The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-19
WRECK At WILLIFORD.
Passenger Train Dcrailed and Twenty
Three Passengers Hurt.
ONE is FATALLY INJURED.
The Combination Car Lands IN spring
River aud chair Car al
Sleeper Destroyed by fire.
The Cause Unknown.

Memphis, Nov. ls.-Passenger train
No. 2 ON the Kansas City, Fort Scott
aud Memphis railroad, which left Bir
mingham early last evening for Kansas
City, was deniled just west Of Will /
ford, Ark, at O'Clock this morning
The combination coach, the chair car
and sleeper went over a hank, the
combination car going into Spring river.
The chair car and sleeper werc con-
consumed by fire. One passenger was
fatally injured and % others more OF
less seriously hurt The list q the in'
jurcd l. as follows:
j. l.. Hoover, Pleasant Hill, No, NOR
or less seriously injurcd.
leo Pollock, Little Rock, Ark
Clarence Murphy, Atwood, Ind.
J. r. Morris. Bakersfield, Mo.
G. a. Raycnstcin, wife and baby, A.
wood. Ind
c. l.. Mcriwcthor, sulphur Rock,
ARK.
I'd webb, Fcmon Nook, Mo.
il. Altsheel, Little Rock, Ark.
w. J. Grant, salem, Ark bruised
and cut about head.
NJ T. Price, Bcall, Ark; injured
about head.
W b. stahal. Corinth, Miss injurd
about head and hands
W. II. Boamer, Lection, Mo. injured
about head.
Wesley Wins, Atwood, Ind injurd
about head
Mrs A. ID. Perkins, Hiram, Ark cx
tent Of injuries not known.
r. 5. Guy, Monterey, Ind; arm
hurt.
A Mrs Price going to Fort Smith cx
tent Of injuries not known. Her son
Wa, hurt about face and arm.
NJ Bailey, Fair Play, Mo; foot In
jurd
WI. shesalel. vcadcttc, Ark. hoai
injured.
Mn, Annette. Mammoth Springs, Ark.
lack ,puined
Several other persons werc hurt In
their name, could not b. a-certained.
. The cause 81 the wrcck Is not known
+, Tho track parallels Spring river, 10
de strcam running cut ~ Mammot
springs The train was composed " al
engine. a mail and express car, hggag
car. combination coach, chair car AN
Z o. sleeper When near Wilifuri the IN
q cinccr felt the train leap forward an
RI found it parted lctwccn the two ia
d coarhcs The last thrro cars hump'
"a over the ties. the chair ear and slccp,
S. turuing over on their sides and the CON
. biuation car finally going into the rive.
10 The most intense confusion pwvailc'
4 The engineer hacked up the froni phi
q Of the train aud the work ~ rescue IN
/, m,dmtcly beFun
70 Tho terror ~ the passengers who Ia
a gone down into the stram with u
D., combination car VEN som hgightcnJ
hy the cries ~ alarm from the chair q.
a, and sleeper, which soon took dra. Il
V tense darkness added "a the confu,i,
%. and 10 wa, some tiUe hoiura an orra
lied effort at rescue was put into eii,
by the train crcw and tho~e Of the pa
scngcrs who had been able 90 oXtrica
themselves without aid The passcnge
'a In the burning car luckily wcrc rrscul
he hoGrc the fiw reached It's height Al
nj but few In those ear, VEN iniurd
he SOM became apparent the chair car ~
~. Sleeper could not h. saved and all eiioI
IN. VEN put forth To save the unfurtuna
an passengers Of the combination car
mn the stram. As the flames from Z
lo two burning cars bccamc brighter {
,v rscucrr wciV enabled 90 work 10 hctl
of advantage. Luckily not a person "
M. drowned. and Il was not long bcfur'
n. had hccn accounted for and WEN hi
IN. carud for In the BEST manner possible.