Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31

Trenton, Mo-, Dec 31.-The California
special on the Rock Island, which left
Chicago at 9 o'clock last night for Cal
dfornia. went into the ditch three miles
north Of Trenton this morning.
Two pullman cars burned so furiously
that 1t was impossible to extricate the
passengers, and it is believed many
were burned to death.
Train One of Finest.
The train was one of the heaviest
and finest in the Rock Island service.
1t is what is known in the summer as
the Golden State Limited and in the
winter as the California Special. The
train consisted of a drawing room
sleeper, state room and drawing
room, sleeper, buffet, library observa-
tfon car, smoking room, tourists and
dining car, and three baggage cars.
The train left Chicago at 9 o'clock
Thursday night and was due to arrive
In Kansas City at 1875 today. At
Kansas City the train picks up an ad-
ditional sleeper
Passengers Trapped in Cars.
The cause Of the accident is not
kpown. The train was running at high
sSpeed. The engine jumped the track
ana landed fifty feet off the right of
way. The cars following all left the
track and all but one tumbled over.
Two Pullman cars that broke away
caught fire. The crash came without
the least warning and the passengers
were unable to extricate themselves.
Those of the passengers and crew who
escaped went to work Immediately with
great energy to aid those imprisoned
In the blazing Pullmans, but were un-
able to reach them and at 1O:30 it was
thought most of those in the Pullmans
would be burned to death. The fireman
Is missing and is believed to be buried
beneath the engine. which turned
turtle.
No Means Of Fighting Fire.
The scene Of the wreck is out in the
country, and neither apparatus to
fight the flames nor aid for the injured
was at hand. All the physicians in
Trenton We're hurried to the scene.
Several Of the injured were brought to
Trenton hospitals. The ground is COW
cred with snow and ice, causing suffer-
ing among the passengers and interfer-
ing with the rescuers.
Known Dead Number Five.
Five persons were killed and nine
injured. several probably fatally, in
the wreck.
The known dead are:
Fireman o. p. Lininger, Trenton, re-
Gently of Eldon, Iowa, scalded and
burned to death.
Four passengers, unidentified.
The injured:
Engineer w. I. Millington, Trenton.
William Flynn, Kansas City.
.. q. Orning, Davenport, Iowa, leg
broken, head cut.
Steve Howard, Alabama.
G. e. Spencer, Dallas, Tex.
JIG. Childers, Anderson, Ind.
Mrs. Nancy Hamersley. Let's, Iowa,
may die.
julius Meddlesome Boston, Mass.
David Siegel, Cleveland. Ohio, prob
ably fatally
Tourist Car Passengers All Dead.
At noon the dead taken from the
wreck were Fireman Lininger and two
S:.nl.neWn women All passengers in the
burned standard Pullman escaped with
minor injuries.
The number Of dead In the tourist
car is unknown, but it is believed none
Of the passengers escaped alive.
Dozen Dead in Tourist Pullman.
Men dragged the passengers from the
burning car. but the flames drove them
from the tourist, from which only two
or three passengers are known to have
escaped. It Is believed dozen are dead
there. The list OF missing is not OBJ
tainable.