Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE [ARTICLE]

MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE

Collision Between Trains in Oklahoma Injures Twenty-Five, Only One Seriously. Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct 9.—ln a collision between an eastbound Rock Island passenger train and a freight train at Yucon, a small station seven miles west of here, seven coaches of the passenger train, which was loaded With state fair visitors, were derailed. Twenty-five persons were slightly injured. Only one, a young woman from El Reno, was seriously hurt. She may not recover. That many were not killed is considered miraculous. The injured include the following: Stella Pyle,head bruised, serious; Mrs. Stephens, face cut and body bruised; Bertha Wilmer, foot mashed; H. H. Stephens, head cut; Watterson, postmaster. El Reno, head and face cut; Mrs. Watterson, head and, chest cut and bruised; Lum Wolff, cut about head; Mrs. Hill, face cut; J. C. Schreck. Oklahoma City, cut about bead; Miss Navarre, cut about head; R. L. Richardson, Shawnee, Okla., arm and head cut; William Jones, Arkansas City. Kan., head cut; Chas. Swain, leg broken.