The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-19

FIREMAN j. O. HAutoK KILLED
The Engineer, Two Postal Clerks aud
80 Fspicss Messenger slightly
wounded full Details of
tho Nrrtk-A Tramp,

$40 a. M, yesterday, left Fort wosth ON
lime. After waiting AZ Handloy, the
first station east OF Fort Worth, tho re-
CURED time for the wost.bnunG passe n.
ger, which did not come, the es,st-bound
proceeded. Three miles ess! OF Hand
lev and four miles west q Arlington
there Ia "a bridge across Village creek.
When tho fronl trucks al engine 642,
which was pulling the passenger train,
struck this bridge II began. to, give
way. The engineer, who had his
hand upon the air-hrake throttle,
set tho brakes instantly, and in less
than secon1 was buried beneath both
hagEage and mail cars, out OF sight, un-
der the water.
The mail car. containing two mail
agents aud tho Texas express messen-
ger, fell upon the engine, and was
pushed sideways down the stream by
Tho baggage car, which rested finally
upon tho engines tender, Ia an almost
perpendicular position, with iis rear
and upper end remaining coupled to
the smoking cag. Tho front trucks OF
the smoking car dropped down on the
pilling, aud wore stopped by largo
permanent bench OF the bridge, The
ladies' coach and sleeper remained on
tho track, Tho instant tho train was
stopped, tho conductor, Mr.. Kellogg,
assisted by tho passengers, was down In
tho wreck ready 20 assist any who
should noed Il. IL was soon discovered
that everybody but the engineer aud
fireman were safe beyond possibly
somebody bruised. At first glance tho
engineer was not to be seen, but pres
entity he came up out of tho water more
dead than alive; bruised and cut all
over, and bleeding from every wound.
Ho was taken out IF the water and
placed in tho sleeper and cared Tor
in the best possible manner. The en-
gineor was Lyman Roach,of Texarkana.
The extent of his wounds cannot now
be told. They are certainly OF no tri-
vial,nature. The fireman was j. q. Ha-
beck, of Canton, Ohio, whore his wifo
rosidos. No sign or sight was ever seen
of him, and he lies there at his post OF
duty.
5. A. Stuart, of Dallas, mail agent,
was badly bruised, and was suffering
from. his left thigh, which had been
broken in former wreck. His partner,
q, w. Adiita, mail agent, also of Dallas,
was slightly bruised and had his hand
cut. The baggage-master, a. Wood
ruff, of Texarkana, had his back and
hips hurt. G. w. Rudd, Pacific Express
messenger, received no injuries. j. NJ.
Began, Texas Express messenger, of
Dallas, was considerably bruised and
few slight cuts. None of the injuries
received by these men are serious, OK
cept those of the engineer, who may
not recover from them, AS soon rs the
wounded were cared TOR, a messenger
was sent to the nearest telegraph Office,
and engineer and doctors were soon on
the ground. Tho sleeper and rear coach
were taken back to Fort Worth and
brought from there, via. Denton, to this
city. Tho bridge is at the foot of that
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100 feet long, including approaches, and
the span over the river is about 20 feet.
Had it been the west bound train, which
was fortunately late, the accident no
doubt have been much more serious, as
it would have been running faster and
the east embankment is much more
dangerous and sleeper. The engineer
with great caution, not faster than
twelve miles an hour, to
which fact the passengers may
attribute the saving of their
lives. Very little baggage was lost, but
the express goods did not fare so well.
The Pacific company is believed to have
lost some money packages. The United
States mail was not damaged or lost.
The water was about IL feet deep,
owing to continued hard rain-storm,
and the bridge about 10 feet above the
water. On the two first days OF last
week the bridge gang were working on
this bridge, rebuilding 1T, and left 1t
with many extra timbers, which caught
drift wood, and with only false or tenn
porary benches for support Saturday
nights freshet washed these away, with
the above results.
Some go of the strikers, on learning
the news of the wreck, at once manned
a train, and loading it with the neces-
sary timbers, ties and iron, went to the
scene and repaired the same, and pas
s8nger trains will move to-day as usual.
They, declare that neither the
shall siaIpls Suffer rD' SO long as they
can procure passage for them. The &C
ton of the strikers, in repairing the
break, was the subject of favorable COM
ment, even by those who oppose the
strikers.
A meeting will be held tonight
at the corner OF Main
and Murphy streets if the news from
Marshall, which they claim does not
settle matters, proves to be untrue.
Later in the day wrecking train in
charge of John Murphy, foreman, and
Conductor Campbell, went west TO re-
pair the wreck. They stated to HER
AID reporter that they represented the
company.
There was an amusing incident con-
by some sort of patent OF his own,
was riding under the trucks of the bag |
gage car, and whose presence was not
known until the accident occurred, |
bobbed up serenely, and losing his hat,
which fioated off down the stream, came
very near creating riot by his clamor-
ing at being disturbed and the loss OF
his chapeau.
FROM ARLINGTON.
ARLINGTON, March 10. - Special. =
This morning, as the east-bound mail
train was crossing Village creek, four
miles west of this place, the bridge gave
way, and the engine, the express and
he mail cars ran into the creek. The
fireman, j. g. Hobeck, has not yet
been found, and his body is supposed to
be under the engine, which was, before
the water fell, entirely submerged. Mr..
Roach, the engineer; Mr.. Grogan, Texas
express messenger; MIR. Woodruff, bag
gagemaster, and Route Agents Adleta
and Stewart were very badly hurt,
though their injuries are not supposed
to be- necessarily fatal. The wounded |
mon have been sent to the railroad hos
pital at Fort Worth. The HERALD COR
respondent visited the scene of the dis
aster this afternoon, and found not less
than 500 persons examining the wreck |
and watching the men who were repair
ing the bridge. The leaders of the |
strike are there in full force, and are
working manfully.
THE NEWS FROM FORT WORTH.
Fort WORTH, March 15.-lSpecial.l--I
A few minutes after s o'clock this |
morning the east-bound Texas 81 Pacific
met quite serious wreck at point
seven miles east of this city. A tenn
porary crib bridge had been built over
Village creek, which, up to few days
ago, had been watched at
night by track men, but
since the company released section