The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-22
A FATAL CRAsaIN ARKANSAS.
D!sobedience of Orders Sends Two
Trains Together.

D!sobedience of Orders Sends Two
Trains Together.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-. May 2l.-FTagmentery
details of fatal head-end collision on the
Cotton Belt railroad reached st. Louis at
an early hour this morning. The accident
resulted in the immediate death of four
persons and the serious injury of eighteen
others. The collision occurred at 730
o'clock last night $50 miles south of st.
Louis, between the stations of Humphreys
and Golden in Arkansas 1t was caused
by the crew of an irregular passenger train
disobeYing orders, and as result the en-
gine Of the passenger train rau into the en-
CINE of q freight. All the cars Of the passen-
ger train were thrown from the track and
upset.
Mrs. Henderson OF Arkansas is the only
one of the killed SO far identified. Her hus-
band was badly injured.
MIR. Field, conductor of the passenger
train, was also seriously injured, and
brakeman of the freight is reported missing.
Two other women and one man are known
to have been killed. Mr.. Peterson, engineer
of the passenger train, is also reported
missing.
SEVEN KILLED.
ST. LOUIS, May 81, P. N.--The follow,
ing dispatch was received from Pine Bluff,
Ark, by the Cotton Belt roads general
manager here: $50 far as known seven
persons are killed and one missing. The
wires between 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 as Mrs.
Henson, wife Of an employe of the road.
The bodies of two o her women have
been taken from the wreck but are as yet
unidentified. The other four bodies are
those of men, one a young man about 10
years old.
IDENTIFIED BY A CHECK.
"On one Of the bodies was found check on
the State National Bank Of Memphis drawn
in favor Of James Morgan. The names of
the other dead men are: Oar5man, Johns
and Swan, the latter being the colored por-
ter Of the sleeper. None OF their residences
are known. The missing man was the fire.
maH OF one Of the engines. II is impossible
to obtain full list Of the injured or the
extent of their injuries as they have all been
removed to neighboring houses to have their
wounds attended to-"
PARTICULARS HARD TO GET.
PINE BLUFF, ARK, May 81, 11:4O P. M
Reports of the Cotton Belt wreck are still
meager, as all communication is cut off, A
tram carrying the dead bodies and wounded
passengers is expected here tonight. Until
then no definite and full account can be had.
The Pullman sleeper is buried under
ten feet OF water and divers have been sent
to the place tonight to drag for bodies.
The exact list of dead and injured is said
to be considerably larger than reported in
these dispatches this morning The Cotton
Belt road, owing to the high water and
wreck, has arranged TO send all its traina
via Little Rock over the Missouri
Pacific. L. Z. Brook Of Cisco. Tex.
who is himself painfully injured. arrived
late this evening on Cotton Belt train and
gives the following additi )nal report: MIRA.
Clark. wife Of Prof. Clark Of Winchester.
Tenn, killed; Mrs. O. a. Anderson of
Amerillo, Tex, killed and her brother-in-
law, Mr.. Jenkins of Virginia, slightly
injured.
Rev. Mr.. Hudgens of Grapevine. Tex, is
seriously injured and his wife, whom he
married at Memphis night before last, was
killed.