The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-01
KANSAS TRAIN WRECK
Passengers on Missouri Pa
cifiC's Flyer Have Peril
Gus Experience.

kansas city Jan. 3i.-The Colorado
Flyer en the Missouri Pacific railway
that left Denver Saturday afternoon
Tor Kansas city, was deraiied near
Miller KAN today while running at tins
rate Of forty miles an hour The en-
CINE and the rear car, a Pullman. alone
remained upright ON the track. The
baggage car. mail car, smoker and .
chair car we're thrown into the ditch
turning over and were badly shattered
One person WIS killed and thirteen in
Jufed, one seriously.
The Dead.
w. L. Brown. passenger, Des Moines,
The Injured.
Mrs. +. J. shouse. Shields. kan. leg
broken, internal injuries; serious.
Z. j. Shouse, SHIELDS, Kan. badly
bruised and cut
r P. GRAY. Denver, slightly bruised
and cut
Frank Patrick. Topeka. Kan. bruised
about body ara legs: inhaled steam.
William =. Shubert, St. Louis, head
hurt.
Miss Ora Loyelace, Altamount, Ia.
slight sealds on legs
". O. Doan. st. Louis. body bruised
and wrist sprained.
Thomas a. Fulton, Kansas City. back
sprained.
II J. Nakato. Chicago. neck and back
sprained.
". $. Sanford, Kansas City, mail
cie-k, jaw broken.
J. = Hays, White Plains. Ga. slight
bruises and cuts.
Alex punton, MunhaH. Pa, slight
bruises
An e,-7 A. e-t,,.,s.~. 81 r,,4...-4-. - \
Sanford We're brought to Kansas City.
where ali except Patrick were taken to
hospitals Patrick. whose injuries We're
slight, and who was on a trip east. left
tonight for Chicago. The other injured
were brought part way to Kansas City.
leaving for their various destinations
south and north at different points
along the line between. Miller and here.
The wreck was. caused by the snap
ping of rail, due evidently TO the Sc
we're cold weather of the past week.
Physicians reached the scene promptly
and a relief train was hurried from Os-
aWatomie, starting east with The in
juped during the afternoon Mrs.
Shouses the most seriously hurt. was
seated with her husband in the front
end of the chair car when the wreck
occurred. Most OF the injured were in
the smoking car, which was completely
wrecked. Browns body was recovered
from the wreck CT the smoker two hours
after the accident occurred
Mr.. and Mrs. ShOuse were on their
way TO Braymer. Mo, to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. ShOuse's sister
At the time Of the accident the train
was two hours late and making up time.
II had no orders to stop at Miller and
went by at full speed. being derafled
on the outskirts of the town. The en-
CINE and tender passed over the defeCt-
i've rail in safety. The front trucks of
the mail car jumped the track and
crashed into a freight car on a siding.
The baggage car following pushed the
mail car ST right angles across the
track and both forward cars served to
block the smoker. The chair car fol-
lowing the smoker partially telescoped
the smoker and the latter was rem
dered into kindling wood. The Pull
man remained on the track and aside
from d severe shaking up. the passen-
gers lbs that car were uninjured.
The crew and passengers set TO work
quickly 10 aid the unfortunate. Many
were badly stunned and for time
it was thought that at least a dozen
had been killed.
Tt was miraculous that but one was
killed So complete was the wreck Of
the smoker. As it was. the injured
We're extricated with difficulty. Brown :
body was found at the bottom of the
wreck and ii was only after strenuous
efforts that it was reached.
AR ShOuse said later:
1T happened SO quickly that none had
any warning. NV wife and I were
seated in the forward end of the chair
car talking. when in an instant there
came a terrific crash. The lights went
out and we did not recover our senses
until Ve found ourselves in the midst
Of the WTeckage, with injured all about
US II is miraculous that any escaped
alive