Stone indicated Husband Father and Engineer. "He was killed by engine 215"
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#4 From the Springfield Republican, 3 Oct 1899; page 3; published Springfield, Missouri:
. OBITUARY
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Tribute of a Friend to the Memory of B. C. Reddick.

Among the three good citizens who were killed in the Frisco railroad wreck, near Kansas City, was Mr. B. C. Reddick of 1609 North Campbell street. Mr. Reddick was a Tennessean by birth; was born in Weakley county, Tennessee, October 10, 1853. He afterwards came with his parents to Dent county, Mo., in 1855, and lived with them until November 22, 1874, when he married Miss Mary E. Headrick, of Celina, Dent county, Mo., and came to Springfield 11 years ago. He has been in the employ of the Frisco ever since, 10 years as a fireman and one year as an engineer. Mr. Reddick was as well qualified a man as ever run an engine on the road, being highly esteemed among the railroad officials, as well as by everyone who knew him. He always had a kind word and a smile for everyone. Although he was once a very wicked man and a great burden to his family, as well as to himself, the death of his youngest son, when only five months old, caused his father's repentance. This son only lived to be 2 years old. {?} Mr. Reddick became {several illegible words} Smith, the railroad evangelist, and was lead to Christ by this good woman. He afterward joined the Dale Street Methodist church, and was at the time of his death a good and active member of this church. Mr. Reddick was the father of 10 children, four girls and six boys, of whom all but one survived him at this death. His four oldest children are married and live in Springfield. There was never a husband and father that will be missed in a family more than is Mr. Reddick, for his family worshipped him. He was especially devoted to his son David, who is deaf, and attends school at Fulton, Mo. Peace be unto him, and a kind remembrance of him as a good Christian and father.
A Friend.
#5 From: The Leader-Democrat; Wed Evening, 20 Sep 1899; Vol. 32; No. 264; published Springfield, MO:
. AWFUL FRISCO WRECK
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Freight and Passenger Trains Met on a Sharp Curve.
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SPRINGFIELD MEN LOST
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Fred Laker Will Die--Charles Rider and C. F. Reddick Dead.
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A SLOW WATCH DID IT
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The Freight Train Did Not Wait at the Correct Station.
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The Killed.
B. F. REDDICK, Springfield, engineer of the freight train.
Charles RIDER, Springfield, fireman on the passenger train.
----- HARRELSON, Clinton, Mo., freight brakeman.
Unknown man, burned beyond recognition.
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The Injured.
Fred W. LAKER, Springfield, engineer of passenger train, leg crushed, throat cut and body badly scalded; will die.
L. P. HALLECK, postal clerk, Springfield, head bruised and cut.
Fred A. SMITH, Springfield, express messenger, head bruised and hands and arms scalded.
J. W. HAISLETT, Springfield, fireman of freight train, wounded over eye and legs injured.
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Fourteen minutes irregularity in an engineer's watch caused a disastrous wreck on the Kansas City division of the Frisco at Leeds this morning shortly after 6 o'clock.

North bound passenger train, which left this city at 11:50 o'clock last night, collided with a fast freight, south bound.

That mistake of 14 minutes caused the loss of four lives, fatal injury to others and immense property damage.

Leeds is a small station in Jackson county near Kansas City.

The collision occurred on a sharp curve. The freight was running at high speed. The engineer was trying to reach Dodson, the next station south, to wait for the passenger train.

The engineer on the freight should have waited at Swope Park, the next station north, but was misled into running for Dodson on account of the slowness of his watch.

Owing to the sharpness of the curve neither engineer had opportunity to foresee the collision until the very moment of the crash.

The crews had no time to jump.

The freight cars were piled high upon each other, completely wrecked. Of the passenger train, only the combination mail and baggage car left the track.

Beyond a severe shaking up, the passengers were not injured.

Both engines were reduced to scrap iron.

Fire added to the horror.

The combination mail and baggage car was literally consumed by the flames.

