Evening star., 1902-03-08
TEXAS WRECK VICTIMS
TAKEN 70 Ell PAso> By. THE RE
LIEF TRAIN.
Presented Pitifu1 Sight on Their Ar
81 II
rival There-List OF Killed
III siQ
and Injured.

train conveying the dead, the dying and
the injured of the disaster at Maxon
reached this place late last night. It was
a night long to be remembered by those
who witnessed the dead and the manned
taken from the coaches. Men, women and
children. many OF them still with their
night robes on, bandaged from head to
foot, made their way or were assisted to
the vehicles waiting to receive them
Others with children in their arms ana
mothers with children lying dead in the
front coach were taken to the hotels or
hospitals.
Said a prominent New York man who re-
fused to give his name: 1.-The back coaches
saved us who were fortunate enough to be
riding in the Pullman. They tipped
slightly, but remained on the track. 9th
erwise had we not been killed We would
have been cremated.
Coaches Burned Rapidly.
1.-THE coaches were burned UP. and
never saw anything burn so rapidly in
my life. BY the time got out Of the
Pullman there was little left Of the smoker
and chair car except cinders and ashes.
The shrieks and groans Of the victims are
something to be remembered a lifetime.
and we were as helpless as babes to assist
them. 1t is my estimation that the exact
number Of dead will never be ascertained.
Nearly every passenger on tne Tram was
asleep when the accident occurred. Prob
ably the majority of passengers IN the
front coach met death before the fire
finished the deadly work"
It was reported here that as the engine
left the inside Of the reverse curve the ac-
cident was not due to fast running.
List Of the Killed and Injured.
Following is list Of the killed and in
jured in the train wreck on the Southern
Pacific railroad near Maxon station, twen-
ty-five miles west Of Sanderson. Tex, at
o'clock yesterday:
The dead:
Three children of Mart Riddle OF Che
topa, Kan.
Estavon Contraras, Del Rio, Tex.
Andrew c. Shelly, wife and child, Lairor,
Tex.
Child of D. E. Housen, Racine, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc, Wis.
Engineer Al West, Ell Paso, Tex.
Fireman H. Bertscholst, Ell Paso, Tex.
L. A. Boone, news agent, Doyline. La.
Chris Keel, contractor, San Antonio.
w. w. Price, engineer, San Antonio.
Among the injured are:
Mrs. Mary Koehler, San Francisco, inter-
nal injuries.
A. s. Turner, Black Hawk, Miss, hand
crushed.
Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills; Pa,
L.
J. Fuller. Washington. D. c., leg and
foot crushed.
Antonio Elrio, Del Rio, Tex, internal in
iuries.
George Ollenburg Lexington, KY, hand
crushed.
E. c. Baker, Angleton, Tex, bruised.
Charles H Hoy, San Antonio, Tex, both
feet scalded
A. E. Massey, Wildly, Tex, scalp wound.
J. l.. Taylor, Mulberry, Kan, head in
jured.
Mrs. Mitchell. Philadelphia. Pa, hurt in
ternalIy.
w. p. Adams. express messenger, inter-
nal injuries and badly scalded.
Craig .Batueman, North Dakota, head
and back hurt.
Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex. bruised
+ 'Lulons Morales, Del Rio, Tex, slightly
bruised.
Antonio Donul. Del Rio, Tex, bruised
M. Lobert, residence unknown, head
hurt. f.a
d. P. Havens, Ell Paso, Tex. bruised
A. 2. Mckenzie. Stafford. Ariz., slightly
injured
r. J. Todd, Frankfort, KY, bruised.
Thomas o. CrOwder, Houston, Tex,
bruised.
William Josephs. San Jose, Cal. back In
iured.
J. H. Taylor, Birmingham, Ala. slightly
hurt.
Hugh Mills. Chetopa, Kan, slightly In
DR.. G. c. Martin, Pecos City, Tex,
slightly injured.
c. w. B. Bennett, st. Paul, KAN bruised
w. s.. Glenn, Black Hawk, Miss, leg
broken.
Mrs Annie Wortherst, San Francisco. leg
and hand crushed.