Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-03-08


Dead.
THREE CHILDREN OF Mart Riddle of
Chetopa, Kan.
w. w. PRICE, engineer, San Antonio.
EsTAvoN CoNTRARAs, Del Rio, Tex.
ANDREW c. SHELLY, wife and child,
Ecire, Tex.
CHRIS KEEL. contractor. San Antonio.
rex.
CHILD of d. E. Housen, Racine. wis.
MR.. AND MRS. WHITE. Manitowoc, Wis.
ENGINEER AL MAST, El Paso, Tex.
FIREMAN II. BERTECHoLST, El Paso,
Tex.
L. A. BOONE. news agent, Doyline, La.
Injured.
Mrs. Mary e. Kohler, San Francisco, in
kenal injuries.
A. S. Turner. Blackhawk. Miss. hand
brushed.
Mrs. z. NJ. Sheppard. Glenn Mills. Pa.
head hurt.
J. Fuller. Washington, d. c.. leg and foot
crushed.
Antonio Ell Rio. Del Rio. Texas. internal
injuries
George onenberg. Lexington. KY. hand
crushed.
e. @. Baker, Angleton. Tex. bruised.
Charles H. Hoy. San Antonio, Tex. both
feet scalded.
A. Z. Massey, wilby, Tex. scalp wound.
]. /. Taylor, Mulberry, Kan. head in
3urod.
Mrs. Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa. hurt in
ternally.
w. r. Adams, express messenger, internal
injuries and badly scaided.
Craig Battleman, North Dakota, head and
back hurt
Biscoe .Rodriguez. Del Rio. Tex, bruised
Lnions Morales. Del Rio. Tex. slightly
Antonio Donul. Del Rio, Tex. bruised
NJ Lobert residence unknown, head hurt.
d. p. Havsns. FL Paso. Tex. bruised.
A. D. Mckenzie. Sanford. Ariz.. slightly
injured.
II. ]. Todd, Frankfort. Ky, bruised.
Thomas o. crowder, Houston. Tex.
bruised.
william JOsephs. San Jose. Cal. back
injured
j. H. Taylor. Birmingham. Ala. slightly
hurt.
Hugh Mills. chetOpa. Kan. slightly In
DR.. @. G. Martin. PscOs City. Tex.
slightly injured.
o. w. B. Bennett, st. Paul. Kan. bruised.
W. s. Glenn, Blaekhawk. Miss, leg
broken.
Mrs Annie wortherst. San Francisco. les
and hand crushed.
At High Rate of speed.
The ili-fated train left San Antonio at
noon Thursday and at the time the acci-
dent occurred was running at high rate
of speed In order to make up time. The
road at the point where the wreck occurred
A In q rough country, the curves being
sharp and the grades heavy. It was when
rounding q curve that the train left the
track, II is said, on account Of broken
Fail.
The hour was a. m, ffteen hours after
the train had left San Antonio. showing
that It was still behind time. All the pas
sengers were asleep and the shock that
followed was the nrst intimation they had
of the danger The train was going at
such q rate OF speed that the tender and
engine landed seventy-hve feet from where
they left the tracks. The cars behind piled
up against the engine. caught FIRE and all
Ssre consumed except the sleepers.
A private car owned by Thomas Ryan OF
New York City. with his family aboard,
was attached 70 the rear Of the train. but
lt was pulled away before the hre reached
Il and no one in 1t was injured.
Many Passengers Cremated.
hind the express and baggage cars were
oremated. The people In the sleepers were
saved with the assistance OF the uninjursd
passengers.
The wrecked train was the Galveston.
harrisburg & San Antonio westbound pas
senger No. Q. and consisted OF an engine.
mail car, baggage car. one coach. one chair
car, three tourist sleepers. one Pullman
sleeper and one private car. The mail car.
the baggage car and coaches were piled to-
Kether against the engine and were ablaze
in a few seconds Il was impossible TO
move any OF the coaches or the tourist cars.
as they were all on the rails. and were
soon consumed by the flames.
So soon as II was possible to set In COM
munication with the division headquarters
relief trains. with surgeons and physicians.
were started from El Paso and Del Rio.
picking up along the line all the surgeons
that could be found. All Of the injured
who were In a condition TO be moved were
sent to FL Paso. where they are receiving
careful attention.
W. q. Van Week general manager OF the
Galveston. Harrisburg q San Antonio rail-
road. left Al once on q special train for
the scene OF the wreck
STOCKTON. Cal. March 7.-Al Mast. the
engineer killed IN the III Paao wreck. wal
. former resident Of this city. This was
the fourth railroad wreck he had been In
After the third he told his friends he ex-
pected TO lose his life In the next wreck.
Due 20 Obstruction.
HOUSTON. Tex. March LIN his on
eial report to Vice President Kruttschnil
General Manager Van Week makes the fol-
lowing statement:
Conductor reports speed was not fast a
the time OF the derailment and Is Of the
opinion that the accident was due 10 OBJ
vsrnetioa On the track .......-...