The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-16
FOUR DEATHS NOW
e. p. BeIOit Wreck List Is In
creased by One.
n. III. Gilfillan of BelOit Dies of
Injuries Last Night
THREE IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Werick, Ross and Harvey, Kan
sans, May Not Recover.
Hospital Train May Take In
jured to X. C. Today.
THREE IN CRITICAL CONDITION


ROSS CARLETON, proprietor Of a plumb NIB
Mrs. DELLA CHARBoNNEAU. Concordia.
A. ". cocHRANE. MEL t rave Gwnt salesman,
n. H. GILFILLAN, district superintend-
ent of the De Laval Cream Separator
company, Beloit; died at 10 O'Clock Tues
Critically injured.
CHARLES WERICK, travelling salesman,
Salina; dislocated shoulder, back and
JOHN ROSS. Downs; internal injuries.
Ms, HARVEY, Beloit; back and spine
e. Hamilton, travelling salesman, Salina
broken arm, head bruised.
Mrs. Ross Carleton, Beloit; legs broken
and otherwise injured.
Helen Heacock. Beloit; back injured
Charles Rudolph, Cedar; leg broken and
Leon Stewart, Beloit; injured in head and
Bess Grecian, Asherville; badly cut and
bruised: may be injured otherwise.
A. l.; Neff brakeman, Salina; arm broken
and otherwise injured.
J. II. Smith. Wyoming; leg broken.
Chas. Fell. jamestown.
r.. S. Brannock. bridge foreman Union
Pacific Junction City.
Henry Ghrke, Glasco.
Adam keye, Stockton.
DE-; Charles Payne, lecturer, Wauwa gosa.
Mrs. c; A. Beeson. Hill City.
John Pentecost, Woodson.
Ben Peden, Beloit.
Homer Eberlee, Belot.
Geo. w. Tozier, Salina.
Beloit. Jan. 16.-In addition to the
three persons killed outright when
three coaches of the Beloit-SoIomon
train on the Union Pacific plunged
off a bridge over Plum creek here
Tuesday morning. another n. H. Gil
fillan, district superintendent for the
DeLaval Cream Separator company,
Beloit, has since died from injuries.
Gilfillan, well known turnout the CEN
trail part of the state, died at 10
o'clock Tuesday night.
Three other victims of the wreck
are so seriously injured that their
recovery cannot be regarded as GER
tain. The three are Charles Werick
Salina; John Ross, Downs; and n. s.
Harry, Beloit.
BeIoit Cares for Injured.
Seventeen others are injured; a num-
Der in addition to the aforementioned
three, may be seriously hurt as ply
sicians have not ascertained whether
or not they are suffering from inter
nal injuries. All the injured are be-
ing cared for in Beloit hospitals or
in the homes of Beloit citizens. I'm
uledldlely dIteT the wreck all 1nStltu-
tons and residents here threw open
their places for the relief of the
victims and scores of towns-people as
sisted in the rescue of the injured.
There was talk today of the Union
Pacific runring a hospital train from
Kansas City and conveying the most
seriously injured to that place This.
however, had not been done at noon
today.
Only Seven Escaped.
OF the thirty-two persons on the
the side of the bridge, only seven es-
capped uninjured. The disaster was
one of the worst in central Kansas FOR
years and it is miracle that SO many
came out alive.
The engine and mail car of the train
passed safely over the bridge The
trucks of the first of the three passen-
ger cars struck the broken rail which
was the cause of the wreck, throwing
passengers from their seats The car
weaved, tottered and then plunged
over the side of the bridge, dragging
the other two with it down a distance
or twenty-five feet. Screams Of wo-
men and shouts of men were heard
as the cars went over and then there
came laundering, deafening, spIin-
ter1ng crash as the wooden cars hit
the ground.
Observation-Disclosures who were able tn
do so-began crawling from the
Wreckage and the alarm was given.
EVERY doctor and physician availa BILE
was pressed into service and the Pc
lott Red Cross led in the relief work.
Help was also sent by the Union
Pacific.
Today wrecking crews were lifting
the Wreckage from the creek. The
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