The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08

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twenty-five miles west of sanderson, at
o'clock this morning. From the latest ac-
caunts received here fifteen people were
killed outright and twenty-eight were more
or less injured. as follows:
The Dead
THREE CHILDREN OF MART RID
DIE, Of Chetopa, Kan.
ESTAVON CONTRARAs. Del Rio. Tex.
ANDREW c. SHELLY, WIFE and
CHILD, Loirine. Tex.
CHILD OF D. E. HOUsEN, Racine. Wis.
MR.. and MRS. WHITE, Manitowoc. Wis.
ENGINEER A L. MAST. FL Paso. Tex.
FIREMAN II. BERTSCHOLST, FL Paso.
Tex.
L. A BOONE news agent. Doyline. La.
CHRIS KEEL, contractor, San Antonio.
W. w. PRICE. engineer. San Antonio.
The Injured
MRS. MARY KOEHLER, San Francisco.
internal injuries.
A S. TURNER, Blackhawk. Miss, hand
crushed.
MRS. e. NJ. SHEPARD, Glenn Mills, Pa,
head hurt.
]. FULLER. Washington. D. c.; leg and
/ foot crushed.
ANTONIO ELRIo. Del Rio. Tex; inter-
nal injuries.
GEORGE OLLENBERG, Lexin yton, KY;
! hand crushed.
! Z. c. BAKER, Angleton. Tex: hrrsses
CHARLES II. HOY. San Antonio Tex:
! both feet scalded.
A f. MASSEY. wiiby. Tex: scalp
wound.
/ jured
/ MRS. MITCHELL, Philadelphia. Pa;
! hurt internally.
w r.. ADAMS, express messenger; in
ternal injuries and badly scalded.
CRAIG BATTLEMAN, North Dakota.
4 head and back hurt.
BISCoE RODRIGUEZ. Del Rio. Tex:
/ bruised.
LULoNs MERALEs. Del Rio. Tex;
/ slightly bruised.
ANTONIO DoNUL. Del Rio. Text
bruised.
NJ. LoBERT. residence unknown; head
/ hurt.
! d. p HAvENs, FL Paso. Tex; bruised.
A E. MKENZIE, Stafford, A T.: slight
/ ly injured.
/ H. ]. TODD, Frankfort. Ky: bruised.
THOMAS o. CRowDER. Houston. Tex;
/ bruised.
WILLIAM JosEPHs San Jose. Cal:
/ back injured
J. H. TAYLOR. Birmingham. Ala: slight
| ly hurt.
HUGH MILLS. Chetopa, Kan; slightly
+ injured.
DIR. G. c. MARTIN. Pecos City, Tex;
/ slightly injured.
c. w. BENNETT, St Paul. Kan. bruised.
w. S. GLENN. Blackhawk. Miss. leg
/ broken.
MRS. ANNIE WoRTHERsT. San Fran
| cisco, leg and hand crushed.
| The ill-fated train left San Antonio at
/ noon Thursday, two and half hours late.
/ and at the time the accident occurred was
I running at a high rate of speed in order
/ TO make up time. The road at the point
where the wreck occurred is i'm a rough
4 country, the curves being sharp and the
/ grades heavy. II was when rounding a
curve that the train left the track. IL Is
/ said on account OF broken rail- The
/ hour was a. m. fifteen hours after the
/ train had left San Antonio. showing that IL
was still behind time. All the passengers
were asleep and the shock that followed
was the first intimation 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 caught fire and all were consumed
except the sleeper. private car owned
by Thomas Ryan, OF New York city. with
his family aboard. was attached TO the rear
OF the train, but it pulled away before
the fire reached it and no one in it was in
jured
All the injured in the coach just behind
the express and baggage car were Gre
mated The people in the sleepers were
saved with the assistance OF the uninjured
passengers.
The station agent at Tabor saw the
flames OF the wreck seven miles away aud
went TO the rescue on handcar. On ar
irving a terrible scene confronted him.
Passengers who were able 10 get out Of the
wreck were running about in frantic
manner. while the groans OF the dying were
terrible. Many were dragged out I'm
a mangled and dying condition. The
first coach was filled with California emil
grants and many OF these lost their lives
Conductor Stockwell. on finding all his crew
OF trainmen killed or wounded. started back
over the country seven miles 10 the nearest
telegraph office, from which the first news
OF the terrible accident was sent.
The wrecked train was the Galveston.
Harrisburg and San Antonio west-bound
passenger. No. 9. and consisted OF an en-
gine. mail car. baggage car. one coach.
one chair car. three tourist sieepers. one
Pullman sleeper and one private car The
mali car. the baggage car and coaches were
piled together against the engine and were
abaze In a few seconds. II was impossibls
10 move any OF the coaches or the tourist
cars, as they were al OF the rails. and they
were soon consumed by the namee.
! municatlon with the division headquarters.