The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-26
lNTO0PENS SWITCH
Wabash Roads g Buffalo Nail >
Crashes Into a Freight.
All Cars But One Were Over
turned and Burned.
THREE KNOWN DEAD.
Thirty-seven Are Being Cared
for at Hospitals.
A Mother Threw Four Children
Out of Window.
THREE KNOWN DEAD.

Danville. H. Sept. 26.-Passenger
train No. s of the Wabash railroad
running from Kansas City to Buffalo,
n Y known as the Buffalo mail. and
due In this city at 4:53 a. m. ran into
an open switch west of Catlin. Ill.
curly today and crashed into a section
of freight train All the passenger
cars but one were turned over and
burned. Three are known to have
been killed and several others are
missing.
Thirty-seven injured are being taken
care Of at the local hospitals.
The dead:
ENGINEER ]. s. BUTLER. of
W ". W ". ELLISON. fireman. La
y. D. HARDING. mail clerk. Ives
Vile. III.
Among the injured are:
J. =. Foster, Danyille, Ind; cut on
the head
-Four children of Mrs. Livingston. of
Kansas City: thrown out Of the car
window by the mother. but caught IN
the burning debris and badly burned.
Some may die, the mother WAS not in
2. L. Jessup Of Catlin. mail clerk;
burned and cut on head. not seriously.
Icuc children of Mrs. ]. II. Walds-
dalm of Guelph, ont; badly burned
and all probably viii die.
NJ A. Sinks. Marion, Ill; chest in
51red hurt in head and leg not fatal.
George Goldman, Springfield. Ill.
stock raiser, riding in stock car on
the freight train is missing.
George Morrow. cOlored porter,
Kansas City; cut about head. not seri-
Bert Cairns. Kansas City slightly
p7~s-i- ol.Fo,.e7 t4ilishoro Rrides
X H. burned on hands and feet
Mrs. William Huerdle, Marella, Okla,
slight burns.
Cieeus Ciennan. Z years old. Detroit,
slightly burned.
burned.
Mr.. and Mrs. f A Eager Philadel-
phia, slight burns
mrs. Fred seebaum, Kansas CRY.
slightly burned
Mrs. Luther Shoemaker. SrencerNllles
Ind. seriously burned
Arthur Shoemaker. months old, bad
ly burned. viii ole.
Mrs. Dolly Waldsman. Guelph, Ont,
burned on the face and arms: her chill
dren. Margaret, aged 9. Ntnson TO, john
IA all burned but not seriously.
Mrs Nellie Livingston, Buffalo, hands
and neck burned, her children, Rose 10,
Galdys s John 4, Kern 1, all badly burn
ed but VIII recover
W. a, Butler. Fort Wayne. Ind, scalp
wound
Josiah Laney. Renfro. Okla. hands
and legs burned
Vivian Dick. 2 years old, Montmorency,
right ha8a burned.
c. l. Flowers, postal clerk, Iitchheld,
H. scalp wounds.
Mrs Dosa Stockton, Montmorency,
neck. ears and face burned.
Carrie Boher. MontmOrency, slight
burns about head and face.
George H. Yeagy and wife, Covington,
Ind both badly burned. but it is be
Eeved they viii recover.
Besides these there were about y pas
seugers who were in the dining car and
were taken to Decatur, Ill, where they
are being cared for.
Mail Clerk Harding was pinioned
beneath the car. He vas roasted to
death before he could be cut out.
Engineer Butler and Fireman Ellison
were crushed beneath their engine
Their bodies afterward burned.
A carload Of paint attached to the
freight train was burned and it is in
the wreckage near this car that
George Goldman is believed to have
been burned to death. A telegraph
pole was burned which crippled tele-
graph service and delayed information
The train consisted of engine. smoker
car and diner. All but the diner We're
burned The train was going at the
rate of so miles an hour and nearly ev-
erv passenger was asleep at the time.
Nearly every one lost all clothing ex-
cepting nightwear.
The farmers took care of the wounded
and provided what clothing they could.
The passengers were then taken to Dan
willie by relief train and were wrapped
4 iu whatever covering could be gathered 4
up 20 make them comfortable until
they reached the hospital.