The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-03

the Sleeping Cars Was Hurt.
Kansas City. Mo. October 3O.-At
least 10 persons were killed and 25
others injured today in the wreck OF
one of the fastest trains of the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe railway,
California limited No. l which left
Chicago at 10 o'clock last night for
the far west. The train was ditched
one mile east of Sheffield, Mo-. six
miles from the business center OF Kan
sas City. The wreck occurred in a cut
while the train was running at the
rate of so miles an hour. and was
caused by spreading rails.
The train was made up of vestlbuled
cars. and while the vestibules prevent
ed telescoping. in a measure. the speed
of the train was SO great that it caus-
ed several of the cars to pile up on top
. of each other. tearing out the cOnnec-
I Mons. The Wreckage was piled high,
! and under it scores of passengers ana
members of the crew were buried.
Relief Train Sent Out.
Relief trains carrying many physi-
clans were sent out from Kansas City
shortly before noon. and preparations
made to bring the dead and injured to
Kansas City.
The dead:
RUDOLPH RICHARDSON, negro
dining car waiter.
JOHN MacGREGOR. Fort Madison,
Iowa.
JOHN 7. CAPPs. Chicago. express
messenger.
ROY STAFFORD. 100 Hayden ave-
/ nue.. Cleveland. Ohio.
LEE D.. MONTGOMERY. Linneus,
Mo. carries letter of Introduction to
postmaster at st. Joseph. Mo.
MICHAEL SCHEIDER. Chicago.
ROMATISIO PECCO. Italian.
POMOVIO ROCCE. italian.
CARL EMIL loren. 245 st.
Marks avenue. Brooklyn.
ADRIAN PEATTEUT. boy from
Northing. Switzerland.
WILLIAMSON HARRISON, color
ed porter. Chicago.
JOSEPH SEYMOUR, Richmond,
j. B. wHITTEMORE, Carrollton,
Mo.
The other dead had not been identi-
fed. and will not be until the ARRIVAL
of the coroner. Most of them are I'M
migrants en- route from the east to
Los Angeles.
The injured include:
Joseph Rebart. Buffalo. N. Y. leg
crushed. arm hurt. George klaes. But
faIo, II. Y. bruised and cut.
Joseph Seymour. one of the killed,
was the cashier of the Ray county,
Savings Bank at Richmond Mo.
John MacGregor. another of the
killed, was an engineer on the Santa
Fe who had been transferred to one
of the western divisions of the ROAD
and was on his way to take his new
run.
Most of the injured were in he
smoker.
rThe train consisted Of one mail car.
VA e car. one coach. one chair
car. four tourists sleeping cars. two
standard Pullmans. and one dining
car. The passenger list was compos-
ed largely of colonization tourists.
No One i'm Sleeping Cars Hurt.
Nearly all the sleeping cars remain
ed on the track and the forward cars
bore the brunt of the shock. None OF
the passengers in the sleeping cars was
hurt. The day coach in front of the
chair car furnished the greatest num-
Der of killed and injured.
The great natural wall of rough
stone into which the cars were thrown
tore the sides off the day coaches. ana
passengers were ground against the
wall and each killed or badly injured.
One of the first bodies removed was
that of the dining car porter. Ran
dolph Richardson. When killed he
was pdSSllIS l1iouSl jill VI III iS"A
cars and a just made the announce
ment:
last call for breakfast"
J. D. Whitemore. one of h injured
was in the smoker. where he had an
old fashioned heater. He was thrown
in such a way that one leg was jam
med into the oven. in contact with tho
live, Goals. He was so covered with
debris that he could not get out and
his foot was burned until it must be
amputated.
II. G. Rust. engineer of the wrecked
train. and his fireman. William de
Long. escaped injury. The locomotive
leaped from the rails and ran 800
feet on the ties. finally stopped up
right.
Cause of the Disaster.
The wreck was caused by striking
a loose rail. The locomotive was GO
ing so rapidly thai it passed the rail in
safety. The mail car Immediately be-
hind Jumped the track and struck the
side of the bluff. and the four cars
following ploughed through the
= wreckage and shot against the high
stone wall. The sides of the coaches
s were crushed against h oughs stone
killing n wounding passengers and
trainmen.
The smoking car. a chair "a and a
tourist sleeping car and w expre
cars left the rails. Three tourist
sleeping cars. the standard Pullmans.
and n dining cars remained on the
track. The smoking car split h bag
gage ahead of it. just before the floor
line. and the baggage car landed or
top of the crushed smoking car. IT
IS reported tonight that all the wound
ed will racovar