Show fw WITY n KILLED l III IN I I ROCK ISLAND ND WR I I I fhe be e El Elpaso Paso Flyer und Crashed Into a Freight Rear Kear Willard Iran Kan r jE SLAUGHTER I WAS AS FRIGHTFUL O Sj Was Wu Caused sed Br t Crew R Running Off Schedule HERO WAS A k CRIPPLED DOCTOR 1 Out of or HIs He lie I mi mediately As Assumed Control of or Relief Relict Work r I I ii Kansas El Paso Bur on OU the tho flock Hock Island bland road west westbound westbOund bound which left TopekA at It midnight l 10 e mInUtES late crashed Into a freight I Ud hrad ad on near Willard 35 15 west ot of hire ure Killing 20 O 0 persons and Injuring as many nany more fl IDENTIFIED DEAD C A Wright Kansas Casas City Mo jimes James Jmes Claremont Mo Mow o oW VS W B Martin II IlIA R William Wells Jacksonville Ills flu Gall Fuller young girl Io lo loa louri a uri Henry Kaiser and child Ger GerE E E Meyers eyers Buffalo N rn lJ r M tied by namo name on Vay Yay oay Fuller uller girl LrI 7 1 years cars old oldE oldE E JUnkin Hankin namo on ticket UNIDENTIFIED DEAD Woman about 55 5 years of nse age Girl child about ono year eur old Woman of at 25 years checked to 10 Okla Woman of at age oge ticket to Ty 1 rone Okia OIla v Girl l 16 years cars old 4 v Child Chilli 8 S years cars old Child 9 years old By II 12 11 years earll old toy 13 years yeats old brown find ud white Ib ed suit aull flub old brown dress s I W 40 O years Old ld weighed about abo l 1 pound Woman IS 45 years yeaTs old ohl plain band barnt ring I Ion on l left ft hand han blue and nud white hila checked fa waist lIt Man lItan an M 60 O years earll old ohl watch peculiar liar lin chair fob tob and nud pocket book hook I ITEN TEN INJURED I IThe The following Is a IL list of the Injured 0 W V Sherman Kansas wrist end and head heal Injured slight plight Blanche Martin St t Joseph joeph Wo Mo left IoU foot toot sprained and abrasion oc cC face tace faceK K t l U LI Tolman Harlam lI Mo back I and n l head injured not serious Fuller Ul Iowa Ii IVR head I mid back not I Ie 0 e A Pried Everest sprain I In ankle arni right thigh MM re H n n D Louisville loul Ky IC back bad not seriously Mrs Irs D I E Fuller I ull er Iowa abrasion on face lattie Ellinger Kansas t an u laceration on face Gall Fuller Everest Kansas hips end and legs bruised k I Dan Dm 11 H Wadsworth KanMi left leg Ilg lacerated and frac turn Clarence Fowler Hanson Ky 1 lacer Incer allani on head Mrs 8 AIM AIlo Alco address 1 not known slight bruie brule Mrs 1 M A Hill 11 address not nt known 1 fracture loft left lef leg leir l and frac trac taw tare tre of 01 right femur R ly Injured H II I A Jones Everest Kansas frao trao tired no f r lacerated taco face J J C I agIe conductor Kansas City 00 lo left lell ankle broken brokon i T Allen Alpl Porter Topeka back In ln wd not seriously Frank Prank Mo Me o six F old oh lacerated head C f A Wright Kansas City Mo frao trao rib 1111 nd Internal Injuries V r lr r Kansas City sprain on I I left kit tl shoulder r rJ J J Gunman conductor ot of o Pullman K HM Il Ily Mo Mon Moa o oO n O i lAne anc F L E r V I Adams Everest I Mr Mrs Hoie Itoe lo e county count a r Mrs ri r Shubert fit Rt Claire C Ills fibs J Ola ta I T Ill P Ur i tk council Cauncil Grove Kansas I was on 01 the tho catl i train the i di di id are Iro being brought to To ro J f d of at thorn are ro idly mu S 1 lO ACCOUNT The r k acc j lb o the ter WAS WM by ly tho the weight ht rr rw w running oft off of lo The Tho ta train hul bind Iho 11 Ihrl light St of VOY Thoi I i h I e ecar ma and tho the ht IbM ouia h live hIo v waited tor for It to at nt i Maple aple Pl lull hulL H six alx mites we tot of tho tue 1 0 tho hl The Tho wreck al at 1 I a TO cu ah h ther Ifo heru of tho the wreck was Wi a t Doctor Ml niI of New York tork ark city n a young UI phol cl I Un nJ Ian nod lna on crutches I Dr although slightly hurt us IlLS a It lS I result or nf f tho I collision o H lon w l tIle the te nr t refit to 10 i 1 Ir no Ye 0 the tho Pullman sleeper Ihl h w 1 not I on ott 01 