Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-27

SIX KILLED, FOURTEEN HURT
Second Section Ran Into The Rear Of tho frs
Train.
ALL THE KILLED ARE WYOMING MEN
Colonel Torrey l. Among IN. Injured
Isult Wa, WIN the Engineer IL. Col.
Cannon Was with second section.

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cannon Was with second section.
Tupelo. Miss. June ga railway nc
cident occurred at this place at $50
this Afternoon. In which four mombeu
Of col. Toucy's regiment of rough
riders. from Cheyenne. Wyo, LOST
their llvcHand others received fatal in.
iurioH.
The accident occurred % nthc kansai
city. Memphis q birmingham railroad
The first section had stopped to take
water and had Whistlcd 10 start on
when the second section rounded the
sharp curve in tho tract, Just bcfors
the town IL reached. and dashed into Il
The rear OF the nrst section was the
sleeper Seville" containing Colone
Torrcy and his rcgimontai stan. This
ear was completely demolished. yet
strange TO say, every inmate escaped
unncathod. except the colonel. who Il
injured. though not seriously.
The chief fatalities occurred In a
coach which stood In the center OF the
nrst section. which carried troop c,
frum Laramie. Wyo. This coach WA
completely tclcacopcd and the soldiers
within were damned ana bruised be.
meath mnnscs of timbors, broken car
seats and other debris
Ia tho second section one baggage
car was thrown into the ditch. but IN
this train few were hurt. and mona
seriously.
Immediate action was taken by the
soldiers to save their impcrillod com.
radcs. and, with axes and ropes and
buckets Of water. they worked like
demons tearing away the wreckage tc
Rct at the wounded and dead and
qucnch the IRE which had started In
the sleeper seville. which was a mas
u broken wrcckago. covering a steam.
INK. kissing engine.
The wounded were removed 10 a va
cant building In the town.
The section contained troops A. c.
4. l., q and 81. forming "A part OF rcgl-
mcnt bolng transported TO Jackson
vlllc Fia. II II tho Second United
states volunteer cavalry. and was
raised by Colonel Torrry. its COM
mundcr. In the Rocky mountain re-
glon. including the states OF Wyoming.
Colorado. Idaho. Nevada and Utah.
The soldiers killed aud mortally
Wounded are from the hrut named
state.
Tho fault % the accident probably
lies with Engineer l,uwls, of the Sec
uud section. lie has disappeared. The
soldiers have threatened 10 lynch him.
o.. hoe NHHN al
several Of the stock cans were badly
smashed
KILLED AND INJURED.
The killed;
Willie %. Wallace. troop u.
fIm Johnson, troop e,
- Gordon. cploNsd porter,
Cornelius i.enihnn, troop g.
Private ulmmcr. troop l., head
crushed.
Fatally injured;
Henry c. Mapcs. troop c, both legs
cut on; puncturcd In abdomen.
Il. d. stacey. troop NJ. elbow dlslO-
Gated,
.. Perlslns, troop Il both hips
Wallace Hodgs, troop o. ankle
broken.
George Gardner. troop c; hip
Hudolph w.dmar. officers mesa cook
Hiram i. Davis. troop c! ankle
Henry stoltz. troop C.: lcg broken.
VIII OrOyrnor trOop q, leg bruised.
Joseph Aaron, troop O. back
". ii. Robins. troop a; ankle dIslo-
Arthur Evans, troop Il; hip dlslo-
cliri
Joseph Wilkinson. troop /; slightly
injured.
~ sahencE, troop c; leg badly
crushed.
ToRREY's INJURIES.
Colcnrl Torryy was In he state room
NJ thr sleeping car, which WIS sep-
umtad from thr engine NJ the second
rsotlun by short cabpose. The force
no the Impact carried The frst section
.lrWlm 800 yards. whom The train
topped Culoul Toroy found himself
outside beneath the Wreckage, and al
though hls feet were badly bruised, he
managed GO chamber up the emhank-
mcut. His other Injuries are several
bruises about the head The injured
iur receiving an possible attention.
t.ltcr-Thr engineer was seem to-
nlEht but was unable 20 talk lie rec
coiycd Internal Injuries that have
caused several hemorhigcs,
col, CANNON TELEGRAPHs.
The following was received by Cover
nor Wells today:
birmingham, Ala, June e. lS9S.-Gov.
n. ", Wells. salt Lake. In checking
and fatal wreck yeEterday. 100 miles
west OF here, this regiment suffered Sc
yrrply, but tho Utah troop escaped en-
tlrgly uuluJured.
CANNON. Lieut.. Col.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
aW ~ slooll s.SaIloL 20 pounful ogl 10
uoulpuo1 1VL-'l5 1unr 'taIN 'oladnL
wreck Of yesterday, Ii favorable. Only
one death has occurred since last night,
that OF n. $, MupDs, troop 9, who died
today. Both legs Were crushed on and
abdomen puncturcd,
charles Glmmvr reported dead last
night IL stlll alive, but Ia In dying
condition.