The Lamar register., 1898-06-29
CRUSHED In A WRECK
F.vE OF roRasr.s Mgn NiLLED.
One section Of His Tram Crashes iatc the
Rear OF Another la Nis<i.-ippa-flfteen
Persons galar~d-

pelo- mississippi To she Nepuohcan-
says:
seetlon OF the roreey train pulled
~ hcre about 3 y. IA this afternoon
While watering at the station SECTION
come in Behind running at least
twenty miles an hour.
Your correspondent was In the last
OF headquarters car and heard a ntsn
yell 10 jump. looked ont OF the win
dow and saay a man waving 4 hand
kcrrhief frantieaiiy. bnt there was no
appearance OF slowing down on the
part of the coming train. In the ear at
The time we're Major Hartford, safEeon
Major Jesurun. Captain tsoiden. hap
lain. ami James Mct;ill. We ail ran
for the door and jumped
There was deafeninE crash and tfse
engine Almost disappeared under the
headquarters car. Colonel Torrey was
In the last room OF the last car aud Was
eaneht In the wreck bui had a miruc-
ulous escape. He was carried about
go feet among a pile OF breaking
wood and glass. Fortunately tiie
smashing timhcrs closed only around
his feet. Ieaviug his head clear. Final
~ he was thrown out aud s-cstPssl with
only a few scratches on his head. His
ieet were crushed. hut not seriously.
Two ears ahead OF the headquarters
hAkA@Ah WIS AbAfA~A -Nfft - WIN
Troop c. Immediately thar the engine
struck the train this car tele-coIs-,i
with the one ahead. and went IN like
house of cnTris-
The chief fatalities arrurrssl In \
coach which sfood In the ccuter OF the
iirst section. which carried Troop e
from LARAMIE. Wyoming This coach
wHs completely tei.-coped and the sol
siiers within wcr~ lamni~si and bruised
beneath masses st timicrS, hroseu var
seats and other debgis.
These Killed are.
William Wallace.
sam Johnson.
Cornelius LeniiIan. all of e Troop.
Gordon. es..ors~l porter.
The Associated PresS also riate-
among the dead Private gimuer
Troop l.. bead crushed.
The woun,ir,i arcs
Henry 5. aiaPcs. both legs riit on.
Internal Injuries win dir
u. u. siaiiey, " frocR. di~locatcd el-
bow.
+, Perkins. /. troop, both hip. jam
Wallace D. Ho.irr. q troop. ankle
hnsken.
George Garner. c troop. hip hurt.
J. III. Farr. g trssop. both legs hurt
Rudolph widemar. ofiic-rS' cusg.
back strained.
Hiram = Davis. roop. ankle
sprained
Henry steitz. c troop log hroken.
WIN Grosvenor. G troop. leg bruiss i.
Joseph Aaron c trcoF. back inJuresi
slightly.
Arthur Evans, E troop, hip di.,o
Gated
Joseph Wilkinson. + troop slightly
injured. This man had his trumpet on
hts arm The irlmi,ss was crushed
but the man Escaped with few pune
tures
Schenek. G troop. icS badly bruised.
Almost lprlore the crashing noiso Of
the eollidiax trains had CEASED the sol
dt"rs commenced the work of resru-
Ing their imprisoned comrades They
worked Ike demons tearing away the
wrssckaer to get at the wounded and
dead. and qnench the firr which had
started In the sleeper Seville. which
was q mass OF broken wrccksge. Gov
ering n sfeamine. kissing engine
William II. Wallace and sam John
son. both priraieS In troop c. were
taken ont dead. Cornelius Lenihan Of
the same troop was alive when found.
but died a few hours afterwards. The
colored porter. Gordon OF the car
CRANKY. was found pinned down be
tMteu NItSha@f. " HFn Tlnasft frNssi
from the broken tImbefS. IL was fouro
that hts two legs were broken and he
bad received Internal Injuries He died
In a few minutes
In the second section baggage ear
was crushed ont and fell at right an
.ies 10 the track In this car Sergeant
Hodge of troop @ hod his ankle broken.
The engine aud about ive cars were
! completely wrecked
The people OF Tupelo showed every
attention. All the doctors In town as-
sisted Surgeon Major Jesurun- Houses
were thrown open for the wounded.
Finally an the injured were taken to
the Methodist church End store on
the main street where temporary hos
pItnl was set up. The ladies OF the
town waited on the wounded soldiers.
Where the blame attaches II Is Inn
possible TO say. but somebody blum
iiered and searching inquiry viii be
made. Colonel Torrey Is, as he says
himself. on his back. but siin In com
mand A surgeon and n hospital
steward will be left in charge OF the
wounded with detail Of troopers.
Engineer Rawls OF the second soc.
ton was seen tonight but was unable
10 talk He received internal Injuries
that have caused several hemorrhageS.
Not n horse was injured. although