Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
Texas and Pacific Brakeman
Mangled and Mutilated,
The Fearful Wreck Which Occurred in
the Suburbs of Fort Worth Yester-
day Morning.
The Debris Piled ffigh-Narrow Escape Of
IngInger and Firpman-ThrIll ing Scenes
All Caused by Cow.

wrecked locomotive, half dozen freigh.
cars jumbied together as though crushed in tn .
hands of some monster, the means Of injured
men, the sickening view of lifeless remains, es-
Gaping s:eam, excited and trembling train
hands. These are the sights and sounds that
mig hit have been observed at early hour yes
terday morning in the western suburbs of Fort
Worth.
And there in the gray mist of the morning. as
the sun rose Ger the eastern horizon ushering
in another day, the soul Of J. P. Coyie was sent
It was train No. IL, westbound, local freight,
which met the mishap which resulted SO dis
astrously
About6:31 O'Clock the train pulled ont from
the yards in this city with fourteen cars,
well loaded with merchandise to be
distributed at the different stations of the divis
ion. Conductor w. S. Carnrike was in charge
of the train, and with him as brakemen were G.
w. Heck aid Tom 1. Matkin and the unfortu-
grasped the throttle, with Fireman j. W. Coc6-
raf occupying the opposite seat in the cab.
AS the train was somewhat late pulling out
TO make up to the schedule. and the reliable old
engine No. 20 answered TO the
cali. The tram moved along smoothly:
and Martin were in the caboose, while Brakeman
Coyle occupied a position on the LOGON olive.
the cab, his feet dangling over the side. The
engineer and fremen were in their accustomed
places.
dry, where there is grade OF some four feet at
Man chester, Engineer George Tucker was
a. armed to see several head OF cattle standing
on tn } track almost in front of the locomotive,
and te:ore he could re luce the speed of the train
the locomotive had struck one Of the cows with
tremendous force.
The engine jumped the track, and after it
came q half dozen freight cars.
The massing of the whole vast pile was the
work OF an instant.
Conductor Carnrike tells the story thus: 81
and the two brakemen were sitting il the cab.
We were running along smoothly enough. when
all st once felt shock.
Boys, 1 says, There must be something
wrong, for we had come 10 a standstili.
I'VE jumped out and ran up 70 the front. The
toffling steam of the locomotive,
which Was sa .aPhns from t s0ese es
We got hold of him first and got him out.
when we pulled off his coat his arms were SO
.'The cars were piled up ON top of one an
other. The tender OF the locomotive was turned
upside down and iammed into the cab. Poor
Coyle was buried under the stack of cars.
think he must have jumped when the collision
occurred, else he would have been crushed into
a shapeiess mass. As it was he was badly
The body of Coyle was brought into the city
and conveyed to Fakes undertaking establish
skull was mashed in, his arms were badly man
eled. and other parts OF his body bore evidence
Of fearful encounter with acrushing mass.
Coyle Ia almost G stranger in Fort Worth. He
has been here some six weeks. having run out
of San Antonio previously to his securing en-
ployment on the Texas and Pacific. He Is q
New Yorker, about twenty six years OF age.
Fireman Cochran suffered severely. He stuck
TO the engine until it turned over, when he at
tempted TO jump out of the cab, but SO eccentric
were the movements OF the monstrous
m ichine he did not have much success and
round himself lying under the debris.
He was rescued by the conductor
md
he had been badly hurt. His spine was injured,
his right Fad left arms fractured. legs bruised,
he received bad cut on the back Of his head.
and It Is thought he was internally injured. He
was taken last night TO the C ,rpany's hospital
at Masshali. During the day he rested at his
boarding house on South Main street.
Engineer fucker, like Fireman Cochran. re-
manned with the engine until 1t toppled over.
II ran some four car lengths before falling. It
was that distance from where Coyle leaped and
was found dead to where the engine turned
over Tucker is an old employe OF the COM
pauy. His injuries, though severe are not con-
sid red dangerous. He is badly scalded in all
parts or hi. hody, but NO bones are broken. He
had miraculous escape. srI
The wrecking train was put Immediately to
work clearing away the debris. There was not
enough OF the locomotive cab left stto put
in hat - as one Of the brakesmen expressed
ii, TIE six demolished cars were loaded with
merchandise of various kinds, all Of which was
spilled about IN the utmost confasior.