The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-19
Six Dead, T1Uo DYING
and Eiqht Injured in
Wreck Near Chickasho
On Fatal Agawam Curve Where
Two Similar Collisions Have OC-
Cured. Rock Island Passenger
and Freight Meet Head-on.
The Dead:

The Dead:
JAMES CORB, ChickushA fireman
on train No IL.
VIRGIL SOuTHARD, III Reno, head
brakeman Oh freight train
ABE JONES, Kansas city, believed
to have been riding the blind bug
gugr; identified by letters in his
packet
UNIDENTIFIED three men who
ARE believed lo have hcru riding
the blind baggage.
Fatally Injured
WIN Powell ChIrku,hn. engineer ~
No. II, collar bone fractured hurt in
tcruHlly.
Tom Carroll. VI Reno fireman ON
freight train; skull fractured sruldrd.
hurt internally
Others Injured We're:
Ingram Bragg Caldwell Kan molI
clerk ley broken
MIR. W. & Kcltnrr. Duncan Okln .
IllIM NfllEfl w llli' lllNA 'llANl W.
broken and hurt internally
II. 1. Kluaugh. Caldwell Kan mail
clerk hand crushed
Ross Mikrlr.s, kokomo Ind. pas
srngcr. colnr bone broken
Mrs " Il. Rcngc. MARROW Okla ,
bruised an face and hurt internally
Thomas Staplcton. engineer on the
freight train. escaped injury by Jump
Ing when he saw the impending dan.
ger.
CHICKASHA. Oct. l9. Six
persons are dead two fatally IN
iurod and about eight Others more
or less injured ~ the result Of
heall.on collision between Rock II.
land southbOund train No. II aRd
northbound freight train which
occurred nj o'clock Tuesday
msrrlng NJ the Agawam curve,
twelve miles south Of Chiclasha.
The trains were travelling at rate
~ speed estimated at thirty miles an
hour aud Ak a result NJ the impact
the passenger engine WAS left ON toI
~ the freight engine, and four ears
~ cattle were piled over aud around
them. The heavy steel mail car
jumped clear over the engines and
rolled thirty feet to one side. The
express car was badly crushed, but
the mail and express messengers es
capped without Injury
On this same curve, about ten years
agO, train No. II met a northbound
freight train in a similar head on col
Ilslon. while Just mile north Of the
location Of Tuesdays wreck Rock Is
land trains Nos. 81 and 81 came 10
gether two years ago
Those killed and injured were tax
en- TO Chickasha by special train
which was ordered out 10 the scene OF
the wreck Immediately after the news
was received here.
The wreck was caused by the fail
nre Of the southhound passenger train
10 take the siding at Agawam, Just d
half mile from where the trains met
The trains crashed together head on
The dead were found scalded undel
the wreckage.
The locomotives were two " m,
largest type IN use on the Rock Is
land system.
There were four mail clerks In III,
mail ear that was hurled thirty fee
from the track, two Of whom were In
Iured, while two escaped. The expires,
car was telescoped. hut the express
messenger escaped with slight injury
The smoking car aud first chat
ear were slightly teleseOped
After the wreck three live cattl,
were seen standing un top " tn
wreckage, which was piled mp ahou
thirty feet In the air.
A Telegram from Mrs Mary r. Ruff
" Dallas, Texas, sent to Cue Nabb, o
lIiO West SECOND street announ,in,
the safety Of herself aud baby wal
among the first news bulletins of IA,
uigaetpr rappivad hare