The Mooreland Leader. (Mooreland, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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ys for the Interests of Mooreland and 'J/oodward Countu
VOL. 7
MOORELAND, OKLAHOMA, DEC. 10, 1909
NO. 36
Two Killed in Locomotive Ex- at or near Paducah, Ky. George
Saunders, a brother of the dead
plosion
Sunday morning, about five
o'clock, engine No 1096, 011 the
Santa He from Waynoka to Cana-
dian, putting a heavy train of
freight cars, exploded when oppo-
site the Gerlach switch, three miles
west of this city. The engine was
in charge of Engineer YV. H. Ellis
and J. J. Saunders, and both of
the men were instantly killed, the
body of the engineer being found
about an hour after the accident,
about 400 feet from the point of
the explosion.
The bodies of the engineer and
fireman were brought to Wood-
ward about daylight, and taken to
J.B.Robinsons undertaking rooms.
The engine, from the front of
the fire box back to the coupling
with the tender, was obsolutely
blown away, the pieces of iron
being scattered as far as four hun-
dred yards from the point where
.Jim L,acy i>
week.
at Woodward thb
visitor at
fireman, runs on this line from
Waynoka to Wellington, and wa>
in Woodward at the time of the ex-
plosion, and with an engine and
way-car brought the bodies 10
town. He went to Amarillo to get
transportation to take his brothers 1 nesday from his visit in Kansas,
body home to Kentucky.
Many theories are advanced to
W. S. Murray was a
Wellington this week.
P. D. Preston has bought out T.
K. Davidson's blacksmith shop.
lid Durant returned home Wed
Mr. Mansfield's 4'2 miles south
.of Curtis have a new girl,born Dec
account for the explosion, but all!
are merely conjectures, as 110 one |
knows the real cm,*-. Some hold ! Blaine Lewis and wife. .niles
lo the theory that the water had ; "orl* of town. have a new boy.
gotten low in the boiler, w hile ' nesday.
others contend that the steam Townes Collier, who purchased
gauge had probably stuck, and the, the G G While place, no.thof the
men could not tell the amount of ! city has moved onto the place,
pressure they were carrying on the j Gnujdm~ Blevins ?s vears of age
boiler, while others say the engine | liad lheji;jsforlnne U) faU on U)e
had been in bad order, and should lhe olher day and fraclure ,R.r
not have been started on the tup. j hjp She js ftl lhe home of her
A rumor is out to the effect H>atjson> W|1, al Haskew
the engineer told someone when he . -
mounted the engine al Waynoka, I • A Kvans and family,brother,
thai it would never get through of). N. Davis, arrived here
without something happening, bnl phis week from Kansas. They will
bow others do or say.
Yours Truiy,
John R. Lkukorh.
o
The Ruling Passion.
The father of a family, all of whom
were devotees of bridge and much
given to talking the game and holdinn
vost-raortems over badly played hands,
died rather suddenly. There was u
difference of opinion aa to whether he
nUculd lie buried in the family ploi or
cremated. In the course of the dis
cusslon the mother said weepingly to
the explosion occurred. None of
I I WllllDUl XMIK unu^ •••• 1
the cars left the track, although | the man who is supposed to have ; reside in towu lii spring,when they
the train was running aliout ' 5 I heard this remark cannot be loca- i wiu occupy the G. G. White place
"I ted. A coroner's inquest will be j '"""ti. 01 t°w";
' | held this afternoon and an effort 1 As I have sold my business here
miles per hour at the time, but
came to a standstill in a space of
probably fifty feet. made to throw some light on the I desire all that owe me for repairs
The engine, or what was left of matler , aud blacksmithing tocalland make
The explosian occurred near the settlement at once as 1 need the
for goods that could be bought no differen
here does a little bit toward hin-
dering the growth aud progress ol
the home town. Patronize L,ka -
KK advertisers, and be loyal to
Mooreland.
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To The Publie
It has been rumored by some,
without authority, that I was go
ing to move to (Quinlan. Also that
I was going to close out. And it
has been talked by some compeli-, ht'r soa;
. . 11 "John, what do you ihink?"
tor that I was going to break up j JeRve „ (Q you niHther...
This talk is by some one who envies -j niake it Bp-8padeB," was her
me,for what reason,I do not know, , ply.—Success Maua/.ine
unless they think I am prospering.
SUch talk about a poor man who is
trying to make an honest living for
a family, doesn't come from an
honest man, and i< meant to try to
tear down. Such is not good man
n^rs nor manly principles. We
like Mooreland and its people in
general. We have h id a nice bus-
iness the past summer and feel
thankful to our customers for it.
We have placed an order for a
nice line of spring clothing and in-
tend to stay in Mooreland and con-
tinue to do business 011 the square,
of
it, remained on the grade,the front
trucks remaining 011 the rails, the
drivers being off 011 the ties, but
had run about 100 teet after the
explosion, and stood in an upright
position.
The head breakman had just left
Llie engine Uiicf gone to the cabodse
to eat a lunch which he had, and
had the explosion occurred five
minutes sooner, he too would prob-
ably have been killed.
The dead engineer and fireman
were both new men on this run,
having been borrowed from the
Rock Island, and the leave of ab-
sence given the engineer, Ellis,was
found in his clothing, dated Nov.
24, and good for 30 days. His
watch was also found in his cloth-
ing, and showed the time to be two
minutes to five when the accident
happened. Ellis is married, his
farmhouse of J. W. Williams, and
arroused them from their slumbers
j by the jarring of the house and
rattling of the windows. Mr Wil-
liams telephone was used by the
lra:'MMei) in reporting the accident
The heavy part of the firebox,
weighing probably two tons, had
been hurled to the south about
fifty feet, while most of the other
parts had been thrown north. A
money. 2t
T R Davidson
All Odd Fellows of Mooreland
Lodge No 128 are hereby urgently
requested lo be present at the next
meeting, Saturday Dec. n.
as there wmII be business of impor-
tance lo be transacted.
