Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-24
KNOXVILLE SAD.
A CHASTITY Scene at the Depot When the
Dead and Wounded Arrive.
The Coroner's Jury Declares the Railroad Com
pany Not to Blame for the Accident.
List of Injured.
The Knoxville Wreck.

The Knoxville Wreck.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Aug. 23.-Great
crowds were gathered around the railway
station last evening, when q relief train
arrived with the victims of the wreck of
the excursion train on the Cumberland
Gap and Louisville railway, at Flat Gap
creek yesterday. The excitement was
! intense. Over hundred carriages were
in waiting. and the streets leading from
the station were thrOnged. The scene as
the wounded and dead were carried from
the cars and placed on stretchers was a
! CHASTITY one. There was a great dearth
of doctors and many of the injured had
to wait several hours for attendance. 1t
is now known that Attorney Charles Sey-
mOur and Edward Parker will lose their
| legs. There is little chance for the re-
covery of Alderman Barry. In the
wreck he was thrown against q window
and his abdomen filed with powdered
| glass. The inquest will be held to-day.
The cOroner's inquest to-day returned
a verdict completely generating the
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louis
vile road from all responsibility for yes
! terday's accident at Big Fla creek.
! The cause of the accident remains I'M
! known, as experts are totally unable to
/ ca pam H. lu6 IOduDSu w as CAdLllLeu
and found to be in perfect condition.
The wheels were tested before the train
| started and the cars were just out of the
shop. A small stone found between a
| plank crossing and the rail may have
lifted tlange from the track, but this is
| considered improbable.
Knoxville has fever of unrest to-day
and business, except at newspaper Off
ces, is practically suspended.
Large crowds are on the streets dis
cussing the accident. Scarcely q man
injured but was a prominent and popular
| citizen. All public associations met to-
day to take action and fttingly commem-
| crate the sad occasion.
There have been no additional details.
Chairman of Public Works Young is now
dying, and Alderman Barry cannot live.
County Judge Malonev's condition has
taken a turn for the worse, and his
friends are very anxious.
The following is a complete list of the
wounded and the extent OF their iniu-
ries:
Alexander A. Arthur, slight internal
injuries, bruises; not dangerous.
John Young, chairman of board Of
public works, internal injuries; will die.
John T. Hearne, editor of Sentinel,
very painfully but not seriously injured
internally.
Edw. f. Barker, compound fracture
of right leg and hurt in groin; amputa-
ton necessary.
Charles Seymour, attorney, compound
fracture below and above knee
of left leg; amputation necessary.
A. j Albers, simple fracture of hip
bone and two ribs broken and right
arm fractured
w w Woodruff sirooIa frocture of
left leg and left arm.
Rev. Cook Dean of the theological
school Grant university, Athens, two
ribs fractured.
Alex W. Wilson, assistant to chief en-
gineer Of the Knoxville, Cum berIand
Gap and LewisvIlle road, compound
fracture of the right leg above the knee
and compound fracture of hip bone and
bruised about the head and shoulders.
Gen. H. Schubert, simple fracture of
the left leg below the knee and fracture
Of the right thigh bone.
+. Kinsel, left shoulder dislocated
aud injured internally, not seriously.
Peter Kern, member of the board of
public works, left shoulder, head and
face bruised.
John B. Hall, Middlesborough, Ky,
cut and bruised about the head and face.
Judge Geo. Maloney, one rib broken,
and thigh bone fractured; very dan
gerous.
Hugh NJ. McKeldin of Athens, ribs
broken; injured internally.
P. H. Taylor, two ribs broken, cut
and bruised about the head and face and
ankle sprained.
DR.. A. w. West, city physician, in
jured internally, probably fracture of the
ribs.
E. W. Adkins, bruised on leg and cut
in neck.
J. E. Barry, cut in side by glass
wounds; considered fatal as cavity of
abdomen is filled with powdered glass.
Judge H. II. IngersoIl, right leg cut
and bruised.
H. B. Webell, head and body injured,
not dangerous.
w. B. Samuel, fractured left arm near
wrist, cut and bruised in face.
P. Samuel, aged ten, severe scalp |
wound.
R. Schmidt, left shoulder and two ribs
fractured.
W. Park, state Inspector of mines,
right leg and spine slightly injured.
C. A. Ebb, slightly bruised.
Alderman W. c. Perry, bruised about |
1oins and head, severe cuts.
w. T. Perry, fagman, int nally in
jured.
DENTISTS ADJOURN.