The state herald., 1898-07-01
CRUSHED IN A WRECK
FIVE OF roRREy's MEN KILLED.
Ono Section of His Train Crashes Into the
Roar Of Another In Misslssippl-Fiftesn
Persons Injured.


Persons Injured.
Denver, June 28.-A special from Tu-
pelo, Mississippi, to the Republican,
says:
In here about 3 p. m. this afternoon.
While watering ut the station section
2 come In behind running ut 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 u hand
kerchief frantically, but there was no
appearance of slowing down on the
part of the coming train. In the car ut
the time We're Major Harberd, Surgeon
Major Jesurun, Captain Golden, chap
lain, and James McGill. We all ran
for the door and jumped.
There was 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 n mirac-
ulous escape. He was carried about
800 feet among n pile of breaking
wood and glass. Fortunately the
smashing timbers closed only around
his feet, leaving his head clear. Final
ly he was thrown out and escaped with
only n few scratches on his head. His
feet were crushed, but not seriously.
Two cars ahead of the headquarters
Pullman was a tourist sleeper with
Troop G. Immediately that the engine
struck the train this car telescoped
with the one ahead, and went in like u
house of cards.
The chief fatalities occurred In n
coach which stood in the center Of the
first section, which carried Troop G.
from Laramie, Wyoming. This coach
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 G Troop.
Gordon, colored porter.
The Associated Press also places
among the dead Private Gimmer,
Troop L, head crushed.
The wounded are:
Henry S. Mapes. both legs cut off,
Internal injuries. will die.
B. ID. Stailey, NJ troop, dislocated ell
bow.
Il. Perkins, l. troop. both hips JAM
med.
Wallace d. Hodge. C troop, ankle
broken.
George Garner. C troop. hip hurt.
]. ii. Farr. G troop. both legs hurt.
Rudolph Widemar. officers cook,
back strained.
Hiram +. Davis, C troop, ankle
sprained.
Henry Steltz, C troop. leg broken.
VIII Grosvenor. c troop. leg bruised.
Joseph Aaron. G troop, back injured
slightly.
w. II. Robinson. A troop, ankle dis
located.
Arthur Evans. L troop. hip dIslo-
Gated.
Joseph Wilkinson. l. troop. slightly
injured. This man had his trumpet on
his arm. The trumpet was crushed.
hut the man escaped with few pune
lures.
Schcnck. c troop. leg badly bruised.
Almost before the crashing noise of
the colliding trains had ceased the sol.
diers commenced the work of resc,i-
Ing their imprisoned comrades. They
worked like demons tearing away the
wreckage 10 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
ering steamlng. kissing engine.
William II. Wallace and Sam John.
son, both privates In troop C. were
taken out dead. Cornelius Lcnihan 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 be.
tween wrcckagc. When finally freed
from the broken tlmbers. II was found
that his two legs were broken and he
had received Internal injuries. He died
In n few minutes.
In the second section n baggage car
was crushed ont and fell NJ right nm.
rles 10 the track. In this car Sergeant
Hodge OF troop @ hod his ankle broken.
The engine ani about five cars We're
completely wrecked
The people Of Tupelo showed every
attention. All the doctors In town ms.
sisted Surgeon Major Jesurun. Houses
wcre thrown open for the wounded.
Flnnlly all the injured were taken TO
the Methodist church and store on
The main street where Temporary hos.
pital was set mp. The ladies' Of the
Town waited on the wounded soldiers.
Where the blame attaches II IL I'm.
possible TO say. hut somebody blum
iered and searching inquiry VIII he
made. Colonel Torrcy Is. as he says
himself. on his hack hut stlll In CON.
nnnd. \ surgeon and n hospital
steward VIII he left In charge Of the
wounded with n detail NJ TROOPERS
Engineer Rawls OF the second SOC.
ton was seen tonight hut was unable
10 talk. He received Internal Injuries
That have caused several hcmorrhnges.
Not n horse was Injured. although
several Of the stock cars were badly
wrecked.