Underneath this fiery pile Fireman Rider was pinned to the ground, where he was cremated alive.

The same agonizing death was the fate of an unknown man, who was burned beyond identification.

The flames leaped high above the wreckage, and set the early morning scene aglow for miles around.

The dead and injured were taken to Kansas City shortly before noon today.

Frisco officials from this city and relatives of the dead and injured trainmen left on the regular north bound passenger train this morning for the scene of the wreck.

News of the disaster created consternation in Springfield, where the dead and injured have their homes and are well known.

Engineer Fred Laker, whose death is momentarily expected, is particularly prominent among local railroad men. He has twice been a candidate for sheriff of Greene county. He is badly scalded besides serious cuts and bruises. One of his worst injuries is a cut on the throat. His wife hurried to his bedside in the Kansas City hospital, to which he was taken.

Fireman Rider's home was at 1939 Robberson avenue. He leaves a wife.

Columbus B. Reddick, the freight engineer, lived at 1602 Florence street.

The slightly injured include H. S. Brownell, conductor on the passenger, who lives at Robberson avenue and Locust street, Express Messenger Smith and aMil {Mail} Agent Lloyd P. Hallack who reside{s} on Broad street.

As a result of the accident trains on the main line were delayed four or five hours.

As soon as the injured ones are able to be transferred, they will be brought to the Frisco hospital in this city for treatment.


#6 From: The Leader-Democrat; Thurs, 21 Sep 1899; page 2; published Springfield, MO:

. TAKEN FROM THE WRECK
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Bodies of the Dead Trainmen Brought to Springfield This Morning.
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Further Particulars Add to the Horror of the Wreck.
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The dead bodies of Fred W. Laker, B. F. Reddick and Charles Rider, victims of the Frisco wreck near Kansas City yesterday were brought here this morning and were taken charge of by Undertaker J. M. White.

Engineer Reddick and Fireman Rider were killed outright. Engineer Laker lived until 2:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Further particulars of the wreck add many harrowing details.

Five minutes after the wreck fire broke out in the combination baggage and mail car which was smashed into a shapeless mass. Then began the work of rescuing L. P. Halleck, the postal clerk, and Fred A. Smith, the expressman, who were buried under the wreckage. Halleck was in the rear compartment. The walls of the car were crushed in on him and he was unconscious when released. His scalp was cut in many places, but his skull was not fractured and he is expected to recover. Smith was in the forward compartment and was thrown violently against the car wall. The rear end of the locomotive was shoved into the car and the escaping steam scalded his hands and arms badly. He was rescued shortly after the wreck took fire.

So fiercely did the fire burn that it was impossible to save any of the mail, express and baggage. The passenger coaches did not leave the track. They were uncoupled from the burning baggage car and the passengers pushed them back out of reach of the fire. The wrecked freight cars did not burn.

After the baggage car was burned the body of an unknown man was found in the ashes. It was burned beyond identification. The expressman and the special clerk say there was no one on the rear with them. Trainmen believe the dead man was a tramp stealing a ride on the blind baggage. If that were the case life was doubtless crushed out of him before the car caught fire, as the forward end of the car was smashed to kindling wood against the locomotive.

If Conductor Brownell's watch had not been fourteen minutes slow there would not have been a wreck. He says he does not know how his watch happened to be wrong. He thought he had plenty of time to reach Dodson and sidetrack for the passenger train. J. W. Haislett, the fireman of the freight train says he cannot understand how the wreck happened.

"The engineer and conductor," said he, "did not have any order to stop at any special switch and wait for the passenger train. They were supposed to be on the lookout, as the passenger had the right of way. They must have disregarded orders."

"It is said the conductor's watch was fourteen minutes behind time?" was suggested.

"I know nothing about that." said he. "But if the conductor's watch was wrong the engineer's must have been wrong, too, or else he would not have tried to go to the next siding."

William Harrellson, the freight brakeman who was scalded to death, lived at Clinton. His body was taken there last night. He was married and his wife is left with three small children. It is said that Harrellton was especially devoted to his family and his wife and little ones were always at the Clinton depot to see him pass through.

