Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-10
MANY killed AS they
DuzE IN 4 SMOKER
Rock island Trans Collide IL
%ansas, Flames Burn
Bodies OF Victims.
CAUSE: CARELESS AGEMl
Most Of Those Who Met Death Wen
Mcxicans. Riding in Car
Which Was Tel
%escoped.

~ 49, 'N''-' ''f
men. :, negro train porter. and about
lives and i;fty-fvc persons We're in
.iuvcd when two passenger trains on
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
citic railroad collided head-on -four
miles west of vol|and, K;.nsas. y%ester-
day morning.
The dead:
JULIUS BuEMEIsTl.I:. of laven-
port, la. aged 81.
WILLIAM Z. MILLER. "f soldier
city. ,kas.
ALBERT LINK. 1929 Pine street,
Topeka. r;'nred porter.
FRANK SANRF. passenger. New
London. Mo.
MEXICAN I.ABOlsERS Numbering
supposedly between twenty-five and
thirty persons.
w. ii. OSGOOD. of Milchellvill.. la.
The fatally injured:
Holy Aivaria. Mexican laborcr. left
leg broken. left ann broken. injured
internally and badly crashed.
Berlalla Barra. Mexican laborer. head
crushed. lief, leg fractured. right leg 50
badly crushed that ampntation MAS
necessary.
The more. seriously injured.
X. a. Hicks. 2Sl6 Tracy avenue Kan
sas city. injured internally. knee hurt.
William Douglas. - Nevada. Mo,
collar bone broken. right, ankle dislo-
cateo and fractured. head bruised.
e.. Harrison, hassagenfan. of Kansas
city. Mo. head cut and hurt internally.
II. II. Dauchey. assistant engineer.
left ear badly torn. RICH; leg crushed.
right ankle dislocated, head bruised.
w. \. Willctl. Peabody. l<as.. arms
burned. ONE rib broken. back sprained.
William Il. Miller WAS riding the
blind baggage and WAS crushed Il"
death.
a man who has just returned from
the scene of the wreck says that over
thirty persons We're burned To death.
1t is impossible 10 identify the dead
MeXicans.
Boy Operator Is Blamed.
The trains We're Nos. 20 and 30. run-
ming between Chicago and FL Paso.
The officials of the place
the blame On John l-ynes. the l9-year-
old telegraph operator at Nolland. III
failed tn stop train No. - ut his I
ton after receiving orders To hold it
until No. 80 had passed. Lynes is
being held by the authorities of Wa
baunsee county at Alma for investiga-
ton.
Five minutes before the trains
crashed together the operators for
miles along the line of The Rock Is
I land system knew that the collision
was certain. as I.yneS wired from Vol
land. and he had let No. % pass.
but there was no earthly means of pre-
venting the disaster.
The wreck occurred on Il grade. on
Il curve and in u cut. No. % was run
ming slow ON account of the heavy
grade and heavy train. No. so had
just reached the top of he hill when
The engineer saw the reelection of the
headlight of the train ahead. He shut
down and the passengers on his trair
said they were not running more than
ten miles an hour when the crash oc-
CURED. No. ~ Was not going more
than fifteen miles AN hour at the time
Warning Too Late.
Even With the warming message ol
L.: mes. the telegraph operator VIII,
failed to deliver orders to the crew al
No. 20. in hand. there was no possible
way of preventing the wreck. Rott
trains were heavy ones. having ten cars
each. including the Pullman sleepers
and tourists. chair cars. coaches
smokers and baggage cars. No. 2g !:
known AS the California rast mail. l.
left Chicago at $50 Tuesday morning
No. 30. the opposite train. is known u.
the Chicago fast mail and left FL 2ast
Monday night. No. - was crowded Il
the doors with passengers. but th'
u.nbe of travellers on No. 30 was no
large.
one woman was among those injured
in the chair car on No. 29. One WON
IA suffered IL broker leg. while AN in
amt. who was With her. WAS uninjured
one old lady VINO was so badly shake
up she could hardly stand. persisted ii
aiding the others and would not ALLOW
amy rescuers to aid her. Several per
sons were badly burned in rescue work