The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Most of the Dead Were Cre- mated in Burning CaTs
INJURED BEING CARED FOR
Official Report Places Number of Dead at Twelve and the Injured at About Thirty-RaiIroad Men Make
 Statement.

the Sunset Limited, on lne IdiNSSeoh' Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad yes- terday was much in evidence today. Many survivors of the catastrophe were on the streets attired in all kinds of garbs and with bandaged limbs and bruised bodies. The railroad officials have shown every possible attention to the unfortunate vic- tims. The casualty list remains the same and the doctors report that the injured will all recover
 Tho officials were kept busy settling claims for injuries and the loss of per sonal property. Thousands of dollars were paid in claims and most of the passengers have settled with the com pany.
 Tomorrow the funerals of Engineer Al Mast and Fireman H. Bert Cholst who died at their posts, will be held in this city. The former was a Knight Templar and both men stood high in railroad and fra ternal circles. No other bodies were re- covered, as all were cremated under the mass of debris which caught fire from the gas in the tanks and burned rapidly Today all trains are running and only a blackened and twisted mass of iron and ashes marked the spot of the recent dis aster
 Railroad officials say that there was one hundred persons on the train, and of those twelve were killed and about forty injured. Many theories are advanced as to the exact cause of the wreck, but it will probably never be known.
 Revised List of Victims.
 Houston. March S.-Conductor Stock we'll of the Southern Pacific train which was wrecked yesterday at Maxon has re- ported to headeuart CTS that he has re- tained his ticket and train sheet and that the number of killed and survivors tally herewith, thus accounting for ev- cry passenger on his train. The official report issued this evening places the number of dead at twelve.
 A revised list of the dead follows:
 Engineer Al Mast, Fl Paso.
 Fireman H. Bert Cholst Fl Paso.
 Three children of Mart Riddle of Chetopa, Kan.
 Wife and baby of Andrew c. Shelby, of Lozier Texas.
 Baby of O. F.. Housen, of Racine, Wis. Estavon Contreas of Del Rio, Texas. MT. and Mrs. White of Manitowoc, Wis. Al Boonz. Doylene, La.
 Dr. Turner, the railroads chief surgeon at Fl Paso sent the following list of Injured: c. Hoey, San Antonio. Texas, scalded, feet sprained, general contusions condition serious; H. Newman, Houston, ncsed wound on forehead, general con- lusions and abrasions; L. B. Green Los Angeles, California, sprained back; A. F. Mckenzie, Cafford Arizona, both feet in lured and head scalded; II. F. Massey, Wimberly, Texas, scalp and face bruised, general contusions; James Brice, Wood ward, $. C., scalp wounds, both hands injured; J. l.. Powers, Del Rio, Texas, scalp wound and face confused; A. l.. Turner. Blackhawk Miss, hand crushed, contusions of abdomen and limbs; Mrs. Annie Mitchell Philadelphia, Pa, left arm scalded, feet injured; H. Lindsay, Fresno, California general contusions; D. P Havens, residence not given, sprained back; Mrs. Mary Kuchter, San Francisco, nervous shock and bruised; Mrs. Annie Northest, San Francisco, gen. eral abrasions; Mrs. F. B. Glover, Brook lyn bruised; Mrs. A. F. Bassett New York crushed legs and feet and geuta York legs crushed and general abrasions; Mrs. M. B. Chase Alameda, California, both feet injured; Nathan Doane, Cana Ra both hands, ears and nose burned ; Mrs. W. l.. Ridle Chetopa, Kansas, gen. tral contusions and abrasions; O. F. Hansen. travelling man, general contu- hons Mrs. o. E. Hansen, bruised and nerves shocked; E. c. Fuller Washington, D. C., consusions and abrasions of feet; Mrs E. c. Fuller, Washington, D. C., abrasion right foot and leg; Mrs. c. w. Bennett, residence not given, crushed hand Mrs. T. E. Fales Boerne, Tex, nervous shock serious; E. c. Baker, An Eeleton. Tex, slight abrasions and con- susions.
 l. H. Taylor Birmingham bruised.
 Speed Did Not Cause Wreck.
 sen Antonio Tex, March S.-E H. liar riman. president of the Southern Pacific. vas seen tonight concerning the Maxon wreck.
 Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president and general manager of the road, spoke for Mr Hartman and made the following ,tatement for the Associated Press:
 eve have given you everything we have received concerning the accident The place where it occurred is on a nine aegree curve. If the train was derailed Srom high speed it would have jumped on .ho outside rail. An examination shows The derailment to have been on the in- tide rail. The place where the derailment 
 occurred was recently laid with So-pound steel: the track is newly retied; it is rock -ballasted, and every tie Is equipped vith a steel tieplate. The roadbed at this noint is the most perfect on the line of the road T. F. Ryan, vice president Of the International and Pere Marquette Railroad, who was in private car on the train wired MT. Hartman concerning tbe accident the following being quoted from his telegram:
 It is my opinion that the engineer is not to blame I believe an investigation :. will prove that some part of the engine brolxe. base my opinion on a personal examination of the ties outside of the rail on the side the train went off
 "Every employe on the train." contin- ned MT Kruttschnitt "who can throw any light on the accident will be thor ouehly cross-cuestioned. Division Sur xeon Turner reports the injured persons getting along nicely and that all will re- sover."