The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-31

fWOnQor Is L0dI any OF the pdSSSHSciS
came out of il alive. The roof was the
only part of the car which remained
at all intact, and 1t was left standing
on edge at the side of the track. The
engine remained on the track and went
/ through the car in a. straight line.
The second car from the rear was
torn from its trucks. the rear end slid
| ing to the ground and leaving the floor
of the car pitched at an angle OF about l1it
forty degrees. The occupants of this
car received injuries from flying glass,
and all had to make their escape by
way of the windows. The thing which
bility of fire. as the Pintsch gas con-
nections had been broken and the gas
was flooding the car.
The door frame of that car was
found hanging on the headlight of the
locomotive when the wreckage was
was on top of the bell, and sheets
and articles of clothing decorated the
entire frame of the engine. Most OF
the wreck victims were very fortunate
in finding their belongings. One man,
after diligent search, found everything
but his shoes. Another was wholly
lacking in outer apparel, and had to
be supplied by another passenger, who
had an extra suit of clothes in his
grip. A man claimed to have had
800 in bills in his vest, which was
under his pillow, and which could not
be found in the wreckage.
en- killed, until October 10 had been
employed at the Hotel Cosby in this
city as housekeeper. She left Kansas
City one week ago for a visit to the
Worlds fair and was returning home
when she was killed. She was riding
in the rear Pullman car.
J. w. Bagby was secretary and
treasurer of the Linotype Publishing
company at 500 Grand avenue. He
lived at s07 Jefferson street. He was
a single man, 20 years old. His mother
lives at Rushville, Ill. Mr.. Bagby
went to st. Louis last Thursday and
his friends expected him back yes
terday or today. Bagby came here
from Omaha several years agoG
Mrs. Miller, the third wreck victim,
was the heroine of the wreck. When
she was taken from the demolished
sleeper and placed in a baggage car
her to care for the others. I'm go
ing to die anyway" she said. In a
few minutes she expired. A quantity
Of money and Santa Fe passes to
Mexico were found in her possession.
Those of the passengers who were
not seriously injured continued their
journey, while the more seriously hurt
We're taken 20 the company'S hospitals
in Kansas City and st. Louis W. j.
Black and wife of Topeka were taken
to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas hos
pital at Sedalia, and last evening
George Hagenbuch and L. F. Bacon
there to see that every possible atten-
ton was given them. Dr. E. F. Yam
cey, chief surgeon of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, stated last evening
that Mr.. Black was able to be up a
portion of the time and to walk around
his room He is perfectly conscious
and unless something unforeseen de-
Velops the attending surgeon antfci-
pateS no permanent i'll results. Mrs.
Black is resting very comfortably. She
Is conscious and quite cheerful.
Five of the injured were brought to
K ansas City and placed in hospitals
here None of them was dangerously
hurt. Perhaps the most severely iniIlr-
ed of these was c. c. Porter. a New
York travelling man. He received a
long scalp wound, his left foot was
cut and his left side and shoulder were
painfully bruised. He was taken to
st. Joseph's hospital.
Mrs. j. e. Skinner of Lampasas,
Texas, suffered severely from nervous
shock and the shaking up she receiv-
ed. Her daughter, Miss Ruth Skin
thia White, aged II years, who was
with Mrs. Skinner and her daughter.
severely from the shock. These
three We're taken to the University hos
pitaI.
B. J. McGuire, a druggist from Tren-
ton, Mo-, received numerous bruises
and scratches. He was brought to Kan
sas City and taken to the Missouri Pa
cific hospital.
L. B. Turner, a New York travelling
man, complained of a sprained back,
but he was not badly enough hurtto ne
his going to a hospital. He
went to the Baltimore hotel
The blame for the wreck according
to Superintendent w. J. Mckee, who
went at once to the scene of the wreck,
rests with the engineer and conductor
OF the second section. They were run
ming 25 miles an hour, when thew
should have had their train under con-
troll. The first section of eastbound
passenger train No. 10 was standing on
the sidetrack and Engineer Ramsey of
second No. 8 says the headlight of No
10 prevented his seeing the red light on
nrst NO. 3. When second No. arriv-
ed at Sedalia Conductor Berry was Sc
lieved and the train was sent to Kan
sas City in charge of Conductor Win
ner.
Missouri Pacific officials say that
nothing but negligence on the part of
Engineer Ramsey of the second section
the wreck.
L cannot account for it in any other
way" said z. A. Gould, general super
intendent, yesterday afternoon. ct
looks as If the engineer and fireman
must both have been asleep. and yet
that is hardly possible, for 16 minutes
before the wreck the train had been
stopped and the trainmen received or
ders. 1t looks like pure negligence"
John w. Marsh, coroner of Moniteau
county, held an inquest yesterday at
Upton into the cause of the death of
the three victims of the wreck The
jury returned the following verdict:
1.-The deceased came to their deaths
in consequence of a wreck on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway between first No.
8 and second No. 8, going west, at
about $40 a. m. on the morning of
October 80, 1904; said wreck was a
rear-end collision. second No. 8 run
ming into first No. 8; said collision was
due to accident caused by the neglect
Of the hagman of first No. in not
properly tagging second No. 3 and by
the engineer of first No. 10, eastbound,
In not shading his headlight, also by
the engineer of second No. coming
into the station in a careless manner,
not having his train under control"