Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
Further Particulars of the FrIght,ul
Collision OF TIVE Passenger Trains
OF the Cincinnati Southern.
hsVisso List CT tho Killed and Wounded
The Story OF aa Eye wirness-A
o0nauetor's Mistake.


the conductor and engineer misre.din,
their orders. They are both AMONGST th,
Oldest employees. None OF the PASSENGER
are injured. Ga the south bound tn,
bsggagemaster and mail agent wer,
Killed. On the north bound train tn,
eaggagemaster was killed and the farema,
oadly Injured. The mail and bseeao.
cars are destroyed and the smoking Car,
OF bosn trains are badly damaged.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. IA corre.
spondent ct Somerset sends the folIowine
names OF killed and wounded in tn.
Southern Railway accident:
LEE WILTRRow, eCiacinnati, baggage
master; throat cut, IEouth crushed in anG
terribly s5sn fon msnslsd 0}.erwise; was dead
LAWRENCE CoLLAt, baggage master
from Ludlow; kille d outright.
JAhKs SEVERANCE, JR., mail agent, Is
fatally wounded.
PAT MURPHY, fireman and engineer
arm broken.
FAT TAYLOR, engineer, an ugly cash in
the face and one Of mis- eyes knocked out
VIII. lam MICHAEL, engineer, escaped
with few bruises which will not prove
fatal.
The dead and wounded were brough;
10 this place and comfortable Quart. IRE
were given those yet alive.
Express Messenger POWELL was in
stently killed.
REVISED REPORT.
LEXINGTON, KY Jan. 1.-The follow
ing account of the collision on the Gin.
cinnati Southern Railroad which occurre d
last night, gives a revised and accurate
list OF the killed and wounded. Killed:
LEE WITHRow, baggage master, Lud-
low head crushed aud throat cut with
iron bar.
JAMES SKvERENs, postal clerk, Star-
ford, KY, conclusion Of the brain, died
tonight.
T. Csndee, fireman Chattanooga, thrown
on top Of the fire box of train No. l and
the contents of the fire box Of train No. 2
emptied on him, burning the body to s
crisp.
Lawrence Callan, baggsgemester, Lud-
low, KY, body crushed under the smoker.
W. d. Powell, express messenger, Mad
isonville, Ohio, crushed under the wreck.
Miss Jessie Green, Chattanooga, skull
crushed; died at Greenwood.
The Injured are: Mr.. and Mrs. Alvey,
Covington, KY, scalded and inhaled steam !;
VIII prob6oly die.
Sam Shrumm, conductor, internally in
lured.
J.sB. Gibson, Cincinnati, en- route home
from Florida, badly scalded on face and
hsnSs, probsbly fatal.
JS Nolan, colored, porter of No. 2,
decoration Of hip sBd hands.
William D. Michsels, engineer Of No.
2, VINO jumped from the engine, sprained
ankle, hand scalded and cheek gashed.
Pat Taylor, Somerset, KY, engineer Of
No. l, bruised and suff ring from concus-
sion, badly hurt.
Pat Murphy, Junction City, Ky, fire.
man of No. l, leg broken below the knee.
W. T. Roberts, Riceville, Tenn, leg
and arm broken.
w. Z. Jackson, Ludlow, KY, express
messenger, hand and head burned, back
sprained and bruised.
L. E. S.ckett, Cincinnati, news agent,
hesd, face, back and legs bru sed.
j. c. BuTcb, Sydney, Ohio, travelling
passenger agent of the Chicsgo and Alton
railroad, badly scalded, head, face and
hands cut.
Joe Hepp, Covirgton, KY, scalded and
bruised.
Dick Patton, Ludlow, KY, brakeman,
cat and scalded.
J. E. Campbell, Hanoverton, Ohio,
scalded face, neck and hands.
In addition to these, train No. 9, which |
came north this evening, carried to Gin |
cinneti FIVE or Elk bsdly injured passen-
gers. These passengers were In the bou-
doir car, and the railroad officials refused !
TO allow the Associated Press reporter |
access to them, or give their names or In |
jurles. Verysshortly after the collision a
wrecking train left Somerset, carrying |
ND eli no Snpnrcnf
physicians to the scene of the |
disaster. Two cars of the mail |
and the baggage of No. l took fire and |
burned. AT the time OF the crash With
row end Jackson were talking in the
baggage car when the car split open from
end to end, the msili car and smoker
shooting over them, the other cars cutting
loose and dropping back grade. LIZ Is
reported that an unknown passenger was
crushed and burned in the water closet to
train No. 2. M. Alvey of CoviDgton
threw his wife through window and
Jumped out after her, both rolling down
an embankment. The collision was
caused by Conductor Shramm misread-
ing the orders delivered to him at Win
Geld. He mistook Summit for Somerset,
and hurried his train down grade
at City miles au hour to maze
that point, probably running CT tnal speed
when the collision occurred. After the
collision Conductor Bennett ran up to
Shrumn and said: "I'n not 10 blame
for this, read your orders and see."
Shrumm took out his orders and iock-
ing carefully threw ND his hands, ex-
claiming "Oo, my God. have made
Sharke witkers, formerly Of this city,
but now of Edwards, Miss, was on the
train going south, and made this state
mept: eve left Somerset half an hour
ate and were running about thirty miles
IN hour up grade. was IN
me coach next in front OF the
sleeper close to the front door
when shril whistling alarmed me.
ran ont on the platform and was pitched
iown an eAbankment Of fifty feet. L
Jumped up and went to work. We helpen
% extricate the victims. l helped tSEe
mt three alive and two dead, one OF the IN
Pat Murphy. helped dig him out OF the
mud into which he WAS i.mmec nearly TO
lis arm pits. The next man We
,ot out was an express MESSENGER
zho was crushed under LDe (