The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
Frisco Train Is Wrecked on
Bridge Near Compton, Okla.
Dining Car Stood on End in the
Creek.
7ORTY-THREEINJURED
Escape From Death Is At
tributed to Steel Cars.
One Ft. Scott, Kan., Man Is
Among Those Hurt.

Fort Smith, Ark. Oct. 14-Forty-
two persons, were injured in a wreck
which occurred on the ST. Louis &
San Francisco railroad at 2:05 o'clock,
one mile west of Compton, Okla. The
injured were brought to Fort Smith
on a special train and taken to the
hospitals. Thirteen of the injured are
in a serious condition.
The wreck occurred on a short curve
in the Winding Stair mountains while
the train was passing over a small
for the wreck. The mail car broke
through the bridge. The chair car
landed in the bottom of the creek,
the smoker was thrown cross-wise on
the right-of-way, while the diner
stood on end in the creek.
Five cars were piled up and the fact
that there was no loss of life is ac-
counted for by the fact that the cars
were constructed of steel. A funeral
party from Fort Smith was on the
train and most of them were injured,
including John Kirkbride and his wife,
the former having been a conductor
on the Frisco the past 20 years and
having escaped injury in many serious
smaShupS
The Injured.
The list of injured includes:
Mrs. NJ. L. Banks, Fort Smith, in
ternally; serious.
Mrs. J. NJ. Harlan, Fort Smith, both
hips bruised; serious.
James Baker, Fort Smith, hand cut
and both legs bruised.
Robert Baker, Fort Smith. left leg
bruised.
J. B. Kirkbride, Fort Smith, engin-
eer on Frisco, left leg bruised.
Mrs. ]. B. Kirkbride, Fort Smith,
injured internally; serious.
j. NJ. Jones, Seminole, Okla, right
leg and head badly bruised; serious.
]. w McLendon, Fayetteville, Ark,
head and back bruised.
A E. Davis, McAlester, Okla, cuts
on hands, knees and hips
NJ. J. Bell, Industry. w. Va, head
and face bruised.
and right shoulder bruised and head
G. G. MCGEE. Tulsa. Okla, left side
of head bruised.
L. w Robbins, Delaware. Okla,
neck wrenched and head cut; serious
leg and shoulder bruised and face cut;
serious.
]. c. sIedge, waiter, head badly cut.
Ed R. Smith, chef, injured internally.
S. L. Scott, steward, back wrenched.
D. AIberts, Hugo, Ok. face bruised,
one tooth broken.
J. P. Perkins, Van Buren, Ark,
bruised on the head and back.
P. Norman, Fort Scott, KAN, shoul-
der bruised.
Mrs. Mary Harvey. Clinton. Ok, head
badly cut, left arm and both legs bad
ly bruised.
Ann Kind, Jefferson City, Mo-, bruis-
ed about the head.
Tom Kind, Jefferson City, Mo-, bruis-
ed about hips.
r. f. Coward, Dallas, Tex, knee and
head bruised.
Mrs. T. NJ. Thurmond, Texas, bruised.
Ella Vermillion, Westminster, Texas.
right arm and leg cut and bruised.
Mrs. H. F. Vermillion, Westminster.
Tex. left side of head badly burned.
Three children with Mrs. Vermillion
were reported not to be injured
May Lee, Mckinney. Tex, right side
and legs bruised.
Bette Lee, Mckinney, Tex, left side
and head bruised.
r. J. Shelton, Fayetteville, Ark, right
ankle and right hand bruised and head
cut.
The hospitals of Fort Smith are fill
ed with the injured from the wreck, and
practically all of the physicians of the
city are busy. A special train brought
in the injured and they were rushed to
the hospitals, all of the ambulances
available being pressed into service.
While no one was killed in the terrible
smashup, which none of the victims are
able to tell of coherently, the groans
and cries of the suffering were suffi-
cient to make the crowd which had
gathered at the station. stand with
bowed heads