The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-27
KILLED IN h TRAIN WRECK.
FOUR OF ToRREy's ROUGH Riders
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Many others Injured. the Casualties
Being Almost ms Numerous ~
Those Sustained ny the Twin Reg

TCPELo. Miss. June "a railway ac-
SS4ent occurred al this place az 80 y. m.
In w.s.Ch -four members % Col Torrsy' s
regiment OF rough riders from Caeyenns,
W 80, lost their Lives and others received
e tai injuries.
Tie see.dezt occurred on the Kansas
City. Memphis & Birmingham railroad.
T.ss frat section rad stopped 20 take wat
or an6 nae wfssl.ed 70 start on, when the
second ses,tsoG rounded the sharp curve.
IN tbs track ii2st before the town - reach
ed and dashed INTO II. Tie rear Of tie
first ss2tiou was the sleeper Seville" con-
tanning Col. Torrey and E4s regimentsi
staff. This car was completely deiaoIish.si.
yss, strange - say. every inmate escaped
unscathsd, exccpt the colonel. who IS IN
1ursd though not seriously.
TIE chief fatalities occurred In coach
wfach stood IA the center Df the first
section. wh4sh carried Troop g from Lar
annie, Wyo. Tni. coach was coulpIe ieiy
ielesoop~i and tho soldiers within were
TANNED ard bruised beneath masses Of
finlbesE. broken Car seais and Other decris.
IL tbs second section one baggage car was
thrown into the d!teh. but az this train
few were hurt ard none seriously. I'M
mediate action NAG taken ~ the sos3.4rs
TO save their impeFii9d comrades, and with
axes ayan ropes and buckets Of water. they
workef like dS.ILoE.s tearing away the
wreciAse TO get At the wounded and dead
ana Queuch the fire which had started in
TIE slAapsr Seville which was a mass OF
broken wrechage covering a steamng.
Kissing engine.
The wounded were removed 10 a vacant
building ia the town. The sections con-
tanned Troops A. &. l., l.. g and 81. form
Ing part Of "A regiment being transported 10
Jacksonville. Ii Is the Second United
States volunteer eayalry. and Was raised
tRA
Rocky mountain region Including the
states Q. Wyoming Colorado, Idaho. Ne
yada and Utah Those soldiers killed aDd
rnertally wounded are from the nrst nam
ell state
rlse fault OF the accident probably lies
with Engineer Rsxleg. OF the second Sec
ton. IL has disappeared. The soldiers
have threatened to lynch him.
Not i horse vas injured. although sew
erai os the stock cars were badly smashed.
The killed.
WILLIE 3. WALLACE. Troop II.
SAM JOHNSON. Troop e.
---. GORDON. coiorcd porter.
CORNELIUS LEHMAN. Troop G.
PRIVATE SIMMER. Troop c.
Fatally injured:
Henry c Mapes. Troop c. both iess cnt
Off, punctured in abdomen.
injured.
II. y. Staiey. Troop VI. elbow disio,a.ed
u. Perkins. Troop l.. both hips ,amrled.
Wallace Hodge. Troop &, ankle broken.
George Gardiner, Troop G. hip broken.
Rudolph Widmar. ofiicer's mess cook.
back strained.
Hiram +. Davis. Troop G ankle spralncd
Henry Steitz Troop c. leg broken.
WIZ Grovenor Troop &. leg bruised
Joseph Aaron, Troop e. back spraIned
w. III, Robins. Troop g. ankle dislocate,,.
Arthur Evans Troop T.. HIP disocated
Joseph Wilke2on. Troop l.. slightly in
jured.
-. schenck. Troop g. leg badly crushed.
Col Iorrey was In the state room OF
the sleeping car. walsh WAS separated
from the engine Of the second section by a
shoft caisoose. The force Of the con1paat
carried tho first section forward 800 wards
When thu train stopped. Col rorrsy found
himself outside besses tn the wreekaRe. and
although his feet were badly bruised ha
nlAnag FL 10 Chamber up the ernaankm4nt.
His other injuries are several bruises about
The hessd. The injured are receiving all
possible attention.
Lsatcr~The engineer was seen fonieht.
but Vas unable 70 talk. He received In
terSSal injuries that have caused several
hern1rrhages.