The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-22
Nearly Twenty Reported to Have Been In
jured-Part of the Train Under Water
and Only Meager Details 0btainable.
Special Express Guard Finn Meets Death
in an Accident on the Vandalia.
Messenger Sharp Seriously Hurt-Sevsrsl ,
Persons Manglsd by Fire Works Explosion
at Hartford-Seven WOrkmen Injured.
SERIOUS WRECKS.

A Collision on the Coilon-Belt Railway
Causes the Death of Eight Persona
ST. Louis, May 81. A head-end collision
on the Cotton-belt railroad occurred att
o'clock this morning. thirty-ive miles
south of ST. Louis. between the stations Of
Humphreys and Golden. in Arkansas. 10
was caused by the crew of q north-bound
passenger train disobeying orders. and. az
q result. the engine of the passenger train
collIded with the engine of o freight All
the cars of the passenger train were thrown
from the track ana upset.
Eight persons were killed and eighteen
or twenty persons injured. The wires be-
tween here and the point at which the
wreck occurred are working badly. and all
information is received in fragments. One
of the dead has been identified 90 Mrs.
Henson, wife of an employe of the road.
The bodies or two other women have been
taken from the wreck. but are as yet uni
Identified. The other four bodies are those
of men, one about nineteen years old. On
one of the bodies was found q check on the
State National Bank of Memphis, drawn In
favor of James Morgan. The names of the
|. dead men are: Osrsman. Jones. Swan. the
latter being the colored porter of the
sleeper. Nothing definite can be learned
of the fate of conductor Fields and
engineer James Peterson. of the passenger
train. or of engineer Turner. of the
freight. The fireman of the passenger 10
also missing. All the wounded have been
taken to Stuttgart, Kan, to which point
special trains have carried o number OF
physicians.
A dispatch from Pine Bluff late tonight
says: Reports from the wreck are still mea-
gre, as all Communication Is out of. A govern
ment boat carrying the dead and wounded
passengers is expected here soon. Until
then no definite and full report can
be had. The Pullman sleeper 10
buried under ten feet of water and
night to drag for the bodies. The list Of
the dead ard injured is said to be consid-
erably larger than reported this morning.
The Cotton Belt. owing to the high water
trains via Little Rock, over the Missouri
Pacific.
Mr. L. E. Brook. OF Cisco. Tex, who 10
himself painfully injured, arrived late this
the following additional report: Mrs.
Clark wife of Professor Clark. of VIM
checter, Tenn, killed; Mrs. o. Anderson. Of
Amerilio, Tex. killed. and her brether-in-
injured; Rev. Mr.. Huggens, of Grapevine.
Tex, seriously injured, and his wife. whom
he married at Memphis night before last.
killed.
Guard Killed and Messenger Hurt
ST. LOUIS. May 2l.-A light east-bound
Jacksonville Southeastern engine. in
charge OF conductor Smith, collided with Q
west-bo passenger train on the Van
daIia road. five miles west of Greenville.
Ill. at 5:5S o'clock this morning. Both en-
gines and the baggar-car of the passenger
train were wrecked and the first passenger
coach considerably damaged. The crews
of both engines saved themselves by jump
ing, but were considerably bruised. Ed
Finn, q special guard of the express COM
pany. was instantly killed. and Sharp. the
regular express messenger. seriously hurt
None of the passengers was injured. The
injured messenger was removed TO Green
Vile and placed il charge of a physician.
The Vandalia officials here say that the
Jacksonville Southeastern engine. which
road has been using their tracks since tho
food rendered Its own track useless, was
Occppylng the main track without orders to