Show r 1 ENGINEER DID NOT OBEY ORDER I Ir 4 Disastrous Wreck on the Rock Island in io R Missouri 4 I IONE ORE ONE KILLED MANY INJURED BO AND OARS Qi SAXONY CITY ern Cr x N Me March 14 JY KANSAS N Golden State Limited on oa the Rock system due in It Kansas City this thi tb morning collided headon beadon Jut out outside outside side of Dwight thirty mite miles west of To Topeka Topeka TOpeka peka at 3 a this tb morning with passenger er No 3 which left Kansas City last aut night nt Both engine were badly damaged and the baggage e and mail ear oars cars and aDd the smoker on the westbound train were telescoped None of the other cars on the westbound we train left the track None of ot the caron cars car carson on OD the limited were were derailed or dam damaged damaged aged qed and that train continued on 0 it t Its trip east after a few hours boun delay En Engineer neer Love LoYe of the westbound train traia was w kUl killed d Three other members of the th westbound crew ere and aDd 4 fifteen pt in the westbound smoker and the en engineer and fireman of r the limited t were Bead DWI Ds d dw W H K K Love engineer Kan Kansas City K Kansas Kansa Da Injured I 0 O WIt Blood express guard cuard Ko No 3 2 I Topeka Te both boat be t tiegs tog broken and aDd body bOd bOdO bruised O 0 B JJ Thomas No J 3 Kansas City Mon Mo hip and back badly bruised Walter mall mail clerk Ko Ne a 3 Kansas Kansis X City bead and side aide bruised Slightly Injured Geo George Scott Scort engineer limited Kansas Xan s City SCan Kan Xu neck and bock back sprained W P Henry Lo Los Angeles Cal Cl neck nee sprained N A A W Week Steven Point Wi WIs neck wrenched ebed re D B B Omaha neck and back W J s Ford Pard fireman Ire Kansas City Wan Kan ribs rib broken and side aide badly bruised broiled C H Kennedy Kenndy mall mail clerk Kansas City Ken Kan body bruised braised John o Stubbs Stubbe S u Miami Okla Okis head cut eat F r M Junction city Ok badly bruised Mrs Bennan Ra Okla Okis log leg bruised Wesley Weal Meyer Meyers Ie Oregon Mo Io neck 2 aed aedA A A T Bower neck sprained H A Geary Okla DIt loft fore forehead head had ed edThe The trains t had bad orders to meet at it Dwight wt t but hut the engineer of the limited i failed tailed to obey orders ordera ran by r Y Ute the e sta station tion and aDd struck the other train t a which was approaching the switch Both en engine engin I gin gine were demolished and aDd the front I ends ead of the baggage ba e cars eara stove ve in tn but none DOGe of the cars ears left the track I AH Alt the lb 4 injured were taken to Topeka Tope and for forAn 1 An investigation of at the pauses of t tile the will wW be commenced tomorrow 1 Reports received today show that it tt tta was a foggy fos morning and aDd that the Fort I Worth passenger was running down downgrade downgrade grade ade into Dwight The limited wa wu was wasten ten hours hour late and was running fast fut The fact that the track where the trains met was wa straight is I believed to toa account a for the Ute loss Iou of only one life Ufe and aDel the few dangerous injuries The engineers rs had time to greatly Uy slacken lacken speed peed before the lite trains train met Owing to the prompt action of ot the trainmen no fire tire resulted from the collision and nd the passengers pu en ers who were imprisoned in the wreck were released within a few tew mla min minutes utes ute |