Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-31
Such is Result Of Wreck Of Cali
fornia Express on the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fc Railroad
LOOSE RAIL CAUSED ACCIDENT
Occurred In a Rock Cut on a Curve
Sides Of Coaches Torn on BY
Rough Stone Surface

Kansas city, No, oct. 3o.--ThiHean
persons were killed and 20 injured in
the wreck today o. the Atchison, Tope-
ka s. santa Re passenger train NO. Il,
known az the California express which
while running ot the rate Of 30 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 mt 10
o'clock last night. and was due here
~ 1890 this morning, Is a through train
running between Chicago and san
Francisco. 1t was running at a higher
speed than usual today being 10 or 10
minutes behind its schedule
The wreck occurred at what railroad
men call the Rock Creek cut on "a
curve where Jagged rock walls ON each
side of the track form "a bluU almost
100 feet high. The engine was g0ng
so rapidly that Il passed the loose ran
In safety The mail ear immediately
behind, jumped the track and struck
the side Of tha bun 10 The right ANA
Tho four cars following ploughed
through II and shot against the high
NJ
The sides OF the coaches were torn
OF by scrapng against the rough stone
surface. ana passengers and trainmen
ground against the wall were either
killed outright or badly hurt. The cars
which left the track We're 70 mail ca,
n baggage and express ear, the smoking
car, a chair car and n tourist sleeping
car Three tourist sleepers, two stand
ard Pulmaus and the dining car re-
NAMED on the track The smoking car
split the baggage car ahead of IL just
below the floor line ANA the baggag
car when IL STOPPED. was on ton of
what was left of the smoking car The
other derailed cars were iammed
against the rocks except the splintered
fragmente OF the smoker
None of the passengers I'm the cars
which remained on the track was hurt.
Relief trains with physicians ana sur
geons left this city for the scene OF the
wreck as soon as possible. Pending
the arrival Of the relief trains the able
bodied passengers and trainmen did nj
they could TO care for the dead and
alleviate the distress OF the injured.
Their efforts were Handicapped by a
cold rain which fell steadily and added
10 the gloom OF the situation. The pas
sengers worked herocally under dlih-
cultes, and when the doctors arrived
most of the dead and injured had been
taken out OF tho wreckage. In many
instances Il was necessary to dig under
the debris 20 eXtricats the unfortunate
victims.
one man in the smoker had been PIN
ioEed against a hot stove with one foot
in the stove, suffering untold agonies
as his foot was slowly burned by i've
Goals. This was one Of many agonizing
ttsIVt 40 flhA
injured were given emergency treat
ment at the scene of the wreck and lat
en- brought to hospitals IN this city,
where II IL reported tonight that nearly
an viii recover. The dead were taken
I'm charge by the county coroner and
brought to local molgues.
d. Y. Whittemore Of COTallton Mo,
who was severely sCalded, died at a
hospital here tonight,
THE DEAD.
Roy stafford, 100 Hayden avenue,
Cleveland, Q.
Lee d. Montgomery, LAnneus, Mo.
James Seymour, Richmond MO,
cashier of tho Ray County Savings
bank
John McGregOr, a Santa Fe engi-
ucer, Fort Madison, Ia
Machlel Schneider, Chicago.
j. +. Chaps, baggageman, Chicago,
carl Emil loren. immigrant, 2j4 st,
Marks streets, Brooklyn,
Romasusio Pecd, Immigrant from
Naples.
Pomorio Rocco, immigrant from N'-
pies
Luther Richardson colored waiter
Chicago.
William Harrison, colored porter
4 b d.
Adrian Pcatteut immigrant IRON
NorthinE switzerland
j. B. Whittemore, Corollton Mo-
THE INJURED.
4. Il. Ceucy. 4SOS Prairie avenue. chi
rogo leg broken
Il. A. Tegardme. 1890 ohio street
Chicago. express messenger. leg Drok
en-. arm hurt
Archie Carter, Richmond No.; ncvl
agent leg crushed, arm broken.
]. NJ Killiau, LaliaTc Kan; Iei
broken,
Aaron BerJasou. lll Maxwell street
Chicago Grocer, slightly hmu
Ralph skinner, La haIpc kdn.i le'
broken, head cut
Ralph Relnhardt 80 sherman street
Buffalo, n. ~ les cru7hod,
j. V. Bishop chicago, hosting EN-
gineer. left leg broken bruised ahou
head and body
Campbell Grant ReJford. England
on way TO Los Angeles; no east F,it
street Los Angeles head ana ches
crushed probably burt Internally. con
dition serious.
r. ". curtis, Chicago, both leg
broken, severe bruises
John Fields, Chicago cut ON hea
and body,
william Burrows, New York cut
and bruises on body.
Thomas Garyin. Canton, o., scycral
cut ON head back Wrouehrd.
Make Donald. sweden; cuts ON nol
and body
A. r.. Nelson, Chicago, cuts ON heaS
body bruised