The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-20
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE INJURIES
Cause Of Wreck Assigned TO-
Loose Brakeheam Catching
In Switch

At dayhreak lbia morning 900 Nye
Pullman cars Of tho Mliier Brothers
wa West show were pilcd lnlo tbe
ditch in the Santa ne inuth Yards 3
Perry, throwing the AleeNlnH members
Of the show company pN' ct thelR
hunks
The cauan OF tho wreck ~ aaplAnea
to loose brake beam catching "
switch willis the train was running
thirty mics an hour throwing iAn
truck OF the chr Into the luchoa
switch. In some manner the cor eof
back onto the rails after pryins tne
switch open Before the train crHla
be stopped the two front coaches car.
rying the employees Of tho company
we're tammed upside down Ia thn
ditch and the other three pullman
cars we're thrown onto their sides.
st Ii miraculous" aaid joe Ml|
Ter. one Of the owners. TO a Louder
reporter thls morning that none nI
The company waB killed. M every pae
IN the second aeetlon left the track
even to the eaboose and The track
was torn up fof hundred yards
with the two bead Pullman eAFH bAdIs
demolished
Several were injured
Whitley" the boss teamaiat eU
tanned q broken arm and ia IFS other
arm q naii WAS driven IN 10 the baHe.
The porter IN the pefiormen Puff
man was thrown against the door aI'I
Of tho car with graal force and ,hfaa
stitches we're taken ln his head h
Perry physicians
Rudolph Miller q leambtef had fIs
heel badly crushed and leg hruIscd
George Forgnsou an employee. saa
tanned O badly cut knee sud wa
bruised up considerable
Davenport. teamoier. had hls ieIl
foot badly mashed,
Tho other employees ln The tWH
front cars were more OF less hfuiHed
but all 0f the company accompanies
the iirat section Of The train ID uuEh
rles carrying The shows wagons, enls
and paphernalla
The train consisted 0i 2B heavily
loaded cars aud arrived here 1t ptsa
lMs morning With the s25 membefs
Of the company perched on the she's
cars. Five extra cars for The sh0s
people we're provided By the SAINTS
re when the show reaehed here md
after delay OF two hours here ID aal
ting trains made mp the Hhow left faF
Enid over the Denver. Enid end aulf
where they show today
Horses ekinred Up
The cars carrying The n0raes owned
by The big show were Just ahead 81
the Pullmanz that turned over IN the
ditch aud although the former wnra
not thrown completely on their sldee
some Of the horses were badly hfuIa.
cd and several badly skinned Eorae
nalely none sustained hruken legs.
Miller Brothers Not fiuft
Joe and zack Miller And the caes
boys and girls we're III the large pun
man ear Amanda which was the last
10 leave the track The Miller boys
and other occupants uf the ear 81
capped without 8 scratch
Joe Miller was unable 20 give even
q rough estimate al The damage caaa
I'd by the wreck. owing TO The saes
that els the show had had 8 late start
out of Arkansas city where they nhee
Cd yesterday they simply eal fhs
the ditched cars from their train an6
after leaving enough men IL take
care OF the cars and injured pais0n1
resumed their trip 10 Enid The lNo
front puIlmans we're almost aem0llsk
ed and the loss Is estimated II three
or four Thousand dollars
Yesterday was The second SHOW ~
The seaaon by the Miller nngnffa.
who gave their first performance
ponca CITY Saturday. The show viii
lfetufn to Guthrie over the Dcnea
Enid and Gulf early loihofroN morn
ing from Enid and exhibit here on
the old oliver farm "a northwest
Guthrie.
The wreck which occurred ahoas
SIX o'clock this morning. denloFalizad
train service on the main line of ne
Santa Fe temporarily and ghA mora
lag train from ghe south which =.
rived st ste W. unable q leafe =
II tenthlrly ant i WIll m sometime
this n2tsFno9n bafcr1 lfnih Fics
cen Be resumed oh schedule 1ha
eaulh baand train due here aE IH -
did nos eerlva unill IAu H'e|nrk lhla
afternoon. Nelns hsls behind IHs