La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-02
CRUSHED IN A WRECK
FIVE OF roRREr's MEN KILLED.
Onc section of His Train Crashes Into FL :
Rear of Another In Mississippi-Ftftsen
Persons Injured.

Denver. June 2G.--A special from Tu-
pelo. Mississippi, to the Republican.
says:
Section of the Torrey train pulled
In here about 8 y. IN this afternoon
While watering at the station section
. come in behind running nj least
twenty miles an hour
Your correspondent was in the last
or headquarters car and heard man
yell to jump. l looked out OF the WIN
dow and saw man waving 4 hand
kercbief franticaiiy, 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 Jcsurun. Captain Golden. chap
lain. and James Mct;ill. We all ran
for the door and jumped.
There was a 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 Il mirac-
ulous escape. He was carried about
900 feet among pile OF breaking
wood and glass. Fortunately the
smashing timbers closed only around
bis 1eet leaving his head clear. Final
iy he WAS thrown out and escaped with
only few scratches on his head. Ills
feet were crushed, but not seriously.
Two cars ahead of the headquarters
Pullman was tourist sleeper with
Troop &. Immediately that the engine
struck the train this car telescoped
with the one ahead, and Went in Ike
house OF cards
The chief fatalities occurred in
coach which stood in the center OF the
first section. which carried Troop G.
4 T>hir al,
was completely telescoped and the sol
diers within We're jammed and bruised
beneath masses of timbers, broken car
seats and other debris.
Those killed are:
William Wallace.
Sam johnson.
Cornelius Lenihan, all OF c Troop.
Gordon. cclored porter.
The Associated Press also places
among the dead Private Gimmer.
Troop l.. head crushed.
The wounded are:
Henry $. Mapes, both legs cut off.
Internal injuries. will die.
y. d. Stailcy, NJ troop, dislocated ell
bow.
+. Perkins. l. troop, both hips JAM
med.
Wallace d. Hodge. G troop. ankle
broken.
George Garner, G troop. hip hurt.
j. III. Farr. c troop. both legs hurt.
Rudolph Widemar, officers cook.
lack strained.
Hiram +. Davis, c troop. ankle
sprained.
Henry Steliz, G troop. leg broken.
VIII Grosvenor. G troop. leg bruised
Joseph Aaron. C troop, back injured
slightly.
w. III. Robinson, 4 troop, ankle dis
located.
Arthur Evans. + troop. hip dislo-
Gated.
Joseph Wilkinson. f troop. slightly
injured. This man had his trumpet on
his arm. The trumpet was crushed.
Int the man escaped with few pune
lures.
Schenck. G troop. leg badly bruised
Almost before the crashing noise OF
the colliding trains had ceased 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
erins a steaming. kissing engine.
William b. Wallace and Sam John
son. both privates in troop c. We're
taken out dead. Cornelius Lenihan OF
the same troop WAS alive when found.
but died few hours afterwards. The
colored porter Gordon. of the car
CRANKY. WAS found pinned down he.
tween wreckage. When finally freed
from the broken timbers. it was found
that his two legs Were broken and he