The Van Buren press., 1904-09-10
wabash Wreck
NEAR WARRENT0N
Wednesdays Terrible Catastrophe
Which Cost Eight Lives and
Injury to Many.
IN INSECURELY PLACED RAIL
WAS The CAUSE OF The ACCIDENT.
La Plata, Missouri, Plunged Into
Mourning, the Larger Portion of
the Victims Being ENcurslonists
F-om That City 10 the worlds
Fair ut 81. Louis.

ST. Louis, Sept S.-The terrible ac-
cident which occurred near Warren
ton, Mo, Wednesday, on the Wabash
railroad has plunged La Plata and
Macon, Mo, into mourning The for
mer city, however, suffered the worst,
az large proportion of the victims oc-
cupied the coach loaded up with eX
cursionists from La Plata to the
Worlds fair.
The wreck it is stated by passen-
gers arriving here, was caused by a
defective place in the track. They say
a section gang was at work spiking
down a new rail, which had not been
fastened securely. The engine and six
cars passed over the new rail, but the
seventh COACH the La Plata special,
left The track. followed by the dining
car The latter crashed down the en-
bankment after the passenger coach,
alight!ng upon the wreckage and prob
ably killing several who would other
wise have been numbered among the
injured.
Both cars were totally demolished,
hardly one of the occupants escaping
injury, and eight were dead before 9TH
er passengers could reach them
Considering the deep embankment
down which.the coach turned, land
irg at the foot among trees, a heap Of
splIntered timber, it Is miraculous that
any one should have escaped death
Following is the list of casualties:
The Eslled.
John f, Nichols. Macon. Mo.
Mrs. Henry rolcht, Huntington Pa,
Mrs q, II. Graves, La Plata, Mo.
Mrs Anna Grener, Macon, Mo.
Miss Edna Patterson, La Plata, Mo,
Mrs. Henderson, La Plata Mo.
Miss Emma Hebeler, daughter of A. F.
liebelcr, Macon, Mo.
Mrs. w. T. Fitch, Huntington. Pa.
The Injured.
l.. L. Cast wife and son, Elmer, Mo; ;
Miss Ellen King, la Plata; leg broken.
Mrs. Willard and daughter. Macon, Mo.
- Whitney, Macon, Mo; head hurt;
Mrs. - Wilcox Macon, Mo; head
hurt; not serious.
Mrs. Florence, La Plata, Mo. head
hurt; not serious,
j W, Ryan La Plata, Mo. heaS hurt
and body bruised, not serious.
Dr Frank q. Nlfong, st. Louis; in
ternaly hurt and head injured; proba-
bly, serious
l. W, King, La Plata, Mo; face cut;
j. +. Tate, La Plata. Mo; face and
body cut and bruised.
Mrs. j, T.. Tate, seriously injured
Zpp ~ Nfr IA
NJ Ryther, Macon, Mo-; head and face
Mrs. NJ. Ryther Macon, Mo, face cut
W. ., l. Bragg, KlrkyIuc. Mo-; internal
injuries; probably serious,
G. A. Crawford La Plata, Mo-, face
y. NJ Mcclcnahon, La Plata, Mo. head
Fred Crawford, la Plata, Mo; Internal
ly. injured aud head CUT serious n
Mr.. and Mrs, \. $, Billings, La Plata
Mo, both internally injured,
Eva Hicks, La Plata, Mo- head cut
J. T. Bpiner BREWER, Mo head hurt;
MIR wills, Macon. Mo; severely injured
lulernallyi viii probably die,
T.. kclso and sister la Plata, Mo- both
received bruises about the head and In.
terual injuries.
h McDayit and mother La Plata, Mo-
both internally injured,
Mrs, J, W. Ryan, La Plata, Mo- head
and body bruised,
j. B Goodmg la plata, Mo; head cut
}, 4 Dulcy La Plata, Mo- Internally
j, $, curtain, La Plata, Mo-; Internally
z Frlzzclt Mlnitou CoLi internal in
Juricr,
Mrs, T.. plcmmous, la Plata, Mo-
shoulder hr0Scu,
G. T. Bragg, EIrluylllc, Mo- head cut
and internally Injured
David Brunncr HiIkyIllo, Mo- Inter-
uDly Injured
b Johnson cook on diner, log spralned
J. r. Ross, la Plata, Mo, head cut
Muft llnsner La Plata, Mo. hand and
Z. H. Graves, La Plata, Mo. internally
injured
X, II. c. Andrews, conductor on diner;
head cut
curtis Smith, chef ON diner, spraIncd
arm.
Barney Johnson, second cook ON diner
John Henley third cook on diner, badly
injured
John Rcnrru, waiter on diner slightly
Injured
he Gresham, waltcri slightly injured
Anna Mnrlcms Ln Plata Mo- leg frae'
Waldo Walker Macon Mo- lcg and
arm hurt
pr. NIrong, the S. louIsan Injured
IL son of Dr and Mrs William
NIrong, of $50 North Kings highway,