Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-05
a BAD WRECK.
Two Passenger Trsins Como Together
HALF Mile Nerfh OF Harrisburg,
Causing q Smash.
The Engineers of Both Trains Reversed
Their Lever, Applisd the Air
Brakes and then Jumped off
WRECK ON TIE MISSOURI PACIFIC

WRECK ON THE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Jan. 4.-The northbound
express train on the Missouri Pacific road
which left Galveston at 6:25 this morning
when within four miles OF Houston and
one mile north OF Hsrriburg station col
lided with the secondsection of tie scusns
bound st. Louis express. The wreck,
from ell al reports, was very ba1sone.
Both locomotives were completely ruined
and several cars were badly damaged.
None o. the passengers on either train
were Injured to speak of aud the early
reports of heavy loss Of life which created
considerable alarm here proved wholly IN
founded. The only persons injured were
Engineer Ward of the northbound train
and the nail agent, name unSnown,
neither OF whom sre seriously hurt. The
accident occurred about $3.50 O'Clock.
The st. Louis express WAS behind time.
and 1t is surmised wss trying to make the
Harrisburg sidetrack in time to pass the
north bound train. a telegram from
Superintendent Fleming says the track
will be cleared, and the passengers will
all be en- route on their journey By noon.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Special to the Gazette.
HOUSTON, Tex, jan. "A collision
occurred on the Galveston, Harrisburg
sud San Antonio Railway this morning
about one-half mile this side of Harris
burg between the southbound train from
st. Louis, No. 655, and the Galveston
northbound train, No. 622. The st. Louis
train had srrive6 in this city this morning
one hour and twelve minutes late, and the
Galveston train which Was due here st
S:25 was ordered to take the side track at
Harrisburg and allow the south-bound to
pass. The operator ct Harrisburg neglect
ed 10 stop train from Galveston IS it passed
Harrisburg, snd the result was that the
two trains came together near that sta
ton. Just before the collision the north
bound train was stopped for the purpose
Of putting Off tramp, and when the COL
lision occurred it had not got under full
Roadway, Or the wreck would have
been much more serious. At the
point where the accident occurred is e
curve, and it WAS Impossible for the en-
gineer Of either train to see the other until
they were nearly together. Con5ucto
George Sheerer and Engineer T. B. MILL
gan were in charge Of the north bound
train and Conductor W. A. Hudson sud
Engineer Calamity Ward were on the
sCuthbound train. The engineers, when
they discovered that collision was un.-
REVERSED THEIR LEVERS,
spilled the air brakes and then jumped
of. Scarcely had they Ieaped from the
trains when the collision occurred.
The wreck was most complete, bath
engines being completely used up. The
express, baggage and mail cars of the
train were thrown from the
track, iDjuri1g Mail Agent Dibbrell and
3 coloreo porter named Jim Davis. The
cars were slso completely smashed. On
the sCuthbOun0 train three coaches,
baggage, express and passenger were |
badly disfgured. There were about ten |
or twelve passengers On the Dorthbound |
and twenty-five or thirty on the south |
bound train, but none of them were hurt. |
Mr.. S. NJ. Fields Of Galveston, one of |
the passengers, stated that he was in his |
berth Ct the time, and was thrown out
very violently, and that the other pdssen-
gers were similarly treated. The passeE-
ger coach OF the south bound train ard the |
express car telescoped, but the psssen-
gers fortunately were in the rear end Of |
the car.
Soon after the accident the wrecking
trains from Houston and Harrisburg were
sent out, and transported the passengers
to this city. A large force is now at work
clearing the track, and trains will proba-
oily be running between Galveston and
Houston Tonight.
The damsge to the engines and coaches
amounts to about S25. 600.