The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-11-06

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son wzs killed AID = o<1s-s injured
fozr perhaps fatally. Il cS.Isiol Of
tao czele trains i = fOz O. tie
Twelfth street l-els-e 80 Is C1.ca
dept wednesday morning
Mos q -1s Injured Ssre working
girss. c.srks Il rte ~ retzil stcres Up
fO~1. Eho we're G itslr ~ . wo-k
from tEe.r homes j. Argentine, Ar
uoardsls and kz-szs CsTv. Kzz ze-oss
the river from kz-sas C.ty 10 Tie
accident Ezs due . sapPeTF tracks
g-e t-zi1. EezT..T izEe- ~ rasss--
gers lad rezehez Summit stree fer
tlosks ezzt g tEe ro5 = IL TEsltth
street visdscr- : structure tg-r blocks
= length tazt spas tas railway tTzcEs
II the Ju.o1 depot yards
4 Thirty Degree Descent.
Fer TIE ea;srs 6ls,zzee q eight
blocks there : Sheer descent OF
ahoEt - degrees 4 Summit street
The first Ca had sfoppe1 % e Ct 2
passenger. whsa the g-tpzzz lost lis
grip On tke cable Immediately ths
tram started hack. gaining grezt sped
4 heavy fog made it impossible 20 SEE
z block ahead. ard iz6eScriozle eortZ-
sion ensued among TIE pzsse1 gers. coz
ems of whom were TO closely PACKED
inside the closed ezT % maze Z uoTe
70 save themselves SeFe-z. @ he
grip car and many azorE hose 9. re
platform & the rear ca Jumped. AID
escaped wiz bzt slizht .zsc-les- TEen
the train Tad reached fke t1p = re
yiaduct Il was going q rae = pe--
haps thirty miles al hour. Two tI1eEs
away midway down re iIcliEe IL
ether keavily-lalen tra!a wes zzz.1g
It's Wa upward
obseured by Dense Fog
Tie FOG vas too dense for either crew
70 see he other, and no, until Ire run
away tram was within a few feet OF
tie second train did those on the latter
realize any danger. The cars came to-
gether with terrific force. throwing the
passengers il every direction. locking
the cars together in deadly embrace.
and partially Ereeking the viaduct
The scenes tha, followed we're agoaiz-
ing Bewildered. crushed ard unable u
see dearly IN the dense fog. which a.
this lCw lying point vas thicker han
above. i was some moments before the
situation could he realized. and a e.
fort could be maze y the passengers
20 extTicate themselves OF others 70 r.
move them from their perilous posi-
ton. Several Of The injured had been
thrown clear of the viaduct railing.
AID falling 20 feet to the railway yards
below. sustained injuries mcre CT les.
serious
The Killed and Injured
AmbElarces were sent from all parts
Of the city. and when finally order was
restored and the injured removed. It
was found that one. Miss Emma Ho-
mer, clerk from. Kansas City. Kas..
had teen Killed. aad 10 others more
Q: less seriously hurt, foGr perhaps
fatally
The injured:
Minnie Seedar.
Annie New
Mary Donovan.
Lizzie Canary.
Margaret Finniean.
Harmon Watkins.
Esther Lotus.
Carrie Mooney.
Blanche Barker
Josephine Chalk.
Emma Oyer
Gertrude Drinel.
Eta Hanson.
Mrs. E. E. GooGe,l
Benjamin Mitchum.
W L. Lawson, gr.pman Of runaway
train; hurt internally: serious.
Charley Slack. conductor Of runaway
train: hurt in head serious.
W X. Runnell. eripmaa Ct second
train. hcrt in chest and shoulder:
hand cut: serious.
j A. Lynch. Of Wichita. Kas.: fell
from yiaduct, alighting on his head;
serious.
The conductor Of the second train
escaped injury
Harmon Watkins. who IS an employe
Of the Methodist Book Concern was
probably fatally hurt His jaw was
broken, AID he was otherwise hurt.
second Death.
Besides the y more or less seriously
hurt. q others received bruises and
cuts. Il was Z long time before com
ple,e list Of TIE injured was secured.
as many Of the less seriously hurt
either left the scene unaiGed and failed
10 report their injuries, or were taken
10 their homes.
Nellie Luscomte. aged %. dry
goods clerk, died Of her injuries about
noon.
Ordered to Panama
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