Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13
Eff TEEN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
NEARLY AGAIN AS MANY TERRI
BLY, INJURED,
THREE WISCONSIN VICTIMS
Passenger Train Running at High
Speed Leaves Tracks Near Sar
Antonio, Tex, and Plunges TO
Ground SeIow-Coaches Piled Up
and Burn, Cremating Injured

San Antonio, Tex, March S.-A
broken rail caused a frightful wreck
on the Southern Pacific near Maxon
station, 25 miles west of Sanderson,
at 8 O'Clock yesterday morning. From
the latest account 10 persons were
killed outright and IS were more or
less injured. The dead:
Three children of Mart hIddle,
ChetOpa. Kan.
Estavon Contraras, Del Rio, Tex.
Andrew c. Shelly, wife and child,
Loiror. Tex
Child of D. E. Housen, Racine, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc.
Wis.
Engineer Al Mast, Ell Paso, Tex.
Chris. Keel, contractor, San An
tonic. Tex.
W. w. Price, engineer, San Antonio
Fireman q. Bertscholst, Ell Paso,
Texas.
l.. A. Boone, news agent, Doylins.
Louisiana.
The injured are: Mrs. Mary Koch
Ter, San Francisco; A. S. Turner,
Blackhawk, Miss; Mrs. E. M. Shep-
pard, Glenn Mills, Pa; J. Fulle,,
Washington, D. c.; Antonio Elrio, Del
Rio, Tex; George Ollenburg, Lexing.
ton, Ky; E. C. Baker, Angelten, Tex;
Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio, Tex;
A. E. Massey, Wildly, Tex; J. I. Tay-
lor, Mulberry, Kan; Mrs. Mitchell,
Philadelphia, Pa; w. P. Adams, ex-
press messenger; Craig Battleman,
North Dakota; Biscoe Rodriguez, Del
Rio; Lulins Morales, Del Rio; Antonio
Donul, Del Rio; M. Lobert, residence
unknown; D. P. Ravens, Ell Paso,
Tex; A. E. Mckenzie, Stafford, Ariz.
r. J. Todd, Frankfort, Ky; Thomas o.
Crowder, Houston, Tex. William
JOsephs, San Jose, Cal; J. H. Taylor,
Birmingham, Ala; Hugh Mills, Che
topa, Kas.; DIR. G. G. Martin, Peros
City, Tex; G. w. B. Bennett, st.
Miss; Mrs. Annie Wortherst, San
Francisco.
The Inflated train left San Antonio
at noon Thursday, two and a lalf
hours late and at the time of the acct
dent was running at a high speed in
order to make up time. The road at
the point where the wreck occurred
is in a rough country, the curves be-
ing sharp and the grades heavy It
was when rounding a curve that the
train left the track, it is said, on &C
count of broken rail. All of the pas
sengers were asleep and the shock
that followed was the first intimatioa
they had of their danger.
The train was going at such a speed
that the tender and the engine landed
rs feet from where they left the rails.
The cars behind piled up against the
engine and caught fire and all were
consumed except the sleepers.
A private car, owned by Thomas
Ryan of New York city, with his fam
lily aboard, was attached to the rear of
the train but it was pulled away be-
fore the fire reached it and no one on
it was injured
All the injured in the coaches just
behind the express and baggage cars
were cremated. The people in the
sleepers were saved with the assist
ance of the uninjured passengers.
The wrecked train was the Calves.
ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio
westbound passenger No. 9, and con
sisted of an engine, mail car, baggage
car, coach, chair cars, three tourist
sleepers, Pullman sleeper and one
private car
The mail and baggage cars and
coaches were piled together against
the engine and were ablaze in a few
seconds. 1t was impossible to move
any of the coaches or tourist cars as
they were all off the rails and were
soon consumed by flames. AS soon
as it was possible to get in communt
cation with division headquarters re-
lief trains with surgeons and physi-
clans started from FL Paso, Del Rio
and Sanderson, picking up along the
line all the surgeons that could be
found All of the injured, who were
in condition to be moved, were sent TO
Ell Paso where they are receiving
careful attention.