Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-04-21 | Page 1 | Train on the Frisco Railroad Wrecked

TRAIN ON THE FRISCO RAILROAD WRECKED accident believed to have been the work of tram wrecker trainmen are 1 buried in the wreckage J kansas city april 21 train no on the frisco which left kansas city at 1130 list night for memphis and birmingham was partially wrecked near everton mo north of springfield by a defective tail at 7 this borning nor ning the engine baggage express and mail cars ant into the ditch wind were badly damaged alic engineer fireman and one postal clerk verc killed a mail clerk and one passenger were seriously hurt and perhaps a dozen passengers slightly injured THE DEAD K it mead engineer bert coffman fireman C C clerk kansas city INJURED T clyde withers postal clerk fort scott kan louie columbia kansas city passenger the engineer fireman and the mail clerks buried in the wreckage fireman coffman and postal clerk campbell were dead when taken on kni neer mead was in a dying condition and succumbed soon after being removed the passenger coaches remained upright and the except columbia escaped etith a shaking up and slight es the accident it believed to be taft work of wreckers been made within the pat conr months to wreck frisco trains in 1 vicinity