The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-14

warrensburg, Mo-, Oct. 12.-Twenty-
seven persons were killed and thirty
injured, some of them fatally, in a
.head-end collision today two miles and
a half east of here between the second
section Of a Missouri Pacific passenger
train which left Wichita. Kan. last
night for st. Louis with worlds fair
excursionists, and a heavy westbound
extra freight train. Both engineers and
ifiremen saw the danger and jumped.
q The passenger was the second section
of a regular train from Wichita to st.
Louis, and was carrying excursionists
to the worlds fair. The Onward coach,
which vas crowded and in which most
of the casualties occurred, was tele-
scoped and the remainder OF both trains
badly damaged.
1t is said the freight engineer was
responsible for the wreck. having for
gotten his orders to take the sidetrack
at Knobnoster, just east of Warrens-
burg. The rains met on a sharp
curve, both running at a good rate OF
speed. The impact of the collision was
terrific and the sleeping passengers
were hurled in every direction.
Relief Train Hurried Out.
Relief trains carrying physicians
We're sent out as quickly as possible
from the surrounding towns. 1t was
some time before the dead and injured
could be extricated from the debris.
The dead were carried up the track
and laid in rows in an open space un-
til a relief train arrived, while the in
jured were cared Tor as well as could be
done.
The freight was an extra. The crew
had, according to the conductor, been
instructed to take the siding and let
the passenger pass. The first section
Of the passenger had gone by when the
freight pulled out. The conductor as
serts the passenger bore no signal that
scene of the wreck was on a down
grade. on either side of which there
was a steep rise. Both trains had put
on extra steam to carry them up the
opposite hill. n when they met at the
curve at the lowest point they We're
running at a terrific rate.
Awful Force Of the Crash.
The passenger train was made up of
three coaches and a Pullman. with no
baggage CAR, the front coach being
next to the tender.
When the trains met, the heavy
freight train pushed the passenger en-
CINE back into the first coach. The
tender literally cut the coach in two
n never stopped until it had plowed
itself half way through the car and it's
passengers, killing those in the forward
end instantly and mangling all within
reach in a most horrible manner.
Many of the dead were almost I'M
recognizable. The next two coaches
We're badly damaged, but the passen-
Gaping with slight injuries. The Pull
man remained upright. and none of it's
occupants was hurt. So tightly We're
the tender and coach wedged together
that it will take unusual efforts to sep
arate them. The injured were taken to
Sedalia and the dead brought to War
rensburg. The coroner Immediately set
about making preparations for holding
an inquest.
The dead:
The Dead.
MRS. w. j. DARST AND SON GIL
BERT. Dexter, Kan.
w. H. ALLEN AND TWO SONS,
Pittsburg. Kan.
DOROTHY GREER, P%ennsboro, Mo.
L. F. BUREs, CAL REED, GER
TRUDE LOUD and DIZZY REAM, all
of Bronaugh. Mo.
ADDIE KANE. Pittsburg. Kan.
G. A. WEBER,. Fountain, Pa.
CLARENCE HERRING, Kansas.
- SIDEL. freight brakeman.
NELLIE AND DOLLY SULLIVAN,
Cherryvale, Kan.
HATTY kelley. Oxford, Kan.
NJ. LINDSAY, Oxford, Kan.
DOSIA GREGG, Bronaugh. Mo.
DIR. Fl. L. M1LHENEY, Springmar,
Kan.
The injured:
The Injured.
D. D.. Hale and wife. Dexter.
Amelia England. Dexter.
l.. c. Dressed. Eatonville. Kan.
E.. l.. Barnes. conductor of h pas
senger.
f.. D. Hossen. engineer of the pas
senger.
= Hoton. engineer of the freight.
Perry Allen, Coffeeville, Kan.
Bit Tottman. C~edarville, Kan.
Amelia Trautwina. ST. Louis.
F.. S. Nicholson, Dexter, Kan.
Ruth Stewart Fourman, Independ-
ence, Kan.
w. L. Fourman. independence, Kan.
William j. Darat, Dexter. Kan.
Fred Barnes. Oxford, Kan.
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