The San Francisco call., 1898-06-27
MANY OTHERS BADLY INJURED
CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS OF
 AN ENGINEER.
Runs Into the Train Ahead of Him and Disappears After the Wreck to Escape Being
 Lynched.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TUPELO, Miss, June 26.-A railway accident occurred at this place at BAG o'clock this afternoon, in which fou1 members of Colonel Torrey's regiment of Rough Riders, from Cheyenne, Wyo. lost their lives, and others received fa- tai injuries.
 The accident occurred on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Rail- way. The first section had stopped to take water, and whistled to start on when the second section rounded the sharp curve in the track just before the town is reached and dashed into it. Tn the rear of the first section was the sleeper Seville, containing Colonel Tor rey and his regimental staff This car was completely demolished, yet, strange to say, every inmate escaped unscathed except the colonel, who is injured, though not seriously
 The chief fatalities occurred in a coach which stood in the center of the first section, which carried Troop C. from Laramie, Wvo. This coach was completely telescoped, and the soldiers within were damned and bruised be- heath timbers, broken car seats and other debris. In the second section one baggage-car was thrown into the ditch, but in this train few were hurt and none seriously.
 Immediate aceson was taken by the soldiers to save their imprisoned com rades, and with axes, ropes and buck cts of water the-- worked like demons. tearing away the wreckage to get at the wounded and dead and quench the fire which had started in the sleeper Seville, which was a mass of broken Wreckage, covering steaming, hiss ing engine. The wounded were remoy- ed to vacant building in the town.
 The sections contained Troops A, c, B, l., G and M, forming part of a regi- ment being transported to Jacksonville. Fla. It is the second United States Volunteer Cavalry, and was raised by Colonel Torrey, its commander, in the Rocky Mountain region, including the States of Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Those soldiers kill ed and mortally injured are from the first named State.
 The fault of the accident probably lies with Engineer Rawls of the second section, who has disappeared. The sol dierS have threatened to lynch him.
 Not horse was injured. although several of the stock cars were badly smashed.
 The killed: Willie B. Wallace, Troop V, odIi JOHuSOIl, IIOOp Cs - NIOTQOn, colored porter; Cornelius Lenihan, Troop c; Private Gimmer, Troop l..
 Fatally injured: Henry c. Mapes, Troop c, both legs cut off; punctured in the abdomen.
 Injured: R. D. Staley, Troop M, el- bow dislocated E. Perkins, Troop L, both hips jammed Wallace Hodge, Troop G, ankle broken; George Gardi- ner, Troop c, hip hurt; Rudolph Wid- mar, officers mess cook, back sprained; Hiram F. Davis, Troop c, ankle sprain- ed; Henry Steltz, Troop c, leg broken; Will Grovener, Troop c, leg bruised; Joseph Aaron, Troop c, back sprained; w. H. Robins. Troop A, ankle dislo- cated; Arthur Evans, Troop E, hip dis located; Joseph Wilkinson, Troop L, slightly injured; - Schenck, Troop c, leg badly crushed.
 Colonel Torrey was in the stateroom of the sleeping-car, which was sepa- rated from the engine of the second section by short caboose. The force of the impact carried the first section forward 300 yards. When the train stopped Colonel Torrey found himself outside beneath the wreckage and al- though his feet were badly bruised he managed to chamber up the embank- ment. His other injuries are several bruises about the head. The injured are receiving all possible attention.
 The engineer was seen late tonight but was unable to talk He received internal injuries that have caused sey- eral hemOrrhageS.