El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-22
EEL PASO TEXAS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER o. 1899

little attention to the pas
sing engine when suddenly
the noise of thunder came,
and for few seconds 1 knew nothi nR
and slowly opened my eyes to find
myself in mass OF debris
with q cloud of dust
enveloping me while cries and
groans came to my ears. I made my
way out in safety, having an almost
providential escape from death, and
helped to take the dead man, then not
dead but ling, from the ruins."
J.D. Clifford, the switchmsn on the
foot board, was seriously
hurt about the back and legs
but neither was broken, and the
wounds will not prove fatal. he was
taken to Hotel Dieu and attended by
DR.. Turner. There his injuries are
pronounced not serious.
Another, James Cooney of MARSHALL
town, lowe, had been in Ell Paso look
ing for work in the motor power de-
partment of the G II. He was sitting
on a bench outside the building, an d
was seriously injured about the hips
by fall timbers. He also was taken to
Hotel Dieu and attended by DR..
Turner.
KEEPING BACK THE CROWD.
Immediately after the accident the
ruins were roped off and the poll ce
kept the crowd back. Judge Spencer
at once appeared on the scene and took
careful and accurate notes looking to
an inquest and fixing the blame.
The dead man, J. Bsrunda, lay Gov
ered with q comfort in the shade OF
the Well Fargo building until o'clock.
He is CHASTITY sight, with ear and face
mapsled and side of his skull caved
in.
THE DAMAGED BUILDING
The building damaged is the frame
west end of the G. 81. depot struc-
ture, in the form of an l.
2Ox25 feet, used for bagga
purposes. 1t was shell like structure
and the actual property loss to the rail-
road company is only $50. The build
ing was built in 1881.
Engines s13 aud 715 are trying to pull
80. TIA back on the track. She had
ploughed deeply into the sand. and
was pretty firmly fixed.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
The crash of the wreck was heard at
a distance of two blocks. A crowd
gath cred on the scene almost imme-
diately. Guests from the Pierson and
the Francis hearing the noise of the
falling building rushed to the spot.
People from the neighboring houses
ran hatless and coatless. The railroad
men in the yards within hearing dis
taoce ran as fast as they could to the
scene of the accident.
The huge engine stood helpless, half
on and half off the track, its front
end thrust into and supporting the
timbers of the sides and roof of
the wrecked depot, its rear
tracks on the rails. The
body of the dead Mexican
was laid ON the end of
the station which had fallen outward.
Oae side of the face and head was hor-
ribly crushed, the remainder of the
face being hideous and ghastly. An
eager crowd surged around it to get q
glimpse of it until ropes were stretched
around the wreck and all persons
except the workmen and the police
Captain Bsndy searche d
the pockets of the dead man but did
not find as much as ascrap of paper
upon him to show his identity A COM
fort was presently found and the re
mains covered.
GREAT CROWD ASSEMBLIES.
The news of the wreck spread with
rapidity and people rushed to
the spot from every direction, afoot,
awheel and in vehicles. Within a.
quarter of an hour 500 people we're
around the ropes gazing ct
the spectacle.