Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-31
FRIGHTFUL.
WRECK ON
SANTA FE
Train No. | Demolished Near.
Kansas City.
THIRTEEN KILLED AND
OVER THIRTY INJURED
California Express Hits Loose Rail
While Making Up Time and
Appalling Disaster
Follows.

Kansas City. Oct. 3O.--Thirteen
persons were killed and thirty In
inrei In the wreck today of the Alcid-
son. Topeka & Santa Fc passenger
train No. I, known as the California
express. which. while running at the
rate Of thirty-five, miles an hour
struck a loose rail- ditehing five cars
one mile east of Blue River. which s.
the eastern limit of this city. The
train, which left Chicago at 10 O'Clock
last night, and was due here at tO;3C
this morning, Is a through train Iuil-
ming between Chicago and San Fran
cisco. 1t was running at higher
minutes behind its schedule. The
wreck occurred at what railroad men
call Rock Creek cut. on curve
where jagged rock walls on either
side of the track form bIulT almost
hundred feet high. The engine was
going so rapidly that II passed thu
loose rail in safety. The mail car, I'M.
mediately behind, jumped the track
and struck the side of the bluff to tho
right, and the four cars following
plOughed through Il and shot against
the high stone wall at the left. The
sides of the coaches were torn off BY
scraping against the rough stone sura
face, and the passengers and trainnDeiy
ground against the wall were either
killed outright or badly hurt. The
ears which left the track were matt
car, baggage and express cur, smoS-
ing car, chair car, and u tourist Sleep
ing car. Three tourist sleeping ears
two standard Pullmans aud the dining
carahead OF them renainedon the rails.
The baggage car when II stopped was
on top of what was left of the smOk-
ing car. The other deralIed cars were
janlned against the rocks of the blum
except the spllntered fragments OF the
smoker.
None of the oassen=ers in tile cars
which remained on the track were in
jured.
Relief trains with surgeons and ply
sicians left this city for the scene OF
the wreck as soon as possible. Pend
ing the arrival of the relief train the
able-b bodied passengers and trainmen
did all they could TO care for The dead
and alleviate the distress of the in
1ured. Their efforts were handi-
capped by cold rain which fell
steadily and added to the gloom OF
the situation. The passengers worked
heroically under difficulties and when
the doctors arrived most Of the dead
and injured had been taken out of the
wreckage. In many instances 1t was
necessary to dig under the debris TO
extrlcate the unfortunate victims
One man IN the smoker had been PIN
ioned against hot stove, with one
foot In the stove. suffering untold ag-
ony as his foot was slowly burned by
the live Goals. This was one of the
many agonizng scenes witnessed by
The rescuers. The injured were given
emergency treatment at the scene OF
the wreck, and later brought to the
hospitals In this city, where 1t Is re-
ported tonight that all will recover,
The dead were taken in charge by
the county coroner and brought TO
the local morgues.
l. B. Whittemore OF Carrollton,
Mo. who was severely sealded, died
al the hospital here tonight
The Dead.
ROY STAFFORD, 100 Hayden ave-
LEE D, MONTGOMERY, Linneus,
Mo.
cashier Of the Ray County Savings
bank.
JOHN MGREGOR, a Santa Fe en-
gineer Fort Madison. Iowa.
MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, Chicago.
II n. CAPPS. bsggageman, Chicago.
CARL, Emil TOREN. Immigrant
254 81. Mark ST.. Brooklyn.
ROMAsTIslo PEcCI, Immigrant
PoMoRIo ROCCO. immigrant from
Nanles.
porter. Chicago.
ADRIAN PEATTEUT, Immigrant
from Northing. Switzerland
J.B. wHITTEMoRE, carrollton
Mo.
b. r. celley. 4s0S Prairie ave. Chi
II. A. Leagrdine. $3.50 Ohio St. Chi
cago. express messenger; leg broken
arm hurt
Archie Carter, Richmond. Mo, news
agent, crushed leg, arm brvken.
j. NJ. Killian. Ia Harpe, Kansas lcf
broken.
Aaron Rerlkasov 151 Maxwell ~.
Chicago grocer; slightly hurt.
Ralph Skinner. La Harpe, Kansas
ieg broken. head cut
Ralph Relnhardt. 30 sherman s..
Bnffal0. N r. leg crushed.
J. " Bishop. Chicago, hcdsting engi