The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-09-19
TRAIN PLUNCES into
RIVER; 100 ARE DEAD


to the Times Journal from EDi this
afternoon stated that fully 100 people
were drowned this morning at 5 o'clock
i'll the train on the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific which went through
bridge into the Cimarron river at
Dover, 81 miles south of Enid. The
engine and all the cars, with the eA-
ception of the Pullman, went into the
raging stream. 1t Is reported that 100
passengers were in the chair cars and
all we. 9 drowned, with the exception
of one man, Floyd Zeist, who escaped
after wading and swimming q distance
of Two miles.
Four other men were seen to fall
from the top of one of the CARS into
the water and were drowned.
No names are obtainable at this
time.
Wichita. Kan, Sept. ia tele-
gram message from Henessy. Okla.
eight miles from the scene of the
wreck, says all the cars except the
rear Pullman are In the Cimarron
river and that 225 persons were car
rled into the water. Six persons are
reported safe
Kansas City Sept 18-A private
message received here at 8 O'Clock
p N from Dover, Okla. the nearest
telegraph point to the scene OF the
Rock Island wreck, say that AZ bodies
have already. been taken to. Dover
and placed in the morgue there After
this information was transmitted the
wire to Dover was lost.
Oklahoma City. Sept. Is. "A report
has just been received from KiDgfsh-
er stating that many people have been
rescued at Dover. a relier train having
arrived there from the scene of the
terrible accident which befell the
Roc K: Island passenger train this morn
ing.
Many people more dead than alive
have been place in the hotel as King
fisher, while number of dead bodies
have been taken to the morgue there.
A ::number of Kingfisher people were
on the train and have not teeD found.
Topeka. sept. 18.-The Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific Office here
reports that the engine. baggage Car,
mail car, and one coach Of the north.
bound passenger train No. 1s. are
buried in the bed of the Cimarron
river. just South of Dover. Oklahoma.
Two Pullmans, a chair car and coach
crmposing the rest of the train. re-
NAMED on the track The train went
throgh the bridge at about O'Clock
this morning High water mad weak
ened tie structure aud the engineer
being unaware of the fact, dashed
onto the bridge with usual speed.
The engineer, fireman, express
messenger and postal Jerks escaped
onto a pile of driftwood and thence to
the land The fireman suffered bro
ken arm.
The offices here are unable to state
how many passengers were in the
coach and whether any escaped. A
brief message was received here fror"
the conductor in charge of the train.
The pames of the train crew in charge
are unknown.
Relief trains have been sent from
Chickasha Oklahoma and Herring Kan
Topeka, Kan, Sept. l8- 1t is stat
ed here at the kook Isla.d offices tl.at
there could lot possibly have been 226
people on the ill-fatsd train that went
through the bridge near Dover, Okla.
The general managers office gives ont
the information late this afternoon
that leo wauld be high estimate of
the persons aboard.
Kansas City. Sept ls-AU 2:30
m the correspondent OF the Associ-
ated Press at Hennessy stated at that
time it was known the dead numbered
at least 100.
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