The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02

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e. b. Jolley, Veteran Santa Fe En-
gincer, Who Was Killed in Wreck
Friday Afternoon.
No. 5. on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, struck an open switch at Cedar
Point. 100 miles west of Topeka, and six
miles west of Florence.
The Dead.
E b. JOLLEY, engineer; Topeka.
H. MITCHELL, fireman; Topeka.
The Injured.
]. Archer dispatcher at Newton, leg
cut and back sprained, not serious
Delaphine Clark. 1916 Hurst street.
Denver slightly bruised on head.
Mrs James Party, 1916 Pecos street,
Denver shoulder, head and arm bruis-
Raymond Party. head bruised.
M. p. Larsch, Wichita, bruised.
Mrs. w. B. Heel. Burden, Kan, leg
bruised.
n. D. Judd. wichita, right side bruis-
Mrs. Judd. shaken UP.
Roy Kelley, Davenport, Iowa, leg
bruised.
Ed Benson, Fairview, Ok, back
sprained.
w. g. Purcell. Madison, Wis. bruis-
ed.
w. NJ. Krum. Leavenworth, Kan.
Mrs. Collie Seiber, Weber Falls, Ok,
head ana elbow bruised.
II Lee Crosby, Hutchinsonville, Iowa,
right knee cut.
H Z. McNeeley, Kansas City, face
cut and back wrenched.
J. A Earnest, Kansas City. face cut
and back wrenched.
T. G. Gwynn. Florence, Ian. head
Jerry Moody, Pueblo, Col. ankle
william siedloof, Wichita, leg SKIM
ec and bruised.
William Peterson, postal clerk, Kan
sas City, cut with glass.
Dice Colson postal clerk, Kansas
City. bruised.
Herman Foles. postal clerk, Kansas
City, bruised.
Engineer Jolley was found beneath
his engine and died after two hours I'M
consciousness. Fireman Mitchell was
probably instantly killed. He was found
under the boiler of the engine. Twenty
two passengers and trainmen were in
cured but none of them seriously.
The accident happened at a siding
near Cedar Point A freight train had
eidetracked for No. to pass. The rear
end brakeman Of the freight had for
gotten to close the switch after the
freight had taken the siding and Engi-
neer Jolley. coming down over the hill
with his train making from As to so
miles an hour plunged into the switch.
Without warning of any kind until
he was right upon the switch the vet
eran engineer could do nothing to save
his own life. Applying the emergency
brakes and reversing his engine he
slackened the speed of the heavy train
in such manner that no one but him
self and fireman suffered seriously from
the mistake. 1t was due to the quick
action of the engineer and his bravery
in staying with his engine that scores
of passengers were not killed.
When the big passenger locomotive
struck the switch which led to the sid
ing it leaped into the air and turned
over on its side, digging its grave inso
the ground. The mail car broke loose
from the engine and tearing up the
track for many yards it finally rested
between the two tracks at right angles.
The first baggage car struck the torn
up switch and clearing both tracks
landed in a ditch in the right of way
IS yards from the scene. The second
baggage car took up the position of the
mail car and rested at right angles
across the tracks. turned over. The
next two cars were passenger coaches
-one a smoker and the other chair
car-both filled with passengers. These
cars were derailed but they remained
upright.
Engineer Saved Passengers.
1t was through the quick action Vt
speed of his train that the passengers
were saved The smoker. two chair
cars, and Pullman were well filled with
passengers. Their injuries were caused
by the Earring of the train, the break
ing of window glass and the general
shakeup Of the cars. None of the in
juries are serious.
A Santa Fe dispatcher. j. Archer OF
Newton. who was going over the road
with the engineer, was thrown from
the engine into the air. He alighted on
soft ground 40 feet from the scene Of
the wreck He was bruised and
sprained but will not suffer serious in
jury.
A special train was made up at Flor
ence at once and sent to the wreck
where the injured were picked up and
rushed to that city for treatment A
vrecking crew at Newton went to the
scene at once and cleared the tracks &c
that traffic was undisturbed at
o'clock last night. Another specia
train was made up at Newton which
brought to Topeka the bodies of En-
eilsoer Jolley and Fireman Mitchsll
Tho train was met by friends, relatives