Gilpin observer., 1902-03-13
15KILLEDIN WRECK
eouTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN .1
LiTCHED AND BURNED.
Passengers Asleep Wien Train Il
Hurled from Track-Scrious lnju'
les Are Sustained by Twonly-eig.. Ill
Surviyors-Tourists C?er.atcd.

San Antonio. Tex. March So
broken rail caused a frigh.lul wrc,
on the Sou eIn Pacific railroad
Macon station. rs miles west OF s.
derson, ct a. IN. From the last
counts received here Is persons We.
killed ourrigle ana IS were injured.
The dead: Three children CT l-ar
Riddle OF Chctopa. Kan; Esta,
Contraras, Del Rio, Tex; Andrew =
Shelley, wife and child, Lorine, To-.
child of d. e. Housen, Racine, VII
Mr.. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc, WI,
Engineer Al Mast, Ell Paso, TeS.,
Fireman H. Bertscholst, FL Paso; T.
A. Boone. news agent, Doyline. La;
Chris Keel, contractor, San Antonio
w. w. Price. engineer, San Araonio.
The injured: Mrs. Mary E. Kohler
San Francisco, internal injuries; A. -
Turner, Blackhawk, Miss. harc
crushed; Mrs. E. NJ. Sheppard, GLEN
Mills, Pa, head hurt; ]. Fuller. Wa
ington, D. c., leg and foot crushed !.
A. E. Mckenzie, Stafford, A. T., int.
nal injuries; George Ollenberg. Lee,
ington, KY, hand crushed; e. c. =
ker, Angleton, Tex, bruised; ChaIia'
H. Hoy. San Antonio, Tex, both fe'
scalded; A. E. Massey, Wildly. TIE.
scalp wound; J. l. Taylor, Mufberrr
Kan, head injured; Mrs. Mitchei.
Philadelphia, hurt internally; W. i.
Adams, express messenger, intern
injuries and badly scalded; Craig !
tleman, North Dakota, head and ba
hurt; Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Te
bruised; Antonio Donul, Del Rio, Tc
bruised; NJ. Lobert, head hurt; d.
Ravens, FL Paso, Tex, bruised; "
lam Josephs. San Jose, Cal, back
iured; C. w. 3. Bennett. St. Paul, &
bruised; Mrs. Annie Wcrtherst, S
Francisco, leg and hand crushed.
The Inflated train at the time I
accident occurred was running at
high rate Of speed in order to MAJ
Up time. Il was when rounding
curve that the train LETT the track,
IS said, on account of a broken rail
The hour was q. m. Is hours aft
the train had left San Antonio, sho
ing that It was still behind time. :
the passengers were asleep and I
shock that followed was the first in
nation they had of the danger. T.
train was going at such q rate Of sper
that the tender and engine landed Z
feet from where they left the tracks
The cars behind piled up against tn
engine. caught fire, and all were CO.
sumed except the sleepers.
A private car owned by Thomn
Ryan of New York. with his famil
aboard. was attached to the rear Q
the train, but it was pulled away be
fore the fire reached it and no one il
it was injured.
All the injured in the coaches jus
behind the express and baggage car.
were cremated. The people in tbs
sleepers were saved with the assist
ance of the uninjured passenger
The wrecked train was the Galveston
Harrisburg and San Antonio west
bound passenger No. and consiste6
OF an engine. mail car. baggage car
one coach, one chair car, three tour
list sleepers, one Pullman sleeper anC
one private car The mail car, bag
gage car and coaches were piled to
gether against the engine and wer,
ablaZe in few seconds. It was i'm
possible to move any of the coache.
or the tourist cars, as they were al
off the rails and were soon consumed
by the flames.
So soon as it was possible to get II
communication with the division head
quarters relief trains, with surgeons
and physicians. were started from Z
Paso and Del Rio. All of the injured
who were in n condition to be moved
were sent to FL Paso. where they arr
| receiving careful attention.