Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-06

Z Four rear coaches ~ the local were
telescoped by the fast train and went
'hsinng down into ravine, about
ninety feet below the tracks, a tangled
mass ~ steel and wood from which
came the cries of the injured and dying.
". \ Butler. u claim agent Of the
Missouri Pacific. told a doctor ON one
~ the relief trains seta from here On
the scene 81 the disaster that he esti.
mated the dead nj so or 81 aud the In.
iured at least 100.
/ AT midnight two train loads Of dead
were ON their way 10 this city, carrying
also number Of injured who were able
to he moved
/ MIR. Butler also told one Of the relief
train physicians he had counted an 10
midnight. 2. dead.
Several of the coaches were pushed
into creek and some of the passengers
are said to have been drowned. A NUM-.
Der 81 Boy Scouts were on the Hoxie
train
Engineer Matt Glenn Of train Mum.
her I was killed instantly. He resided
IN ~. Lotus.
No. y was composed % seven
coaches and Number I ~ IL steel
coaches. Calls have been sent out for
assistance. and Missouri Pacific train
has been rushed 10 the scene from here.
relief train. manned with union
men nov ON strike. was also semi from
Poplar Bluff the division Headquarters
+" the Missouri Pacific, carrying all
available physicians According 90 the
report oi the conductor Of the relief
tram sent from here, the scene Of the
wreck ''rrsembled battle field"
III" BOY Scout troop which was ~.
ported 10 he on the local passenger
Hain, was returning from the summer
camp NJ ironton. Missouri, about 100
miles south of the scene ~ the wreck
The engineer of the fast train. n WAS
S'id' hhd received am order N hi.
Tram passed through Riverside. a flag
stallion several miles south ~ SuIphur
Springs. u was said he was reading
the order when his train paSsed the
block signal aud inadvertently oyerIook.
cd ih" signal to stop.
i.l'I Niins '".m here Poplar Bluff
f'l Dr~uio wrr, sent ta the scene NJ
Or wreck. carving 40 physicians avail.
'.'' '''" Tho towns and cities along tho
IH' i"I't train from Poplar
iIii was manned L union mon now
strike Nhn offered their services
when The r"fort nf ibc disaster reached
'hat town
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i'"fS OH" relief vuk was greatly
hiHd'url and 0uit .owi, could The io.
1r"d h' uk.n from the v-,ek,re
Nn''s 'h. .r>, of ths dead to be-
taken 'foW 'h, lruuI shed 0oaeh,s we're
l''N y o. F'rI.r .f pesu'o No Miss
Irene Moon "f I-sfu. Mo- and Enrin.
t-r Glenn
conc OF OBJ. .H.u,s WAS thrown into
'r''k which rHrS along the track
nd w'~ completely d,uol shed
AZ w,dr gf' .he following bile,f,
''s '~-u'd b.. 'Hs MISSOURI paHN. n.
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About --' r m train Number I.
ngin. NHwr.I sgl- r .hsrs, OF con.
H''ioi 'rr'r. Engineer Glenn struck
' Do r.Ir ,la pol N.uHH n charge
Conductor a Tong and Engineer
''.-s. $50 Be- Number g. was taking
I. .' Sulphur springs telcscoping
.'"r rear etohe- nn Number b train
nt d"n ug Number ts eng ne.
Eng u,.r Glenn ou hunter killed
ri Fireman b. Tinsi., badly injured.
y" "'h.. casualties 0r Number Z Last
.nHt- Indicated probably gs 10 40 killed
N.Hh.' 3. t1ln aud about sixty In.
Hd w. lte running relief trains
.Dm S. iou.. prsUto and Popular
alff HI-s I' dagfnrs that we can get
rit uf Wine. 400 knocked down bs
naI'r rlNng epairs
AZ Associated Press correspondent
Hurd confused and horror.stricken
iiarr hooking ON in dumb amazement
fs Tho cries come from the debris Of
'h' eOIches scattered along the track
'ni piled up In the ravine. about fifty
'eei below the tracks
Doctors in shirt sleeves. railroad men
In their blue overalls. aided by citizens
r"m the small village made every e.
oft IN cNtricstlng the unfortunate We
Inns 70 give fast AID 20 those whom a
4 ouid benefit.