Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-18
PASSENGER CARS TURN OVER,
One Planges into Spring River With Its
Precious Load.
OTHER CARS QUICKLY TAKE FIRE


Mn = on lllt NhilNt' NiAss w e'N''NN
& Memphis, which left BIRMINGHAM
last evening for Kansas city was de-
ro,ded lust west of WllIiford, Ark,
at A o'clock this morning. The com
bIpation coach, chair car and sleeper
went over the bank the combination
car going into Spring river. The chair
,orand sleeper were both consumed.
one passenger was fatally injured
ord twenty-five others more or less
seriously hurt The list of injured are
as follows:
Fatally injured:
]. l.. Hoover, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
More or less seriously injured:
Leo Pollock, Little Rock, Ark.
Clarence Murphy. Atwood, Ind.
l. S Norris, Bakersfield, Mo.
c A. Ravenstein, wife and baby, At
wood, Ind
c. L. Meriwether. sulphur Rock
Ark,
Ed webb, Fernoon Nook, Mo.
JJ. Altschell, Little Rock, Ark.
W. J.. Grant, Salem, Ark, bruised
and cut about head
NJ 7. rPlce, Beall. Ark. Injured about
head.
W. b. stable, Corinth, Miss, Injured
shout head and hand.
W. n. Boatner, Leaton. Mo, injured
about head
NJ C. logan. Oakland, Ark. injured
about he I'd.
westerly Ivens. Atwood. Ind. injur d
about head.
Mrs. A. D. Perkins. Hiram, Ark. ex-
tent Of injuries not known.
K. S. Guy, Monterey, Ind, arms
Mis-. Price going to Fort Smith, eX-
tent Of injuries not known; son hurt
about face and arms.
NJ Bailey, Fairplay. Mo-, loot IN
Il jurtd.
W. J. shesabel, Vedette, Ark, head
injured.
Mrs. Arnltt, Mammoth Springs, Ark,
back sprained.
No. . is a fast through train from
the South. Between Willitord and
Hardy the Memphis tracks parallel
Spring river, a little stream running
ont Of Mammoth Springs. The train
was composed of engine, mail and eN-
press car, baggage car, combination
coach. chair car and sleeper The
combination car has partition IN
the middle. one end being used as n
smoker and the other end for colored
passengers.
When near Williford the engineer felt
the train leap forward and found that
II had parted between the two day
coaches The last three cars bumped
over the ties, the chair car and sleeper
turning over on their side and the
combination car finally going into the
Il river, The most intense confusion
u prevailed, The engineer backed up the
& front part Of the train and the work
or rescue was begun.
The terror of the passengers who
had gone down the stream with the
combination car was heightened by
q cries Of alarm from the chair car and
4 Sleeper both of which soon took fire.
q The intense darkness added to the
Il confusion, and II was some time be-
y lore an organized effort OF rescue was
n put into the effect of the train crew
a ana those of the passengers who had
"A oeen able to eStricate themselves with
n out injury. The passengers in the
burning car We're luckr'' rescued he
N lore the fire had reached its height
n and but few We're injured. II soon
"A became apparent that the chair car
q ana sleeper could not he saved and
all Efforts were put forth 20 help the
Il unfortunate passengers of the combina-
"A uon car In the stream. Screams and
q cries for help were heard on all sides,
II and because of the darkness. rescue
"A was difficult. As the flames from the
"A TWO burning car became brighter, the
iescuers We're enabled to work to bet
Ter advantage.
n LUCKILY not person was drowned.
shd If was not long before all Ind
uyen accounted for, and were being
etoed for ms best as possible. A tele-
gram To Thaver Mo. twcnty-nine miles
ulstant, brought a relief train In an
nouI or so, nnd the injured were taken
. tale
SHORTY before noon today Chief Sur.
Econ Pettltohn of the Memphis road
zig zig Claim Assent Crater left Kansas
"A tuy f2r Thnver and will bring the in
"A lured to this city.
n lhe cause OF the accident has not
Zen ascertained. but It Is thought
,tlhe portion of the forward truck Of
ne smoker gave way This will not
n Known positively TIL the truck,
%nleh Is In the river, has been recov-