The passenger train was composed of a Pullman, a day coach, a smoker and the combination baggage and mail car. Most of the passenger{s} were asleep when the accident occurred. They were thrown from their seats and there was great excitement. Many of them were bruised but none was seriously hurt. Men leaped through the car windows, but when they recovered from their excitement they set about rescuing the others in the car.

When the accident occurred the tracks of the Paola branch of the Missouri Pacific are only a few feet away. The wrecked freight cars rolled down to the Missouri Pacific tracks and stopped traffic on that line for several hours.

Among the passengers on the train was a woman with a kodak. While the excitement was high and the baggage car was burning fiercely the passengers were surprised to see her taking pictures of the wreck. They say she was not excited.

The loss of life in this wreck caused profound sorrow in Springfield where the dead trainmen were well known. The injured who survived the wreck and who will doubtless recover, were brought to the Frisco hospital in this city.

The funeral of F. W. Laker, who died yesterday at 2:45 p.m. will take place from his home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The Masons will conduct the funeral.

Mr. Reddick will be buried at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The A. O. U. W. will be in charge. The funeral arrangements for Mr. Rider have not been made. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will take charge of his remains.

#7 From: The Leader-Democrat; Fri, 22 Sep 1899; page 2; published Springfield, MO:

. THE THREE ARE AT REST
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The Springfield Victims of the Frisco Wreck Are Buried.
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The Funerals Were Largely Attended by Railroad Men and Others.
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The bodies of the victims of Wednesday's railroad wreck were laid to rest today. The terrible fait which they met has cast a gloom in railroad circles such as has not been felt in years. The deceased men were all popular and respected, and this morning's train brought in a number of railroad men from Monett and other points, who came to attend the funerals of their late companions.

At 10 o'clock this morning the funeral of Engineer C. B. Reddick took place from the family residence, 1609 north Campbell street. Services were held at the Campbell Street M. E. Church, and the funeral was very largely attended. The remains were buried under the auspices of the A. O. U. W., the interment being at Hazelwood cemetery.

The funeral services of Engineer Fred W. Laker were held this afternoon at the Second Presbyterian church on Benton avenue, and at 2 o'clock the sad procession took up its journey to Hazelwood cemetery. The Masons had charge of the obsequies.

Laid to rest in Maple Park cemetery this afternoon by deeply sorrowing relatives and friends, Charles Rider, fireman on a passenger engine, north bound, who was one of the victims of the railroad wreck on the Kansas City division of the Frisco railroad on Wednesday morning, September 20, 1899. He was a noble specimen of railroad employes. Prior to his connection with the railroad company he had been in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express company at Carthage, Kansas City and in this city.

He was married to Miss Mamie Bowel of Peirce City, Mo, and had secured a house and resided at No. 1939 Robberson avenue at the time of his death.

His connection with the Frisco railroad had been remarkable for his uniform good conduct, never having been charged with a single fault, never suspended for inattention to duty and had made a record that would soon have entitled him to be advanced to an engineer, and he had the universal respect of all who know him.

His home is a model of neatness and was made attractive by his own labors, where all his spare time was employed rather than spending it in places of public resort.

He left no children, but his sorrowing widow has the deepest sympathy of all who know her or had made his acquaintance.

Like a brave soldier, he died at this post and went down in the wreck with his engineer and without a moment's warning of the fate that awaited him. He had left his home at 11 o'clock the night previous and started on the passenger train north for Kansas City, expecting to return as he had always done before, and had reached nearly his journey's end, when a freight train coming from Kansas City, by some error of watch or mistake in understanding orders, met the passenger train at Swope Park. Both trains were running at full speed around a curve and came together with a terrible crash that demolished both engines and destroyed many cars in both trains.

His associates will remember him for his many virtues and his good example as a husband and most worthy citizen. May he rest in peace.

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He was the son of James David Reddick and Mary Ann "Polly" Grooms.