Darst and son Gilbert,
aged II, Dexter, Kan; W. III. Allen
and two sons Bird and Francis. Pitts
burg, Kan; Dorothy Greer. Pennsboro,
Ky; l.. +. Bures Bronaugh. Mo: Cal
Reed, Eronaugh, No.; Gertrude Loud.
Bronaugh Mo-; Dizzy Ream, Bronough;
Addie Kane. PittSburg. Kan. Nellie
and Dolly Sullivan, Chcrryvale. Kan;
Ilatty Kelley. oxford. Kan; NJ. Lind
say. Oxford Kan; Dosia Gregg,
Dronaugh, Mo-; DR.. IL. l.. McIlheney,
Springman Kan: G.. \. Webrer. FOun-
tain, Pa; Clarence Herring. -,
Kan; - Sidel, head brakeman of
freight.
The seriously injured are: ID. ID.
Hale, Dexter Kan, thigh broken;
Mrs. Hale, wife of above. lee and
body injured; Amelie England, Dexter,
limbs badly crushed; l.. c. Dressed,
Eatonvlle, Kan, seriously injured: T..
u. ROSsen. engineer passenger train.
badly Scaldcd; -- IIoton. engineer OF
freight train, seriously injured; Perry
NJ. Allen. COtlcyyillc. Kan, legs badly
crushed; Blit Tottman. Ccdarvilc.
Kan. cut about body. injured Internal
ly; Ruth Stewart Fourman. indie
pcndence. Kan. seriously injured
Tender Ploughs Through Coach
The passenger train was made mp
of three coaches and Pullman. with
IL baggage car the front coach being
next to the tender. The freight train
was heavy one. When the trims
met the heavy freight train pushed the
passenger engine back into the first
coach. The tender of, the passenger
engine literally cut the coach i'm two
in the center and never stopped until
1t had ploughcd itself half way through
the car and its passengers. killing
those in the forward end instantly
and managing all within reach i'm
most horribly manner.
Half dozen who were not killed
outright were so terribly injured that
they died before they could he re-
moved from the debris Many of the
dead were almost unrccognizablc.
Freight Engineer to Blame.
According to the local office of the
/ Missouri Pacific. the engineer of the
freight was. 10 blame for the wreck.
having forgotten his orders He had
been ordered to wait on n siding mt
Kuotnoster. just east of Warrensburg.
but neglected to 40 so. The trains met
at a sharp curve
Travel to the Worlds fair has been
so heavy that all roads recently have
! been sending out many Of their trains
| in two or more sections. The train
wrecked, which was the second section
Of No. 80. was made UP at Wichita and
as is the custom it picked up addi-
! tional coaches along the line. The
last coach taken up was at Pleasant
| Hill. Mo-. at about o'clock in the
morning All of the coaches were
crowded.
Impact Was Terrific.
Both trains were running at good
rate of speed when the wreck &C.
Cured Dawn had hardly begun to
! break and neither crew was aware Of
/ the approach of the other train until
/ they were almost upon each other
! The impact of the collision was ter
rife. The sleeping passengers were
! hurled i'm every direction. The most
of the killed were in the forward
coach which was well crowded with
passengers.
The spot where the wreck occurred
was i'm narrow cut and this fact with
the darkness added to the difficulty Of
/ the situation The greatest confusion
ensued after the first lull following the
crash and the groans of the injured
were added to the escaping steam Of
the wrecked locomotives.