The Springfield herald., 1898-07-01
CRUSHED IN A WRECK
FIVE OF roRREY.s MEN KILLED.
One Section of His Train Crashes Into the
Rear of Another In nMisslssippi-Fifteen
Persons Injured.


Denver, June 26.-A special from Tu-
pelo, Mississippi, to the Republican,
says:
Section 1 OF the Torrey train pulled
in here about p. NJ. this afternoon.
While watering ut the station section
. come In behind running ut least
twenty miles an hour.
Your correspondent was in the last
or headquarters car ana heard man
yell to jump. l looked out of the Win
dow and saw man waving II hand
kerchief frantically but there was no
appearance of slowing down ON the
part Of the coming train. In the car at
the time We're Major Harberd, Surgeon
Major Jesurun, Captain Golden, chap
lain, and james McGill. We all ran
for the door and jumped.
There was IL deafening crash and the
engine almost disappeared under the
headquarters car. Colonel Torrey was
In the last room of the last car and was
caught in the wreck, but had n mirac-
ulOus escape. He was carried about
800 feet among II pile of breaking
wood and glass. Fortunately the
smashing timbers closed only around
his feet, leaving his head clear Final
ly he was thrown out and escaped with
only II few scratches on his head. HIS
feet We're crushed, but not seriously.
Two cars ahead of the headquarters
Pullman was II tourist sleeper with
Troop G. Immediately that the engine
struck the train this car telescoped
with the one ahead. and went in like Il
house of cards.
The chief fatalities occurred in a
coach which stood in the center of the
first section which carried Troop Q,
from Laramie. Wyoming. This coach
was completely telescoped and the sol
diers within were jammed and bruised
beneath masses of timbers, broken car
seats and other debris.
Those killed are:
William Wallace.
Sam Johnson.
Cornelius Lenihnn. all of g Troop.
Gordon, colored porter.
The Associated Press also places
among the dead Private Gimmer,
Troop l., head crushed.
The wounded are:
Henry S. Mnpes. both legs cut off,
Internal injuries. will die.
B. ID. Stailey. NJ troop. dislocated ell
bow.
r. Perkins. L troop, both hips jam
med
Wallace d. Hodge. G troop. ankle
broken.
George Garner. G troop. hip hurt.
!. II. Farr. G troop. both legs hurt
Rudolph Widemnr. officers cook.
back strained.
Hiram f. Davis. C troop. ankle
sprained.
Henry Steltz. C troop, leg broken.
VIII Grosvenor. troop. leg bruised.
Joseph Aaron. G. troop back injured
slightly.
w. II. Robinson. A troop. ankle dis
located.
Arthur Evans. Il troop. hip dislo-
Gated.
Joseph Wilkinson. Il troop. slightly
injured. This man had his trumpet on
his arm. The trumpet was crushed.
but the man escaped with few pune
lures.
Schenck. c troop. leg badly bruised.
Almost before the crashing noise of
the colliding trains had ceascd the sol
diers commenced the work of rescu-
ing their imprisoned comrades. They
worked like demons tearing away the
wreckage to get at the wounded and
dead. and quench the fire which had
started in the sleeper Seville. which
was n mass of broken wreckage. COW
erinG a steaming. kissing engine.
William b. Wallace and Sam John
son. both privates in troop G. We're
taken out dead. Cornelius Lenihan of
the same troop was alive when found.
hut died n few hours afterwards. The
colored porter Gordon. of the car
CRANKY. was found pinned down be-
tween wreckage. When finally freed
from the broken timbcrs. 1t was found
that his two legs We're broken and he
had received internal injuries He died
in n few minutes.
In the second section baggage car
was crushed out and fell at right an
giles to the track. In this car Sergeant
Hodge of troop G hod his ankle broken.
completely wrecked.
The people of Tupclo showed every
Intention. All the doctors in town as
sisted Surgeon Major Jesurun. Houses
were thrown open for the wounded.
Finally all the injured We're taken to
the Methodist church and n store on
The main street where TEMPORARY hos
pital was set up The ladies of the
tOwn waited on the wounded soldiers.
Where the blame attaches 1t is i'm
possible to say. but somebody blum
Tered and n searching inquiry will be
made. Colonel Torrey is. rs he says
himself. on his back. hut still in com
mand. \ surgeon and hospital
steward will he left in charge of the
wounded with a detail of troopers.
Engineer Rnwls of the second sec
ton was seen tonight hut was unable
TO talk. He received internal injuries
That have caused several hcmorrhages.
Not horse was injured. although
several of the stock cars were badly
wrecked