San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
SADFATE OF TEXANS
aauy are Injured and Several Meet Death
in Cotton Belt Wreck.
DASHED INTO A sURGING TORRENT.
10 be a Misunderstanding
CT Train orders.

PINE BLUFF. Ark. Nav 23.-The
government steamer Wichita yester-
1 day morning brought here the bodies
OF the following persons killed in the
Cotton Belt wreck near Goldman Fri
day night last: Octavia Anderson.
Amarillo. Tex; William Christol.
Denton. Tex; j. Tuck Sanderson.
Pierce City. Mo Mrs. r A. Clark.
Winchester, Tenn X. D. Compton.
Nashville Tenn; Mrs. Hudgens. ca
her way from Alabama TO Fort Worth.
Tex. Her husband is reported dying
at Humphrey. Ark. One man is thus
far unidentified. On his body was
found a draft for 5000, issued by the
State National bank of Memphis in
favor of James Morgan. Frank Mich
OILS. fireman OF the freight train; the
2-months-old baby OF H. A. Parker
and 9lrs. A. NJ. Henson OF Fisher
Ark. Three more bodies were taken
from the sleeper BY divers yesterday
evening. The following is list of
the injured persons given out by lhe
railway officials: H. S. Markham.
Greenville Tex. slightly injured;
NJ. a. Turner Wolfe City Tex.
slightly injured; c. NJ Swan. Kansas
City, hand hurt; J. O. b. Richardson.
Iimpson, lex. slightly injured; w.
A. Davis. Lockett Tex, bruised; A.
L. Brooks Cisco. Tex. seriously
bruised; NJ. I. Davis Waco. Tex.
badly bruised; j. H. Runnels tele-
graph operator Texarkana, Tex,
slightly injured Miles Donslson- col
ored Pine Bluff, Ark. slightly injured;
George Harris, colored Pine Bluff.
Ark. bruised; L. H. Shilling. Jeffer-
son. Tex, slightly injured; w. F. Nc
Cabe express messenger slightly in
jured; William Graham, Clarendon,
Tex, slightly injured; Viii Ray.
Pullman car conductor. hand hurt;
c. B. Crawson. Pine Bluff Ark.
badly bruised; NJ. F. Hause. Pine
Bluff. Ark, badly bruised; P. B.
Field. passenger Conductor. Pine
Bluff, Ark. badly cut about the head;
James Patterson passenger engineer.
bruised from jumping; T. H. Osborne,
general manager car department
Pine Bluff. hand badly cut while
breaking window to get ont OF the
car;J. Jones colored porter. slightly
injured; H NJ Henson, bridge fore
man, badly injured; Miss Reid of
Winchester. Tenn. reported cut on
the cheeks and bruised on the limbs;
Baggage marked Paul Dob0ins JET
ferson. Tex, checked from Nashville,
is awaiting the owner. A nat marked
with the above name was found near
the wreck.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 24.-The |
cause of the terrible disaster on the
Cotton Belt. near this city. was that
the passenger train received orders to
turn back at a certain station, the |
track being overfowed and to 60
around by way Of Binkley and Little
Rock 10 this city. Inc orders given |
were that the passenger should await |
the arrival OF u freight train at |
a station between this city |
and Binkley, but it is stated that the |
passenger conductor did not so
understand the orders and was trying |
10 make the next station. and |
it was on trestle over Crooks bayou /
that the trains collided and the sleeper
and chair car were precipitated into
the water below. The sleeper went |
first and was covered by water and |
The chair car followed. falling on top
)f it