El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-09
THE II & p. ACCIDENT.
A Far her Narrative If the UnfOrtun-
ate Occurrence-MabryD Dies.


freight that was ditched yesterday,
arrived home last night on the de aged
west bound passenger which brOus hit
back the remains of the fireman Mabry
and his grief striker widow. The body
was taken to Emerson q Berrlen' 8
morgue. where it has been prepared
for removal to east Texas. The body
is sad sight, with the flesh all par
boiled and the skin peeling from 1t
everywh here.
Mr.. Taylor says that he was on the
engine footboard at the time OF the &C
cident, when the train was running at
Is miles per hour. 1t was rainin e
pitchforks, dark as pitch, and looking
out ahead was ust tribe difficult.
There were several cattle on the track
before the derailment, which were
frightened Off with the whistle There
was one close scratch as n old brlLdled
COW slid down into the ditch as the en-
CINE passed, and in just momebt more
a bi ia. COW stuck ner mug up from
the side of the track and tried to cross
Immediately in front of the engine.
Had the train been running at thirty
FIVE miles an hour, the animal would
have ben thu own clear OIL tie rails.
AS it was, the COW was thrown into the
a r. but she came down right in front
OF the locomotive, and the first thin
the engine men knew was that the
front OF the engine was riding up In the
air over the COW, the machine yanked,
wiggled to the right, and rolled over
onto her back at right angles with the
track.
The engine has an iron cab-"man
traps Ia lroad man call them: and as
toe engine went over, McClane was
thrown over onto his head whic b
struck the seam made by riveting the
sheets of the CAD roof together. The
conclusion Knocked him senseless, and
as at the same instant the steam pipes
on the back head of the boiler were
brok en-, poor McClane was unable to get
out of the way, and was cooked to
death. The escaping steam enveIoped
Mabry as he was thrown violently over
onto The rig 1T side of the CAB from his
seat on the left SIDE, and ere he couiu
recover from the shock and pull him.
self out of toat horrible den, he was
fatally boiled, although he did no.
realize il a. the time. Brakeman
Taylor caught h S foot between the
tender and tie eng ne foot board at the
iusta NJ of the collision, but as tie en-
CINE turned Over, he was freed, and
Immediately found bimeelf flying
through the air. How he Was
hit or hurt he did mt ex-
actly know, and it was some time b.
fore he knew where he was at. MIR.
TAYLOR escaped with bunSed uD
cheek, very sore foot and general
shaking up sll over. Mabry was able
to walk t. the caboose wnere Brake
men McAliister and Taylor covered
aim with oil and cot on, and made him
as easy as possible. M ibry was in
cl ned to take his own situation light
ly, not expecting any serious results,
v hile COnuuctor Carroll walked in thai
black, stormy night five miles to the
Plate au 10 wire TOyah for help. Nc
Cane was found by Mr.. lay lor lying IN
the inverted cab roof entirely Tree, anu
was Lifted out. He gasped few times
and was dead. 1t was evident he had
be en- knocked senseless and never Suf-
fered aoy.
The wrecker arrived early and built
shortly track around the wreck.
Mabry was put into a passenger coach,
and the remains OF MIR. McGlaDe were
prepared for removal to Toyah.
DR.. j. J. Bush, local surgeon for the
L. u T. at PecOS who came in with the
iujured fireman, was interviewed by
HERALD re Orter this morning rela-
tive 10 the accident and salu: Il was
ia Toyah when the i'll fated train left
thel e and talked with Fir, man Mabry
VIII lie the engine was being oiled. 1
wen5 home on No. and had only been
asleep an hour when the operator came
and told me to get out and prepare to
20 to wreck. L hurriedly dressed,
grabbed my emergency case and
u-bed to the depot just as an
engine arrived from royah. Arriving
at Toyah | boarded the WIRE cker and at
sunrise was on the scene OF the wreck.
found Mabry suffering intensely,
though cheerful: and after L bad
given him an opiate and dressed his
ourps he insisted On walking to the
Pullman car. He said he vas sure be
was not burned internally as be Jerked
his cap over his face when he saw the
engine leave the track. He talked
and joked with ,he boys who came into
see him and req uesied that'no telegram
be sent to ais wife.
SAT about IL a. M, he began to expers
fence some t1icuiiy OF brea hing.
then felt sure that he had inhaled the
deadly steam and wired the supt. word
that L feared he would not reat Ell
Paso alive. AT Van Horn L began to
fe lr could not keep him alive until
his wife could see him and when the
train side tracked at Madde n it st emed
he would die ere the east jund No. 1
canned climb the hill and bring his
wife and boy. But be he d OUT aud
soon his wi e was with him though the
angel OF death was bOyering ve'y Eear,
and half hour latsr before We ach-
ed Fort Hancock he bre aChed his
last -