The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13
MEAD.END COLLISION
TWcnty-cight Lives Lost in the Crash
of the Trains.
MANY OF THOSE INJURED WILL DIE.
The Sabbath in Omaha Mas Day
of Mourning.
-FOUR VICTIMS NOT IDENTIFIED
Pathetic Scenes Upon Arrival Of Trnns
Bringing In the Dead aud In
Jured List of Ea,niities.

omaha, Neb.. July l2.-omaha is a city
Of moucnlnr to-day. The hright Sabbath
morning brought with 1t iull ieallaa-
ton of the greatest caiastropae that vver
wreaked death and de4olalca IN ine
hearts and hre-ldes of tins Guys rcSpic.
No part of the city was spared. Incre
Nrc broken homes ard bleeding hearts
eNerNwhere and soerow ioigns supreme.
Never did a day of pleasure end win Il
NOR awful disaster, Twen,y-eight poo
pie w.rr killed. and nrty-one inlii,,i.
many OF whom VIII die. Tvensy-iour OF
the dead are ilenuncd and the othors are
sc BADLY rnntla-cd chat identification is
| almost impossihle.
1t was not until after the morning pa
rcrs Were out tina, ;he mrs, au,hentt, in
fomation became generally known Then
Il spread with wonderful rapidt'' The
early riser in the residence dissncj
alarced ct his morning paper aui Tor
the first time realiH,i Ii" calamity Long
before thu motor trains s'artel htn. lis
! OF men ami women walked Town town to
learn something more of the terrible
taiastioph.. These were added TO thol-
sands to whom the story brought the
Hear OF certainty OF a personal Dcreave-
in,n. Tho depot was Inc cent, AZ tDwAcl
m''Sm nv an raiiigu' ah9 Mhsn llvn
cen 81 dead ami dying shc apnroacii, -
were thckly massei with People who
,,,'',.i, ~ Inv iui''l" rs ny
NV ~onia OH. nr' 80 No. Y nom
NrrN litt}A was $ ID by hose Who .u'h-
IA. f,.,l,,.I, sr6,,,,,,,o ~ , ',N' u i,% Shnat
IT,, row !, VA mt,'ya- ~ W.
only those who had Witnessed the pa
ro',i, IN. p''i ~ w. nlSh'
Mailing pfonie' NC "+''' ~ '''''
contains t,,on,,.t,h. ar 49, -. 10y W.. r.
, ,n,.sS hw'I,, N-s IN or nlote MINES Oh
o,ts,, 20 r.. ~, =,
'' - ~ = ~ " 81 i.as 'FrtrF' ~
luI' IN II WEI, AZ i,s;'l ~ y, ~ no. ;.
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"p ,rN 'rrl,iy, nui peN9nI m Wrrf uIil-
!Si'v, ''.9 VS. ~ NE NaSr ar'pnN
~, !n9,a'tt - VINO o'gup'd ,he cars I'm
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Nm ~. ar,, ,,n, ~ i.,,
mon NO hvsteries hs owInr n'i IN t fm' "'lI
,r,t da,,,i.1 80 g. prr,'7 ' t ~
INA, , 'sn ''r ul',I ~ ptns'1l'nS ~ g.
iiS ~ glf 'nS leraae.S hnr, su'h lnuiN a.
ulin WIZ l'l' "ltI'''.' az ''.'I.ti ili
o@'u' lne rrli'i, noNoSef, i.tl II =
,,d ~, I''' ,ini,,,ii,a, fr',
~, 49, n, - -.
,tsn were M o' a, = ir''i;n.s ana .n"nS q.
HON, although mon INIT w,rg Fou1d
uui
ndna ,o iead th@n awy - ther bnmes
II W. pl'hnle ssht 70 Sc 'rPIS men
w, 'hs ne1 =" ne nolhi 81 h.llt Us -, -
u 'u.h n.ut , I'M t." XXX ~ ~
lHi'" lpr men lonitl's 70 ,nln G.. y,
VIZ necessary 10 HH.sl"it 'nrn 'yl-
sld ne dis'anS a'teI hef wGun1fr
"
even 'nouEH 'hrN W"rhtH ~ iiri hhu a
FAST as ihoN could 70 3iiuFi me htnh-
asSs ana 10 EMERY , nneSs ,ns s'pin5
wounds mat ctus,h men; wcm'n ana
,niidrsn - S,renin ~ ,nr 'o9nes' aSo,y
Thus macy h1urs elapsed after 'll' De
parturo oi IN. I'rft Ne'n 'i, 81 re Ks,
train whieh cirrrd IN" hinii' before IN"
second se Sc" WIS slarted; Th' In, er
carried all the wounded whose wonn :
Mare serl9u,. u hnp mai re on o nnIrn ~ u
torn AWAY fr m or forced Ia lctNc The
sides of Th"r suncring loved ores The
section 'oisi'i.4 OF , iMn " ,arrss ana -
| baggage car ana Il putnam Ih'N re-
crowded b, an uue"mfortah'r degree In
order TO hold The great number thu.
boarded IT.. me h ,,,l.'i car vas nsea
Tor sc whn I"lul''nn. t''S air fir"i'h-
those who were able 10 st IN. or were
| less INJURED
go, t by nose who witnessed ihcr.
| The interior Of the baggage car presented
The most phthe"ir sight Here were
ranged. end TO end. ne cots which bore
ihn most seriously Injured. They file
hardly allowed for the physicians u
pass from one li7t'e bed to ano,h + n
their efforts TO hlleNihte me pa y OF 'n'
sufferers as much as their mortal power
would allow. Groans aud screams hllei
The car from nno end OF the tr'p 10 N
other Beside each cot aud bending over
uhe bundle that was occhpi"l by "A VI -
I'm lnrli' or lly the attendants. the par.
ants of chiliron the broi her or sister tho
husband or wife Tears sircamei down
their faces as they attended 10 the wants
of Inc suffer'ns one tanning with hst o
IAN inc ,rl,ss 10 the lp or generally
a,..hina, Nv word or hand Hearts were
s,,antIyN t,sakine as they watched the
silHH.'N nT,ni,7, farm which ia NAVY