Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30
CRUSHED in n WRECK
FIVE OF roRREr's MEN KILLED.
Rear Of Another In nMissIssippi-Fiftesn
Persons Injured.

One Section of Ill. Train Crashes Into tho
Rear Of Another In MissIssippi-Fiftesn
Persons Injured.
Denver, June 2G.-A special from Tu-
pelo, Mississippi, to .he Republican,
says:
Section l of the Torrey train pulled
In here about 3 p. IN. this afternoon.
While watering ut the station section
= come In behind running ut least
twenty miles an hour.
Your correspondent was In the last
or headquarters car and heard n man
yell to jump. looked out OF the WIN
dow und saw u man waving hand
kerchief frantically, but there was no
appearance of slowing down on the
part Of the coming train. In the car at
the time Were 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
wood and glnss. 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 We're crushed, but not seriously.
Two cars ahead Of the headquarters
Pullman was tourist sleeper with
Troop G. Immediately that the engine
struck the train this car telescoped
| with the one ahead, and went In like a
house Of cards.
The chief fatalities occurred In
coach which stood in the center Of the
| first section, which carried Troop Q.
| 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 Troop.
Gordon, colored porter.
The Associated Press also places
among the dead Private Gimmer,
Troop L, head crushed.
The wounded are:
Henry S. Mnpes. both legs cut of.
internal injuries, will die.
B. d. Stailcy, NJ troop. dislocated ell
bow.
+. Perkins, L troop, both hips jam
med.
waiiaee D. Hodge. C troop. ankle
broken.
George Garner. G troop. hip hurt.
]. Fl. Farr, G troop, both legs hurt.
Rudolph Widemar, officers cook.
back strained.
Hiram F. Davis. G troop, ankle
spralned.
Henry Steltz. G troop. leg broken.
VIII Grosvenor, G troop. leg bruised.
Joseph Aaron, G troop, back injured
slightly.
Arthur Evans, E troop, hip dlslo-
Gated.
Joseph Wilkinson. e troop, slightly
injured. This man had his trumpet on
his arm The trumpet was crushed,
but the man escaped with few pune
lures.
Schenck. @ troop, leg badly bruised.
Almost before the crashing noise of
the colliding trains had ceased the sol.
diers commenced the work Of rescu-
ing their imprisoned comrades. They
worked like demons tearing away the
wreckage to get Mt the wounded and
dead, and Quench the fire which had
started in the sleeper Seville. which
was mass of broken wreckage, COW
ering n stenmIng, kissing engine.
William b. Wallace and Sam John
SoL. Dotl I'rlNHteS III tFOOD ". were
taken out dead. Cornelius Lenihan 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 wreckage. When finally freed
from the broken timbers. 1t was founa
that his two legs were broken and he
had received internal injuries. He died
in few minutes.
In the second section a baggage car
was crushed out and fell at right an
giles to the track. In this car Sergeant
Hodge of troop G hod his ankle broken.
The engine and about five cars were
completely wrecked.
The people of Tupelo showed every
attention. All the doctors in town as
sisted Surgeon Major Jesurun. Houses
We're thrown open for the wounded.
Finally all the injured were taken to
the Methodist church .nd n store on
the main street where n Temporary hos
pital was set up. The ladies of the |
town waited on the wounded soldiers. |
Where the blame attaches 1t is i'm
possible to say. hut somebody blum /
dered and n searching inquiry will be |
made. Colonel Torrey is. as he says |
himself, on his back, but still 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 sec
ton was seen tonight but was unable |
to talk. He received internal injuries
that have caused several hemorrhagos.
Not horse was injured. although
several of the stock cars were badly
wrecked.