Show ENTIRE TRAIN GOES THROUGH A TRESTLE Sckensnjr Railway Accident at nissouri City flissouri ARE AT LEAST NINE VICTIMS FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS MAY INCREASE THAT NUMBER Twentyfive People in the Smoker a at the Time the Crash Came Only Eight of Whom Can Be Accounted Tor Trestle Was Over What is Usually a Dry Gorge Which Had Been Lately Weakened By a Torrent Tor-rent of WaterDead and Injured Kansas City June 6The St Louis express on the Wabash road which left here at 620 this evening plunged through a 11 sUe at Missouri City Moat Mo-at Viio ocliuk carrying down the entire en-tire train with the exception of the iar car The gorge which a few IV iurp previously i was practically empty ha become a raging torrent by a tre rrmdous downpour of rain and the structure weakened There were 25 pa engers in the chair car and onir a few of these are accounted for The tram left Kansas City at C20 p m and was composed of a mail car baggage and express smoker chair < V ar sleeper and two coaches for Ex e V Isior Springs The trestle at which the disaster occurred is about two xniks south of Missouri City and is built Cn a urve As the train struck thp trestle the framework gave way beneath the weight evidently having IIP n weakened by the tremendous volume vol-ume of water flowing beneath it an unusually heavy rain having swollen tlk small stream to a torrent The en gi1P and tender passed over safely but the mall nnd express cars toppled over < al falling on the side The chair car jiuuged down into the chasm end first md the coach following also went in end first Thf number of dead is estimated at from nine to 25 The known dead number V num-ber nine Their names are Charles C Copeland of St Louis conductor of the train Edward Griedrod of St Louis express ex-press and baggageman O M Smith of St Louis postal cierk Franlc W Brink of St Louis postal clerk Samuel Winters of St Louis postal clerk V W S Mills of St Louis postal clerk Gus Smith of St Louis postal clerk V O P Grcasley of St LouIs brakeman brake-man V j 1 Train toBV name unknownV V Following is as complete a list of the injured as can be obtained Mrs S S Prather Columbia Mo head shoulders and neck very badly 1 injured Artelia Prather Columbia Mo 3 years old head and face cut Yo R Wilkinson Kansas City shoulders shoul-ders injured and head and face covered with cuts Mrs W H Wilkinson Kansas City V Tht arm broken head and face cut Miss Alice Darcy Kansas City head badly 1 cut both arms sprained side inured in-ured Miss Nellie Merrick of Carrollton back badly hurt Mrs Sallie Matthews Kansas City side hurt Edward W Dillon Holliday Kan head bruised and cut knee sprained Dr Sol Grav Prairie Hill Mo right knee and both elbows injured J W Huff Mexico Mo both legs badly bruised The bodies of the dead which have len recovered from the wreck are at Missouri City Those who were very badly injured were left at Missouri City in charge o surgeons from Mo berly Those who can be removed will be taken to Moberlv Others of the I injured and those who escaped were returned r 1 re-turned to Kansas City in a snecial J train sent down from Randolph and I which arrived here at 11 oclock There were 25 people in the smoker I at the time the crash amp Only eight could be accounted for after the v reck It is believed all the others I v TP crushed or erowned Only the I ton of the smoker is above water The chair < ar was crowded Several who were occupants of this car have Tit LW OT > art olnte forTh V The axidrat happened during one of the heaviest rainstorms ever seen in i that country It was accompanied by a tremendous ioll of thunder and the most vivid ligbcning The elements and the horrihe nature of the accident Jt cmhil1 to nnle It one of the most terrifying sighs imaginable Before any one could realize what had hap j fred the cries of tCie inured Piled the air Shrieks and shouts fotr help c ame from all sides Some one shouted I the wreck was on fire and annther I shouted that a freight thain was fol V V 1 i i > of the youTig men in the rear cocah sprang off and rant V ran-t j V Z1 nafK and with an un brMa iapjei a feight train that was lI lose in th rear and the crew of that train hurried down to render what aid vas possible As soon as Engineer Billy Carlisle realized what had happened he hurried to Missouri City and reported the wreck A wreck crew left Moberly shortly after Twenty minutes afVer tle wre k was reported a special train I carrying the officials and a score of i doctors left Mcberly and made one of i the quickest trips ever made over the line to the scene of the wreck t The work of resouins the passengers T vho were injured began with great V promptness but was accomplished with the greatest difficulty Not a trainman was to be found The crew wen ell in the wreck and only the I conductor of the Pullman and his porter V por-ter were there to help the passengers I They wok harge and rendered val j uabie assistance The occupants of the j smoker who were in the rear end managed man-aged to scramble out of the car and escaped although It is pretty certain a number were unable to get out The worst damage was done in the hair car Conductor Copeland had just entered the front door of that coach when it went down The jolt of the sleeper behind and under it sent I the occupants of the car down at the front Chairs went tumbling down ali i5 w th people and beneath the mass Conductor Copeland met his I death A heavy chair struck him and V crushed his head while a score of other V people were piled above him The V brakeman and news agent were in the V smoker and went down with it It was the most awful sight I ever saw said J J Kelley of Kelley Brothers Bro-thers Cooperage company of Kansas City I was In the front car going to h t ¼ j > V > i Excelsior Springs We were directly I lyhin thJ sleeper and t we stopped Ea suddenness that bumped V us1 II about a bit We heard cries and shouts and hurried out into the rain to see what had happened In the flash I of the lightning we could see the wreck I piled up in the most awful shape while I the raging waters went foaming and i hf Sth tearing over and through the cars I never saw a more frightful picture Cries came from all parts of the wreck and people were climbing and hurrying out of it Men with blood streaming all over them came struggling out and women with clothing disheveled and covered with blood piteously appealed II for help Everybody helped as soon as we could see what could be done but it was something awful Men were pinioned down beneath great masses of seats limbs were broken and It was agony unspeakable to get them out but those who could render assistance I did all that was possible There Is no telling how many people are down in j i that water It was from six to ten feet deep and the current was very swift It transpires that a farmer living near Missouri City perceiving that the Hood was weakening the bridge waited for several hours in the rain to flag the train but when the critical moment came he signalled in vain for the engineer en-gineer did not see his signal This was probably due to the terrific downpour of rain at the time the storm being all but blinding |