Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-21
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Experience OF a Wrecked Passenger
Minor Mention.
Correspondence of tho Gazette,

/ correspondence of tho Gazette,
| Colorado, January l0.-i wired you
/ from Alillsap IN the morning OF the
! l5th "A brief account of the wreck on
| lhe T.xas Il Pacific railroad AZ the
time ID occurrd | was asleep on seat
| facing the stove in the rear end OF The
ear coupled tn the sleeper. found
nav self in a dnsed cnndi0n, few feet
| from the overturned car | was CON
srinus of hriug hurt, but at this Time
could not tell whether badly or not
| NV first impulse was To examine the
p,ssi ,ilitles uf ilra from tle slnNe OF
Iumps, and then to lind Il place OF
exit. TO get out had to step over the
stove ID reach The door, which was
shut dnwnwalds the ear being on us
side; in fact nearly bottom awards.
| The door broke of the hinges en-
| alb ing no Ia get oul easily,
When once outside | found my
| hand cut, lett shoulder bruised, arm
useless, buck WI nched and hip very
painful, but fortunately no broken
bones Gould not render assistance 10
| my fellow passengers, hn l was too
much Ill abicd. The confusion was
nj ,scib Bile Husbands and wives
were looking FIR each other parents
tO' children, mingled with the shfirks
of the Wuu ,ae"i and ~ then though
dying lna ioft tlma all who c0uld
bu moved were conveyed To Mlllshp,
others were taken 10 n inrm ana sec
lion house, near by, Al Mlllsap We
met with kind treatment from ciu-
lens amt PITY -iciuns. On the latter
DIS. RulRes, Adams aud Brown were
untlrng in their Efforts Ia alleviate
the suffering aud In dressing their
Woundo, The pruprleiors of The hotels
u-ei every eSsrtuu 10 make the pns-
sengsrs comfortable. Many were very
bnhly hurt, but none kllle, |
outr'ht, had several |
fIie DIS aud acquaintance
on the train, allof whom were injured
Mr., Is J Wiilmm5 of the ii IN of
Paltlsoo 81 Williams, she, pmen, had
a. he taken Inck 10 Fort Worth for |
tire ,t,ueIii. NJ s,rs. Buwe rs a. Hurley |
Of "a thagr, Mu were both hut, the
iatu severity Mr. |, Weston OF ia |
pa-p, AN old Mexican war veteran,
now acting us go puftrur. severely
injured abru head and Iare; Mr.
rurockmnrlon of Millsap, shoulder
dlslOc.ted and head cut, These were
la same ear with my self. Do not know
names oF any uf tile rest The acct
dout was caused 10y II broken rail
sleeper and Two passenger ears turned
over, The wuuder IL me is " hy none
we're Killed We we're two hours lie
mind tmr, and must have been max.
ing fast time. rhe railroad company
niay be res uOh,ihie lof this cridrnt,
hut wh,n II did OcGuT, the conductor.
q. W. liirksler, Brakeman w, |
Vi. Armstrong porter aud othsr EN- |
plpA es certainly dld every ming In
lh"ir power a. render help Ia the
wounird lhry aciod promptly IN
getting ali Ia bousrs az AiIisap as
Ihmkiy as possible, f0r which We viii
ever feel grateful toward them The
realized the magnitude of the disaster,
me rSppnslbllillrs resting upon hem,
and din thtir whole duty.
Much anxiety aud interest are man |
Tested here Ia II gard 10 the nc ion Of
tie legislature, Many fear the pas.
sage of Tie befi law, think his |
hardly Probable, an opinion based |
upon conversation with members of |
ne house Hni senate. Even we're su,n
law pissed, surely the governor |
would mol approve H.
The weather 10 very wintry here /
snow, sieet ana cold, though modera. |
ing now,
ool0Iaf0, seems lively, business ac
Tive amt all things lovely
Inc GAHkriE continues To boom
mere. LIS reports Of legislature pro
eeedlngs arr very lull ana Interesting. |
It's ooIuse on the herd.law question
ana fenen'ralting problem meets with
general approval. Subscription list !
growing all the time,
rus Correspondent returns thanks
10 United States senator MaXay for |
valuable public d0rnnienls rec wed.