Ills his hil he 11 rI t charge of t tM the li ork rk Ii After working until I ex Ater near Icar Dr hell only WIlY h lel 1 WiY itka 1 tho Iho To k Ik Tb medic I no In Injured W were rou tn 11 I 11 lo In a 5 nH i t IC an slid I I 1 A n n IL toUrist I C chair n ear The Tho train Inde m I ti l I again R ln ant and sent over the tho Union lACie fi to la JI m Kansas I flock Mi 11 it W I its trip over er tho the M ani cf Ct t thu P M MIhe It th ro boun hound to K m El l ft SO 0 ibid ia In trl u interval lal her hero aunt fl to their O fh curried 11 If I tOI or who hl hii or the 1 r atess tc IY ll It I also contained Sleepers I CUlt h Ci San for or r o mid I los I Cl nl DI stony I laid Ig of ot tho the relief work w rk Dr Dell nel When the tho collision w We croall v t I I I I I I of at lit hi lt our berths berth I 1 way wan wa thrown from and Immediately got fot lute Into my clothes to see le EO what wits us wrong Tim This condition of the tho wrecked trains can cannot Ill not bo bd described und Indeed after din IH covering that tho the oilier train was a astock astock stock train I paid Ut attention to It I I 1 taw saw that thol th medical assistance was the tha th 1 thing neede needed l Thero There were two young women oron In my car r who offered their services cervices and they worked with wih the tho Injured I really did not da do much but these other people Old did di wonders wonder AH MI Al the tue people In II the tha sleep ers era wera bundled out to make maka room for Injured We Vo stopped wounds by tearing up tuii sheets 1 and made tho tim Injured as an I comfortable an O possible With ono one an exception the In tho the sleepers devoted devot d themselves un unselfIshly selfIshly to t the carl of ot the tho wounded That exception was vas wasn n a man who would not give up his hil berth borth I told some soma sorn men to Jerk him out They hey jerked him him out and gud ad I Juno not lot seen him since filce There was one ono young youn man who did dil hereto work with me I did not learn his hi name but I should hove have liked to have havo known him He Ire hud hail a big bl gun I strapped At on 01 him hin and wal apparently bound on a I hunting trip He Ih HI seemed seemed to be bo with a I woman omon and a little Itlo girl girt Whom he ho got out safely and then went barJ and climbed Into the tho wrecked ear car after otter snore moro of at the Injured helping to tD tonet net out a lot Of people who rIto wore were fast fastened fastened ened down ene This young man of whom Mr Ir fr lieu Hell Hel spoke was IS Harvey Harey G 0 Parsons arsons n ft 1 writ writer er or for Cor the tho Topeka State Journal who happened h to bo be on the train Ha Ho was bound for tar Oklahoma for tor n a weeks hunt Ing In but turned turn d back bak with the Ilo relief crew and with Uh the Instinct of ot a n dutiful reporter turned turne in Ih it n a story of the tho wreck as n ha ho saw it Ha lie omitted however any un reference to tho the heroic heric work wole dono done among the tho Injured by himself MONEY NEY ON THE SUE rE DEAD D AD Otto Olo Smith coroner of county and J M Id Dolly Doly his hil while caring for tor tho the dead found 2 22 coo 00 in bills his and drafts on time the porn crl n of ot one ono of nf o the unidentified dead Ho lie lo was wasa w s sn a n middle aged man and presumably n a 1 Texas stock man who line has hll sold oh cattle cote on tho Kansas city ely market Ten of the th lead dead are ara 11 at nt on one local morgue nine nin at another and one child chil unaccounted for tor Tho The major portion were taken aken from tho the depot in ina ina a 1 common express wagon their bodies covered with blankets The victims are a 1 pitiful sight Some omne are mangled almost almot entirely below the waist their faces In peaceful repose almost an It a If I asleep Others have their shoulders crushed to a I pulp A it frantic crowd cowd of ot bereaved berenell and curious are being kept away aay by the police polee The Time majority