Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-22
RAILWAY WRECKS.
At Least TWO Fatal Coli
eiona Of Trains
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED.
Mach Larger Number Seriously In
5ured-Some -Disobedience
OF Ordcrs-A. flood Result.
my telegraph TO tho plspa,ch.l


ST. LOUIS. May 2l.-Fragmentaiy details
OF fatal head-end collision on the Cotton
Belt Railroad reached -. Louis ut an carly
hour this morning. The accident resulted
in the immediate death OF four persons
and the serious INJURY Of eighteen others.
The collision occurred 40 o'clock last
night $50 miles south OF st. Louis, between
the stations of Humphreys and Golden, IN
Arkansas. II was caused by the crew Of
the irregular passenger train disobeyIng
orders. and as "a result the engine Of me
passenger tram ran into the engine of the
freight. All the cars of the passenger tram
were thrown from the track and upset.
Mrs. Henderson, of Arkansas. Is the only
one Of the killed so far identified. Her hus-
band vas badly injured. Field. the con-
ductOr of the passenger tram. was also
seriously injured, and the brakeman OF the
freight is reported missing. Two other
women and one man are known 10 have
been killed. Peterson, the engineer OF the
passenger train, IS also reported missing
FATAL ACCIDENT on TIE yANDMIA.
Sr. LOUIS. Mo-, May 2i.-A night east
bound jacksonville Southeastern engine,
In charge OF Conductor Smith, coilided
with west bound passenger tram on the
Nandalia road. FIVE miles vest Of Green
engines and tho baggage car of the pas
sengor train were wrecked, and the first
passenger coach was considerably dam
aged. The crews of both engines saved
themselves bv jumping, hut were con
siderahly bruised. A special guard Of the
express company named Ia. flnn was IN
stantly killed. and Sharpe, the regular ex-
press messenger. was seriously hurt. None
Of the passengers were injured. Inc VAN
talia Ofiic ais here say that the Jackson
VILE Southeastern engine, which had been
using their track since the flood rendered
Its own track useless was occupying the
main track without any orders to DO so.
THE DEAD AND MISSING.
The following dispatch was received from
Pine Bluff, Arb. by tho Cotton-Belt gene
-sl manager here's =" SO far "a known
seven persons are killed aud one is miss
ing. The wires between here and the point
az which the wreck occurred are worklng
badly ard all information Is received IN
fragments. One of the dead has been
idcutitied as Mrs. Henson. wife OF an en-
rlovee Of the road. The bodies OF Two
other women have been taken from the
wreck aud are as yet underlined. Inc
other four bodies are those OF men, one
vouup man about ~ wears old. On one oil
the bodies was found a check on the state
National Bank Of Memphis drawn IN FAVOR
Of James Morgan. The names or the
other dead men are O1rsman, johns. ana
Swan. the latter being the colored porter
OF the sleeper None of their residences
are known. The missing man "a hIeIhhu
of one OF the engines. IL - Impossible 10
obtain a full list OF the injured or INC
extent OF their injuries. as they nave MI
been removed e. neighUonne houses 10
have their wounds atienccd to-
THE nEAIH-IIsT STILL LONGER
PNE BLUFF. AsF., Nav 2l.-Ihe reports
of the Cottou-Be wreck are still meagre,
as all communication IS cut OF. tram
carving .he dead bodies aad the woundei
passengers IL expected here tonight.
ntil then no definite and full account can
he had. The Pullman sleeper u buried
under ten feet of water. and divers nave
been sent 10 the place tonight - drag f"r
the bodies. The exact lis. OF the dead ana
injured Is said 10 be considerable lar-er
than reported in these dispatches TINS
morning. The Cotton Belt. OWING 10 high
water and the wreck. has arranged 10 seuE
oil It's trains ia Little Rock over the
Missouri Pacific.
A ylRGISIAS INJURED.
Mr. L. T.. Brook. of Cisco, Tex, who is
himself painfully injured. arrived LAKE tins
evening on the Cotton-Bclt train, and
gives the following additional report: Mrs.
Clark. vile OF Professor Clark, Of Nin-
chester. Tenn, killed; Mrs. q. 4. Ander-
son, of Ameullo. Tex, killed, and nfr
lrother-in-law. Mr.. jenkins, OF Virginia,
slightly injured: Rev. Mr.. Hudgens, OF
GRAPEVINE. lex. seriously injured, and his
wife. whom he married at Memphis night
lafOre last killed.