The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-26
WENT OVER THE BANK.
Wreck on the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Memphis
Oae Coach Went Into spring River and
Two OtheF- Mere iiurned One
Person FATALLY sad Iwrnty-I~o
More or L~-s Hurt.

KANSAS CRY. No. NOV. l9-Train
No , on the Kansas City, Fort Scott 4
Memphis railroad, " hich left Birming-
ham. Ala. Wednesday evening for
kansas city was derailed just west OF
Miiliford Ark. at 3 n ~ The COM
bination coach. chair car and sleeper
went over the bank. the combination
car going into Spring river. The chair
car aud sleeper were both consumed.
one passenger was fatally injured
and q others more or les, seriously
hurt The list OF the injured are as
follows.
FATALLY ISJUgLD
i'll. Hoover. Pleasant Hill. No.
MoRg Ok LESS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Leo Pollock Little Rock. Ark.
Clarence Murphy. Atwood. Ind
j. X Morris. Serstrld. Mo.
4. A Ravenstine. wife and baby. At
~ooa. Ind.
C. L. Meriwether. sulphur Rock.
Ark.
T.
J. J. Alt,cheel. Little Rock. Ark
w. J. Grant salem, Ark. bruised
and cut about head.
NJ. L. Price. Beall. Ark; injured
about head.
W. H. stahal. Corinth, Miss, injured
about head and hand
w H. Boatner. Lection, Mo; in iured
abaut head
NJ. c Hogan. Oakland, Ark; injured
about head
Wesley WINS. Atwood. Ind. in ured
About head
Mrs. 4. d. Perkins. Hiram Ark; ex
tent Of injuries not known
r. > Guy, Monterey. Ind; arms
hurt.
Mrs Prince. going 10 Fort smith. ex-
Le8i OF injuries not known; her son. j
boy. hurt about face aud arms
NJ. Bailey Fair Play. No; foot in
iured-
W J. shesaDel, videite, Ark; head
injured.
Mrs Annette. Mammoth Springs.
Ark; back sprained.
No. , j. "a IA through train from the
south. Between Nillford and Hardy.
the Memphis tracks parallel the Spring
river. "A little stream running out of
Mammoth Springs. The train was
composed ~ engine. mail and express
car. baggage car. combination coach.
chair car aud sleeper. The combinatiO1
car has a partition in the middle. one
end being used A. a smoker. and the
uther end for co.ored pass- myers
When pear Williford the engineer
felt the train leap forward, and found
that il mad parted between the two day
coaches The last three cas- bumped
over the ties. the chair car and sleeper
turning over on their side. aud the con-
bination car finally going into the
river The most intense confusion pre-.
vailed The engineer backed up the
front part OF the train. and the wor K
of rescue was imme iiately begun
The terror Of the passengers who had
gone down into the stream with the
combination ear were soon heigh tened
by cries OF alarm from the chair car
and sleeper. both OF which soon took
fire The intense darkness added 4
the confusion. aud il was some time
before an organized effort at rescue
was put into effect by the train crew
and those Of the passengers who had
been able % extricAte them.
selves without aid. The pas>.n
gers IN the burning ears were luckily
cescuei before the tire had reached il
height. and but few in those cars wer,
injured.
AZ soon became apparent that IN,
chair car and sleeper could not b
saves. and an efforts were put forth q
aid the unf0rtun~t passengers - ga,
combination car in tile stream Screams
aui cries for help were heard pa az
sides. aud because of the darkness res
cue was difficult
A. The faines from the two hurnin.
cars became brighter the rcscucrs wer'
enabled 10 work u better advantage
Luckily not a person was drowned
and IL was not long before all hal beet
accounted for. and were being cared 70
a. well as possible
a telegram 70 Thayer. No. - mile
distant brought = relief train ia al
hour or 50. aud the injured were tasei
10 that city and placed in a hospital
The cause % the accident has no
been ascertained. but ii j. though
some portion OF the forward truck o
the smoker gave way. This will not b
known positively till the truck. which
Is ia the river. has been recovered.