The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-12
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FIREMAN J.. @. HABGoK KILLED.
Ihs Engineer, Two Postal Clerks a"d
an ENpross Messenger slightly
wounded FUN Details Of
the Mr'rk-A Tramp,

Texas 4 Pacific, which was due here NJ
$40 a. M, yesterday, left Fort Worth on
time. After waiting at Handley, tho
first station east OF Fort Worth, the re'
auired time Tor the wost'bound passe NJ
gor, which did not come, the east-bound
proceeded. Three miles east Of Hand
ley and four miles west of Arlington
thoro is "A bridge across Village creek,
When the front trucks of engine Oh,
which was pulling tho passenger train,
struck this bridge IL began TO give
way. The engineer, who had his,
hand upon the air.brako throttle,
set the brakes instantly, ana IN less
than a second was buried beneath both
baggage and mail cars, out of sight, UNI
der the water.
The mail car. containing two mail
agents and the Texas express messen-
ger, fell upon the engine, and was
pushed sideways down TIE stream by
tho baggage car, which rested ilnally
upon the engines tender, IN an almost
perpendicular position, win lts rear
and upper end remaining coupled 10
the smoking car. The front trucks OF
the smoking car dropped down on the
pilling, and were stopped by large
permanent bench of tho bridge, The
ladies' coach and sleeper remained on
the track. The instant the train was
stopped, the conductor, Mr.. Kellogg,
assisted by the passengers, was down IN
the wreck ready TO assist any who
should need IL. 1t was soon discovered
that everybody but the engineer and
fireman were safe beyond possibly
somebody bruised. At first glance the
engineer was not to be seen, but pres
emily he came up out of the water more
dead than alive; bruised and cut All
over, and bleeding from every wound.
he was taken out FL the water ana
placed in the sleeper and cared for
ia the best possible manner. Ihe en-
gineer was LYMAN Roach, OF Texarkana.
The extent of his wounds cannot now
be told. They are certainly OF no tri-
yialinature. The fireman was >. q. Ha-
beck, of Canton, Ohio, where his WHO
resides. No sign or sight was ever seen
of him, and he lies there at his post OF
duty.
S.A. Stuart, of Dallas, mail agent,
was badly bruised, and was suffering
from his left thigh, which had been
broken in q former wreck. His partner,
G, w. Adlita, mail agent, also OF Dallas,
was slightly bruised and had his hand
cut The baggage master, A. Wood.
rufT. of rexarkana, had his back and
hips hurt. c. w. Rudd, Pacific Express
messenger, received no injuries. j. M.
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 as the
wounded were cared tor, q messenger
was sent to the nearest telegraph ONCE,
and engineer and doctors were soon on
the ground. The sleeper and rear coach
were taken back to Fort Worth and
brought from there, via. Denton, to this
city. The bridge is AT the foot OF that
much dreaded Arlington hill. 1t is about
100 feet long, including approaches, ana
the span over the river is about 10 feet.
Had il been the st-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
on the east-bound train was running
with great caution, not faster than
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 l6 feet above the
water. On the two first days OF last
week the bridge gang were working on
this bridge, rebuilding it, 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 60 of the strikers, on learning
4 In of m n
a train, and loading it with the neces-
sary timbers, ties and iron, went to the
scene and repaired the same, and pas
senger trains will move to-day as usual.
They declare that neither the
travelling public or the mail
shall suffer so long as they
can procure passage for them. The ac-
ton of the strikers, in repairing the
break, was the subject of favorable COM
ment, even by those who oppose the
A meeting will be held tonight
and Murphy streets if the news from
Marshall, which they claim does not
settle matters, proves to be untrue.
Later in the day a 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-
nected with the accident: a tramp, who
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 a riot by his clamor-.
;nr at hainu distrrhed and the loss of
his chapeau.
FROM ARLINGTON.
ARLINGTON, March Is. - 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
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; Mr.. 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
men 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.-lSpeciai.l-
A few minutes alter 8 O'Clock this
morning the east-bound Texas ~ Pacific
met quite q 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