R. E. Hilbig, Secy
The Baptist Ladies Aid will give
60 YEARS'
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K*ntents taken tFirouih Munn A Co. receive
iprcial notice, without charge, lu the
Scientific American.
A hnn<1«nmHy 111n trated weekly. I.nrBent olr-
yo'ir'-'fonr month!!,SoVd by Sit newsdw'.lerj.
MUNN & Co.36,Broadway New York
Brunch Office. <125 V Bt., Wiuhlutfton, D. C.
Trade Marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
and description mm
r opinion free whether un
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piece of three inch steam pipe a Baxaar, in the Crane building
mearuring 13^ feet in length, was I Saturday the 181I1. Oysters will
found more than 400 yards from be served in the evening. The
the engine, and nearly ,00 yards bazaar will again be opened on
further on, in the same direction, Dec. 22 and 23. Everybody come
another piece of pipe was found and get some of the articles. it
which measured more than two Some of the women are petition-
feet in length. The furnace door J jng iiave a woman's head occa-
was picked up fully four hundred sionally placed on the postage
yards from the point of the explo- j stamps. That would not be pos-
happened. ^ I-.Hi* is nianie ^ 11. 1 sjon together with other irons, J siL>le for any modern woman unless j
wife living in l.xline, la. Satin some Qf them being all four men L|ie vvas bareheaded, since her hat
ders, the reman is a sing e man, | fratnn of the en- 1 WOuld take up more space than the |
about
old, bis
iving
could lift. The frame of lhe
gine, irons 4x6 inches,were twisted i letter,
and broken in pieces from four
ruches to a foot in length. The
front end of the boiler was blown
away, and the engine generally
demolished.
The body of engineer Ellis was
cut, scalded and mangled in a most
frightful manner, and nearly every
bone was broken and ground up
If you want to "cut some ice" in this
world, do as Peary did—use KUN
KUTTER Tools KUN KUTTCR Tools and
Cutlery are for sale at
Bur dick & Son's
Glasses fitted quickly and ac-
curately by latest improved in-
struments, electrically lighted.
Also making a specialty of
treating diseases of the eve, ear,
nose, throat and lungs.
X-ray examinations for brok-
en bones and dislocated joints,
and treatment for cancer and
stubborn skin diseases given.
Doctor Rai,I'H Workman
1 st door north of K. P. hall.
Ground Floor Woodward
There is 110 limit to our efforts
to sunulv vou with food products 1
bone was broken ami grouno up m - 1 1
nM .- . , . . 1,1 that are superior in every way to;
The firemans bodv was nos so bad- « -
, , , 1 . . u„. 1 anything vou have ever used tin-
; ly mangled, bul had been hadlv ^ -
,, , , , 11,1 ,1 ... J der that quality brand, The Alton;
scalded and nearly all the ribs were | '
, , , Goods.
broken. , __ _ .
The body of the fir;man is to be ! If you are thiukiug of buying a
shipped to Kentucky for burial, j good time piece don't torget that j
while that of the engineer will go ; we sell the Hamilton. B. II.
to Iowa for interment.-—Democrat, j Rhoads, the Jeweler. 52
,, ,, ° ■ ■ ,, Be Loyal to Mooreland
Having sold my interest 111 the |
- , .. " t. , , As the winter season is al hand
firm ot Murray & XanPrank to
„ ., , , ,, , ' it mav be well to remind the loyal 1
H. N. Keller I desire all parties -T , , ,
c .. . Citizens of Mooreland that they
indebted to the firm of Murray ^ r , . I
. have no need togo out-ide of their
\ anFrank to please arrange prompt
, c , , home town to make purchases
settlement of these accounts by ' ,
. , , . • ,• , ,' Our merchants have large and
either cash or satisfactory
IT'S REALLY BEST FOR YOU
To buy your - -
Groceries
Flour and Feed
Shoes
Work Clothes, Etc.
at our store. We pride ourselves on the
QUALITY OF OUR GOODS
We don't induce people to trade here
bp baiting them. We give full value, and
only ask a "Small Profit on Goods of
Quality."
t CARHARTTS ]
General Merchandise
Try us for Good Goods at Right Prices
F. P. PA VIS & SON
"A Fair Profit on Goods of Quality"
Flour and Feed at Wholesale
Geo. F. KU TTn/KH
Is in the market for your
4 Live STOCK s-
Get his bid before selling.
uur uierenams nave Mr. W. C. Shaller, formerly of Woodward,
either cash or >aiisi.,uor> mi? ,htir pric,s are has taken possession of the South-East Barn
Wc desire to wind up the affairs of x,u,cu r . . . . . , r
. . . ;nvt nfi\-:mtuaeous. and more so. t./Kdr-o ho mfpriHc in r.nnniinr onfi ot thp most
wc uoiic i*J \xiiiu iii) 11 iv .niiiiin 1'I
lhe Old c<>,.tern as qnieklv as pb . advantageous, and more so.
sible. W. S. Murray as lhose of lhe ,|olvns
or big stores. It is loyalty to home
Mrs. J I,. Holconib, is at Te- 1 institutions that builds up a town.
etimseh, this week looking after . The man or woman of Mooreland
their interests.
who spends money in other placis' SU lt.
where he intends to conduct one of the most
up to date Livery, Feed and Sale B arns in this
section. Anyone coming to my barn will al-
ways find courteous treatment and prices to
W. C. Shaller
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The Mooreland Leader. (Mooreland, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1909, newspaper, December 10, 1909; Mooreland, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc157818/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.