Evening star., 1922-08-07
WRECK SURVIVORS
TO TELL OF CRASH
Coroner Will Hold Inquest
Today on Train Disaster
at Missouri Town.
81 DEAD, 1873 INJURED
Narrowing Stories Are Recounted
by Victims Taken to st.
Louis Hospitals.
81 DEAD, 1873 INJURED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mo. August
7.-EyewitneSses We're summoned TO-
day before a curoners s jury Ut De
Soto Mo, to recount details ot the
rear-cud collision of Two MISSOURI
Pacific trains here Saturday. wheh
thirty-Seven are known to nave oeeh
killed and 13S injured.
Just south of the scene of the dis
aster there is a curve in the ROAD
and this cut off view of the local
train standing at water tank from
the engineer of the flying limited
Survivors drew a vivid picture OF
the accident. y blast from the
whistle of the limited told OF It's aP-
proach around the curve along the
high towering bluffs, and this caused
a few who had alighted from the
local TO look back nervousIy.
Coach Hurled From Track.
Rushing around the curve came the
fast train. There We're shouts. Then
the roar of the crash, cries Of wonl-
en- and moans of men.
The rear coach was hurled down
the embankment. The next two cars
standing on the trcStle across Giaise
creek and on the embankment. were
crushed and splintered. The fourth
tumbled down the incline north OF
the creek.
The roof of one of the demolished
ears fell, spanning the creek. and at
forded bridge for the rescuers-
Where the day coaches OF the locals
Il h..
stood the steel ears of the tit"r. The
locomotive had plowed its way
through more than half the length
of the halted train. and come TO
rest across the trestle. steel SirdefS
bent around its forward end and
splihters of what had once been ii
car compressed into space about ten
feet before it. against coach which
seemingly was not damaged
Coroner Elders promised thor
ough investigation of circumstances
which caused the disaster. the worst
train wreck in the history OF TINS
part of the country.
While Matt Glenn, dead engineer OF
the fast train which ploughed through
four coaches of the local tram near
the station was blamed for the acci-
dent. according to the version of John
. Cannon. assistant general manager of
the road relatives of the dead and
injured joined in demands for thor
ouEh inquiry.
All day yesterday this peaceful ham,
let resembled a place of pilgrimage.
Every minute brought relatives of
wreck victims and many prompted by
curiosity to visit the scene. Roads
leading to the village We're jammed
with automobiles.
The crews of both trains We're sum-
moned by the coroner to give their
versions of the accident.
Engineer Is Blamed.
Officials of the road. including As
sistant General Manager Cannon, de-
clared yesterday that the block sig
nails were found to be in order after
the crash. and all were unanimous in
their assertion that Engineer Glenn
did not heed the warning signal.
All day yesterday rescuers removed
bits of wreckage in their search \
ghostly silence hung over the scene
and was broken only by the muffled
grind Of the WreCking crews cranes
and the horns of visiting automo-
biles.
Tales of many miraculous escapes
were repeated. mingled with stories
Of pathos and horror. One of the
saddest scenes rerorted was that of
the DeGania family of st. Louis. Five
of the family of six were killed and
the father is reported dying. Four
Of the DeSania children-Mildred.
seven years old: Ralph, six; Melvin,
five, and Robert. fourteen months
lay dead beside the father and
mother.
Mildred had been mumbling audibly
the Lords prayer. Mr. Degania in
his delirium clasped his infant son
to his breast. saying. Thank God.
hobby. were all alive" not knowing
that his wife and children had been
killed.