The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-27
SOLDIERS IN A FATAL SMASH.
EO1R of TORREY's MEN KILLED
AND THIRTEEN INJURED.


TuueIO-The Pullman Car of the
Officers the First One Struck, But
All Escape Injury Except the Col
oneI and He Gets on Lightly.
,rornelo. Miss. June ga railway ac-
cideut occurred this afternoon at $40
o'clock in which four soldiers lost their
lives and others received fatal injuries.
This Afternoon Col. Torrey's regiment of
Rough Riders from Cheyenne Wyo.,
reached this place via the Kansas City,
N4epnhis and Birmingham Railroad.
The first section had stopped to take
water. and had whistled to start when
the second section rounded the sharp
curve Just before the town is reached and
dashed into it, In the rear of the first
section was the sleeper Seville con-
tanning Col. Torrey and his regimental
staff
This car was completely demolished, yet
strange to say, every inmate escaped IN
scathed except the colonel, who is injured
though not seriously.
The chief fatalities occurred in coach
which stood in the center of the first sec
ton, and which carried Troop c, from
Laramie, Wyo.
This coach was completely telescoped and
the soldiers within were damned and
bruised.
In the second section baggage car was
throvn into the ditch, but in this train
few were hurt, and none dangerously.
Action on the part of the soldiers was i'm
mediate to save their imperilled comrades.
and with axes and ropes and buckets of
water they worked like demons, tearing
away the wreck to get at the wounded and
dead and quench the fires which had start
ed in the sleeper Seville.
The wounded were removed to a vacant
building in town.
The section contained Troops A, c, E, L,
G and M, forming part of a regiment be
ing transported to Jacksonville, Fla. 1t
is the Second United States Volunteer
Cavalry, and was raised by Col Torrey,
its commander, in the Rocky Mountain
region, including the states of Wyoming,
Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah
Those killed and MORALLY wounded are
from the first named state.
The regiment had the misfortune to meet
with wreck in the yards at St. Joseph,
Mo-, Friday, in which two of the train
crew were killed, and at ST. Louis Satur-
day one of the soldiers was accidentally
killed by being suffocated and falling
from the train in the long tunnel at that
place.
The fault of this accident, 1t is said, prob
ably lies with the engineer of the second
section, who was running too fast and
near the first section.
The name of the engineer is RaWls, and
he has disappeared.
The soldiers have threatened to lynch
him, if he is found
Not a horse was injured, though some
of the stocks cars was badly smashed.
The Killed.
WILLIE B. WALLACE, Troop A.
SAM JOHNSON, Troop C.
- GORDAN, colored porter.
CORNELIUS LEHMAN, Troop c.
PRIVATE GIMNER, Troop L. head
crushed.
Fatally Injured
HENRY S. MAPEs, Troop c, both legs
cut off; internally injured.
Injured
R. D. sTALEY. Troop NJ. elbow dislo-
Gated.
E. PERKINS, Troop L, both hips jam
WALLACE HODGE, Troop C, ankle
broken.
GEORGE GARDNER, Troop C. hip
hurt.
RUDOLPH wIDEMAR, officers mess
GUM DUCK STRAINED.
HIRAM F. DAVIS, Troop C, ankle
sprained.
HENRY STELTZ, Troop c, leg broken.
WILL GRoVENoR. Troop c, leg
bruised.
JOSEPH AARON. Troop C. back
sprained.
w H. ROBBINS, Troop A, ankle disIo-
Gated.
JOSEPH WILKINSON, Troop L,
slightly injured.
: scHENcK. Troop c. leg badly
bruised.
Col. Torrey was in the stae room of the
sleeping car, which was separated from
the engine of the second section by a short
caboose. The force of the impact carried
the first section forward 300 yards.
When the train stopped Col. Torrey found
himself outside beneath the wreckage and
he managed to Chamber Up the embank-
ment. His other injuries are several
bruises about the head
The wounded are receiving ala possible
attention.
Later-Private Mapes is now in a dying
condition.
The engineer who was reported missing
was seen tonight, but was unable to
talk. He received internal injuries that
nave caused several hemorrhages. He is
completely overcome on account of the de-
piora BILE affair