Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-06
4 ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN CRASH
BURLINGTON EAST AND WEST
BOUNDS COLLIDE NEAR
McCOOk, NEe.
TOURIST SLEEPER OVERTURNED
Day Coach in Which Most Casualties
Occurred, Demolished-Den.
yer Baseball Team was
or Board.

McCook. Neb.. May 3O.-East and
and IL. on the Burlington railroad.
met head-on in fog. nine miles west
of McCook. Fourteen were killed and
twenty-five injured.
The Dead.
Robert Shepherd of Holdrege, trav'
cling man for Simmons Hardware com.
pany: Clarence Hilsabeck of Hold.
rege, Engineer John w. Hyder NJ
Lincoln, Fireman Danron of Lincoln,
Engineer w. T. Leahy of Lincoln.
Fireman Flint of train No. 9, Fireman
T. H. Bowers, A. J. Ohlson, George
Freer of McCook, baggageman; Ern'
est NJ. Frazier, Lincoln. express mes
senger Of No. 9. Harry Mccall. 4463
Cherokee street, Denver; J. D. Wilson,
Tobias. Neb.: Mrs. H. H. Culbertson,
Grimfield. ILL.,; Tom ]. Gately of Strom.
burg. address also given as Lin.
coin, Neb, said to be a wrestler, died
at a hospital at Holdgredge; A. c.
Tuamo. Palisades, Col.
The Injured.
OF the passengers hurt none suffer
ed serious injury, according to J. F.
Vallery. general agent Of the Burling,
ton railroad In Denver. The list in.
jured Includes:
Bert Kelley Of the Omaha baseball
club; James Mccall, Denver; w. Fl.
Harris, Max, Neb., NJ. H. Peekin. Have.
lock. Neb.: g. Carpet, Perry, Neb. J.
D. Wilson, Tobias. Neb.; H. B. Snip.
pen, Alden, COL; Sam Davis. Williams.
burg, Colo: w. w. Mark, Omaha.
Neb.; L. o. Nobel. Oxford, Neb.; o.
H. Anderson, mail clerk on train No.
u: H. H. Culbertson. Bimtield, ILL.,;
Maggie Santance, McCook. Neb.; Ger.
azam Gore, Denver; E. B. Kent. Lin.
coin, Neb.: A. C. Higbee, McCook.
Neb.; B. I. Irvine, Ohaha; Irving Steff
cut and bruised; travelling salesman,
Pontiac. Mich; Grace Dean. of Min.
den, not seriously; Brakeman Dave
Burnett of McCook, broken arm and
other injuries. Mr.. and Mrs. Feekin,
McCook, slight.
Two relief trains went from McCook
carrying physicians.
Both trains were running at high
speed when the collision occurred. but
the force was apparently felt more by
the heavy westbound train, the Colo
RADIO Limited" which was made up OF
q baggage car and express car, day
coach, diner, two tourist sleepers, a
Pullman sleeper and an observation
car.
The day coach was reduced to spin.
tiers and in this coach most of the
casualties occurred. One of the tourist
sleepers. containing members Of the
Denver, Western league. baseball
team, was thrown on it's side and a
number Of the occupants, including
President James McGill, injured. but
none seriously.
Small Wreck at Superior.
Superior. Wis, May 30.-Tearing
along at a speed Of 80 miles an hour.
the Northwestern limited passenger
train from Chicago jumped the tracks
a few blocks from the West Side sta.
tfon. the engine turning turtle twice
before 1t stopped. The mail car was
smashed to pieces, pinioning the two
mail clerks underneath the mass of
wreckage. The mail clerks were ser.
iously. though not fatally. injured.
Fireman Loads and Engineer Fred.
ericks stuck to their posts. and as a
result 1t is expected Loads will die.
Both men are in the hospital here in
Q critical condition. None of the pas
sengers we're killed or fatally injured
The wreck is thought to have been
caused by dragging break beam.