The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
BAD WRECK ON
ROCK ISLAND
Thirty-Five Injured, One Sc
riOusIy, at Manhattan.
Colorado Flyer No. 40 Plunges
Down Embankment.
RUSH MOTOR CARS To SCENE
All Physicians of City Sent to
Care for Injured.
Steel Cars Undoubtedly Saved
Scores of Lives.
TWO T0PEKANS ON TRAIN
James Nj. Wray and Imogene
Burnett Injured.
Flyer Was Due i'm Topeka at
7:4O This Morning.
uCDn nj WDCnV A DI mn NAM
James Nj. Wray and ImOgene
Burnett Injured.
Flyer Was Due in Topeka at
7:4O This Morning.
HERO OF WRECK A BLIND man
Ed Cave, Known i'm Topeka,
Rescued Fellow Passenger.
Thrilling Stories Told by Sur
yivOrs This Afternoon.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 2O.-Thirty-
five persons were injured, one may
die. as result of a wreck
on the Rock Island railway this morn
ing. when train No. 40 from Denver
and Colorado Springs left the track two
miles west of here and plunged down a
20-foot embankment. Four coaches,
one Pullman, one baggage and one
mail car left the track. Two of the
coaches We're badly damaged and the
majority of the injured were in these
cars
All the physicians of Manhattan were
called to the scene. The injured were
brought to the city in motor cars and
cared for Immediately.
Train No. 40, the Kansas City and
st. Louis flyer, was due in Manhattan
at 5:55 in the morning. 1t was two
hours late at the time of the wreck. AS
the heavy engine rounded curve two
miles west of here the tender left the
track and derailed the entire train.
Two of the coaches rolled over and
over down the embankment and
lodged in the fill. The first and last
two cars on the train left the rails
but did not dive into the ditch.
The fact that the cars on the train
are of heavy steel construction
throughout accounted for the small
number of injuries and probable little
loss of life.
wrecking and relief trains were
rushed to the scene by the Rock Island
from Horton and Herington. The track
is torn up for several ! undred yards.
Officials estimate that it will be late
this afternoon before trains can be op-
Grated past the scene of the wreck
The steel baggage and smoking car
combined, rolled down a 20 foot en-
bankment, turning over three times
and landing upside down. The smok-
ing compartment was full of passen-
gers. most of whom were injured but
none seriously. save J. p. BaIdy of
Denver Col. who was crushed by a
falling trunk. He probably will
die, The smoking compartment
was inundated and the passen-
gers bespattered by flood of
cream from a consignment in the bag
gage compartment.
OF the others injured J. o. Thomp-
son, conductor, is the only one whose
injuries are believed dangerous. Pas
sengers in the steel chair car and in
the three sleeping cars were shaken
up and some badly bruised. The more
hospitals.
Two Topekans Are Hurt.
James NJ. Wray. one of the injured,
received injuries on his body and a
wrenched back. He is foreman of the
bridge and building department of the
Rock Island Lines with headquarters
in Topeka and lives at 413 Polk street.
His injuries are not considered serious.
Miss Imogene Burnett is the daugh-
ter of Judge J. A. Burnett, a member
of the state tax commission. Miss Bur
nett has been teaching school at Clay
Center and was on her way home to
spend the weekend. She received only
slight injuries on the face.
Relatives of Topekans Unhurt
Among the passengers who were un-
hurt were a. s. Booth of Pueblo, Col,
and his family who came to Topeka
for the sixtieth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Booth of 422
EImwood avenue Mr.. Booth is vice
president of the First National bank
of Pueblo, one of the most influential
banking institutions in colorado. He
stated that neither he nor his wife and
three children were in the least injured
Those Injured.
Partial list of injured:
J. w. Morgan, Kansas City, express
messenger, bruised
Mrs. Emery Johnson, Clay Center.
Kan, side bruised.
Imogene Burnett, Topeka, Kan,
facial injuries.
Mrs. d. L. wigginger. Hoxie, Kan.
arm sprained.
H c. Biggers, Phillipsburg, side in
jured.
J. p. Baldy, Denver Colo, head
crushed, may die.
Mrs H. Baugher, Trenton, Mo-. in
jured about head.
Joseph Cotterrell. Kansas City, Mo-,
arm wrenched.
John J. Carramon, Goodland, Kan,
leg injured.
c. o. Whit, Gallaton, Mo. shoulder
bruised.
Arthur Kipp. postal clerk. Kansas
City, KAN, bruised about body.