Public Ledger

ST. LOUIS.

Frightful Railroad Accident—Some Fifteen Lives Lost.

St. Louis, May 12.—A terrible railroad accident occurred this morning twenty miles out of the city, near St. Giles. A passenger train was wrecked, and some fifteen lives were lost.

Later.—This morning about six o'clock the night express on the Missouri and Pacific railroad, which left Chippewa, Kansas, yesterday evening, collided near Eureka, twenty-eight miles from here with an extra freight train going west. Sixteen persons were killed outright and twenty wounded, two of whom will die. No names known at present; the wounded are being brought here, and further particulars will be obtained when they arrive.

The dead will be brought here as soon as the coroner reaches the scene of the disaster and holds an inquest. A special train left here early this morning with physicians and all the necessary appliances for the relief of the wounded and care of the dead. Another train left at noon with the coroner, reporters and another relief party.

Both locomotives were completely wrecked and the trains badly smashed. The collision occurred through the misapprehension of the orders given to the conductors. Hudson E. Bridge, President, and Thomas McKessick are on the spot, doing everything possible to relieve the sufferers and clear the track.