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Show (reck mmm probed ISMOOT IN SUGAR FIGHT WITNESSES OF TRAIN SMASH ! TO OE CALLED Engineer Blamed for Disaster Dis-aster in Which Nearly I 40 Lose Their Lives I ;CRASH IS DESCRIBED Pitiful Scenes, Enacted in Connection With Collision and Identification WHITK SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mo.. 7 Eye witnesses were sum-moiieii sum-moiieii today before a coroner's jury at de Soto, .Mo., to recount details of the rear end collision of two Missouri Pu- jclfic trains here Saturday when 37 are known to have been killed and 13S ln- J jured. Coroner Elders promised a thorough investigation of circumstances which caused the disaster the worst train wreck in the history of this part of the country. While Matt Glenn, dead, engineer of the fast train which ploughed through four coaches of the local train near I the station, was blamed for the accident, acci-dent, according to the version of John i Cannon assistant general manager of I the road, relatives Of the dead and injured in-jured Joined In demands for a thorough thor-ough Investigation. STORY OF WRECK Train No. 4. a fast passenger vestl-buled, vestl-buled, Steel train, running at full speed .crashed into No 32. a local composed of five wooden day coaches, a baggage bag-gage and an express enr, as the engine was taking cn water with the coaches stretching back on a trtstle over Glalse Creek. The Impact hurled two of the local coaches down u 50-foot embankment edging the Mississippi and telescoped four other coaches, crushing a number num-ber of passengers to death in their falls Both trains were behind time and the fast passenger running from Ft Worth, Texas, to St Louis, carried car-ried ISO passengers and the local, 100 persons FX GIN EjER BLAMED According to Mr. Cannon, Matt Glenn, of St. Louis, engineer of the fast passenger, failed to heed a block signal warning him that the track was not i lear ahead, tilenn. 57 years old. ,n engineer for 37 vears without a black mark against his record, was killed when he Jumped from his cnl Just before the crash Edward Tlnsley, . also of St Louis, fireman of No. 4. re-malned re-malned it his post and was Injured ; seriously. WAS READING ORDERS Engineer Glenn shortly before arriving arriv-ing in Sulphur Springs, received orders or-ders "on the run" to pull over on a siding at Cllfi t'ae. io miles north of to allow " Sunshine special No. I" en route trom St. Iouls to Texas points, to pass, and Mr. Cannon explained ex-plained the engineer, failed to fa I the block signal The orders were Found near his body. GHOULS OBJ JOB Ghouls appeared on the scene shortly short-ly after the crash and robbed the dead and dying of whatever they could. Only one was arrested, however, an he said lie u:.s William Hall, of St. Louis. Several pioces of wearing ap-parel ap-parel taken trom tne unfortunate, were found on bis person and a bible was m his waist Tb. bible, ii was said, had been the property of the Re. V 0 Pensley, of de Soto, one of those killed . The dead and Injured were spreVd over an area of several city blocks and chicken crates, automobile cushions, baggage and the railroad tracks constituted con-stituted their cduch.es. This little village vil-lage of 160 inhabitants was unable to undertake the task or caring for the injured and they along with the dead. (Continued on Page Two.) I (Continued front 1'age On?) i j wore taken to St. Louis and de Soto Dr. W. W. Hull of this village was the only physician administering to the injured for several hours until relief re-lief trains arrived. XN LB HAVE BEEN SAVED "Had I some assistance wo miht I have saved some of the dying." Dr. Hull told a representative of the Associated As-sociated Press 'At one time I was trylnsr to treat 26 persons slmultane-; slmultane-; ously." The pitiful cries of the Injured could jbe hoard Tor blocks. Mothers begged for news of their babies, and children I cried for their parents. One 14-months' 14-months' old child who wo unabl to tell her nam", wis found, a mile troni ;the scene of the disaster, asking for "mama". A woman from St. L,ouls I took her In charge One of the saddest scenes reported wan that of the Degonia family of St. 'Louis Four of the family of six were killed and the father is reported dy-Ing dy-Ing In a St. Louis hospital . l RVE NEAR DISASTER Just south of tne scene of the disaster, dis-aster, there is a curve in the road. 'which cut off view of tbe local train !on the trestle, Missouri Pacific official-, however, emphasised that the blocit signuls were operating in per-feet per-feet order, and Engineer Glenn Bhould havi slowed his train down so ihat he could have come to a halt almost in- stantly. ' The last body was removed from the idcbrlo early Sunday. A group ot rescuers, res-cuers, kerosene torches lighting their way, came down tne track to the llttlei ! railroad station with the inert figures, on a litter, improvised trom boards of J the splintered wreckage. Work was then started In clearing up the debris This afternoon piles of, del rls wen all that was left to toll Che story of thr- disaster Hur Ivors drew a vivid picture of the accident A blast from the whistle ot j the Bpeedlns; limited told of its ap-j proaell ;'rounn me tun: uhjul m. high tov tins; bluffs, and thlo caused i few who hud alighted from the local , to look back nervously i Rushing around the nV"" came the fast passenger train Then rarne the ' roar of the crash, cries of women and ! moans of men, and the craggy bluffs overlooking the Mississippi wore shak- en by the impact. PICTURE OF HORROR The rear OOach was hurled down tha embankment on the far side of tho creek. The next two cars standing on I the trestle across Olals" ("reek and on the eplbankment were crushed and splintered The fourth tumbled down the incline north of the croek. Tho roof of one of the demolished j cars fell, spanning tho croek, and af- ; tor led a bridge for the rescuers Where the day coaches of tho loral stood aeross the trestle, now stood the steel cars ot the llmitwd flyer. Th locomotive had plowed Itx wu through more than half the length of the halt- 1 fil train, behind a car compressed Into b pace of about ten feet, asjalnsl a coach Uilch seemingly was uninjured. Engineer Glenn saw what waa coming. com-ing. He lumped before the blow. Ills I name Is listed among the dead. ORDE6 ARE HEARD Pi urn the cars, which had 'rolled down the embankm-ent. no sounds , sme -'i first. Then, s tin obllgato to the roar of escaping steam, came' shouts, agonised cries' and tortured, ihoans. Prom the windows of th overturned over-turned cars, crawled the survivors. Their faces bore puzzled expressions I which another time would have been I udlcrous. Those who crawl r d alone from the BirS, realising that they had left their friends or relatives behind, turned to xplorc the wreckage. After the first dazed moment, realization came, and the survivors, the passengers from tho limited train and the people from the little town. attracted Ui the noise, rushed I l nd aid. i Cries of the wounded attracted the I rescuers. Bodies were taken nut as they were found, it could not be toiu whether they were dead or uncon-i uncon-i ious from their wounds. Night descended to make the task Dion difficult, The dead were laid in rows on the ground near the station, Ion the porch ot a nearby store and In empty baggage cars. Dr. . V. Hull of Sulphur Springs was the first physician phy-sician to arrive, soon as the crash, he , was administering to the wounded and single-handed he treated 26 before the j arrival of the wreck train and a corps of doctors from de Soto, Mo. |