Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-25
A BRACE OF ACCIDENTS
ON THE FORT WORTH & DENVER
AND THE TEXAS & PACIFIC.
A Conductor and several other Train Men
Hurt-An Optomlst Operator and
Hts story.

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night that an accident had occurred
on the Fort Worth and Denver City
railroad. The most diligent inquiries
of GAZETTE reporters failed to elicit
the particulars. Yesterday their la
bors were better rewarded. 1t was
found out TO a certainty that an acct
dent had occurred, aud somebody had
been injured.
100 10 THE ROUND HOUSE,"
said everybody that the GAZETTE men
tackled on the subject. So the most
reckless of the mob thought
he would go forth and discover the
whereabouts of the round-house and
reap the harvest of news encompassed
thereby. He went out. The first man
he met on the embankment was All
engineer of the Texas 4 Pacific road.
A POINTER.
Don't know anything about it,
said he, "but catch ON to that, man in
the big white hat over there. He
knows all about it,
The reporter tackled the man with
the white hat.
He said, 81 wasn't there when the
accident occurred. but I've been there
since. The accident occurred be-
tween four and five o'clock
yesterday afternoon, ut the trestl0
seven miles north OF Aurora.
ATTHAT PLACE
A COW on the track threw the engine
of the gravel train off, and thirteen
cars followed to the plain few feet be-
low, completely wrecking them. Con-
ductor Hansel was badly bruised, En-
gineer Harry Dunn suffered like
fate and Ernest Hinllleman and Brown
Were also slightly injured.
A VARIETY OF BEAUTY.
Going into the round-house the re-
porter was referred to the telegraph OPP
orators room for particulars. He en-
tered and found two persons there.
One was a pleasant-flced brunette,
who referred the reporter to a blonde
individual at the telegraphers' table.
THE BLONDE OPERATOR
Said Tin the railroad parlance that was
an old story years ago.: at was moth
ing much, only two cars off the
track
But it is reported that number of
cars were wrecked"
strike, said airily: That's a mistake.
1t was nothing of any Importance.
Trains will he running again by noon
tomorrow
A FoRLoRN HOPE.
Failing to reconcile his ideas born
OF long experience with those of the
blonde operator, i'll regard to the ac.
cldent, the reporter caromed against
n train man, who said: Not much
OF an accident Perhaps not-all
the same the train broke through a
trcstle and it's wonder everybody on
it was not killed" So the Young man
with
TIE BLONDE TRESSES
Ana the working rail-
road man offered materially
in regard TO the main points. This is
unfortunate, but it is Of niece with
the practice OF petty officials in such
matters. They either know nothing
ana are willing to admit it, or think
they Will become division superinten.
cents by being very unsatisfat t,rv to
reporters. They will get there in the
gloaning.
ACCIDENT ON THE L. =.
Between four and five o'clock yester-
day morning, the west-bound freight
train on the Texas & Pacific road ran
OH the track one and half miles
east Of Alcdo, at the
mouth OF the curve. and
Twelve ears were wrecked.
three of them were loaded with lun-
Der, flour and salt. The two latter mr..
tlcles were saved, but the former PLAYED
havoc with Sid. Duke, brakeman.
HE WAS STRUCK
by piece Of lumbsr which broke his
ieit arm, and lot of the stuff fell upon
nm, intlictihg injuries that may prove
serious. DIR. Moss of Aledo was sum.
inoned and is now attending the
wounded man. The wreci<er train
was teiegraphed for and Is now nt
work on the scene of the accident.
ANOTHER MIsHAP.
n. .. Lewis, the foreman of the
Aiedo section, was dispatched to Fort
worth for iron and other material 10
repair the break. At Summit, sixteen
mlles out, he Jumped of the train and
broke The front bone of his ankle He
was brought to the city and taken to
Or Beail, who set the fracture. and
says it will be all right in n short
while. Sid, Duke, the crippled brake
man, was brought to the city on the
same train and WAS sent to the hos
pital. -o'