The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-22
MILITARY TRAIN
WAS WRECKED.
One Soldier Killed, One Dies In
a Short Time and Several
Seriously Injured
QUITE A NUMBER
SLIGHTLY HURT.
CareleSSness l. Attributed as the
Cause Of Accident, and Engineer
and Firemen Arrested.
THE WRECKED TRAIN
HAD MISSOURI TROOPS.
Every Care viii BE Taken Of the In.
I jured. the Dead Buried With Mill.
tary Honors and the Railroad
Prosecuted For Wrck.
THE WRECKED TRAIN
HAD MISSOURI TROOPS.

Chattanooga, NAY ~ -Dnt man ueli
and two fatally injured Is the result of
n wreck which occurred early this morn.
ing on the Chattanooga, Rome and
Southern railroad between Chattanooga
and Chickamauga park The dead and
injured all belonged 10 the First rcgi.
ment Of Missouri volunteer infantry.
The list includes: George Walker, ar.
tidcer, company ID, dead.
Alfred NJ. Lane, private, both legs
broken, will die
Howard Brolash, private, leg broken
and internal injuries, will die
+. X. Richards, first lieutenant, COM
pany II, badly cut about the arms and
shoulders.
X. IL Feidell, private, badly cut about
the body.
Private I'd IAyinsburg, thrce ribs
broken.
William Moifatt, Chattanooga Times
reporter, badly injured about body.
There are many Others badly, but not
fatally injured.
Jack McCabe, section hand, was
killed by a passing military train just a
few minutes before the casualty 20 the
First Missouri train
The train on which the most damage
was done was carrying the Missouri
troops from Chattanooga 20 the mark
The Jas, car Of this train was loaded
with the horses of the officers. The
military tnin was standing on the Chat
tanooga, Rome and Southern track. just
beyond the crossing Of the Belt line
about half a mile from Rossyiile. Il
was crashed into by the regular south.
bound Chattanooga, Rome and South.
ern passenger train. Il Is said there was
no fiagman on the military train. The
shock was very severe.
The locomotive Of the regular train
was jammed into the horsecar and thi.
car completely wrecked Tire baggagecar,
which was the next one forward The
man killed and those badly injured were
all on the horsecar
Everything was done 10 stop the pas
senger train when IL was seen, but Il
was going at too great a speed. The On.
ginecr, W. c. Wheeler, stuck TO his
post 10 the last and escaped with only a
MANNED ankle. He and his fireman
Were az once arrested and placed under
n sq1ad Of soldiers. They are gnvcly
censured by the soldiers FOR running sd
rapidly with a special ahead Of them.
All the horses Of the officers were yalu.
able animal
The forward coaches OF the military
tram were badly shaken, but no injury
was done any one in them The dam.
age would have been much greater had
the train not been made up in exactly
in reverse Of the usual order. II Il had
gone out IN regular urdcf the sleeper
would have been IN the rear and the Oh
fcers who occupied them would hay,
been killed instead Of horses.
The wounded, about l2 In all, weru al
once taken in charge by Surgeon Will
Of the First regiment Lioutcntani
Colonel John Jacob Astor, New York
as well as number OF other officer
were ON the regular train, but were mo-
injs-cd.
General Brooke received messag,
from the secretary OF war directing tha
every care be taken OF the wounded, an,
the dead to be buried with all military
honor, and immediate steps taken q
prosecute the railroad responsible 70
the disaster