Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
FEARFUL WRECK ON
MISSOURI PACIFIC
Twenty-Seven Persons Killed and
Thirty Injured, Some Fatally.
WERE BOUND FOR WORLD'SFAIR
Second ScctiOn Of Passenger Traia
No. 80 COllidcd with u ErciG has
Resulting In a Fright
full Week.

seven persons were killed and 80 in
jured, ON of them fatally, in a head
end collision, two miles and a half east
Of Warrcnsburg, Mo, between the sec
ond section of Missouri Pacific passen-
ger train No. 80, which left Wichita,
Kas., Sunday night for 81. Louis with
Worlds fair excur5ionists, and a heavy
westbound extra freight train. The
collision occurred in what is called
dead mans bend" Both engineers
and both firemen say the danger aud
jumped.
The Dead.
Mrs. A. J Darst, and i2-ycar-old son
Gilbert, Dexter, Kas.
W. II. Allen and two sons, Baird and
Francis. PittsbuTg, Kas.
Dorsey Green, pcnnsboro. Mo.
4 +. n D9re'. ri nr2Sn"psh k5 No.
DolIie sullivan, ,cedarTAie, kas.
r. II. Allen. Ccdarvale, kas.
&. a. Wcbber Forrestvillc. Penn.
Dizzy Kcam, Bronaugh, No.
Cal RcHm, BrOuaugh, Mo.
Gertrude Loud, Bronaugh, Mo.
Clarence Hcrslng, --, kas.
Or Mctlhcney, kingman, kas.
Bruce Mcllhcney, Kingman, Kas.
Mr.. Susan Cooper, oxford, Kas
mi kagci, wife and son, Edna, Ra0
Harry carr, Sedan. Kas.
MIR. SeIdl. brakeman. jefferson city. Mo.
Mr. j. j. 'Assmen, sedan, kas.
Miss Nellie sullivan, CcdHrNalc, kaS.
An unidentified woman rindiug In the
cab Of the passenger engine.
h Injured.
a. J. Wood. oxford, Kas, hands and
face scaldrd.
a J wood. Of oxford. Kas., bruised
and Internally injured; fatally hurt.
j. II Sullivan, tcdarvalc, kas., hands
laceratcd ana scaIdcd.
Charles Easement. Sedan. leg broken,
spine hurt, head and face laccrated and
Dasla GrrRg, Sedan. Kas., left hip dis
located ana injuries below knee, scalded
face and hands.
Mrs. j J. Esch, Dexter. Kas, left leg
broken.
} J Eseh, Dexter, Kas., face lAcerated
Robert Vaughn. Cherokee. Kas, both
hands injured by broken glass.
Estclie Mahan, Cherokee, kas, hands
f.. \. Cunningham, Huntington, ".
Va hands and scalp laccratod aud scald-
Glenn T. Dozicr, CIoycrdalc. Kas., hands
cut and scald"d.
j. Il Ncnning, Gr"nOla, Kas, hands
MIR. g.. e. IIua,on, wellington. Kas..
fIC" and arms sCdldcd, back injured.
Mrs. Noah Bowman, oxford, kns, face,
hands scald"d and knee Injured
Npah bowman, oxford, kas, face and
hands sCald"d and shoulder injured.
Fred Barns, oxford, kas.. arms frac-
tuIodj hands scaldod ana head hurt.
J Il. cote, Wirii"id, kas, head scnldrd.
hands sCaldcd.
Wm Io"Ie, Oxfori. Eas, head scaldcd
ME-. VIM Locke, oxford, Kas, cat and
bruised, one leg scaIdra.
Ona Caldwell, oxford kns., hand,
rcaldcd and bruised iu 'tD. aud shoulder
cora Reese. oxford, kls, soaIdod on
Mrs. NclIic Rcam, Hrurnugh. Mo, right
leg broken IN two pla.', right shoulder
di-lochtcd and head cut
james England, Dexter, kls, back
Charles Barnes, corIur'or train No. 30,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cou.'.g. Adrian. Mo,
sid" injured and auKl,s mashed.
j -. Hale, Dexter, has, left leg hrok-
Ruth stuart, Independence. KnH. aged
ten years, log scaldcd and badly bruised
UbDut body.
Mrs. julia Mood, oxford, Kas., injured
about head and ankle.
Fd Bossrn, Jefferson cry. engineer
train No 30, huir about head and ankles,
hips, shoulders, and internally injured.
The freight train was an extra. It's
crew, had, according to the story Of
the conductor Of this train, been in
structcd to take a siding and let the
passenger train pass. The first section
OF the passenger train had one by
when the freight pulled out. The pas
scnpcr train bore no signal of second
section to come, he asserts, and he had
no reason to believe another train was
due.
both Trains NunniLE Fast.
The scene OF the wreck was on the
down grade, IN either side Of which
there was a steep rise. Both trains
bad pit an InuvV Ntlnpn ia null than,
up the hill, and when they met at the
curve at the lowest point they were
running at a terrific rate.
The passenger train was made up Of
three coaches and "A Pullman, no bag
gaze car, the front coach being next
10 the tender, the freight train being
a heavy one.
4 sirLrninp sight.
When the trains met the heavy
freight train pushed the passenger en-
CINE back into the first coach. The
tender Of the passenger engine literal
" cut the coach In two In the center,
and never stopped until II had plowed
itself through the car, killing those In
the forward end instantly, and man
Cling all within reach in a most borri-
BILE manner
Half q dozen who were not killed
outright were no terribly injured thai
they died before they could be removed
from the debris. Many of the dead
were almost unacceptable. 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,
MAJ fOrmA,