Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-06

condition OF the wrecked trains can
not be described and, indeed, after dis.
covering that the other train was a
stock train, ! paid llttt attention 10 II.
! saw that medical assistance was the
hrst timing needed. There were two
young women In my car who offered
their services and they worked unhesi-
tatingy with the injured really did
not do much but these other people did
wonders. All the people In the Sleep
ers were bundled out 10 make room for
the injured We stopped wounds by
tearing up sheets and made the injured
as comfortable as possible.
with one exception the people IN
the sleepers devoted themselves un-
selnshly to the. care of the wounded.
That exception was q man who would
not give up his berth. told some men
to jerk him out. They jerked him out
and have not seen him since.
There was one young man who did
heroic work with me. / did not learn
his name, but l should have liked to
have known him. He had big gun
strapped on him and was apparently
bound on hunting trip. He seemed
to be with a woman and little girl
whom he got out safely and then went
back and climbed into the wrecked car
after more OF the injured, helping to
get out lot Of people who were fast
ened down."
This young man Of whom Mr.. Bell
spoke. was Harvey c. Parsons, writ
er for the Topeka State Journal who
happened to be on the train. He was
bound for Oklahoma for a weeks hunt
ing but turned back with the relief
crew and with the instinct Of dutiful
reporter turned In story OF the wreck
as he saw It. lie omitted, however.
any reference to the heroic work done
among the injured by himself.
MONEY ON THE DEAD.
Otto Smith, coroner OF Wabaunsee
county, and j. M, Dolly, his assistant.
while caring for the dead, found $22,s
900 In bills and drafts on the person
OF one Of the unidentified dead. He was
a middle aged man and presumably a
Texas stock man who has sold cattle
on the Kansas City market.
Ten OF the dead are at one local
morgue, nine at another and one little
child unaccounted for. The major
portion were taken from the depot In
common express wagon, their bodies
covered with blankets. The victims
are a pitiful sight Some are mangled
almost entirely below the waist, their
faces I'm peaceful repose almost as II
asleep. Others have their shoulders
crushed TO a pulp. A frantic crowd
Of bereaved and curious are being kept
away by the police.
The majority Of the wreck victims
are evidently Of the poorer class OF
people. Little money or jewels were
found on one woman purse con-
tanning ring and s94 was discovered
by the coroner. Walter j. Adams, q
Rock Island emlgrant agent, with
headquarters IN Kansas City, Mo-, was
on the train with a party OF seven peo-
pie en- route for Colby, Kansas, where
the seven people were planning to set
tie. Three OF the party were injured,
They were C.. A. Preib of Everest,
Kansas, a.. A. Jones, OF Everest,
Kansas, and Adamss brother, II. L.
Adams of Everest. The four members
of the party who escaped unn1ured
We're y. X. Nudsen OF Everest; o..
Swanson OF Leona, NJ. l., Maitland or
Oakland. and Maltland's mother Jones
was In the smoker, Mrs. Maitland was
In the chair car, and O. Swanson was
standing In the front end OF the chair
car when the collision occurred,
,,e, cropy
MN ADAM"
This IA the story which Mr. Adams
tells of the wreck:
~ had lust been getting the members
Of the party was I'm charge Of settled
In their seats. The second coach, next
N Tho smoker. was full. Every seat
,yae taken Ind been standing on the
nlatform of this coach about two min
Mos hefore the collision. We were
running very fast. walked back to
the rear end Of the car, and sat down
with Maitland ON the end seat
,.The Nrst thing knew there came n
,orr,hlo crash II sounded like bat
terv of artillery. Then the front end
of our car ripped open ahu 'hT a saw II
coming and Maitland started to jump
nm / grabbed him and pulled him
dawn with me behind the seat. The
car passed over us and we were unln-
iured. All the lights went OUT. WIKI
one or TWO otnels got Holu vi Wv u'"'
~ tho oar which was damned and we
ynanaoed 10 nun il open. Then we com
rnenced 10 take people out and pull out
saads was especially interested In
Gndine nv brother. | knew where he
,nas in the car aud worked my way
mes ~ r, took out two men who
, ,',sv TANNED in behind seats, and
N we,v s"mnd my brother. down IN be
,,I ,a seot Sot him out and then
hl,,u a az severol women.
nV ntpre,tv nearly everybody in the front
Ia ~ aS, 10 car MAS killed. II was ter
enu ~ .mv peonle wore screaming for
llJ,e s .9nd wa coyid hear voices down IN
nelp' anJ nlsaSIna MS for Gods sake TO
lne .W ,so,', P''o1e W
81 mink the reason | was not hurt