The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-11

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Mrs. S. C. Bryan, severe shock,
Mary Bryan, minor bruises, and Bobby
Bryan, 8 months old, minor bruises,
all OF sDesfoge:, ~ ~ r .
james &, Dlnean-t'of ELsadwood,
general bruises. - ~ = & u
Peter Devine of Bismarck, slightly
injured.s.s \ lsaisE A1ei2s III 4
Among the passengers from this
county, who were on the train and egs.-
capped injury, were Alfred pevine, u
years old, of Bismarck; Maggie Cor.
don Of Bismarck, c. e. LaHay pf
tBoihfe Teffe and F. M Wells Of DeF-
htegesn.s ...s..1s ! synosaziI
Others from Southeast Towns Killed.
MRS. Amanda wilkinson and son,
sf.sacfgb, D. Wilkinson, aged %, CT Bel
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II Mrs: Catherine HatchfUrd Of Horine.
|Jls Rudolph Eichenberger Of Hopewell.
~ M;ss9slice Cooper Of Festus.
George Dewey and Eugene Harris
o. Belgrade. :
Miss Irene Noon Of Festus, a,a
Rey.b VI. o. Penley Of DeSoto.s- W.,
!. Miss Essie Potter ,of. Herculansunl.
I. VIM. Goff, of Cadet. y .iz:a- ns; a .
b Missing !; Mrs45A. w. Covert OF
HPiedmopt and Beulah Gef. Aa years
-oldaofi iCadetsrpaaa. s,ssv -aiI a..4,
b Theyaccident occurred as the engine
.0f the local trainr7c composed dfof wood
an ..epaches nfa:the, III Belmont trainI
-whichr wsre coupled ion 70 an ,igterr,
tsectiBg train sfEoHls Poplar. Bluff 2r!
sAfkanaag apAs Of scRcheR; pf the. M.
;R. .SvRbsR Eead .NapplAd aens,at River
.hidesngEsss;taknzg sE1atexs at sGlaize
ErealT tRRatleis RARTSp SUR RhHr Springs M
skhesAfaih sstFetchiag iaack saGrosss the
Hrestle. The local, which, aFass due at
81. Louis at g:35s ,Was more than ag
iiouns behind and train: T., il yssN-
buTeds Steel I 5if TAIN sof II eatS from
Forth Worth "a 81: Louig, funGing at
.Suli.. speed. IcStsasbed into. it, -teiese seoping
II four ct the sRassenger e9schss cEnsni gs
ing the passeng gers, as they SAT in then.
seats and 1huiIifg two OF the coaches
IN sptinters SO feet below the trestle:
The Killed and injured Passengers
were buried under, the wreckage and
were ,extricated. with great difficulty,
Increased. by the fact that the wreck
was: on The trestIe, with some of the
coaches suspended. and hanging over,
and. the darkness !, that fell upon the
.ghastIy scene soon after the accident
occurred, The crash was heard for a
radius Of three miles and news Of the
catastrophe spread, RAPIDLY. Within
Two hours a Grove, estimated at from
5000 to 1900 had, gathered. and all
night long the rescue work went on.
" Cause ofsthe WrecksrF ID, h.
At Riverside Matt, Glenn, engineer
Of the, fast trains received ORDERS ION
The. rum and according. to John Cam
Rong assistant general manager Of the
toadr he was apparently reading, the
orders and failed to see, and. heed the
,.tbloek". !. signal when he passed the
block, which, warned of the. danger
.sahead, ,.as the orders were found
Gienched jinhis hands. !. Glenn an en-
ginser for thirtyrseEen, years with
-6tIt-,ar' black; mark against his. record,
,ipmbed from, the, cabin just before the
Crash and was killed. d. Edward Tins.
Fey; his fireman, ramained at his post
and was seriously iniured.sssl n. nsrla
" -n-8 = Description Of Grashiaaat 81
Of The following graphic description Of
the crash i;we clip from the Globe.
Democrat account IN j3i S1.Eyoi
Apicture oflthe accident canbe res
constructed from the accounts of the
survivors. Sc " E1t;t2i r. uJsssb nt3f 1'E
A blast, from the. whistle. the
speeding limited, rushing on beyond
the curve of the track around the
cliffs, cause a few of those who had
alighted from the local to look back
nerseuslgr They had ybeeEsTwatching
the hlaE sf ccforS, fromsthe setting sun
hnstH Yer, wtiSh gvept By short
SlistaIEef faway.N@ -Ak -
Catapulating around the curve came
the limited train, ef1Hnote of the giant
engife 6zSt srS tAAIears swinging be-
hiVditg "a shout. / A man rushed
ystiFe halted local, his
distorted features and amazed eyes
telling the story Of his apprehension.
q Thea tlsEaEcarlfe RfisEreech Of tor
coming tlaih, tfisg dill asaihSst 81 inn i@3e- me-
1iatelHsG crash, 1tta CrerH sa6ise of
fiiIs bvaf5Skfhg X fhe N figsf F and the 4.
nEi iniifEg track !. 9eysTnM n
eSThe sEeasi -coashnyass hurled down
'sif'tfe' 'ssftfee Of the creek The next two cars,
standing on the trestle ae1e6ss Glaize
Geek and ep Ahsy yempg gHkment were
crushed. and, spliptered. The fourth
was tuTHb1ed down, The esincilne north Of