of ot the wreck victims are arc evidently of ot the tho poorer pooler class claes of ot people Little money loney or Jewels jewell were elo found round On woman n a 1 purse con coa containing taming a n ring rig and 94 was discovered II by time the coroner corner Walter J Adams Adonis AdamsHock ft a Hock Island emigrant agent with wih headquarters In II Kansas City Cly Mo 0 was ws on oil al the tie train with wih a n party of ot seven een pee peo people Ileo plo en op route for Colby Colb Kansas where w the tie el seven people were planning to set sH settie tie of ot the tho party were Injured Thay le were C A A ot nt Everest l rot 1 hY U O I A Jonc Joneil of at Everest Kansas 1 1 and Mamas brother r E F Adams of ot Everest The Tho tour four members of ot the party who escaped uninjured were weN H n K It of or Everest 0 O on ot at Leonn M 11 11 U L 1 1 1 of o Oakland amid nm mother mOlher Jones JoneK was UI In the tho ho smoker Mrs Mr was washa In ha II the chair car and Ind 0 O was wan standing In the tho front end of ot the tM chair ln car when tho the collision occurred Mn MR ADAMS STOnY This Thil 1 Is tho the stol which Mr Adams tells of o the he wreck 1 I had Just been be n gutting getting the tho members of ot tho the party I was In charge of ot settled nettled In their seats The Til second coach next to the tho smoker sma was full tul Every lery seat sen tho thu was as taken I had been heel on platform of ot this th couch conch about two min minutes utes before time the collision Wo were welo running very last fast I walked back to the tho rear end cr of 01 the tho th car and slit Sl down Iown with elt on 01 the time end cud II sent wih Time The thing thinK I know there came cano n a terrible crash It Il pounded like Iko a I bat battery battery at tery tory of artillery Then the time end enl of our car COI ripped open and amid the tho commenced to telescope us a I t saw w It coming and started to 10 Jump up ill I 1 grubbed grabbed hum him hll mt nIl pulled him him down with mo mao behind tim tho seat Tho The cat car or passed oer over us tin I timid and 11 wo syn e wor cro uninjured jilted All tho lights wont out omit Wih Sith lahUI Al one or two others I got hold of 01 tho the door of ot the o ear car which was wan Jammed und and Ld wo we managed to pull it open Then we wo com cent commenced cOn to take Inke lOP era OCI o u out and pull hail ul out seats I was ns especially Interested In Relt finding my may brother I t knew where ho was lit In im tile the II car and I worked my may I why w WI Into him I took toole out two men who were Jammed In behind sen w and I finally I found my tay brother clown dowl In n be tie behind hind il t I seat neat Cal I got gol him out and then Mlp out several women Pretty nearly neary everybody In the limo front end enl of or tho the ear car killed klet It a 1 ten ter terrible People wore oro screaming tam for rOlle scene hel heI ami vm could hoar beam voices tl n 1 le then tImO wreck pleading us S for tor Gods Galls sake sallo to save them themI 10 I 1 think tho the reason lenson I 1 wan not hurt must be o because I carry lit iii II nc to runts the only ex explanation 1 can call see BOO Mr for III It I ST rime Tho coroners will wiil wi start Thursday at al Barclay s mo mu morGe rue who e to o me ate located ami II later win will 1 ho 10 i continued at tho the other othel undertaking ett cU el rho agent at M Willard sold Bald to tod today westbound west hound ct train d that el day y was t to wait at cl for or nit en fre freight Ho 10 heard the tho pawn approaching front from the tho east cut castAs ROT gee for As It train w went nt by Y tho thin station he ho heard escaping and that the tho w v C west treat cst on nn the time main track and 3 would Ston stop and amid bark on Oh 01 time the switch 1 olt for time tho freight f to fil tl There was another freight IBS ing pass ir on time Iho sub track at It It IL is InS thought tho t ly those nt nl Willard and at t the ly of scone pf eC tic