The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-12-13
A HEAD END COLLISION.
Two Passenger Trains on the Iron
Mountain Come Together
Near Malvern.
THREE PASSENGERS KILLED OUTRIGHT,
rhirty-Eight Injured, Several Fatally
M"st of the Unfortunate Ones Negroes
En- Route to Texas.-Both Engines De-
moiishnd but Engineers and Firemen
Escaped.

At $50 on the evening of the 5th
Inst two Iron Mountain passenger
trains. one the fast mail from st.
Louis. collded at point one mile and
a half south of Malvern. Three pas
sengers were killed outright and a
large number injured. Five OF the
injured died In few hours after the
accident. They were Maggie Steven
son and two unknown colored chill
dren, and two unknown white men,
supposed to have been stealing ride
on the front platform of the baggage
coach.
Train No. 3 was to meet No. IA at
Malvern, but the latter train was late,
and No. 3 moved ahead. apparently ex-
pecting to meet the other train at the
next station. A mile and a half south
or Malvern the two trains met and a
terrific collision ensued. Engineer
Heriot and the fireman of No. IA
jumped In time to save their lives.
while Engineer M. Campbell of No.
did likewise. The two engines were
wrecked, and the colored coach next
to the baggage car on the southbound
| train was badly smashed. 1t was
crowded with colored emigrants en-
route from North Carolina. Georgia
and Alabama to Texas. The smoking
car of the northbound train was badly
damaged and most of its occupants
were injured. but the rear coaches on
this train did not suffer
Killed: Jerry Dickson (col.), Sag.
inaw. Ark: unknown colored man !;
unknown colored woman.
Injured: White-Frank NJ. Henry
Malvern, internal injuries; serious
Judge j. B. Moore, Arkadelphia, Ark
head cut, badly injured in back and
hip; S. T. Roberts. Little Rock. right
| arm broken, head cut, leg sprained
serious; Charles Kaufman, Little
Rock, cut about face. not serious; w
T. York. Oklahoma City, face cut, in.
jured in back; A. L. Herrick. Little
Rock, slighly injured; VIM. Fried, st.
Louis, face and breast cut. not serious.
Colored-L. A. Moore. Sandersville,
Ala, back and hip injured; Elmer
Stevenson, Sandersville, Ala, both
legs crushed, arm lacerated; Mack
Stevenson, Sandersville. Ala, both legs
crushed; Melvin Stevenson. Sanders
vile, Ala. back strained; Maggie Ste
venson, Sandersville, Ala. right leg
broken, internal injuries. will proba-
bly, die; Thad Stevenson. Sandersville,
Ala, hip dislocated; Julia Stevenson.
Sandersville, Ala. badly bruised; Jas
per Warren, both legs crushed; John
Dinsmore, head cut and shoulder dis
located Chas. Dinsmore. left leg
broken. injured in back. will probably
die; Two Dinsmore children. injured,
not seriously; Chas. Shepard. Shreve-
port, La, both legs badly crushed; Will
Walters, Mansfield. La, foot and arm
crushed; John McNeal. Fort Smith,
shoulder dislocated; Neal McAuley,
Arkadelphia scalp injured; Henry
Smith. Mt Homer. S. c.. hip dislo-
Gated; Jennie Ware. Mt. Homer. S. c..
leg broken, injured internally; will
probably die; George Young. La
Grange, Ga, leg and arm broken;
Wallace Partee, Fort Smith. both legs
cut; James Ingram, Fort Smith, head
and face cut; Dick Hudgins, Sagi-
nav, leg broken; Joe Hall, Little
Rock, both legs and arms injured;
Harvey Knox, Arkadelphia, cut in
neck and body; J. r. Brown. Arkadel-
phia, foot mashed and leg lacerated;
Sam Barnes. train porter, hurt in hip
and knees; Edward Williams. Mem
phis, leg and face cut; Henry Weather
ford. Danville. hip dislocated and leg
crushed; Four children injured, names
not given.
1t is said the collision was the result
Of misunderstanding The st. Louis
fast mail was to meet the north,bound
local passenger train at Malvern at
f:22 p. m. At 6:29 p. m. Engineer
NJ. w. Campbell of the fast mail saw
train take a sidetrack about half
mile south of Malvern. He and
Conductor Arondale supposed it was
the passenger train and at once pulled
out. The train on the sidetrack was
local freight, however, and before
the mistake could be realized the local
passenger train was approaching and
the collision occurred.
The wreck was one of the worst
that ever occurred on the Iron Noun
| tain.
The occupants of the colored coach
were mostly emigrants en- route to
| Texas.
Jack Grayson has been appointed
postmaster at Prescott.
| The 7-year-old child of Mrs. Athey
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