The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-03
KILLED IN WRECK
Rear End Collision on Missouri Pacific
Has Fatal acknowledgement
Blamed.

Kansas City. Nov. l.-Tflree persons
We're killed and twenty-three injured
IN a rear end-collision between section
mo. 2 and section No. /, of train Nc. 8.
Missouri Pacific worlds fair spec;al AZ
Upton, Mo-.
Train No. 3, on recount of the heavy
worlds fair travel, was made up in.
two sections, the first leaving ST. Louis
for Kansas City last night at 1910 D:
m. The secon section left a few min
uteS later and when it reached Upton
section No. l was taking on passengers,
According to Engineer Ramsay of sec
ton No. 2 a headlight in the yards
blinded him and he was unable to see
section No. !. He also says that his
orders We're clear ahead"
Section No. 2 was running about
twenty-five miles an hour when the
collision occurred. The end sleeper of
section No. l WAS entirely demolished
and the second sleeper was overturned
The dead:
MRS. BRIGHT WALKER, Lewis
burg, Pa.
MRS: MARGARET BURKE, kansas
City, Mo.
]. w. BAGBY, secretary ana treas
urer Of the Linotype Publishing COM
pany, Kansas City.
The injured:
w. j.. Black, general passenger agent!
OF the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad, collar bone broken. wrenchai
back and bruised.
Mrs. w. j. Black, Topeka ,nkla
and head badly bruised.
thomas Richardson, Portland, Ore.
inquire slight.
Mrs; Elizabeth Brown, Kansas City,
head bruised.
J. S.. Calfee, st. Louis, serinpe
w. n. Morrison Ca5nn r., 10.
injured. -
L. B. Stoner. New York, serious.
w: w. Manspeaker, Topeka, arm and
leg injured.
j. G. Wills, ST. Louis, back wrenched.
RAYMOND MORRISON, Sedan, Kan, hip
l.. B. Twined, New York. serious
b. j. Magrie, Trenton, Mo. slight in
M. ]. McEmberie, Niles, Mich, knee.
Mrs. NJ. J. McEmberie, Niles. Mich.
injuries.
j +. Hammer. Lawrence Kan r,;rnt
a. Seligman, slight injuries.
MRS. j.. F. Skinner. Lampasas, Tex,
nervous shock and bruises.
MISS Ruth Skinner, Lampasas, Tex.
wound.
Cynthia White, Lampasas, Tex.
lervous shock and bruises.
G. c. Porter, East Orange. N. ]. scalrl
wound and foot cut.
Mrs c.. w. Donaldson, Kansas Citya
10, shoulder n arm hurt.
robert Eaton and w. Price, Pullman
'orters, slight injuries.
Disposition of the Wounded.
Mrs. J. F.. Skinner. Miss, Rum Skim
er, Cynthia White. c. c. Porter and
5. j. Mcguire were taken to HOSPITALS
this city upon their arrival here,
Those OF the passengers whose in
lfleS were slight continued their Jour
Whlle the more seriously hurt were
AIKEN to the company hospital in g..
.ouls. w. j. Black of Topeka was tak-
n to the Missouri, Kansas and Teyas
ospital at Sedalia.
Inc engine OF the second section
-ruck the Pullman Topaz squarely.
oltt1ng 1t for tWo-thirds of its Ienath,
all of the fourteen passengers in
ne car were either killed or injured.
here We're twenty-five persons in the
ay coach ahead, n although all were
ably shaken up by the collision ana
eceived a few scratches. only q few;
ere injured seriously.
me blame, according to superintendent
:. j. Mckee, VINO Went to the scene Of
lie wreck, rests with the engineer and
'nductor of the second section. They
running twenty-five miles an hour
hen, the superintendent said, they
iouia nave had their train under control.
Collision Caused bv Neglect.
Sedalia, Mo, Oct. 31.-The coroner OF
rs county held an inquest mere inquirlng
to the cause of the wreck on the Mis-
.uri Pacific railroad at Upton, Mo in
hlch three persons were killed and TWEEN
three injured and the following verdict
as rendered:
"The collision was caused by neglect of
aSman OF first No, 3 in not properly flag
second No. 3. and also by engineer
second Mo 3 for coming into station in
careless manner, in not having his en-
ne under CONTROL
JAPANESE MINISTER sIcK