Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1903 — SEVENTEEN HURT IN A WRECK [ARTICLE]

SEVENTEEN HURT IN A WRECK

Rock Island Express Hits Passenger Train Near Kansas City. Kansas City. Mo., dispatch: The Golden State Limited of the Rock Island railroad, running over the Union Pacific tracks, crashed into the smoker of another passenger train which was trying to make a siding at the Rock Island junction, just outside of the Kansas City yards. The smoker was thrown from the track, turned over and smashed into kindling wood and seventeen passengers sustained injuries. Two other cars immediately after the smoker were derailed.