Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-18
THROUGH 4 BRIDGE.
n Entire Freight Train Falls
Thirty Feet Into a River.
Killed and Wounded-Portion of Train
Above Water Burned-Freisht
Wrecked Near Longview.
/. & G. n. Passenger Train Wrecked ct Kyle
by Collision with a Pay Car-Seversl
People Seriously Injured.
Down to DeaTh.

Down to Death.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 17.-This
ming at 30 as a freight train on the
kansas City, Wyando;te and North
lSResteru was crossing the bridge over the
Kew river in this city one span OF the
bridge gaze way and precipitated the en-
tire train into the river, thir,y-one feet.
ELLIS Moore, colored, who was Stealing Il
ride, WAS killed. Fireman Fred Allen of
Lawrence Kan, is missing. Thomas
F. Mlilegan, brakeman, badly hurt and
will probably die. Christian Patch. Gu
gineer, had mis- left Leg and back severely
bruised. At the scene of disaster the
river is flfteeu feet deep. The engine
and almost the entire train WIS buried
out OF sight.
Special to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov. l7.-At G:23
0 CLOCK 3 short freight train on the Kan
sas City, "yandotte and Northwestern
road from Beatrice. Neb., consisting OF
engine, tender, five freight cars and ca
b0ose, started across the bridge at the
mouth Of the river. The packing house
whistles were blowing for the employees,
and as the train entered the bridge many
OF the eInplOye s boarded 1t for free ride
across the river. The first span of the
bridge wes passed. and then just rs the
engine struck the center span there was
IN awful crash, and the whole train
dashed through the river below carrying
ali on board. The engineer, F.. II.
Patch, ard fireman, Charles Allen, went
to the bottom. Patch came up covered
with bruises and burns, and as he rose
toward the surface he felt the clutch of
IA:
juced as he was, he succeeded III kicking
himself loose from that deadly grip,
and lett his fireman dead 1T
The bottom Of the river. Henry
Williams, colored boy, was
seated between the cars steal
ing a ride across the river, and as
the train went down he was caught and
held fast, drowning in sight OF those
near, who were poweriess to aid them.
The train crew, with the exception CT
Allen were fortunate enough TO get out
OF the wreck, and while they are all
severely injured, none will die. How
many men Jumped the train IN order to
ride across the river is u conjecture.
Some tel that they saw twenty get
aboard, while others reduce the number
to ten. All agrees that there were e
goodIy number, and of these all but two
are missing. The train consisted of three
loads aud two empties. A car OF corn,
q car ot maChiney aud q car of hogs were
total loss. The cabOosS went on top
of the rest of the train, and stood out OF
The water supported by the bridge tim
1beTs. The stove was thrown 10 the end
OF the car, and soon the whole structure
YVES a mass OF danes, all that was above
water was soon reduced TO mass of
charFed timbers. Following is q complete
list of the dead, injured aud missing:
The Iist of killed ind wounded SO far
es known are as follows: Kiled-Fred
Allen, f1remen, Lawrence. kau.; Henry
Coleman, colored, Kansas City, Kan.
Viii Crawford, colored, Kansas City,
Kan; Henry Williams, colored, Kansas
City, Kan. The latter three were en-
ploysd at Armour's packing house, aud
were riding to their work.
The injured are: Christian Patch, en-
giueer, 2040 North Third street, Kansas
City. Kan, cuts and bruises on left leg,
jaw fractured and cut across forehead;
Thomas Mill:gun, brakeman, Lawrence,
Kan. bruises about body, cut across
forehead: :. o. smith, Latham. KAN.
stockmnn, badly bruised about body and
legs: L. LatiInore, colored, Kansas City,
Kan. three ribs broken.
The following list of names OF the
missing is furnished by the Armours.
All these were sent to get aboard the ILL
fated train, and rs they nave neither
put in an appearances at the work nor
have they returned home, it is feared
they are among the lost. Ralph Fay,
elevator man at Armours; Fred Bell, |
pine filter. Armours; Ed Burke, pipe |
litter, Armours; Frank Wall, packer;
Dave Brown, beef killer at Armour.
Three tramps who bearded the train |
several stations up the road are also miss |
ny. All the missing are supposed to have |
been killed, and their bodies are now |
robablv confined in the wreckage.
The work of rescue began a; once after |
the catastrophe. Several colored men |
who were riding TO work and all |
II the crew except the fireman were |
aiken from the wreck in which they |
we're found. The work of recovering |
he dead bodies then began. BY dark |
he bodies Of all those mentioned above |
Is dead were recovered. Search for |
others supposed to be drowned will be |
,ontin ued Tomorrow.