Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-05
! BROKEN RAIL.
u, Coaches DcraiIed and Two
w Thrown Over a TrestIe
Crossing a Creek
!. KILLED but Several Injured
= mann, NJ and 0iherwisc--sTany
lInburt.
a. the Accident rrom Cor.
IN. -, sparta. wea'herford aud
81 Home.
..mMa oaloIlc

~ Home.
AsEmots TUMBLE.
nos Tx, Dec. i.--Thc west.
M Messenger train OF yesterday morn
~. Il, WIN u serious accident seven
y I. ~ Of Gordon, near the point Of
! ,.,,op nonutalns. One side Of a trcstle
u.y and two coaches, just front Of
a,soors, dropped distance Of ten
ooc Of them turning almost com.
IN, over, Seventeen persons were
" a. less severely bruised, but no
n ,rled, nor any, II IS thought, fatally
much larger number wero
d ,,eg bruised. The wounded, eXccpt
4 lhc worst cases, were brought lm-
= n.fly to Gordon, Drs. illnx and
u \, dressed the wounds o. twelve per
Al Gibe ordon house and
ethe Missouri Pacific hotel, aud
Il drfablo number went 10 the Virgin
sel who were moro or less bruised,
y ndnot need The assistance OF sur
N Dr. Bates went 20 the scene Of
a srck, and Examined tho two that
n ptyhnps thought TO be the worst In
"a One OF them, he snyg, has only
\ ,smal wounds and VIII soon recover.
i hother, q Mr. LOOMS from 81. Louis,
loelor thinks, IL lnternally Injured,
n NJ hopes not fatally. No bones were
tssu, that we heard Of, IA the wreck.
|MI. r. Berry, an old and respected
sha Of Abilene, was among the
,suhded. He had an ugly gash cut IN
ksad but was able % 20 10 his home
elhs west.bound train, which left here
Adadclay Of ten hours.
ytti 70 the Gazette.
Tm PARTICULARS FRoM SPARTA.
SPARTA, Tx, Dee l.--1hcre was con.
,tsablc excitement In our little town
isodly alter midnight when IL was known
1 anl Me west-bonnd Texas s. Pacific was
sncked nj the treetle over creek two
mda half miles west OF horc As soon
apostolic y0urcorrcspondcnt was az the
gtne Of the wreck, aud found all coniu-
lm A broken rail had caused the trou-
v, but strange TO say, II was not until
hgr the engine aud mail, baggage and cX-
afM cars had crossed that the spreading
u be rails threw the cars OFF, The Hfst
usch Jumped the trcStlc, fell 20 tho bed
n lhe creek, which was dry, aud turned
aii on the side. The next coach was
|stogn OF also and turned over, but a
|M Of II rested on the
aak The sleeper also jumped
Aimck, hut did not 10 down the bank,
w simply cureenod over q foot or two,
|inl0men, passengers who were not hurt
|nd Hose who came on the scene NJ once,
sglq quickly NJ work getting out those
|1tnlJIeed confinement. Al first there
pen number who imagined themselves
|Aily hurt or Killed, but wheu all wore
'leascd there was only one gentleman
no was found to be badly hurt, com.
lttral traveller for n ST. Louis house,
Ml, u Loomls. A cut under the left
afTerdered him unconscious for three
n Tour hours, aud many thought
su dead, l.. NJ. llorto of Mar
atl was badly bruised, but WAS
|pf With assistance TO walk. There
lge number OF women and babies on
" Train aud the soliclLude OF the moth
" was great and In several cases affect =
|aH
leegrams were sent to Gordon and
|ioN worth aud the physicians OF the
hgiler place were soon on maud doing all
H9 could 10 alleviate the suffering
Nlscd by COMMISSIONS and Shaking up
one twenty persons were administered
v while probably forty others were very
ssnuy hurt and scornod any salyc for
eelr lrldDg hurts.
also'clock this morning Supcrintend.
~ u. Baker Of the lilo Grande diyls-
slM and Or. Noclker Of your city, surgeon
sgalel Of the Missouri Pacific hospital,
~ olhets, reached here with COACHES
~ ", ule wfecklng train in charge Of Mr..
s9ean, one OF the most expert
" energetic workers IN case OF
" Allll your correspondent has ever
t me sleeper was COON back on the
ase' we wreck cleared away and tho
sssl'y raj replaced by u sound one, All
1s, ,ulllp the oast-bound was waiting AZ
'pVVli Dut was only delayed al told
~eO plle hours. Mr., Lo0nds was taken
{pl Worth, but the other passengers
'sa' % through, II was subject OF
IVA w, remark by tralnmon, passengers
Nv, e'llEeusi that II was almost miracle
l,'t ng one was killed The trainmcu
"A, "A, puelals, who arrived ns soon as pos
Nv, were inremttlng In thelrattontlun'
SMv injured. ono OF tho coachca 4,
ssa' might be called total wreck TIC
s IVA. arc damaged only slightly.
7f'o'io The Gagcttc EgEsg
M, ANOfliEli ACCOUNT.
..1ltAfllEiFOnb, Tx, Dec. 4 The
:, E.,Oolnd train, which pissed this place
10Y last night, WAS wrecked two
oss XIV ,,, west OF Sparta, distance OF thirty
s,n, .l,lss west Of hore. The wreck waf
w, ~ broken rail. TWO coachct
lss1. 'ntoWn of bridge some ten or
nts,i Ivy ilgh, aud the sleeper was dc.
M ApV turned across The track There
1,genN'llyo people bruised and hurt,
t,agVl I'VE were painfully though not
sib uusl} hnrt II Is Impossible to OBJ
mlo,,ne halncs OF those that we're 81
tas innate, MS tho names were
4Sis Ivy ~ Df r. O. yoolkcr, assistant
tls,s IVY ggon for tho Texas 4 raciic
y ssna ~ soon as the wounded could
TX , ~ mp utter the accident they
lhiS,n 70 Gordon, where they were
~ r5. s'fed ior until the hoad officials OF
n. lNAN Could af,dve f,u . .,,oeint teitlu.
aota,da,,a sNrl here about 3 o'clock thl'
N y"S superintendent Keller aus
~ se'htf Of the Fort and WI, CauuR
IN \, u ehaster aud soyofal othors wont
asssa We special, aud rendered yAlnahl,
Kanna~,o 70 tho suffering Dr NJ. 7
sdnme. OF this city WIN
var aeu by DR.. Voolker 20 70
49, !. Nnl naalal Nm, a.. unrl,nnl