The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

]. ]. Curran, Payson, Okla, bruised
| and back injured.
Walter Stone, Attheimer, Ark,
| scalp wound.
Emil Herminghaus, st. Louis,
bruised.
Mrs. c. A. Smith. othello, Mo-, in
jured internally.
Jesus Rodrigues. Amarillo. Texas,
Mrs. oliver Moore, Cul1ison. Kan,
| chest bruised.
j. NJ. Wray, Topeka. Kan, back
! injured.
J. w Mcmillan, Caney. Kan. cut
and bruised.
H. L. Daughert. Kansas City. rib
| broken.
L. H. Lane, Latham. Mo-. back
H. T. Tigers. train auditor, Phillips
| burg bruised.
| Henry Arnett. Geneseo, ILL.,, knee and
| leg bruised, side hurt and internal in
| juries.
bruised.
Henry Fairbum, ST. Louis, right arm
bruised and cut.
Mrs. Earl Neel, 4124 Acme ST., Kan
sas City, elbow bruised.
T. Z. Armstrong, S33 Tyler ST., Fort
Worth, Tex, ankle bruised.
L. Stockstrom, 1858 Hawthorne ST.,
ST Louis left shoulder bruised
Otto E. Jaeger, 476 Hawthorne St,
Webster Grove Mo, right arm cut.
o. ]. Lehrack, 4024 Prospect Ave-,
Kansas City, knee hurt.
J. R. Thompson, conductor, head cut,
badly bruised.
H. l. Betangest, 141o Grand Ave,
Kansas City, ribs broken. head cut.
J. H. Hadley, train porter, Kansas
City, body and leg cut.
Mrs. J. NJ. Hanson, Athol, Kan, in
jured about head.
Daughter of Mrs. j. NJ. Hanson, seri-
ously injured internally.
Carry on Rescue Work.
The relief train which arrived at
Topeka at 3 o'clock carried two
coaches filled with the uninjured and
the wrecked No 40. A few bruises
and bandages were visible among the
passengers, and the women showed
signs of mental strain and lack of
dressing room facilities.
Among the passengers who were
uninjured in the wreck, and took an
active part in the rescue work, were
two young men, J. J. Flynn, Louis
ell, Md, who were on their way home
from Denver. At the depot this af-
ternoon Flynn gave an interesting ac
count of their experiences.
I'VE were riding on the rear end |
of the observation car" he said, when
the sudden stopping threw from
our chairs. We looked out in time to
see one car turning over and over as
it rolled down the bank. 1t had broken |
out of the train-I think pulling both |
draw bars. The whole train was de- !
rallied, with the exception of the enc |
gine, and I do not think wheel was /
on the rails where it belonged. One
car, the next to the last, was dragged .
down the bank endwise, and did not
roll clear over.
The smoker and baggage car
seemed to get the worst of it.
Waters and L helped lot of other
passengers dig into the cars
and drag out people who were hurt.
got one old lady who was mashed be-
hind seat. She was badly bruised,
but 1 do not think any bones were
broken. Most of the people in the
wrecked cars could care for them
selves.
Hero, a Blind Man.
81 think the hero of the wreck was
a poor, old blind man, Ed Cave. He
had been sent from some place in this
to the Printers Home in Colo
rado and was coming back. In the
car that got the worst smash, this
blind man heard Badly, the insurance
agent who was so badly injured, call /
ing for help. The blind printer was
hurt, but he crawled around and lift
ed a heavy timber off of the insurance
man. The timber was across his body
and was crushing him to death. Then
dragged him out.
When we left Manhattan, We were
told that ]. P. Baldy, the Denver in
surance man, was dead and that the
porter was liable to die from his in
juries. They had been taken to hos
pital there, and We had no time to find
out anything more about them
Unfortunate kansan's Story.
]. NJ. Hansen of Athol, Kan, was
one of those on the special train. He
stated that his small daughter sus-
tanned an injury to her side of Sc
leg. His wife was injured about the
head. He escaped with a few slight
bruises about the head.
Mr.. Hansen said: Our car jumped
the track and turned over on one side
The remarkable thing about the acci-
lent was the manner in which the
people maintained their presence of
mind. The men showed their manhood
n a critical time and Immediately
started in to relieve the injured.
1T was an experience that one will
never forget, and we are thankful that
we came through it as we'll we did, |
we fear that the little girl
may have sustained serious internal
injuries. We were on the way to KAN
Sas City. Kan.
THE train was going at a high rate
Of speed at the time of the accident"
Manhattan Sent Aid.
Waters, who was with Flynn, said
he examined the train after the wreck
and found that but two cars were re-
upright, and that they were
ierailed.
They We're the first and last cars of |
the train; that only one car seemed to
have turned completely over and that
another seemed to have "ScoOted'' on |
its side into the deep ditch. He esti-
mated the number OF injured at about
%. and says he is certain that no one
was dead when taken from the wreck
age.
Automobiles from Manhattan arriV-
ID within a few minutes said Waters,
and all who seemed to need assist