The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-12
THE TEX An {. RIO WRECKS.

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The remains Of the victims Of tho Katula
wreck arrived here on tho $50 east bound
passenger train yesterday, and were put Oh
AT the Union depot whore large crowd had
gathered attracted nv curiosity to Sc and
hear what they could concerning the terrible
wrecks that usherod five souls into eternity
Tho dead bodies of N. Is. Saunders, engineer,
and Billy Dye, the fireman, who were killed
in the weetw ter wreck few miles east OF
Katula, were taken charge of Wednesday,
the former being shipped to Nevada citation,
Iowa, and the latter to Fo.t Worth Tor
int1rmen.. The dead from the hstula
wreck we're ia plain pine boxes, and on ar
riyiog here the bodies we're taken charge OF
by undertaken Smith properly attired for
burial and placed IN neat collins-the
two Ions brother, Frank,
the engineer, ard Albert,
the fireman for shipment to Knoxville,
Tennessee, their old home, and thst of W..
Layton tho brakeman YVES inferred in the
Trinity cemetery at this place. The Lonis
brothers came of good family and were
known by number of Tennessesns Of this
city, while they were great fsvorites with the
railroad mel. layton Was very popular and
made friends of Ill with whom he
came in contact. NJ. j. Il. Henderson
of the firm of Henderson 81 Elser, who have
the contract tor furnishing AMI putting up
telegraph poles along the Texas " PACING
extension, who Was seriously injured IN lhis
wreck, came in on the. same tram, ana
was placed in carriage and driven TO the
g T,I hn (al
the corner of Aksrd avenue and jackson
street, where he is being attended BY
DR.. Thruston, who dressed his wounds, etc.
His injuries are of serious though not fatal
nature. His worst injury is large and
ugly burn on the lower part of his right leg,
the effects of the escaping steam from the
engine. lie has q few slight bruises about
the head.
Occurred about O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing. The train, which consisted
of four or FIVE cars of
iron and other construction material and
a caboose had stopped some distance east of
Katuls, laying up until daylight for fear
there might be some washouts on the road.
At daylight the trip wss resumed. Frank
Lonis, the engineer, Albert, the fireman,
Layton, brakeman, and Mr.. Henderson, were
all Ia the cab. The others aboard the rain,
among the number Mr.. Willism Leslie of
this city, were in the rear part of the train
in the caboose. The train was proceeding
was.wald at ordinary speed when the trestle,
where the accident occurred, which Is about
five feet high, was reached. This
treste is at a low, flst point on the line and
there Was some three feet of water, oc-
casioned by the rains Of the previous day.
When the train struck the trestle it tottered
u, der the heavy weight and the heavy tmbers
gave away like SO many reeds, precipitst,
ing tue engine tender srd
two cars of iron into the water. So sudden
was it that il was impossible for any of the
four men in the cab to jump for their lives,
and they all went down in the wreck-three
out OF the four to desth-Mr. Henderson
being the only survivor. Frank Lonis, the
engineer, lived for several hours and then
died. He was taken to the
caboo.e, and on examination it WIS
found that he WIS frightfully torn and bruised
about the breast and stomach. Be would
now and then excaim, "Ob, where ii my
poor brother?" Once he said, "sell it and
send the money to mother" What he had
reference TO no one knows. All this time
Mr.. Henderson, Who mad been caught be!
tween the engine and the tender
was struggling in intense agony trying to
keep HIS head above the rspidly'risu -,
water. His leg was wedged in tight and the
scaldng water and steam from the engine
was cooking the very flesh of his leg. By.a
great effort he managed to get the use of his
left leg, and by. ,propping
himself up by resting on his hands he
managed to keep his head above water.
Across his body was a bar of railroad iron,
dead bodies of Albert Lonis and Layton,
He remained in this perilous
and .unc omfortsble condition for
nearly twelve hours, suffering
torture first from his burn and bruises, which
were succeeded by terrible sensation of
cold. All efforts TO rescue him until Elk
o'clock that evening proved futile. A mes.
senger was sent 10 Colemsn's camp several
miles distant and force of men summoned
to extrcste him: and by prying off the
board of the tender he was at last released
in very exhausted condition. While he
was pinned down in the water the stream
rose four inches, and he as we'll rs those who
stood looking on powerless 70 help him,
feared that be would drown. His sensations
were terrible. After the intense pain came
humbaess and all sense of feeling WAS one.
lie had plenty of time to thiAk of his con-
diton, and made up MS mlno lnaI ms emu
had come, though he still entertained some
hopes of being rescued:
Frank Lohis, the engineer, was knocked
distance of some twenty feet from the
engine. by the large water tank on
top of the tender which tore
off the cab. The escape of Mr.. Henderson
from death is almost miraculous. After his
arrival last evening he was visited by a large
number of lady and gentleman friends. AT
10 o'clock last evening he was resting easy.