Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04

! complete control and been on the lookout
| for the hrst section, as he must have
| known they would stop there for water
! Inc conductor of first No. Il was no,
| expected TO protect his train by a iag
! especially as the conditions governing the
| approach to the tank were exactly the
! same as governs in entering station.
| As 10 why Engineer, kuhlhof
| came down the hill so fast is inexpicable Ia
| trainmen, unless it was that his engine be-
came unrnanageable and got beyond his
control. so he could not hold his train or
check the momentum of the vast ton
mage behind him. The night was
! not rainy and the track was not slippery.
| The most charitable construction and the
. one railroad men are inclined to put upon i
IS that the engine for the moment got beyond
control and that he is not morally response
bic for the collision. 1t is impossible 10 as
certain the rate of speed at which second
Il was running, though it is apparent from
all that can be learned that Kdhlhof was
whirling them for all that was in them,
more especially as both sections are said to
have been behind time.
1t IS said that the company recently dis
pensed with the services of a
night operator at AieGo and
that if one had been stationed
there Engineer Kuhlhoff could and doubt
less would have ascertained Just how far
first II was ahead of him, and would then
have known to certainty that she would
be found al the tank.
The wreck caught fire from the firebOX of
engine 81, and ten cars of merchandise, the
waycar and the engine which was beneath
them were totally consumed. The cars
We're loaded with bacon, flour, sheep
and general merchandise. The ba-
con only added fuel to the
flames and rendered it impossible
n have rendered ~ INV Of no
train crew mad they been unfortunate enough
10 have been caught in the wreck. 1t was
rumored that one of the brake
men of first seventeen was impris-
oned in the way car and that he
was burned with the wreck, but this is
denied by the trainmen who say that all
persons on the train are accounted for, and
if any human being was caught in the
wreck it must have been tramp engaged
IN beating his way, though they do not
believe this was the case
Passengers from the west who passed the
scene OF the wreck yesterday state that all
that could be seen of the wreck was a mass
OF warped and twisted iron. bearing every
appearance of having been through a hot
fire, aud that some of the wheels were
melted sufficiently to become firmly welded
IL the rails. The engine is a total wreck,
and is fit only for the scrap heap.
\ telegram was at once sent to Fort
Worth Tor an engine and coach. and the in
jured men were brought back to the city at
30 yesterday morning. Conductor John
son was taken to his room over the Local
Option saloon on Main and Front
streets, and the crushed limb ampu-
tated three inches below the knee
and the other injuries dressed At !
O'Clock last evening, when the atmosphere
was cool he was removed to the hospital
His recovery is regarded as almost impossi-
Bile. He Is Il young man twenty-eight years
of age, and has been in the service
Of the company, running freight
train. for seven wears. He was
regarded as one of the most capable men on
the road He is unmarried and has no rcla-
tiges in this city. He has a brother
running passenger train out of
who also resides in California He
is member of Evergreen division No. 81,
Order of Railway Conductors. and of Fort
Worth lodge Knights of Pythias No. 93.
These lodges are giving him every care
and attention, and every possible, chance Of
saving his life will be carefully taken ad-
vantage of.
Engineer Kuhlhoff is a nan of about
forty-tive years of age. married and resides
on the South Side. He was taken to his
home Immediately upon the arrival of the
train. He has no children. He has been
in the service Of the company five years,
running an engine in freight seryEe during
that time. He was reported to be cool,
careful and thoroughly experienced engine
man. one of the best on the road. He is
member of the local lodge of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
II was reported at a late hour last night
that both men were alive, but their death IS
regarded as only question OF time.