The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-29
COLLIDE HEAD ON.
Two Burlington Passenger
Trains Crash in Fog.
Nine Dead, Nearly All OF Them
Train Men.
BALL PLAYERS HURT.
Denver and Omaha League
Teams on One Train.
No Member of Either Club Is
Seriously Injured.

CLARENCE HILSABECK, of Hold
redge. -
FIREMAN DAMRoN. OF, Lincoln.
ENGINEER w. T. LEAHY, of Lin
coin.
FIREMAN FLINT. of No. 9.
FIREMAN T. H. BOWERS.
A. j. OHLSON.
GEORGE FEER, of McCook, baggage
master.
The Injured.
Bert Kelley, of the Omaha baseball
club.
James Mccall, Denver.
w. II. Harris, Max, Neb.
M. H. Peekin. Havelock, Neb.
G. Carpet, Perry, Neb.
]. D. Wilson, Tobias, Neb.
H. B. Snipen, Alden, Col.
Sam Davis, Williamsburg, Col.
w. w. Mark, Omaha
J.. o. Nobel, Oxford, Neb.
o. H. Anderson, mail clerk on train
No. u.
H. H. Culbertson, Bimfield, Ill.
Maggie Sentence, McCook, Neb.
Gerazem Georze, Denver. Col.
e. B. Kent, Lincoln, Neb.
A. C. Higbee, McCook, Neb.
B. I. Irvine, Omaha, Neb.
Irving Steff, Pontiac Mich.
Grace Dean, Minden, not seriously.
Brakeman Dave Burnett, McCook,
broken arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Feekin. McCook.
Running at High Speed.
Both trains were running at high
speed when the collision occurred, but
the force of the collision was apparent
ly felt more by the heavy westbound
train, the Colorado limited, which was
made up Of baggage and express car,
day coach, diner, two tourist sleepers
Pullman sleeper and an observation
car. The day coach was reduced to
splinters, and In this coach most of
the casualties resulted.
One of the tourists sleepers contain
ing the members of the Denver Western
League baseball team was thrown on
its side, and a number of the occupants
including President Games McGill, were
injured but none seriously. The bag
gage car was also overturned. Both en-
gines were reduced to mass of twist
ed steel in which were the mangled bod
les OF the engineers and f1remen.
AS soon as news Of the wreck reach
ed McCook, two relief trains carrying
surgeons and nurses were made up
and hurried to the scene of the wreck.
The dead and injured were brought
here. 1t will be several hours before
the track can be cleared.
The cause of the accident has not
been learned but it is reported a mis-
understanding of orders occurred.
None Seriously Hurt.
Omaha May 29.-Information receiv-
ed at the home office of the Omaha
Western League baseball team is to
the effect that no member of either
the Omaha or Denver teams was seri-
ously hurt in the Indianoa wreck.
Day Coach Wrecked.
Denver, May 29.-At least nine peo-
ule were killed and 20 injured this
morning in a headon collision between
eastbound and westbound passenger
trains Nos and IL on the Burlington
,ajIroad, ten miles east of McCook,
Neb. .,-
norted among the killed.
rr1I1a members of the Denver and
Omaha baseball teams of the Western
Ieapue were passengers on the west
1aI1rd train. the Colorado Limited. A
..e,r1bar of the members of both teams
a,ara slightly hurt. James McGill,
nresident of the Denver team. had a
bone in his foot broken
pitcher Kinsella had his face badly
c,,+ and Second Baseman Lloyd suf-
fered minor injuries; No member of
either team was badly injured
The day coach on the limited was
+otaIly wrecked, and in this car most
of the casualties occurred.
THE tourist sleeper and baggage car
we're thrown on their sides, but so far
as known their occupants escaped Sc
riot1s injury.
surgeons and nurses have been sum-
rnoned from McCook and other nearby
towns.
According 10 John F. Valery, gem
eral agent OF the Burlington system in
this city, four passengers and four
trainmen Were killed and eighteen
other persons injured in the wreck.
The baggageman, eXpressman, en-
Rineer and firemen of the westbound
passenger were among the killed.
First Run for No. 8.
Chicago, May 29.-Officials of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail
eral hours after the accident The
the wreck was the result of a head
on collision between trains Nos. and
IL.
Both these are through trains, the
No. 8, or westbound being on its in
itial run as far as Denver. Both are
standard through trains
The No. left Chicago yesterday
morning with heavy passenger list
Previously it had run only as far as
Nebraska points, but its schedule as
newly organized, took it to Denver
and it carried a full list of Dassen-
gers with through transportation. It
was due at McCook, Nebraska. at
about Z a. m. today.
No. II was also a through train
eastbound and due in Chicago at 7
a. m. tomorrow. Little was said in
the first notification of the Burlinr-
ton offices here of casualties. T6a
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