Arizona republican., 1910-01-01
Three Dead and Forty Three Injured Near Trenton No.
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Many Were Rescued From Wrecks of Cars-Among the Injured Was a Little Phoenix Girl Enroute Home

Trenton. Mo. Dec. 31-Three pas sengers, two of them women. were killed and at least forty three Injured three seriously-when Rock Island passenger No. 3, the California Spe- cial, westbound. from Chicago. was wrecked two miles south of this place at S:30 this morning. The dead and injured. so far as known, are: The dead: O. P. LININGER. fireman. Trenton.
 MRS. GERTRUDE BARNES, Ar mourdale. Kas. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. Among the injured are:
 w. I. Millington. engineer. Trenton. scalded, serious. William Flynn. Kansas City. should CT broken. cut about head. J. Boring, Davenport. la, leg broken. head injured. serious. Stephen Howard. Cherokee. Okla. leg broken.
 c. E. Spence, Dallas. Texas. back strained.
 J c. Childers. Anderson. Ind. back sprained and br ised.
 Mrs. Nancy Hamersley. Let's. Iowa. head badly injured.
 Julius Mendelsohn. Boston. bruised
 Miss Mary Goodner, Thatcher, Iowa. back and head hurt.
 Isaac Dean, Whatcheer. la. leg bad ly sprained.
 Mrs Drusella Knapp Adrian. Mich. back wrenched and knee injured.
 w Gooding. lola, Kan, back wrench ed and bruised.
 Villa F.. Lyon. five years old. child of Mrs F. P Lyon of Phoenix. Ariz-. back injured
 F. H. Bargh. Bisbee. Ariz.. G-m sprained and wrist cut.
 Ernest Backyard. mail clerk. Kansas City. abdomen badly bruised and knee wrenched.
 Lucien Ledford. mail clerk. Kansas City, back hurt and legs bruised.
 L. F. Farley. San Diego, Calf, bruised.
 P. S. Swartz. San Diego. bruised
 F. A Peacock. Keosauqua. Iowa. back sprained.
 w. $. Winson. Ottumwa. Iowa. sprained and bruised
 J. L. BIankenship. Dallas. Texas. knee sDrained.
 R A. wietzke. Los Angeles. leg bruised
 David S Clemmens. conductor. Kan sas City. head and hands cut. badly injured.
 F. E. McMeans. mail clerk. Daven- port. Iowa. bruised.
 w. L. Cline. mail clerk. Rock Island. Ill. slightly cut and bruised.
 D. J. Siegel. Cleveland. right arm off at elbow. burns and cuts about the head. serious.
 Mrs. A. schriewind. Imperial. Cal. right ankle hurt
 L. D. Briggs. baggageman. Chicago scalp wounds.
 Morris Harrisburg. cook, Chicago, hurt internally, bruised and cut
 Gus Carlson. . chef Chicago, hurt internally. bruised and cut.
 w O. Williams. dining car conduc- tor. Chicago, chest and back injured
 Mrs Anna Schallenberg. Nichols Iowa. back severely sprained.
 Floyd Lefever, cook. Chicago. inter nal injuries.
 Claudine Descendown. Marysville. Kansas. badly bruised about the body' and foot cut.
 NJ. Purcupilt, Parkersburg. Iowa, bruised and sprained.
 The cause of the wreck is unknown although it is believed to have been caused by spreading rails. While the train was running at high speed, the engine and tender left the track and plunged five feet over the embank- ment It was followed by two baggage cars. the mail car, tourist and Pullman. Of the entire train only sleeper and an observation car re- mained on the track.
 Passengers of the wrecked cars were struggling to escape when tlre start ed. The cars burned like finder. The bodies of the two women who iost their lives were badly burned. Scores were rescued after the flames hao scorched their clothing and flesh. Many pnioned under the wreckage begged to be released before the ire reached-hem.
 D. J Siegel of Cleveland. was helu for an hour while the flames burned within a few feet He instructed the rescuers to carry water from the tank and put out the fire nearest 10 ms body. This was done and eventually he was rescued. although he will lose one arm.
 Heroic rescues were numerous Men and women who escaped from cars by kicking out the windows ana