The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-07
death OF 81
N DISASTER
UNDER PROBE
Railroad Passes
Buck to Driver
Who Perished in
Train Crash

ST. LOFTS. Aug. r. Formal
-rckr INTO the sulphur Springs
~r~ch on the Missouri Pacific
r-lIrcsd. which claimed 81 lives.
began to-day.
rrvr-tixation 81 the cause ef the
s,~.xfer was started az DO Soto when
s,,rcner George Elders called wit,
r~xs~x. Including members Of the
crews q both trains. for auestionins
Matt Glenn. dead engineer Of
Ma. 4 the Texas express. which
rrs~hrd into local No. 50 late Sat
,rra.x. Vas held responsible by
John Cannon. assistant general
manager Of the road.
(;lsnn. according to road off,
elsIS. ran By . block set against
hln. The engineer was 81 years
"a and for 81 years had no mark
srahssi his record
Clean was killed when he ieapes
from the cab Just before the crash.
rns sAs, express teieseoped four Of
ira wooden coaches on the local.
hurting them over so-foot cmhank.
menf.
Approrsmxteiy TAO injured were
being cared for IN 81. Louis hoxpi.
tais
Thousands filed IN an unendine
i,ns past the six bodies sslii unlden.
sif,ed At the mcrxue here. Three Of
these arc men. one a woman ana two
are chi'Arsn--s Elrl and hoy.
81 bodies we're held az he Soto
and Tho remainder were brought
nere
Miss Mabel steinrrubey, 80. 81.
l.oals. who with her sister Fiorencs
was a passenger on No. I. told %
her experience today.
I'VE were returning from cur va.
.iatson and were riding in the second
coach b<hird the baggage car. was
resting my head on the seat. My
sisfer was across the aisle.
Suddenly there came the most
awful crash ever scRrd. Some
Thing hx u~ In the mouth: every
thing was confusion. I rvmem-
ber xeine 10 the water cooler and
wishing the blood from my face.
THIN everyshing seemed black.
] dcnr knew how I got out Of
tn car.
Il cant describe the scene. II was
too horrible
Fcliowsnx the crash. means and
shrssks came from the wreckaw~
The scene was one Of unutterahle
horrors. Injured persons worked
fevrfshly 10 rescue the less fcrtu.
nate
john Grafton VA. burned out ~
HE prison between coache. with
ecssylens torches. He died after BE-.
Ing rushed 70 the hospital. officials
81 the road declared that Grafton
was Drumming ride.
renri Goff. Is. and her sister.
B~uiak. II. left their home In
Csd~t. Mo-. to visit relatives In
81. Lsuis- The body Of Pearl was
identified by her father. Beu-
Lh's had not been found. Her
parents have made the rounds Of
ihe hospitals. but are unable to
md any trace Of her.
Ths local pulled into Sulphur
sprtrzs with a Saturday crowd from
Southern Missouri and Arkansas
pslnts. and the train was two hours
iz:s.
4 few passengers got Off 70 stretch
.1heir legs.
No. 4. running on time. with pas.
k>ngers from Fort Smith and points
north. left Riverside. four miles
away. while the local was standing
At sulphur Springs.
A shriekfng whistle from the en-.
CINE Of the express was tho only
warning.
Passengers walking up and down
beside the local suddenly stopped, hor.
rihsd. Their faces were distorted AZ
shey attempted 20 shout and warn
The passengers sfiil on the train.
One man shFieked warning.
Brakes screeched as the engineer
Of the express saw tho danger. Al
most immediately af,erward came the
terrific crash.