The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-09-24
ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER RUNS
INTO cLouDBuRsT NEAR
KANSAS TOWN.
THIRTEEN ARE INJURED
Severe Rainstorm Washes Away
Thousand Feet OF Deep Fill ant
Train Rushcs Into Big Hole With
Terrible RcsuIts-Heroism Of Engi
ncer Saves Many Livos.

Denver. Sept. ~. Sixteen persons
lost their lives ana Ii others sustained
more w les severe injuries IN 4 wreck
two miles east ul Clayton, Kansas.
early today. of wcstbuund Rock Island
passenger tranin NJ. n. which was
due III Denver a. S:.5 o'clock this
morning from Kansas City. TIL
known dead.
The Dead.
r.. PICkENpAHGH, Eoodlaud, Kan
sas. engineer.
a. &. HUFFMAN, Kansas city.
basgagcman.
j. w. USHER, Denver. conductor
WILLIAM MILLS, fireman.
HERMAN MUELLER. Smith Cen
ter, kas.
JOHN SL0DP. Boyle. kas.
W. Il. SHIvELY. Agra. Iias.
GILMAN NJ. VANS, Fuller. Nch.
Tho injured.
The injured: q. ID. Brackon. line
man, Goodland, kas.. arm injured
Mrs. IL. +. Scott, Jennings, kas., right
arm broken; Victor Englc. Birming
ham, Ala, bruised and cut, not seri-
Gus; Mrs. I. H. Evans. Lanslon. kas..
head cut: John q. fgler, Stratton,
Colo. head and face cut; .. DnGes. no
address, side cut; A. H. Davis, Blue
Rapids. Kansas. left leg broken; Mrs
Anna Smith. Colorado Springs. Colo.
head and chest cut: Z. \. Smith, Colo
rado Springs. hands cut: Henry All,
lcrs, Meata. Mo, slight injury; II. y
Benson. Colorado Springs. Colo.
slight: Il. +. Murphy, passenger
Goodland, Kan. slight; l.. l.. Only
mall e.erk Burr Oak, Kan. slight.
How 1t Happened.
The wreck occurred in II deep fill
1000 feet oil which had been washed
away. The tiuin was running prac.
tically on time and was proceeding oi
"A straight stretch of track Evidently
the first intimatiOn that the engineer
hnd Of any danger came when he real
lied that the forward portion of til.
train was running In water which hat
| spread out over the tracks near th'
/ I'LL. i.everzing his engine, TIN
| speed Of the train WAS checked. bn
moi enough to prevent the engine
| into the depression.
The rear end Of the smoker remained
tilted on the earth bank and the chai
/ ear ripped It's way into the smoker
smashing II to pieces and killing q
injnring many Of the passengers.
/ The chair car itself was consider
ably damaged by the crash and sev
oral passengers riding in this car Wcf
injured. Az near as can he learned to
| night, nll of tile passengers killni
were occupants Of the smoker.
To the cOalnrss and quick wit o
Engineer Plckenpangh. who lost hi
life, Ii attributed the snyli@ Of fiji
/ lives Of those who escaped. nnmbrria
lGO or moro. 1t IL certain that Il
could have jumped and saved him
| self but hn remained AT his post an
did everything possible to prevent tn
train running into the ditch. Ex
animation Of the engine and alrbrake
shows that he had reversed the leve
and set the air in an effort to chec
the flight of the train.
/ pulImans Safe.
The three Pullmans remained on Iii
track and the occupants were unhur
Az soon as communication WAS lla
! With headquarters, WreckinS crew
! and doctors and nurses were de
: patched to tho scene from Phillips
burg. The dead and injured were take
to Norton, Kan. None of the injuro
Is In serious condition, and 1t Is b'
ieNed all will be able to leave +,
their homes in a few days,
| The washont was repaired this ever
Ing and traffic resumed. Phillipsbnr
J Kan. 81 miles from Clayton. Sci
], Chief Dispatcher InWood and Trail
master Ellis on the special to superb
, tend the work of clearing the trae
and starting traffic, and they were T.
inforced later by supt, i. M. Patt
/ Colorado Springs.
q The Topeka team of the Westel
!, base bail league, which was schedule
to play Il fOur-gamn series with De-
yer at Denver today, winding up Il
bah season here. was in the wret
Of Rock Island passenger train N
n, near Clayton. kas.. according
reports received at base ball headqua
:, tcrs here today.
n
/, TARIFFS SUSPENDED.