Wymark,
Oklahoma Train Wreck
July
15, 1901
TRAINS GO THROUGH BRIDGE
Five Men Killed by a Bad Wreck on the M. K. & T.
in Indian Territory.
Parson, Kan., July 15.-- A head-end
collision between two local freight trains on
the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas road near Wymark,
I. T., killed five men, while three others were
probably fatally hurt.
The dead:
JOE MORRIS.
TWO UNKNOWN TRAMPS.
JAMES LEVELLE.
FRANK FITZGERALD.
The injured are:
Jose Massey, ---Bean and
---Kilarney.
The collision occurred on a bridge over the
Arkansas river, which collapsed, and both
engines fell into the river. The two trains
caught fire and burned up the bridge as well as
the cars. The two engines are reported to be
buried in quicksand.
Relief and wrecking crews have gone to the
scene, and it is thought that the road will be
opened for traffic Thursday. Mistaken orders
caused the wreck.
Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, IA
16 Jul 1901
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