Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-20
WRECK WAS UNUSUAL.
Three Trains Involved In Crash at
Missouri Valley.

Three Trains involved In Crash at
Missouri Valley.
Missouri Valley, Dec. 20. - About
twenty-eight people were injured. two
Of them dangerously in the wreck Of
two C. & n. w. trains at Missouri
Valley yesterday. Many OF the In
Jured are mail clerks.
The Sioux City. passenger train had
Just left the main track and was on
the Y when 1t was hit by the fast
mail. There are various stories as to
why the accident occurred.
The thirteen mail clerks who were
badly shaken UP were taken on to
Omaha They are said to all live In
Chicago.
A curious feature Of tho wreck and
which may have had quite a bearing
upon II, and one that would not occur
in a thousand years." was tho fact
that three passenger trains figured In
the srnashup.
/ Just as fast mail No. left the de-
pot for the main line the Dakota pas
senger train was pulling in on the ~"
These two trains. about 1000 yards
apart, were on the LETT hand track and
10th headed west
At this very moment passenger
train No. u. from Council Bluffs,
travelling east upon the right hand
track. came between the other TWO
trains and thus DISTRACTED the view
OF the engineer of the fast mail and
made it impossible for him to see
where the passenger train was
To t. hx-
men, that some one ignored q signal
somewhere.
A. H. Sniff. one Of the veteran news
paper men OF this city, said that in the
thirty nine years Of his experience
here as newspaper man ne had
known Of at least haIf dozen more or
less serious accidents at the spot
where the wreck occurred and said
that there had been almost innumer-
able narrow escapes. II Is regarded as
one OF the most dangerous points On
the Iowa division Of the road.
Brakeman Barnard. Of the passenger
train, Of Sioux City. was sitting IN the
toilet room when the train was hit.
He was thrown thru the root OF the
car and landed on the ground prao-
tically unhurL
Barnard is a returned soldier and as
he was picked up remarked iaconical-
ly: II have been in tighter places
than this in France"
Among the injured arei
w. Gerhardt Raymond, 8. D., hurt
about the head and knees; badly cut
Mrs. w. Gerhardt. Raymond. q. D..
bruises and scratches.
Caleb, Morrell. Carthage, s. D. cut
over the eye by glass.
Mrs. Leila NJ. Bowder, Undertake, 8.
D., internal injuries.
Albert Bell. Forrestburg. 8. D.. hurt
about the head and eyes.
o. J. Moran, washington, S. D., cut
about the head and face;i badly bruis-
ed.
Five small children Of the Moran
family all badly bruised, cut and
scratched about the faces and heads.
Walter Priebe, Adge!ey. s. D.. hands
and arms injured; cut about the face
Fred Waltham. Wichita, Kan, hurt
about the head and face.
Viola Zell, aged 8, Forrestburg, S
D.. cut about the head and face.
w. E. Reed, Chicago, slightly injur.
ed.
John Durham, Boone, Iowa, slightly
injured.
f. F. Munzon. Chicago. slightly in.
jured.
The injured were brought to Coun.
Gil Bluffs at o'clock. Emergenc,
| treatment had been given by physi
clans at Missouri Valley. On their ar
rival here all Of the injured who wer'
able to walk were taken to tho Nero.
hospital in the police ambulance, 9th
ers were taken in special ambulance
provided by the physicians and hospi
tails, ... -. ...-.s. .-. .r-,.. FL.