The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-27

aged to scramble out o. thc car and Is
capped. although IL is prclF certain u Aum~ |
her were unable TO yet uGt.
The worst damage was done IN the ehAlt
ear Conductor Copeland had jus; entered /
the front door OF that coach when II went
down Tho punch OF the sleeper b"hlnH !
and under IL sent the occupants OF me car
| In "A pile down At the front Chairs were
tumbi!ng down along with the people. ana
| beneath the mass Copeland met his death
| heavy chair struck him Ans' crushed h4s
| head into jclly, vile score OF o1her poo
| pie weiu piled above HIM he brakeman
and news agent We're ~ the smoker ana
| went down With It,
1T Was the most aN4ul sight / ever
| saw" said j. w. kelly of hisisaE Guy.
| II was in the froat of he ualn COINS 10
| Lxcclslur Sprines. We w,ce directly be-
| hind me siocp,f nnd W. stopped with
suddenn,ss that jumped us about bit.
We heard cries aud shouts and hurried
| out into the rain 10 see what had happeHeh.
In tho flash of the lightning we could SEQ
the wreck piled up in the most awtul shape
| while the ralyinS waters went foam az ana
tearing over aud through The car lrNer
saw a more frighttul picture. Cries came
from all parts OF the wreck anu .'niAe
were climbing ana hurry out OF i-. WIN
blood streaming all over them men eAlhu
| struggling and women, with ciclhlhh u'a -
heYced and covered with blood, pi.v9iiaiy
sppe aled Tor helped. Everybody hrlp,d rs
| Limbs were broken and il was akon' VI
spoakabiu TO get those buried in tue art
out. There is no telling how many l'ol'0
are in tho wafer 1t WAS from sN TO- zen
feet deep and i.o current was very S"ilt.
John Ennis a Kansas cry travelling
salesman was in the rear car. which VAS
r the only one to escape Injury. II was
likewise the only car in which none Of tho
passengers we're injured.
8 Mr., Ennis had an interview with farm
fra ffUEn
the evening. aud was at the place "heI
the wreck occurred to flag the train. ii'
claimed to have waved flag on he TRACK
but owing 10 the terrific rain The engintei
Was unable 10 see the signal.
| Mr. Ennis said the wreck occurred ~
7:05 The engine passed over ;hc tcstle
which broke Immediately afterwards, ant
the tonder together with the front, or ih'
smoking car. was thrown backward mo
the gorge. The farmer with whom MI
: Ennis talked said that at o'clock there
was no water in the gorge, but at the NM
d, of the wreck II Was a raging torTeht
ten feet or more in depth Tho t'fn"
|, said the bridge was clearly unsafe an'
that fact lmpelled him TO stand in the storm
e TO an attempt to flag the train. Ihor
n were no train men left upkilcd aD the SID
of the gorge Oh which most OF the car
It were left SO far as MIR Ennis knows IN
engineer and fireman being on he ONE
d side.
j., pendent action in rescuins the Victims
one of the most important things an
v one which secured the safety or the re
naming passengers was the Tagging OF
ID freight train which followed thc passcns,
train about ten minutes later The ifelHi
=. train was tagged by passengers 800 fee
from the wreck Mr. Ennis said a pas
senger in the train estimated mat thei
II were at least forty passengers IN ne shoh
"a Ing car and not more than ten Mere re-
Ia, 90 M
il, Inc smoker passengers. " they we're slNe'
\, were found OH the other side. II was sen
In orally believed by the passengers WIZ
,e whom MIR. Ennis had talked That Vsr
many OF the passengers OF the smoker ha
le | been killed. but no one couln give IN esN
"A mate of the number. 80
~ The conductor was In the smoking ca
at the time Of the wreck and was f'iltu
ly Mr.. Ennis thought twenty conservauy
,k estimate OF the number killed. ana that
Va was more likely less than that number
=, Edwin Yea OF Kansas City and G. w
10 uartsoId, a travelling salesman. were IN
10 men who tagged the approaching freigh
N train Both men agreed msnsuredly wi,
IA Mr. Ennis In their accounts OF the wree
n aud estimates OF the number killed.
,o on arriving at the depot In this eli
40 both took luncheon at the depot lunchstar
be and neither seemed 10 take creult Tor hay
ie ing saved their fellow passengers from u
G. catastrophe from double wreck, in whlc
AT many must have been killed but for the
fore,Eought. Both said they did not Zee
ho tralnman after the wreck and were OF Il
s. opinion that all except the engineer iir'
81 man and Pullman conductor were kliie
Neither MIR. Zea nor Mr.. Hartsold won
he venture an estimate On the loss OF AZ
he which both agreed would probably be nTa
er ~ as great as MIR. Ennis had stated.
cyl Lee w. Campbell Of Kansas city was
ii, the rear ear He said: I'VE hardly Il
he the shock. should think there were
n least ten or twelve killed from the repor