The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-03-09
AWFUL SCENE
IN FL PASO
PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN
WRECK FRIDAY, REACHED
THERE YESTERDAY.
Total Number Killed Will Never Be
Ascertal'Ed-A Horrible.
Story.

StOt y
FL Paso, Tex, March s - Creeping
like mammoth hearse across the des
ert The relief train conveying the dead,
the dying and the injured of the disas
ter at Maxon puffed slowly into the de
pot. 1t was a sight long to be remem-
bered by those who witnesses the edead
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 We're sassisted to the vehicles
awaiting to receive them. Others with
children in their arms, and mothers
with children dead in the front coach,
were taken to the hotels or hospitals
husbands and wives chung to each other,
the terrible scene of the morning still
fresh in their memory.
A prominent New Yorker, who re-
fused to give his name for publication,
said:
"The back coaches were not turned
over and that is all that saved those Of
us who were fortunate onoush to be
riding on the Pullman They tipped
slightly, but remained on the track
Otherwise, had we not been killed we
would have been cremated. The coaches
caught fire and ! never saw anythii &
burn so rapidly in my life, BY the time
l got ont Of the Pullman there was lit
tie left Of the smoker and chair car, ex-
cept cindcrs and ashes. The shrieks
and groans Of the unfortunate victims
is something that viii be remembered
for lifetime and we were as helpless
as babes to assist them. 1t is my opin
ION that the exact number of dead will
never be known Nearly every passen
ger was asleep when the accident occur
red Probably the majority Of the pas
sengers in the front coach met death
before tire fl e reached them.
1t was said that as the engine left
the inside Of the reserve curve The acct
dent coaId not have been due to fast
running
Story of the Wreck
ELPASO, Tea,, Earch The Gal
weston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio
west bound passenger train No 9 was
ditched three miles from Maxon, on the
El Paso and Sauderson division, at 3
O'Clock this morning. Nine coaches and
the baggage car were burned. Only
one coach escaped which was occupied
by MIR. Ryan and 40 New York CAPT
talists.
Engineer Mast, a native Of st. Louis,
and Fireman Harry Bertsch Of FL Paso
were killed, Conductor Stackwcll ce-
capped The train is smoking heap Of
ruins Many bodies were bnrned. Fif-
teen dead were reported found at ten
O'Clock, but not identified, Saperin-
tendent Martin, with Dr. Turner and a
corps Of physicians. left on . O'Clock
special for the scene Of the disaster
Express Messenger Adams was badly
scalded and several clerks were injured
/ Wrccking outfits have Leen sent from
Alpine Malta, and Marathon, the
nearest stations to the wreck. 1t is re
ported that como OF the injured would
have lived had they not been helpless
and later burned.
There vas one tourist car from Gin
cinnati, one from Washington one from
St Louis aud Pullman from New
Orleans, besides two passenger coaches,
all loaded with passengers Twelve
persons. inclnding the engineer and fire
man and train boy, are known to haze
been killed and 30 injured.
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