The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-23
Six Injured in Another Wreck
on the Santa Fe.
California Express Backs Into
Freight Near Kansas City.
SOME ONE BLUNDERED.
Dining Car Smashed and EN-
plOyes in 1t Hurt.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Kansas City, No, Dec. 23.-Six en-
plOyes of the Harvey dining service on
the Santa Fe were injured yesterday
afternoon in a. wreck which occurred
at the crossing of the Santa Fe and
Frisco tracks one hundred yards west
of the Turkey creek pumping station.
The Santa FEES San Francisco express
backed into a freight car which was
one of a string of six cars being han
died by a Frisco engine. The diner.
which was the rear car on the passen-
ger train, was partially demolished and
over turned.
Those injured were in the diner and
are:
John Wrodel, chef, 1908 Dearborn
street, Chicago; back sprained; not
serious.
Glenn Robinson. second cook. 5472
Lake avenue, Chicago; arms burned;
not serious.
Theodore ]. Reimer, flats. Thirty
fourth and State streets, Chicago5
slightly burned by hot grease and
bruised by fall.
Grant White, negro waiter, 3109
State, street, Chicago; bruised by fall.
Frank Stevens negro waiter, 554l
Jefferson street, Chicago; bruised by
fall.
Thomas R. Huntley, 1922 Michigan
avenue, Chicago; bruised by fall
None OF lll6 l4JQICQ WC4C 4AAA !
seriously and all but WrOdel and Rob
insOn will be able to leave the hos
pital today. No other car on the ex-
press was damaged and the train went
into the Union depot over the Frisco
and Belt line tracks. When the Santa
Fe pilot Jesse Meredith, saw that the
freight would not clear the crossing
before the diner reached it, he jumped
and escaped uninjured. Both cars
We're thrown from the trucks winch
CHI, 4 r.FT RI, ri
Responsibility for the accident has
not been placed by the railroad Of
ficials. It is claimed, however, that the
Frisco train, being already upon the
crossing, had the right of way. The
freight train was going in the dlrec-
ton of the stock yards with Engineer
Calvin Grassley at the throttle He
received no intimatiOn of the presence
of the Santa Fe train until the diner
began to plow its way through a
in charge of the pilot Meredith whose
duty it was to take the train from
Argentine to the Union depot.
All but two cars of the Frisco string
had passed over the crossing when the
passenger train backed into IT,
Meredith was on the rear of the diner,
but. seems not to have noticed the
freight train, or else to have thought
it would have cleared the crossing be-
fore the express train reached it. The
that both cars were knocked from
their trucks. The freight car was
loaded with Kaff1r corn, which local
grain man had ordered out over the
Rock Island road.
The men in the diner had no warn
ing of the impending crash and were
taken unaWares. Their car lurched
over until the body of the car rested
on the ground. AS soon as possible
the men were taken from the wrecked
"a = and DIaced in the mail car. They
were brought at once to the union de-
pot and taken to St. Joseph's hospital.
The wreck occurred at a critical
point as regards stock yards traffic.
Before the wrecking crews were set
to work, Frisco Milwaukee. Missouri,
Kansas & Texas and Alton tracks
were out &C service. The wreck oc-
Cured at $3.50 and by o'clock the last
of the tracks had been cleared. All
four of the Santa Fe tracks into the
depot were obstructed, and passenger
trains had to use the tracks of other
roads in getting to and from the depot.