Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-25
THE T, ( P. WRECK.
Rattleanake Curve the Scene
of the Disaster.
DEAD TAKEN TO TtxAREANA
The Cause of the Collision
Still Unknown.
ro"rhins scenes a, INC Lonely spo,
Whore tho Trains flushed no
Eether--,tirncuiou- Escape OF
raSsensrrs-'rhc I<iIiea.

evonlug about S'sO two Texas aud Pa
citc cannon balls. Non and G, colid-
ed ON Rattle Snake curve" just be-
You'd Forest switch. twcnty-thrce miles
south of this city. The ncwn OF tho
wreck reached reNarkana about 4;so.
Aa soon rs possible Doctors j. a. Light
foot and II. II. Grant ana your corrc-
Hpondcut wont out on special train to
the scene OF the wreck, There thoy
met one OF the most appalling Sights
imaginable, The velocity OF The two
iron monsters was 80 great that nve
cars had telcBcoped Tho mall and
eNpresa cars were literally crushed Into
spltnters MAILING IL almost impossible
for even a rat To escape death, Follow
hg Is II list OF the dead and Wounded.
GEORGE BEAN, man agent serious
~ injured and win probably die,
CHARLES HOLLAND. mail agent.
Killed
w. j, BEE, mall agent, Killed,
MIKE VOLT, mani agent, killed.
j. NJ. johnson. negro porter ON north
bound, killed
A. a. nlteMM. engineer on south
bound, Killed.
JAi NiNANAs hN"ieh WI eS"N"
bound. killed.
JOa ALLEN and ED ELAR, engi-
neer and fireman on the north bound
respectively, escaped with slight IN
iurica.
AN UNKNOWN, supposed TO be a
tramp, who got on the blind baggage
at Atlanta. killed.
FIRED MARSHALL, express man,
killed
Notwithstanding two OF the pausen-
ger COACHES on the north bound train
We're Uerturued none OF the passengers
were injured excepting IA few slight
bruises. Mr. H. d. Robbins OF this
city was u passenger md he said that
the north bound was about forty min.
utes late and az the time OF the crash
WAS running about furty-iiVe miles an
hour, and that the brakes wore thrown
ON about three seconds before The TWO
engincR came together. aud that tho
coach which he was In raieed upon End
to come down with u crash, ovcrturn-
ing everything w Il, The engines and
tenders are total wrecks, the drive
wheels were ourled and twisted In every
conceivable shape The roof OF car
was lying here and the floor and sides
there. one OF the mail ears was half
way under the south bound tender and
two coaches were telcscoppd into COM
pletcly niling II full Of debris. Here H.
where young Fred Marshall met his
horrible fate and II took several hours
to dig his lifoloBa body from under tho
tlmberH Ills body was HORRIBLY crushed
and his head and face were mashed
into a pulp, II was Il heartrcnding
sight to his many friends, who had
just a few hours before had laughed
and jOked with him at the depot, then
no hale and hearty ana full Of life and
activity, now bleeding mass OF LAGER
ated flesh and broken limbs. All OF the
mail ngcnta were young men Just bur-
derlng on manhood. Young w. T. Bee
came from San Antonio. He ia son of
General IL. H. Bee OF San Antonio and
nephew OF General Bee OF General
Robert II. Lpe'n stan during the civil
war. Engineer a. Gremm lived In this
city and has n family who are on a
visit In the north, excepting son OF
about 20 years old. Ito went out on
the special train and accompanied his
fathers remains back home.
Mr.. j. w. Pennington. newsboy on
the north bound train was the hero OF
the hour, having risltod his life when
the strong men refused. Engineer
Grcmm's lifeleas body was lying under
the engine which looked like IL was
Just ready to settle down and crush
II Into the earth. He crawled under
the fire box ana dragged Il out lust
In time 10 escape the enormous weight.
The cause Of the wreck is not definite
~ known. No. 8. the south bound, re-
ceivcd orders at the junction TO run
10 Queen city regardless OF No 0. No.
was running 20 reach Forest switch
ana was in a mile Of II when the wreck
occurred. and a minute and n hnlf long
er would have put II there and the
wreck would not have occurred
The bodies OF Express Messenger
Marshall and Engineer dremm were
brought here today for embaiming.
They present a sickening sight, being
mashed into an unrecogngable mass.
The railway officials are leaving MOTH
Ing undope TO alleviate tho hardshlps
OF the hour