The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-30
FROM ALTAR TO GRAVE.
A Colcred Brldsl Party Run Into by .
Train.
BRIDE AND GROOM AND ATTENDANT KILLED
inc Escapes BADLY Injured-kiilcd
Mt the Texas Avenue Crossing OF
Gulf, Colorado and santa Fe.

santa Fe switch engine No. soS crashed
into a carriage last night at the Texas
avenue crossing of the Santa Fe railway.
killing Joe Jones, his bride, Lille Jones.
and - Clark, and seriously woundins
Georgia Milligan. Matt striplin, the
driver OF the carriage, also received very
painful II not serious wounds. All par
ties were colored.
The persons killed and those wounded
constituted wedding party, and they
we're being driven to the International and
Great Northern depot. where Jones and
his wife OF an hour were to take the train
for MineoIa. the home Of the bridegroom,
The carriage approached the Santa Fe
track on Texas avenue, going east. ana
when the vehicle was full upon the track
1t was struck by the foremost box car OF
the string, and carriage and occupants
we're ground under the wheels, the bodies
of the Inflated wedding party being tam
gled in the debris of the wrecked carriage.
Men came running with torches. and
when Post reporter arrived atthe wreck
a large force was at work recovering the
and the wreckage OF the carriage. The
body OF the bride was brought forth first.
badly mangled, but easily recognizable.
Life had left the body before it was re-
covered.
The bruised and bleeding form of Geor-
sa. Milligan was next recovered. the
wounded woman shrieking with agony, her
screams mingling with those Of number
of colored women who had gathered
around the grewsome scene.
The MMligan woman was laid on a plat
form near by. and Or. Stuart, who had
been telephoned for. looked after her
wounds. with the assistance OF other ply.
iicians who arrived about the same time.
The body of Jones, the bridegroom. was
then extricated from under the wrecked
carriage and laid on the platform near
that OF his bride. Death was no doubt
instantaneous in his case. The head was
badly mashed and the whole body was
more or less margled.
The last bod$ TO 30 recovered was that
Of Clark. who had acted as unst man at
the wedding. His head was nauiT mangled,
the injuries to 1t alone being sufficient to
cause instant death. Besides. his body
was badly mashed and bruised. His body
was also laid on the platform near those
that had been previously recovered
Mat Stripping, the driver of the car
riage. jumped from his seat and seized the
tail of ono of his horses, thus escaping
death under the wheels. He did not escape
Injury, however, for after having rendered
all assistance possible in recovering the
bodies. doing perhaps as much in that re-
spect as any man present, he was taken
to R. C. Stuart's drug store, where it
was discovered that he was suffering CON
siderably from wound on the temple and
one on each leg His wounds were dressed
at the drug store and he WAS sent home.
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
Several torches were procured lnmedl.
ately after the accident, but the work of
recovering the bodies progressed slowly.
The poor light afforded by the torches did
not disclose the extent OF the damage TO
life and limb at first and those working
at the debris were forced TO proceed eau
tiousiy for fear of further injuring some
one Of the unfortunates.
The Milligan woman was wedged under
the debris In such way that 1t was nee
essary 20 procure jackscrews and raise
the trucks OF the car, it being deemed UNI
safe to move the car.
News OF the tragedy spread rapidly
among the colored people and a large
crowd of them. with quite a number of
white people. had gathered around the car
before the first body was recovered. When
the pale light of the torches fell upon a
mangled form as It was being lifted out of
the wreckage. Shrek would so up from
some relative or friend and an uproar akin
to pandemonium reigned for time.
The mother of the bride was present
when her daughters body was taken out,
and her lamentations were pitiful indeed.
sister Of the Milligan woman was on
hand. but no one present appeared TO
know Clark. Mat STRIPPING. the driver of
the carriage, knew that his name was
Clark and that he had worked at Milan
street barber shop. A large number of
colored people were questioned about him,
but no one could give any information
concerning him except that he was a
friend OF the bridegroom and had acted as
9est man ut the wedding.
THE WEDDING.
joe Jones and Lille Banks were married
AT 1880 o'clock last night at the residence
OF cOlorAd woman named Hoonar nj the