Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-06

Three dead and thirty-one injured,
seventeen of them seriously, is the
authentic toll Of Thursday nights
frightful wreck at Sand Springs.
Il. j.. Sims, motorman on the car
that crashed into the dead" gasoline
car, and who was at first reported
killed, is still alive at the Tulsa hos
pital, and II was announced last night
that he would probably recover. Sims
tainted on the reief car coming into
the city, which led to the report that
he had succumbed TO ~ injuries. The
seven year-old boy who was also list
ed among the dead at first, was later
found to have been only stunned by
the shock of the collision. He lay at
the side Of the track, apparently dead,
with blood from his father, who was
one of the injured, on his shirt front
and persons passing the PROSTATE
form, thought the youth was dead.
He later got up and walked away.
however. His name was never
learned.
Two Dangerously Injured.
E. II. Sims, the motorman, has a
broken left leg and his right leg Is
dlslocated. He is terribly bruised.
Mrs. NJ. j. Savelle suffered a brok-
en- left thigh and leg and is also bad
ly bruised. These two persons are
the most seriously injured of all those
hurt in the wreck, according to
statement made by DR.. Fred :. Clin-
ton last night. Most of the seriously
injured persons are at the Tulsa hos
pital. A number of those who were
hurt in the wreck were taken to their
homes shortly after the accident.
The bodies Of Carter Baxter and
Miss Mary Kubley, were brought to
Tulsa at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
The body of the girl received very
little attention until some time after
the wreck Joe Maroney and Dan
Bunnell, who were on the wrecked
car, washed the body and prepared II
for shipment to town. They were as
sisted by two ladies. The girls body
was frightfully mutilated.
1t was learned yesterday that n few
people in the gasoline car at the time
of the accident were slightly injured,
although 1t was first reported that
none of these passengers were hurt.
Felt II Fearful Crash.
1--WE had no idea that another car
was approaching u.s. said Mrs. l.. L.
Lewis, 21S West Ninth street, yester-
day. I'VE were. in the baggage COM
partment of the car, and could not
see down the track in the direction
from which the other car was coming.
The baggage compartment was crowd
ed with people. Without warning the
oncoming car struck the car in which
we were standing. l was thrown into
one corner of the compartment and
struck some heavy object"
Mrs Lewis has badly bruised
shoulder and her right arm Is hurt
lona Lewis, her daughter, has an in
jured leg.
Scouts Were Heroes.
Fifty Boy Scouts from several
troops gladly gave up their privilege
of special car returning from Sand
Springs Thursday night and waited
until o'clock yesterday morning to
make the return trip in order that
of women and children
might have a short wait for transpor-
tation to the city after the wreck. The
boys unrolled their blankets and slept
)n the ground. Under the direction
lf Scoutmaster Fred d. Thompson, of
Troop No. 4, and Assistant Scoutmas-
ers Raymond Sisson and Charles Nc
Donald, the boys arrived in the city
about daylight. Telephone messages
lad been sent in to anxious parents
shortly after the wreck and fears al
aged.
The corrected and revised list of
lead and injured, now stands as fol-
ows:
The Dead.
Mrs. j. w wall. 7O7 South Gin /
'innati. who died while being brought /.
o the city.
Carter Baxter, 1904 South Chey- |
,nne, son of w. r. Baxter, the under
aker.
Miss Mary Kubley, whose parents |
eside at Broken Arrow, and who has
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