Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-07

damag. ~ The dead hours ~ the night
ara t'p. weary ride 10 this telegram
Office fhat thousands may have viii
their brcakfaa, The extent OF the whlrl
winds npiic. lhosc embraced IN III,
d'afS wsi1 on The list OF sufferers. is the
ppvrtcr
AZ Justin p;oV Report here mearer
no rain, but heavy clouds north III,
c,cuine about 5;sO, and cyclone reported
NJ Ear Plains Soine houses blown away
a freight Train u seventeen hor ears
blown on the truck. all tho crew said
to be wounded and the caboose brake
man cannot be found The engine re-
mined on the track; engineer and fire
man MT hurt.
Az Justin, Sanger and other stations
the trains crew was augmented with
forces OF workmcn with tools and Ian.
terms, and NJ Summers general road.
master, is with them and confident no
WI have the road ready for riaIns in
few hours He, or pour reporter cannot
learn the damage TIL on the ground.
fair flains--We We're held two hours
for block OF freinhts to clear and reach
ed the sccnc Of tho wrook at 1925 a.
M, which Is n dump hfteen or eighteen
iecl deep about three Mules south Of
Gainesville. Here the train slowed and
your reporter got on Ia company with
Trainmastcr BprneS and Mr..
Summers, roadmaster. aud com
moncsAl un inspccaion. rtiid.
ed by the flickering rays OF Ian.
tern carried by
A NIGHT wATCHMAN.
the only one being on the grounds. The
track was clear. MT scratch on rail
or tie or earth to denote this terrible
combat of wind and steam.
Train. cStrn No 20G, excepting on
CINE and tender lay on the west side
of the dump, fcn feet to twenty yards
from the track. The crew that few
hour ago pulled It out. had been carried
back to Gainesville ON strctchcrs.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
of the train only ran be learned tonight,
as It's dark as the shades Of hadcs. No
conveyance aud no one here to tell the
tale Of the cyclones destruction.
OF the train crew, all We're hurt, e1-
ccpt the engineer aud fireman, as fol-
lows;
=. A. Gum, brakeman. killed.
rhos Terrell, conductor. seriously cut
over left eye, legs aud facp bruised
Assistant Tninnmstcr u r. Byrncs,
face aud head cut, bone ia left arm brok-
en- aud small Of back hurt,
f, \. Taylor. passenger conductor
southern division, coliar-bone hrnken
head and face out.
n. $. Mapcs, roadmaster, head CUT,
bruised and injured internally. Y
They were brought here AMI arr re-
cciving every attention.
A section hand reports farmer ono
mile east of the wreck Killed by a fence
post being drove through his body.
THE WRECK
The seventeen cars standing and lying |
by Tho track present sight never seen
by the railroad mcr Eleven were load.
ed with corn. sacked hour, coal and
other merchandise and ak were empty.
The train was running about eight miles
an hour when the engineer saw the clouds
lower aud seem to pick mp a farm house
about thrcc-fourth cf a mile 10 the west,
and angling across his road nj 40 de-
gres il come sweeping down
GATHERED A SCHOOL HOUE
breaking Il into splintcrs by the track |
just ahead Of him within 100 yards Of
the engine.
Then, MS II possessed with iicndish
desire. careened. waNred. turned back
due west, and like the falcon en- Jack
rabbit, swoopcd down, aud in n twinkling
the engine
STOPPED AND QuVERED
while every bor-car WIS lifted clear out
Some turned over several times In the
air and dropped as far as twenty yards
from the tracks. Full half the trucks
were left standing on The Ipils.
While some cars were bottom upward
nnd some sidewisc, most Of them are In.
tact, turning. Il is stated one TO FIVE
In the air md dropping ON
their trucks and most Of them stlll
coupled.
The caboose is farthest from the track.
,oupled, aid except ne cupola, not dir
figured, and stands as II ready TO start.
With my lantern ! inspected the In.
icnor. With the exception Of shelves
md stove down, ther is little to Indicate
he terrible death Of the brakeman and
ne mortal wounds Of the others There
IRE
CIOTS OF BLOOD
N the hoor and wall yet not a window
\ broken, and the little mirror on The
nd Is uncracked, while beneath It sat
neat lunch basket that was not shaken
rom appearances. Yet this caboose few
irty fee, through the air. turning over
: !, pissed aud III IN the bottom Of
he ditch.
Near the rail " the top Of the cupola
nder which Is the cushion and chair
he brakeman was using IN the lookout
IN the cusilion are pools Of
BLOOD AND BRAINS II
where he fcll with bis head on The cueh. .
On during It's first revolution. His head
nd body were niashcd flat as board
THE STORM GATHERED
little before o'clock just Us the
rin WAS made np here IL became very
ind Conductor Terrell hugh