Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-08

san Antonio. Tex. March ga brOE-
On rail caused frightful wreck on the
Southern Pacific railroad near MaXon
station. twenty-five miles west of San
dersOn. ut 3 Il. III. yesterday. From the
latest accounts received here thirteen
people were killed outright and twen-
ty-eight were more or less injured. The
dead are: Three children of Mart Rid
die. of CetOpa. Kan; EstavOn Contra
ras. Del Rio. Tex: Andrew c. Shelly.
wife and child. LOirOr, Tex; child OF
u. l.. HOusen. Racine. Wis: Mr. and
Mrs. White AIanitowOc, Wis; Engineer
al Mast. FL PasO. Tex; Fireman ii.
BertschOIst, FL Paso, Tex; i. \.
Boone, news agent. Daytime. La; Chris
Keel, contractor. and w. w. Price,
engineer, San Antonio.
Names of the Twenty-Eight Wounded.
The injured and their injuries are
described as follows: Mrs. Mary Koch
Ter, San Francisco. internal: \. :. Tur-
ner. Black Hawk. Miss. hand crushed;
Mrs. T.. VI. Sheppard. Glenn Mills,
Pa. head hurt: J. Fuller. Washington,
ID. c., leg and foot crushed; Antonio
ElirO. Del Rio. Tex. internal; George
OIlenburS. Lexington, Ky. hand
crushed; T. G. Baker. Angleton. Tex,
bruised; Charles II. Hoy. San Antonio,
Tex. both feet scalded: y. l.. Massey,
Wilby. Tex, scalp wound; J. l. Tay-
Tor. Mulberry. Kan, head injured; Mrs
Mitchell. Philadelphia. Pa. internally:
". X. Adams. express messenger. in
ternaI and badly scalded: Craig Bat
tleman, North Dakota, head and back
hurt; BiscOe ROgriGueZ. Del Rio. Tex.
bruised: LulOns Merales. Del Rio. Tex,
slightly; Antonio LOnul. Del Rio. Tex.
bruised; LObert, residence IN
known. head hurt: u. T. Havens. III
Stafford. y. T.. slightly: II. J. Todd,
frankfort, Ky. bruised; Thomas ..
Crowder. Houston, Tex. bruised:
William Josephs. San Jose. Cal, back
injured; J. II. Taylor. birmingham.
Ala, slightly; Hugh Mills. Chetopa.
Kan. slightly: DIR. G.. G. Martin. PecOs
City. Tex, slightly; G. w. Il. Bennett,
st. Paul. Kan. bruised; W. =. Glenn.
Black Hawk, Miss. leg broken; Mrs.
Annie WOrtherst. San Francisco, leg
and hand crushed.
Left the Track on a Curve.
The Inflated train left San Antonio
mt noon Thursday, two and Il half
hours late. and ut the time the acci-
dent occurred was running at Il high
rate of speed in order to make UP
time. The road at the point where |
the wreck occurred is in n rough coun-
try. the curves being sharp and the
grades heavy. 1t was when rounding
81 curve that the train left the track,
ii is said. on account of Il broken rail.
All the passengers were asleep at
the time of the accident. The train
was going at such a rate of speed
that the tender and engine landed sew
enty-five feet from where they left
the rails.
Fire Cremates the Injured.
The cars piled up against the en-
gine, caught fire, and all were con-
sumed except the sleepers. \ private
car owned by Thomas Ryan. of New
York city. with his family aboard.
was attached to the rear of the train.
but it was pulled away before the fire
reached il and no one in it was in
Jured All the injured in the coaches
just behind TIE express and baggage
cars were cremated. The people in the
sIcepers We're saved with the assist
ance of the uninjured passengers. The
injured who could be moved We're
taken to El PasO.