Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-20
A MIRACLE.
A Passenger Train on ths Baltimor
and Ohio Runs Off a Trestle.
An Awful Wreck.
Nature OF the Oatastrophs-rhss Story
ofOne OF the Passengers.

FRKEPoRT, ILL Oat. 10 A heavily
loaded freight train on the C1icsgc, S..
Paul and Kansas City Rosd broke IN two
lear here yesterday and an extra which
was following close behind struck the
cs0oose OF the regular causing G bad
wreck. Six men were in the caboose,
three CT whom were killed. They were
JOHN BROWN, stockman Of 81. Paul /;
JAMES ORR CT Lsrimer, Mimi, and
EDWARD HIoKEY CT Fairbanks, MINI.
the injured sTe
E r. Smith, merchant at Stockton,
whose aukle wss badly crushed, and
FRANK MARTIN Of S.. Charles, wao sus-
tanned internal Injuries aud WAS badly
bruised. The tralnmen all escaped.
AN EXPRESS OVER A TRKsTLE.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, Ocs. l9-Tne cannon
bail express on the Baltimore ard Ohio
which left Cincinnati last night rSn into
IN open switch near Washington ga
depo. about $50 o'clock this morning,
and WAS precipsted over trestle, dis
lance OF ten feet. The train was running
It high ra.e of speed, and WAS almost
completely wrecked. Engineer James
Noonsn and a passenger named N.welI,
CT Wheeling, ". Va, were instantly
killed and ABOUT twenty we're IL ured, &
numbsr Of them seriously, The lost, as
isr as known At present, are as folio We
Killed:
JAMES NooNAN, engineer, PlstsDurg.
NEWELL, passenger, Wheeling.
Itjured-HARRY BROWN, fEemsp, bad
~ msnglec will die.
T.rvS 10
conscious, very serious.
W. S GREEN, Dodge City, Kan, badly
burned about the side and head.
MRS. W S. GREEN, Dodge City, KIN
spine Injured.
a. BRocXMAN and wife, New YORK, in
jlred, not believed to be serious.
HENRY MURRAY, Burgettstown, Pa,
slightly hurt.
S. ". CoLwKLL, New YORK, bruised an d
cut.
AT. FORMER. Chicsgo, bruised.
A. S. BROWN. Chicago, bruised.
JOHN JONES, residence not known,
bruised.
C. W. MATHEWS, conductor OF the
sleeper, badly bruised.
MRS, ". j. MCCoNKEY, I'M 1ries rot
serious.
Mrs HANNAH MCKINNEY, New Con-
cord, OHIO, slightly hurt.
Mr.. FIFER, Allegheny City, leg broken
BAGGAGE MASTER HENRY Of Pittsourg,
badly hurt.
A special train with passengers off thu
wrecked lEain arrived in the city st 1871;
O'Clock this sf!ernoon. Superintendent
Collins, OF the Pittsburg postcf flee, who
| was IN the wreck stated three OF the IN
IGfed, Fireman Brown, Bsggsgemsstel
Henry and co!ored man named Hayes Of
| Columbus, Ono, will pro ably die. Three
more were quite seriously il lred, whils
others sustained slight bruises and cuts
1.-THE trSip," said he, "was about 81
hour and half late. We reached Wash,
| iugton about O'Clock. I WAS asleep II
sn upper berth. The first thing I knew
she csr turned oyers and was thrown
ACROSS the aisle, receiving an ugly cut or
the head, and several severe body bruises
AS coon as could do SO l made my
way out OF the car. 1t was the wors
| looking wreck l ever saw. The engine
WAS demolished and the cars were msss
of broken tinbers. The engine, tender
baggage csr and sleeper had gone ovel
the trestle, and the day coach was hspg
ing partially over. The people of the
to WI broke the windows and extrica teC
the passengers as speedily as possible
Inside the cars q scene of widest confu
sion prevailed. The injured were con.
veyed to the Audit house where every
thing was done to alleviate theil
suff .ring. These who were able to do &C
came on to Pittsourg on special. The
train was filed to its utmost capacity
and IL Is miracle more were not killed