The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-09
It is Reported That Fifteen People
Were Killed Outright. Twenty
Eight Injured.
THE TRAIN TRYING TO MAKE UP TIME
TIE Engine and Tender Land,d IS Feet From
the Rails and Several Cars Piling up
Against THIN Were Soon
Blazing Furiousy.
(By the Associated Press.)

rail caused a frightful wreck on the
Southern Pacific Railroad near Maxon
Station, twenty-five miles west OF Sand
erson, at o'clock this morning. From
the latest accounts received here fifteen
people were killed outright and twenty
eight were more or less injured.
The dead:
THREE CHILDREN of Mart Riddle, of
Chetopa. Kansas.
EsTAvoN CoNTRARAs, Del Rio,
Texas.
of Lenoir. Texas.
CHILD of D.. e. HousenA Racine, Wis.
MR.. and MRS. WHITE, Manitowoc,
Wisconsin.
ENGINEER AL MAST, Ell Paso, Texas
w. w. PRICE, engineer, San Antonio.
FIREMAN H. BERTSCHOLST, Ell
Paso, Texas.
CHRIS KEEL, Contractor, San Antonio,
Texas.
l.. A BOONE, news agent. Doyline, La.
The injured:
Mrs. Mary Koehler. San Francisco, in
ternal injuries.
A. s. Turner, Black Hawk, Miss, hand
crushed.
Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills, Pa,
head hurt
j. Fuller, Washington, D. c., leg and
foot crushed.
Antonio Elroe, ell Rio, Texas, internal
injuries.
George ollenburg, Lexington, KY,
hand crushed.
E. C. Baker, Angleton Texas, bruised.
Charles H. Hoy San Antonio Texas,
both feet scalded.
A. E. Massey, Wildly, Texas. scalp
wound
]. l. Taylor, Mulberry. Kansas, head
injured.
Mrs. Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa, hurt
internally.
W. p Adams, express messenger, in
ternal injuries and badly scalded.
Craig Battleman, North Dakota, head
and back hurt.
Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Texas.
bruised.
Lulons Morales, Del Rio. Texas, slight
ly bruised.
antonio Donul. Del Rio, Texas, bruised.
NJ Lobert, residence unknown, head
hurt.
d. P. Ravens, Ell Paso, Texas, bruised.
A. E. Mckenzie Stafford Afiz., slight
ly injured.
r. ]. Todd, Frankfort, Ky, bruised.
Thomas O. Crowder. Houston, Texas,
bruised
william Josephs, San Jose, California,
back injured.
J. H. Taylor. Birmingham, Ala. slight
ly hurt.
Hugh Mills, Chetopa, Kansas, slightly
injured
DR.. G. c. Martin, Pecos City Texas,
slightly injured.
w B. Bennett. st. Paul, Kansas,
bruised
w s. Glenn, Black Hawk, Miss, leg
brCken.
Mrs. Annie Wortherst, San Francisco,
leg and hand bruised.
The Inflated train left San Antonio
at noon Thursday, two and half hours
late, and at the time of the accident
was running at high rate of speed In
order to make up time. The road at
the point where the wreck occurred is
in a rough country, the curves being
sharp and the grades heavy. 1t was
when rounding a curve that the train
left the track it is said on account OF
"a broken rail.
The hour was a. M, fifteen hours
after the train had left San Antonio
showing that 1t was still behind time
All the passenger were asleep and the
shock that followed was the first intima-
tion they had of the danger.
The train was going at such a rate OF
speed that the tender and engine landed
seventy-five feet from where they left
the rails. The cars behind piled UP
against the engine, causing fire, and
all were consumed except the sleepers.
private car owned by Thomas Ryan
of New York. with his family aboard
was attached to the rear of the train
but it was pulled away before the fire
reached it and no one was injured.
The wrecked train was the Galveston
Harrisburg and San Antonio west-bount
passenger, and consisted of an engine
mail car. baggage car, one coach. Que
chair. three tourist sleepers, one Pull
man sleeper and one private car.
The mail car, the baggage car ant
coaches were piled together against th'
engine and were ablaZe in few seconds
1t was impossible to move any of tn
coaches or the tourist cars, as they Wer'
all 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 AM
physicians were started from Ell Paso
Del Rio and Sanderson. picking up alonl
the line all the surgeons that could b.
found.
All the injured who were in a condition