From the Kansas City Star Tuesday, 9 October 1894
Four Train Men Killed
A Rock Island Freight Wrecked East of Trenton at a Bad PointTRENTON, MO., Oct 9--On the Rock Island Railroad about sixty miles east of Trenton yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock freight train no. 95 pulled by engine 826 jumped the track and sixteen cars were thrown down a steep embankment. Engineer Gerald Nolan, Fireman Marshall Lower, and Brakeman Charles Dempsey were killed and Conductor Sam Vanhook died from his injuries a short time afterward. Brakeman W. B. (?) Carpenter's arm was broken and he received other slight injuries.Happy Hollow, the place where the accident occurred, has always been dreaded by railroad men from the fact that it is approached by a hill from either side and at the lowest point on the roadbed, the hill is high and steep. The exact cause of the accident is not known. A special train, carrying Superintendent White and Master Mechanic Gessler, left immediately for the scene of the wreck. The bodies of the men who were killed were brought to Trenton, where they all lived. Note: This article was transcribed from a very poor photocopy, so question marks were inserted where letters or names were illegible. |
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