Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-18
Passenger Train PIunges Through
Weakened Bridge Into the
Cimarron River.
HUNDREDS OF PERSONS DEAD.
Two Hundred and twenty-five
People Are Said 10 Have
Gone in the Water.
Details Are Mcagcf But IL I. Asserted
That only Three of Those on
Train Were saved.

Details Arc hcagcf But IL /. Asserted
That only Three Of Those on
Train Were saved
Oklahoma city. OKLA. Sept lS.--A
special to the Tlnles-Jouraal from Law
ION, Okla. says:
The local Rock Isis7d Office IS On re-
ceIpt Of vague news Of the plungirg
OF the norihbound Rock Island passeu-
ser train into tho Cimarron river be-
tween Dover ana Ki1ghsher about 3
o'clock this momins It IS reported
that The engine is out Of sight in the
river. and both engineer and fireman
are killed, and probably many lives
lost II is said that the bridge gave
way Details OF the disaster IRE mea-
ger.
A special TO the Tines journal from
Enid. this afternoon. stated that fully
100 people were drowned this morning.
at O'clock. iu the train on the CHI
cago Rock Island d Pacific. which
went through q bridge into the Cim-
AKRON river at Dover. % miles south
OF Enid. The engine and all ears with
the exception Of the Pullmans went iu-
90 the raging stream u is reported
that l0o passengers were On the cholr
cars and an werc drowned. with the
exception OF one man, Lloyd Zeist, who
escaped after Wading and swimming
a distance OF two miles Four other
men were seen 10 IAN from the ton
OF one Of the cars into the water and
we're drowned No names are obtain
able al this time.
HUNDREDS IN THE WATER
Wichita. Kan. Sept. IA telephone
message from Hennessey Okla. eight
miles from the scene Of the wreck, SAYS
all the cars excepting the rear Pull
man IL IN the Cimarron river and that
295 persons were carried into the water
Six persons are reported safe.
ONLY THREE SAVED.
Wichita. Kan. Sept. ls.--A dispatch
received here from the scene Of the
Rock Island wreck near Dover. Okla
asserts that only three passengers on
the train were saved, The wires were
carried down with The bridge. No de-
tails are obtainable here.
Another dispatch reports similar
accident on the st. Louis & San Franz
cisco road IN Woods county. Okla.
midway between Okeeue and Ames.
whore a heavy freight train is reported
TO have gone through another bridge
over the Cimarron river II is stated
that the engineer fireman and head
brakeman cannot be found.
MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.
oklahoma City. Okla. Sept. lS-A
report hes Just been received from
Kingdsher stating that many people
have been iescued at Dover relief
train having arrived there from The
scene Of tie terrible accident. which
befei the chicago Rock Island and
Pacific passenger train this morning
Many people more dead than alive
have been placed In the hotels az King
fisher while a number OF dead bodies
have been taken 20 the moreue there.
4 number II Kiughsher people were on
the train. and have no, been found
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
Kansas city Sept IS-Chicaeo.
Rock Island and Pacific passenger
train No. H. reported TO have gone
through o bridge between Dover ana
Knghshcr. Oklahoma. left Fort Worth.
Texas last night az o'clock and was
due 10 arrive 90 Chicago az $40 a. m.
Wednesday. The train was made up
Of engine. combination baggage and
mail ear. smoker, one coach and one
Pullman sleeper No information Of
the wrecked train was obtainable az
the Kansas City Offices o. the Rock
Island railroad. and but little vas OBJ
tainable M the Office Of the s1perln-
icndent al Topeka I'm n telephone
conversation with the superintendent
Office ID was said that all that was
positively known was that the engine
baggage. smoker an da coach were be-
lieyed 20 have gone into tho river Il
was stated positively that the sleeper
remained on the track. Wires are re-
ported down ffon all directions the
result Of q heavy storm last night and
The railway tying IN every possible
manner 20 reach the scene II was
stated that relief trains hid been sent
from Herring and Caldwell Kansas and
probably also from points south OF the
wreck
The Cinnamon river bridge. which "a
said % have been weakened by the
heavy rains and to have gone down I'M
der the weight ~ the train. l. three
miles south OF Dover. In Kiughsher
county. Okla.
l,.-.t.f ----rsverirYse h.,r. b-r., -.r.
10 The scene from Elren0. Kingfsher.
Hennessey and other oklahoma points.
The only report so far received from
any Of the points IL that from Hennes-
sew. 20 the effect that the engineer ran
on 10 the weakened bridge without the
least warning and that the engine and
forward cars were reported 10 be sub
merged In the river, which had over
flowed it, banks The water al this
point is unusually deep Tho engine
is stated 10 b. completely covered up
The wreck occurred AZ o'clock this
Just AZ about dawn.
OFFICIALS ARE CONFIDENT.
Chicago. Aug. is-At the general %.
fees OF the Rock Island In this city
il was announced that train No. - had |
gone through the nr.dge over the Cine /
srron river, but Il was stated only the |
engineer and fireman were injured, and I
that no passengers were hurt The two 1
injured men are not expected 20 die |
The information 50 far received here /
Is meagre. and came IN a roundabout |
way. but the officials express them |
selves as confident the passengers are /
safe.
BURIED IN THE CIMARRoN.
Topeka. Kan, Sept ls-The Chica.
20. Rock Island a Pacific Office herd |
reports that the engine. baggage car, /
mail car and one coach OF the north /
hound passenger train No ~. are bur. /
ed IN the bed OF the Cimarron river. /
lust south 81 Dover. Okla. Tho smok- I
nr Is partly IN the river. Two Pulirans. 4
/ chair car and a coach composing the /