The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

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Kansas City. No. November ls.--Trair
M ! d he Kansss 0ty. Fort Scott ant
1oumpab railrosd. which left Birmingham
III svening Tor KANSAS ci,y. was derailed
just west Il wiuiford. Ark. At O'Clock
thIs morning. The combination coach. chair
az ana sleeper went over the bank. the
oonSlnaticn car going into Spring river
The chair car and sleeper were both con-
soned. One passenger was fatally injured
ana about thirty Others more or less Sc
rio,niy hurt, 1t = believed none OF tho
latter will die. The list Of injured fol-
lows:
FATALLY. L. Hoover. Pleasant Hill. No.
More or less seriously Leopold Pollok.
Liutle Rock, Ark; Clarence Murphy, At
wood, Ind; ]. r. Norris Bakersfield. Mo-;
G. W. Rayenstein, wife and baby, ATWOOD,
Ind; C. z. Merriweather, Sulphur Rock,
Ark Ed. Webb. Vernon, Mo-: J. J. Altxe-
Ark, bruised and cut about the head; M.
r. Price, Besll Ark. injured about the
head; W. D. Stahl. Corinth, Miss, injured
about head and hands, ". II. Boatner.
Lection. No. injured about head; NJ. Z.
Hogan. Oakland, Ark. injured about head;
Wesley lyans, Atwood. injured about head
Mrs. A. D. Perkins. Hiram. Ark, extent OF
injuries unknown; r. ). Guy, Monterey,
Ind, arms hurt: Mrs. Smith, arms hurt;
| Mrs. Prince, going TO Fort Smith. extent OF
injuries not known; her son, a hoy year
old, hurt about face and arms; NJ. b. Bal
Icy, Fair Play, Ark. foot injured; Mrs.
Arnett. Mammoth Springs arms and back
sprained; A. j. Shssabell. FideHe Ark.
head injured j. NJ Horton, Ash Fiat.
Ark head cut and thighs hurt; John Hor-
ton, his son, IA years old. hurt between the
shoulders; Lester johnson, ysars old.
bruised abouh knee, S. T. Guthrie, Frank
lin, Ark, hip bruiseds John l.. Eady.
Hardy, Ark, head cut; J, d. Hill. Hardy.
Ark. head cut: II. V. Hill. Hardy, Ark.
leg hurt.
No. is a fast through train from the
south. Between wiliitord and Hardy. the
Memphis tracks parallel the Spring river. q
little stream running by the Mammoth
Springs The train was COMPOSED OF an
engine, mail and express car, baggage csr.
combination car, chair car and sleeper. The
combination car has partition In the md
die. one end being used as smoker aud
tic other for colored passengers.
When near Wilifcrd the engineer felt
the train leap forward and found 1t had
partod bcfween the two day coaches. TbS'
last three cars bumped over the ;ics, the
chair car and sleeper turning over on their
sido and the combination chr finally going
into the river. The NEST intense coniu,
sion prevailed. The engineer backed up the
front part Of the train and the work OF res
cue was Immediately begun.
Tho terror of the passengers who had
gone down into the stream With the COM
bination car we're soon heightened by the
cries OF alarm from the chair car and
sleeper, both Of which soon took fire. Tho
intense darkness added to tho confusion
and II was some time before an organized
effort ut rescue was nut into effect by the
train crew and those Of the passengers who
had been able to extricate themselves
without aid The passengers In tho burn
tng cars were luckily rescued before the
fire had reached It's height and but few
in those cars were Injured
II soon became apparent that the chSir
car and sleeper could not be saved and all
efforts were put forth to rescue the unfor-
tunste passengers Of the combination car
IN the stream. The screams and cries for
help were heard on all sides and because
Of the darkness was difficult. AS the
names from the two burning cars became
brighter the rescuers We're enabled to work
% better advantage. Luckily not one par
son was drowned aud II was nor long be-
fore all had been accounted for and were
being cared for as fast az possible.
a telegram to Thayer Mo-, twenty five
'ciles distant brought relief train in an
hour or so and the injured were taken N
that city and placed in u hospital. Tho
trIn crow escaped injury.
snortiy before noon today Chief Surg, ON
x.ss.l!o1n q the Memphis road and claim
AGENT Crater left Kansas City for 1hayer
And will bring the injured TO this rIty, Ths
tAust OF the accident has not been ascer.
t.ined. but Il 10 thought that some portion
q the forward truck Of The smoker cave
way This VIII not DO known positivejv
until the wreck. which Is in the river has
Desu recovered The wreck Us the first one
g 2 serious nature in the history Of s shs
Msmpnls road and II MIR. Hoover dies h.
~ sccoIdlnE 20 the statement ef Ten
'Aa.enseF Agent ], .. Lockwood. be
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