The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-15
Sixty Persons A re IruI
Ihlrty-Three Seriously, in
Missouri Collision
DUE TO DOING CONDUCTOR
Man In Charge Of Freight Train That
Had Been sde-tracked Admits He
Gave Wrong Orders After AwakIns
From Nap.

injured in collision OF Missouri Pa
ciic trains three miles east of War
rensburg at o'clock Monday morn
ing. The trains were the second sec
ton of passenger train No. 30, which
left Wichita, Kan, for ST. Louis Sun
day night, and an extra freight train.
The dead are in undertaking rooms
in this city. and most of the injured
are in the railroad hospital in Sedalia
List Of the Dead.
The list of the dead follows:
w. II. Allen, Pittsburg. Kan.
Baird Allen, Pittsburg. Kan. son OF
w. III. Allen.
Francis Allen, Pittsburg. Kan, son
OF w. II. Allen.
II. III. Alley, Cedarville, Mo.
Harry Carr. Sedan, Kan.
Mrs. ]. ]. Easement, Sedan, Kan.
Mrs. Susan Cooper. Kingman, Kan
Mrs. A. ]. Darsk, Dexter, Kan.
Gilbert Darsk. son of Mrs. Darsk.
It. +. Dores. Bronaugh, Mo.
Miss Josephine Gregg, Sedan, Kan.
Dorsey Green, Pennsborc, Mo.
Miss Ada Kane, Pittsburg. Kan.
Clarence, oliver and Jessie Herring,
Coffeyville, Kan.
Miss Gertrude Loud, Bronaugh, Mo.
DIR. II. T.. McIlheney, Kingman, Kan.
Bessie McIlheney. daughter OF DR..
McIlheney.
Philip Ragel. Edna, Kan.
Mrs. Philip Ragel. Edna, Kan.
- Ragel. son of above.
Calvin Beam, Bronaugh, Mo.
Dizzy Read, Bronaugh, Mo.
w. Siedl, brakeman, Jefferson City,
No.
Miss Dollie Sullivan, Cedarville,
Kan.
Miss Nellie Sullivan, Cedarville,
Kan.
G. A. Weber, Forrestville, Pa.
Unidentified woman. who was riding
in the cab OF the passenger engine.
OF the sixty hurt. thirty-three have
HerIous injuries.
Trains Are Telescoped.
The passenger train, consisting OF
TWO day coaches. a Pullman and a
caboose. was crowded. carrying most
ly worlds fair excursionists from
southeastern Kansas and southwest
srn Missouri.
The regular passenger train had
been cut in two at Pleasant Hill on
account of the heavy load, and an en-
CINE attached to the front car with
out baggage car as buffer. The
yxtra freight had side-tracked at
Montserrat for the first section OF
No. 30, which carried signals that a
second section was following. This
was followed by passenger train No.
so, which the freight crew took for
the second section OF No. 30.
The freight pulled out of the side
track and three miles west met the
second section. The impact tele-
scoped the center OF the passenger
engine into the front car, which was
loaded with passengers, and II was
here that the sacrifice OF life took
place.
Physicians Hurry to Scene.
The passenger conductor ran all the
way to Warrensburg with the news.
Every physician in the town respond
ed, and hundreds OF citizens fastened
to the wreck and assisted the injured
from beneath the timbers Of the bro
ken cars.
Twenty people we're killed outright
and the other eight died before
o'clock. The dead were placed upon
Aatcars and brought to this city, and
DR.. Bills, the coroner. Immediately
impaneled a jury and started the in
quest. The afternoon was taken up in
identifying the. dead.
Conductor Takes Blame.
The conductor OF the freight train
says he was doing while his train
was at Montserrat. and when train
No. so passed Engineer Norton be.
lleved Il was the second section OF
NO. 30, and, thinking the track clear,
pulled out on the main line.
Half q dozen who were not killed
outright we're so terribly injured that
they died before they could be re-
moved from the debris. Many Of the
dead were almost unrecognizable.
Arms and legs were dismembered in
several cases, and. with baggage and
pieces OF wreckage. were tumbled to-
gether into a confused mass.