The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-05
WRECK ON The {. and ..
Foar Persons Mere Killed uad Seven.
teen Others Injured.
II WAS DUE TO SPREADING RAILS.
Two Coaches Went Down mn Ism-
bankmcnt and One of Them
Into the River.

known 1S Tue II. r. ", KUN t'NNlhe"s'
to Washington. was wrecked near Old
shadwell. fvc mica cast OF this place, at
1924 this afternoon. -Four persons were
killed and seventeen injured.
The dead. Henry Burastt c,lored porter
An Italian woman named xerera and In
fart believed to BE- from Cincinnati.
Felix Mnreuo (dled after removal to
Charlottesyillc),
The injured: Moses Goldblatt, Cincinnati.
knee cap fractured; Conductor G. S. BUS
ter, legs injured Engineer Duke, danger-
ously hurt: Baggagomnster Peers, Gordons-
vile, Va, badly hurt from shoulders down.
probably internally Injured: a. Merera.
badly hurt; Mary Mcrcno hurt about the
head. but not seriously, two small chill
dren OF Mary Merero enc badly, w, l..
Gochcuor of stuarts Draft. Va. right hand
cut; j.. n, Miller OF Waehlagton. ID. c.,
Pullman conductor. painfully hurt in the
back, Richard Berkeley. Hanover, Va,
express messenger bruised about the body
and badly shocked. j, n. Haig. Baltimore,
knee spraned slightly Mrs. Busch. Sal
West Thirty.ftst street, presumably New
not srriously; Lee Crandall, Globe, Arlz.,
slight scalp wound. aad fingers sprainod;
j. w. Elder, Washington. u. c.. head
aud nose considerably bruised G, X.
o'BriVn. Louisville, Ky, slightly cut about
the head jonas II. Hlnckel, Trenton,
Butler county, Ohio, lefe hip painfully in
jur,d,
II is reported that the body Of another
ltallaa child is under tho wreck but this
eau not be confirmed.
The carse OF the accident has not hecn
definitely ascerta!ned. but II 10 believed to
have been due TO spreading rails, The en-
CINE left the track on sharp curve and
was hurled against IA rocky hill. All Of
the cars except the dining car and tho
Richmond sleeper were derailod. Two cara
plunged end foremost down the steep en-
bankmcnt, one OF them into the rive,
which at this place skirts the tracks. The
day passenger coach aud the express car
were badly wrecked. AS the locomotive
plunged from the rai;s ami overturned En-
gineer Duke was hurled from the cab ard
crushed under the ong.lc. besides being
terribly scnlded by escaping steam. lie
was rescued by his fireman and the con
duetor.
AS soon after the crash as poSsible the
uninjured passengers and trainmsn began
tho work CT rescue ard aiding the injured.
Word was sent TO this place aud wreck
y
dispatched to the scene OF the wreck.
The body OF Henry burnett, the color,d
porter was the last recovered. He was
terribly manglod, having been in the bag
gage ear A foot supposed 10 have been
hle was hrst recovered ard later a portion
of the head. The body wa1 literally dis
mcmbered.
Mareno had both legs cut on and died
at the hospital NJ Charlottesville
Among the uninjurpd passengers on The
train were Senator Orrville II, Plat Of
Connecticut; Commissioner Of Pensions II !.
Clay Evans and Representative Walter
Evans OF Louisville.
The local railway officials, after In
vostigating the cause of the accident. de-
clartd II was not due to spreading OF IA Is,
though they are unable to give any other
theory. They state that the track at the
spot is tied securely.
Lat9 tonight Il WIS stated the accident
was CAUSED by tho breaking Of an axle OF
the forward truck OF the engine.
Washington. November "A large con
tingent OF tho passengers who were aboard
the wrecked train wcrr brought to the city
over tho Southern railroad. reaching here
about II 80 p. IN. Among thsm were apv-
cral OF those who were slightly Injured, but
who were able to proceed to their homes.
Representative Russell OF Connecticut.
who was on the tiuin, speaking OF his ex-
pcrienco tonight. said. when our party
loft Cincinnati we were all In the Rich nond
sleeper at lho mar, being unable 10 get
ber,rs in tho regular Washington c4r a
short while before the accldent VIC had made
ara, 2cfnents Ter acccmmcd itors IN the
sAcpcr In which Senator Plate and were
when the accident occurred the car we had
fr,tt n.tn In, iNau i,.o tha fFal
at Gordonsvlllc for Richmond. acnator
Plat was In the Washington car and
joined Him about fifteen minutes belord the
rcoident Suddenly we felt jar ts II from
tho violent application OF the brakes ana
the next moment our car had topped oYef
on the side nearest tho river. We :ccog-
rized Immediately that there had been an
| accident and, neither OF us being nurt
locked about for a means OF escape. We
had succeeded in opening one cR the win
dowB OF the car and was about 10 get on,
when Pullman Conductor Miller came
along. We first assisted him TO get Out
| OF the car and ne In turn helped me ont
and Senator Plat followed. The oshcr pas
songsrs scrambled TO get out from different
parts Of the car as best they could. ! have
been In many wrecks. but this was preb-
ably the most disastrous have ever seen.
The train was an unusually long one fnd
| was made M OF nine cars We were noi
able 10 ascertain the cause OF the aeci-
dent"
/ Representative Evans said the ths scene
about the place was one OF great confu-
gi31. The sudden stopping OF the train
seemed TO him Ike the shock 0, an earth
quake. The engine left the track and raj
into a high embankment on one side, whi,
the clrs becoming detached continued foi
nearly 200 feet further
There were ten cars on the train and
all but two OF them were iop2led over
some OF them on one side and some OF
the other side Of the track.
DRUNKEN MANS CRIME.