The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-08

| NHlNo Huninhs
Mr.. Shaw, At tho time Of the aocl-
dent, was sitting Ia the passenger
coach talking with Rev. MIR, Mallory,
10 whom no WAS introduced u short
time before by Elder Baxter. Mr.
Mallory says Mr., Shaw saved his (Alal.
lory's) lie by grabbing him and push
Ing him awpy from the position In
which he fell himself, Mr., Shaw's
right arm was broken In two or three
places there IN severe cut on top of
his head, one on the forehead, alighlly
on the n'se, and his lower limbs were
badly mangled and his neck broken.
Elder Baxter when no came 10 the
car looked Tor Mr., Shaw aud found
him entanglod In tho wreck and part.
ly covered with water. II took ifteen
minutes 10 extrloate HIS body by out
ting around II with an ax His body was
taken care OF 10y frlends 1T Mckinney,
where II was washed and dressed, aud
laid out In "a handsome oonln. II was
brought 10 this city last evening whore
II was taken to Willett n Smiths and
embalmed, II will be kept here
awaiting orders from his family M TO
its disposition.
He kept u register OF the number OF
those converted under MA minlstra.
lions, which In round numbers IL over
eleven thousand.
Night before last he preached his
farewell sermon 10 the congregation OF
the Commerce Street Christian church |
OF tins city, and when killed was ON |
his way to Mckinney to hold protract.
cd meeting. The news OF his death |
was o severe blow 10 his many friends
In this city, M he was held In high on.
TEEN by nil who knew him.
the TRAIN
at the time OF the accident was on q
curve, and about three hundred yards
south OF the bridge over the creek.
The passenger coach turned over
twice, and In now bottom upwards In
ditch, and q complete wreck. The
sleeper turned over twice aud Ia lying
on one side, Most OF the passengers
were In the coach.
There were no other trains up the
road with the exception OF the one
o'clock freight train, until the $3.50
pm, northsbound passenger. At
suggestion kindly offered by Mr.. John
w. Delaney, Of the Texas and Pacific
road, DIR. Hughes telegraphed Colonel
q. A. Quinlin, superintendent OF the
Central road for passage on the one
o'clock north-bound freight, and he
soon received the following favorable
answer:
CoRsIcANA, June 0, 1878.
Conductor, No. O.;
You will pass DIR. Hughes and party
free from Dallas to Mckinney. Make
them as com Portable AZ you can.
q. A. QUINLIN, Superintendent.
BY the time the train arrived
ALARaE CROWD
had assembled at the Union depot,
some to take the train and others
through curiosity. A party Of thirty
odd boarded the cars, among them the
following physicians, who went to
care for the wounded: Drs. Hughes,
Leak, Graham, Johnson and Allen, all
of this city, who upon arriving at Nc
Kinney did effective service IN allevia-
ting the suffering Of the wounded.
A HERALD reporter called at the
residence Of
ELDER KIRK BAXTER,
on Commerce street, near the Chris
tian church, after he returned last
night, to ascertain what injuries he
had sustained. He was lying on bed,
with his family and number Of vlsi.
tors aronnd him, who had called to
learn Of his condition. He was per-
feotly at himself and conversed with
apparent ease, stating that the physi-
clans were of the opinion that he had
received internal injuries, and that he
was of the same opinion, az he felt
very sore In his chest. There was a
large swollen place on his forehead
which must have been the blow that
stunned him, yet he had felt no pain
from it. These, with the exception Of
q slight bruise on his left hand, were
all the visible injuries that he receiv-
ed. He appeared to be so much con.
cerned over the death of his deceased
brother, that he seemed to forget his
own condition.
The wreck will not prevent the run.
ming of trains on regular time, ~ the
broken place In the track has been re-
paired and the debris OF the wreck
cleared away.