The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-31
HORROR ON THE
SANTA Re ROAD
Thirteen Persons Killed and Thirty
Injured in Wreck.
ACCIDENT IN ROCKY CUT
VICTIMS GROUND AGAINST WALL
OF STONE.

IL ANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct. 50.-Thir-
n teen persons We killed and thirty
injured in the wreck today Of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe passen-
ger train No. l. Known as the Califor-
MIA express, which while running at
the rate OF thirty-five miles an hour
struck loose rail, ditching five cars,
one mile east of Blue river, which is
the eastern limits of this city. The
train. which left Chicago at 10 o'clock
last night. and was due here at 1890
this morning. is a through train run
Mug between Chicago and San Fran
cisco. 1t was running at higher speed
than usual today. being ten or fifteen
minutes behind its schedule
Wrecked on a Curve.
The wreck occurred at what railroad
men call the Rock Creek cut. on
curve where jagged rock walls on each
side of the track form a blum almost
100 feet high The engine WAS going
so rapidly that it passed the loose ran
in safety The mail car. immediately
behind, jumped the track and struck
the side of the bluff to the right ana
the four cars following plowed through
it and shot against the high stone wall
at the left.
Ground Against Stone Wall.
The sides of the coaches were torn
off by scraping against the rough
stone surface and passengers and
trainmen ground against the wall were
either killed outright o. badly hurt
The cars which left the track were d
mail car, a baggage and express car.
the smoking car, Il chair car and
tourist sleeping car. Three lOGrlSt
sleepers, two standard Pulmaus and
the dining. car remained on the track
The smoking car split the baggage car
ahead of it just below the floor line,
and the baggage carr when il stopped.
was on top of what was left of the
smoking car The other derailed cars
were jammed against the rocks except
the splintered fragments Of the smoker.
None of the passengers in the cars
which remained on the track was hurt.
Rain Added to the Horror.
Relief trains with physicians and
the wreck as soon as possible. Pending
the arrival Of the relief trains the able
bodied passengers and rainmen did all
they could TO care for the dead and al
leviate the distress of the injured. Their
efforts were handicapped by cold
rain which fell steadily and added to
the gloom of the situation. The passeu-
gers worked herOically under difficult
ties. and when the doctors arrived most
of the dead and injured had been taken
out of the wreckage. In many in
stances il was necessary to dig under.
the debris to extricate the unfortunate
victims.
Asonizing Scene.
one man in the sInoker had been
pinioned against u hot stove with one
foot in the stove. suffering untold ag-
Onies as his foot was slowly burned by
live Goals. This was one of many ag-
oniZing scenes witnessed by the rescu-
ers. The injured were given emergen-
cy treatment at the scene Of the wreck
and later brought to hospitals in this
city. where it is reported onight that
nearly will recover. The dead were
taken i'm charge by the county coroner
and brought to local mOrgues.
J. b. Whittemore of CaTTOlltou, Mo
who was severely scalded, died at a
hospital here tonight
The Dead.
Roy Stafford. 100 Hayden avenue,
Cleveland, ..
Lee ID. Montgomery Linneus, Mo.
James Seymour Richmond Mo;
cashier of the Ray ounty Savings bank.
John McGreS6or. Santa Zee eugi-
neer Fort Madison. Ia.
Michael Schneider, Chicago.
]. +. Chaps. baggagemans Chicago.
aTl Emil loren, immigrant, 254 St
Marks street, Brooklyn.
ROmastisio Pecci, immigrant from
Naples.
Pomorio Rocco. immigrant from Ma
pies
Luther Richardson. colored waiter
Chicago.
William Harrison. colored porter
Chicago.
Adrian Peatteut. immigrant from
Northing, Switzerland
j. &. Whittemore. CairolIton, 40.
The Injured.
b. f. CeIley. 4SeS Prairie avenue. Chi
cago; leg broken.
Fl. a. Tegardine. 5230 Ohio street.
Chicago; express messenger; leg brok-
en-. arm hurt
Archie Carter. Richmond Mo-: news
agent; leg crushed, arm broken.
J. NJ. Killian, Laharpe, Kan; leg
broken.
Aaron Berkason, 115 Maxwell street,
Chicago; grocer; slightly hurt.
Ralph Skinner, La Harpe, Kan; leg
broken. head cut.
Ralph Reinhardt, so Sherman street.
Buffalo, n. Y; leg crushed
j. V. Bishop, Chicago; hosting en-
gineer; left leg broken bruised about
head and body.
Campbell Grant. Retford, England:
on way TO Los Angeles: 119 East Fifth
street. Los Angeles: head and chest
crushed; probably hurt internally; con-
ditiOn serious.
r. c. Curtis. Chicago: both legs
broken; severe bruises.
John Fields, Chicago; cut on head
and body.
William Burrows. New York: cuts
and bruises on body.
Thomas Garvin. Canton, O.; severely
cut on head. back wrenched.
Make Donald, sweden. cuts on head
and body.
A r. Nelson. Chicago; cuts on head,
body bruised.
John Sander, Chicago; cuts on body
and head
J. F. Harris, Chicago cuts and
Charles Crawford, Atehison. kan
scalp wounds.
George Klass, iron molder Buffalo;
arm broken.
Edward sIoye, Anderson, Ind,
bruised on head and body
G. A. Zandime. Immigrant from
Sweden to California: badly bruised.
Swedish woman who cannot speak
English: badly hurt.