Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-01
43 Injured When West
Bound Rock Island Cars
Leave the Track
COACHES ROLL OVER
Several CalifOrnianS Are Among
Seriously Hurt-Accident
Occurs at High Speed
in Missouri
ASSOCIATED Pressl

ASSOCIATED Pressl
m RENTON, Mo, Dec. 31.-Three peo-
pie, two of them women, were
- killed and at least forty three
were injured, three seriously, when
Rock Island passenger train No. 3, the
California special westbound from
Chicago, was wrecked two miles south
of here at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
The dead and injured. so far as now
known. are:
Known Dead
o. p. IININGER, fireman, Trenton.
MRS GERTRUDE BARNES, Ar
mourdale. Kas.
Unidentified woman.
Among the Injured
w. I. Millington, engineer, Trenton
scalded. serious.
William Flynn, Kansas City; shou2s'
der broken and cut about the head.
]. Zoring, Davenport, Iowa; leg
broken and head injured; serious.
Stephen Howard, Cherokee, Okla.;
leg broken.
c. e. Spencer, Dallas, Tex@ back
sprained.
J. c. Childers, Anderson, find; back
sprained and bruised.
Mrs. Nancy Hamersley, Let's, Iowa;
head badly injured.
julius Mendelsohn, Boston; bruised.
Miss Mary Gcodner, What Cheer,
Iowa; back and head hurt.
Isaac Dean, What Cheer, Iowa; leg
badly sprained
Mrs. Drusilla Knapp, Adrian, Mich;
back wrenched and knee injurA'
w. Gooding, lola, Kas. back
wrenched and bruised.
Villa E. Lyon, 5 years old, child of
Mrs. F. P. Lyon, Phoenix, Ariz.; back
injured.
f. H. Bargh, Bisbee, Ariz.; arm
sprained and wrist cut.
Ernest Bedyard, mail clerk, Kansas
City; abdomen badly bruised and knee
Wrenched.
Lucien Ledford, mail clerk, Kansas
City; back hurt and legs bruised.
L. E. Farley, San Diego, CAL;
P. 5. swartz, San Diego, CAL;
e. A. Peacock, Keosauqua, Iowa
back sprained.
w. S. Winson, Ottumwa, Iowa
sprained and bruised.
]. L. Blankenship, Dallas, Tex; knee
sprained.
R. A. wietzke, Los Angeles; lee
bruised.
David S. CIemmens, conductor. Kan
Oelo lily h1O.s AlCeto anu iletAiNio NftS7
badly injured.
F. e. McMeans, mail clerk, Davep
port, Iowa; bruised.
w. l.. Cline, mail clerk, Rock Island
Ill; slightly cut and bruised.
d. J. Siegel, Cleveland, Ohio; right
arm off at elbow, burns and cuts on
head; serious.
Mrs A. Schriedewind, Imperial CAL;
right ankle hurt.
L. Briggs, baggageman, Chicago;
scalp wounds.
Morris harrisburg, cook, Chicago;
hurt internally, bruised and cut.
Gus Carlson, chef, Chicago; hurt in
ternally.
ductor, Chicago; chest and back in
Mrs. Anna scFallenberg, Nichols,
Iowa; back severely sprained.
Floyd Lefre, cook, Chicago; internal
injuries.
Claudine Descendown. Marysville
Kas.; badly bruised about body and
foot cut
bruised and sprained.
Cause of Wreck
The cause of the wreck is unknown.
although it is believed to have been
caused by spreading rails.
While the train was running at a
high speed the engine and tender left
embankment. They were followed by
two baggage cars, a mail car, a tourist
car and a Pullman car.
OF the entire train only a sleeper
and an observation car remained on
the track.
Passengers in the wrecked cars were
STRUGGLING to escape from the car when
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tinder The three persons who lost
their lives were badly burned.
\ Scores were rescued after the flames
Mad scorched their clothing or burned
Aheir flesh. Many were pinioned under
TIE wreckage and begged to be re-
le 3sed before the fire reached them.
R. J. Slegel of Cleveland was held
foA an hour while the flames burned
within a few feet of him. He instructed
the Nrescuers to carry water from the
tank\ of the engine and put out the fire
nearest his body. This was done and
eventually ne was rescued, although
he win lose an arm.
Heroic Rescues
FeroiA rescues were numerous. Men
and wonNen Who escaped from the cars
by kickiAg out windows or breaking
down dooAs cent back into the burning
wreokage 10 rescue others. At the risk
of their oAam lives they carried the
burned ma ed and bleeding to safety.
Thrown I'M the open air with only
a. small porv on of their clothing on,
those who esq Eaped injury in the wreck
suffered greatly. Men gave up their
coats to the Women and children and
the injured. Women tore strips from
their clothing IA make bandageaf
AS many injared as room could be
made for were Alaced in the two -
that remained On the track. q
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