The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-22

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resy.eud collision between the Stockton
,..,l and the owl train on the Southern
,,as,Ar ~ Byron Springs last night twenty
.s,sone were killed, several may die and
sor. tbgn a score we're severely injured
I,,rsntv- seven injured were put on train
=. he taken to the railroad hospital Mt san
Francisco. Five persons died on the way
nd ~ the twenty two Injured who reached
~ hospdtaj, R. Post OF Fowler, Cal. aud
10. SOU, Chlnamau. may die. The
lCSrI, train had stopped at Byron Springs
an account Of broken locomotive. A.
hrateman went back to nag the stockton
train. but for some reason the oyer" did
pot stop.
I+tAr tho "owp' left the Oakland Mole It
wa noted that there was q leak in the
Ans Of the engine. This increased to such
Al extent that II was deemed Advisable to
sion bar 10 take IN freight engine for
relief Tho train officials knew that tho
stockton local train was following "A half
hour behind, and Hagman was sent back
to give warning Of the presence Of the
owl"
q ia iszid that the Stockton train, in
charge Of Engineer Mcguire and Fireman
Joyce. got the warning signal in due
tina and saYo tho usual response with
whistle blasts. Why the incoming train
was not checked, however, has not thus
far been explained, the men who could give
the facts being numbered among the badly
iniunsd. On came the train, with appar.
entity scarcely any dimlnution Of speed,
and the Fresno coach was completely teIe.
scoped So forclbly did the local meet the
rear Of the OWL that the end Of the sec
oud car, the dining car was smashed in
mud the three cooks were seriously hurt.
II hesms miraculous that the horror Of fire
was not added to the direful disaster, but
the penned-up victims were with seemingly
proTtdentjal Intervention spared from
fame. fer the oil burners were exuDguished
wban the crash came.
Relief Quickly came to the passengers
who were penned in the wreckage, axes
and SAWS being brought into play, aud pas
senEerB spd train crew lending eager aid.
Messengers were sent to Byron Hot
Springs, short distance away, aud Dr.
Byrd Of the Springs. with Or. /. d. David
son OK Fresno who was a guest, came
quickly TO the station.
inquiry into the cause Of the collision
shows that Engineer Mcguire OF tho stock-
When Conductor WilIinm Dolau Of the
"ovr' t+sin etopepd At Bryan he found r
freight standing ON tho other track and bo
seught 10 seI-pre it's locomotive 10 supplsnt
hiB own faulty one. II is asserted that
time was Lost in trying To arrange tho
transfer before the plan vas found On.
available. Tthen it vas decided TO seud a
hagmap hack to signal the approaching
local One man says that the SECOND train
vas running GIty miles an hour and that
tins nan who went to the rear to flag the
Stockton flyer did not go far enough to give
1ho train q chance to stop.
rET IDENTIFIED DEAD.
The list Of identified dead is az follows.
GLIGABETH I. SMITH. Fresno
CLARENCE y. oBUTTS, Fresno
MISS BIRDIE FILIIOTT san Francisco
M,AABBL VEZBY. Modesto. Cal.
GhORCTE SESSIONS, Oakland
CHARLES OWENS. Fresno
MISS MYERS. Fresno.
RoBERT BENICK, san Brancisco.
LEN IRWIN, Oakland
". r. TEMPLE. Oakland.
lFpnNG TIA G0NIi. Chinese Siri.
u. !. VERNON, Fresno.
The unidentified include one white msu,
Violently sailor; two Chinese ono Jan
''S01 WoIuAn ana Japanese child.
The dead were brought hero this morn.
ing An inquest viii he held tomorrow.
Most Of the corpsea are terribly nutiIated.
This made the work OF Identification very
difficult.
The injured were taken to Oakland.
LIST OF INJURED.
a revised list of the injured includes:
Ur. y. y. Vercen. Fresno.
D. j. Vercen, Jr.
Edward Joyce. fireman. Stockton.
y, s. Critics, Bakersfield.
Three Chinese women.
George Washington, cook.
I'd Slaughter, cook.
Eharles Harris, third cook.
2. Towles, fourth cook
4. 4. Sanderson, waiter
9 c. Alexander walter
Mlss Marie Baird, Fresno.
Engineer Mcguire.
W. Emily Mayor, San Frsn,Asco
], r. Carroll
Carl Keller and wife. Florence. Colo.
lawrence Hunter, Eugene, Ore
richard Post Fowler, Cal; badly Bcalded
v Lee. Louisville KY, burned,
T. Fl. Eastman Paris; may die
george Moeke. Japanese, San Francisco
Lon Len, Chinese, San Francisco
. EDWARD Joyce, fireman Of the Stockton
inyer in 8 statement explained the col
uson as follows:
eve saw tba da--,,,y,. u,bt .b.,d ~