the wreck that time thu engineer iba tue vet c passenger train No 3 the tho freight on time the cling nt at ft W Wit I saw WI p 1 lard and IL to Io lie the tho He freight I Ild anu tithe take tIme Iho siding elding ID 10 1 did Id not top filing but went welt atm oti 0 D to 1 officials of tho timo Heck Is II and here 8 a R F r engineer of a atho tho the train failed to ta regard h hil his s order to Io meet tho the freight train nt lt W WI ii I lard U It I is IH melt l behaved oved d h hc c IdE I forgot lila his hl orders or o d t them Hd 1 caved by b jumping PARSONS ACCOUNT 1901 1101 by I time tho State C e n a Journal reporter wan Wil on olt al time Hie wrecked train Two wo people on tho tImO th at In front of or Parsons Pu 1101 I waro VOto killed but uninjured HO Eu JI gives the account of or o t tho th dl die diS At 1 this timis ono one of f the tho moat ost and Ild ever In iii the vicinity ty of Topeka occurred two tWI flubs 1111 west of Vil Karens on ho tho Hock flock Island railroad At At least l nit 30 O I ol were vere InstAnt kill killed kil killed ed vora fatally a n large number slightly Injured two passenger ears cars demolished two to locomotives totally destroyed and four tour carloads of ot stock Iole torn to pieces and dead animals animal strewn along the th right of ot way This Timis horrible catastrophe was wa the of ot o n head headon on oil al collision between the tIme El E laso Paso 1 train duo due lue to leave leno at cit 1165 15 p in mum inand I and amid td t a cattle train Doth trains were cro running nt at a n speed of from 15 to 25 2 miles Iles tin tun t hour freight was nH a 1 long longone longone one When the engines met they were ro me welded together by b the Impact The TIme engineer and nHI on aim the freight tr ed without Injury by hy Jumping The rho fireman on the pas was emeri lerl au ly Injured but the time engineer escaped SCENE OF OP GREATEST SLAUGHTER H It was In time the third car of 01 the th pas pan time the first coach preceded by b n a 1 smoker and u a 1 baggage car that the greatest greatest slaughter Daughter ot of passengers p took place The Tho shock drove tho the smoker which was occupied by only two or m nel jen n completely over aver and through the tho car c r behind It f which wan WM crowded with wih some rome standing In iii tho the utile when whon tho the shook chool hool Tha Th pan PR In the car cM where the tho numerous deaths occurred did not nt foci feel any an seri sort serious serious ous shock They were first warned by tho the total darkness following the tho sudden setting of ot tho time Then Thena a IL mass of ot splintered wood and Iron Irn crowded down Upon pon them No one on WItS was ns thrown out of or his seat eit liy by 11 the blow Out O t of possibly 10 people tea in the tho thon thear n ar about 30 escaped without injury They got out hurriedly by b the tha rear door dor which was WIS still sli unobstructed No Noone Noon Noone one on In tim tho front half halt of ot tho the car ear escaped They hey were crushed down between the timo seats In tho the smoker ONLY ON Y LIVING Only Olly three living people were taken out by tho the rescuers rescuer who chopped holes In II the side slee floor 1001 find and mil top tOI of time the wrecked Cars in 11 Iu n a frenzied attempt to rescue a man aman a o small mal girl middle aged woman who were moaning and beg begging begging ging for tor alit Tho Time rest of ot the passengers gers g rs In the tho forward half halt were vere all itil 11 dead doad deal Ono One man was taken out by a rear door within live five 10 minutes minute after aUer the collision and died almost Instantly from internal Injuries A woman died two hours later while trying to tell tel a n physician her A little Itle girl named manned Martin about 11 1 years yearn of age was WI pinned down between time the two cars car u mm 1 heavy henvy stove sto renting on omi 01 one foot toot Her ler cries crl s attracted the te rescuers rescuers ers ens and men amen |