Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
j Which Passed Here
hrIy This Morning
4 in Ditch.
LNY REPORTED DEAD
NEWPORT Man Among Injured
Accident Occurred Near
Trenton, Mo.

Kansas City, Dec. 31.-A
Usage from Trenton at 1 a
Tvs the dead in the burned
hurst car number 20 to so.
erification is not possible
Pw.
Trenton. Mo. Dec. S1.-The Califor-
special on the Rock Island. which
Il Chicago at o'clock last night for
sIifornia. went into a ditch three
lies north of Trenton this morning.
Five persons were killed and nine
jured, several probably fatally.
Dead and Injured.
a The known dead:
! FIREMAN o. P. LININGER. Tren-
5n. formerly of Eldon, Iowa; scalded
nd burned to death
FOUR PASSENGERS UNIDENTT-
FIED.
The injured:
Engineer W. J. MilItngton, Trenton.
William Finn. Kansas City.
]. z. Orning, Davenport, Iowa; leg
broken and head cut.
Steve Howard. Alabama.
G. E. Spencer. Dallas, Texas.
! c. Childers, Anderson, Ind.
Mrs. Nancy Hamershley, Let's.
owa; may die.
Julius Meddlesome. Boston, Mass
David SiegeI Cleveland. Ohio; prob
bly, fatal
Cause Not KNOWN
The cause of the accident is not
,nown. The train was running at
Ugh speed. The engine jumped the
rack and landed 80 feet off the right
,f way. The cars following all left
he track and all but one tumbled over.
TWO Pullman cars that broke away
.aught fire.
WAS No Warning.
The crash came without the least
warming and the passengers were una
lie to extricate themselves. Those Of
he passengers and crew who escaped
vent 10 work Immediately with great
.nergy to aid those imprisoned in the
,lazing P1lllmans, but were unable to
each them and at 10: 80 it was thought
most of those in the Pullmans would
"a burned to death The fireman IS
and believed buried beneath
he engine, which turned turtle.
a Out In Country.
The scene of the wreck is out in
he country and neither apparatus to
light the flames nor aid for the in
ured was at hand.
All the physicians in Trenton were
Iurrfed to the scene. Several of the
injured were brought to the Trenton
hospitals. The ground is covered with
now and ice. causing suffering for
Iassengers and interfering with the
escuerS
Three Dead Out at Noon.
At noon the dead taken from the
wreck were Fireman Lininger and two
Unknown women. All passengers in
he burned Pullman escaped with
minor injuries. The number Of dead
n the tourist car is unknown, but 1t
5 believed none of the passengers es-
,aped alive.
Saved Those I'm Chair Chr.
The men dragged passengers from
he burning chair car, but the flames
lrove them from the tourist, from
which two or three passengers are
nown to have escaped. The list Of
Kissing is net obtainable.
One. of Finest Run by Road.
The train was one of the heaviest
nd finest in the Rock Island service. !
is what is known in the summer as
he Golden State limited and in winter
q the California special The train
onsisted of drawing room sleeper, |
tateroom and drawing room sleeper,
buffet-library- observation car. smok-
lg room tourist dining car and three
aggage cars. 4
Due in Kansas City at 1888.
The train left Chicago at o'clock |
thursday night and was due to arrive |
|, Kansas City at 1875 today. At
ansas City the train picks up an ad-
ltional sleeper.
The members Of the crew of the |
rocked train terminated their run
t Rock island. they laid over here
the end or CheR runs Inc crew
eft here with the wrecked train at
80 this morning.
New York Banker Killed
New York, Dec, 31.-Spencer Trask,
.banker, was killed in a rear-end col
lion ON the New York Central at
<oton today. Trask, was enroute to
-~itv ffom his home in Saratoga