Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-30

Little ROCh, ""i'
n.o of a most disastrous wreck at
.,o,ock this morning. Southbound
.,or hall train No. S OF the St
Vic Iron Mountain and Southern
into switch which had been
.norpd with and seven OF the ten
rs composing the train were derail
+ooether with the engine. Re-
.rkahle as it may seem, not a pas
Nc oor was killed. but the engineer
4 fireman both met death at their
stS.
The dead:
will N. Horton. engineer, of Little
bck.
Arch Doolin. fireman, of Poplar
uf, Mo.
The injured: ]. D. Mclaughlin, mail
prk. head and back injured severely:
i Payden. mail clerk, side hurt; F..
Kerger, messenger, face blistered:
H. Harper, passenger. leg skinned;
hrgaret Staples. passenger, nose
uised; F. Fowlet. passenger. hands,
ad and face injured; Rosa Chaines-
v. passenger, ankle sprained and
&c injured.
The scene of the accident was at
north end of the Y. where the
ktesville branch. or the White River
Id. leaves the main line. The acci-
- u occurred at AIS and the train
Is making full schedule time when
switch was struck. An examina-
bn of the switch revealed the fact
at the connecting rod had been re-
pved, and that bolt in the rod had
30 been taken out There is no
ubt but that the switch was tamper-
with, to wreck this train.
The engine. No. 1893, with Engineer
brton at the throttle, was demolish
apd the engineer was buried be-
the coal from the tank. The
eman Arch Doolin, OF Poplar Bluff,
hs also caught as the engine went
Ter. At II o'clock the body Of Hor-
had not been recovered.
The train was carrying heavy pas
niger list from St. Louis, south. and
is indeed remarkable that a large
mber were not killed. AS it was.
veral were badly injured, but from
ports received at the general Office
(re, none are fatally hurt. A relief
lin was sent to the scene of the ac-
pent early today, and the passen-
rs will be brought to this city as
ol as possible. General Superin-
ndent W. T. Tyler and Superintend-
Fred Green went at once to Diaz
took charge of the work of clear
the main line.
number of cars, including two
aches and a sleeper, took fire d.
ctly after the accident, and were to-
lily destroyed. Four of the remain
9 cars are badly damaged The
20 mall cars suffered most and fear
entertained for the United States
dh. reports received in Little Rock
rly today told of the death of no
es than eight people, and this caus,
the offices to be besieged with nu-
efous inquiries as to the extent of
damage. The Democrat bul,e-
pea the information received, at it's
'"porary office on Center street. and
eat was the relief when it was learn
Xat, although a terrible accident
fcurred, no passengers had been kill
VIII N, Horton, the dead engineer,
|dS we'll known in Little Rock, hay
IS oeeh IN the service of the Iron
[ou'''aln for the past twenty years.
= resided on Fourth street. between
''' ana Pulaski, where he owned
"e"' nome. His family, consisting
"'s wl1e and several children, are
- at nome. having gone to the coun-
"uJacent to Ozark, in this state.
was notified of the accident early
say and is now supposed to be on
= way home.
Acn Doolin, the fireman. resided
roplar Bluff. Mo-, and was also
~, Known in Little Rock. He is
|b;d "ed by his wife and several
1 au'en' ~ Arrangements were made
~ ~ scene of the wreck to send his
NJ NJ " Poplar Bluff, for intermsnt.
= w 'raln was in charge of Conduct
h.. w. M, Graves. and it is stated
h.. ae was uninjured. He saws
rss -. mere is no doubt that the switch
aueos an,pered with, and that this
,aa. eu the ends of the rails to fail to
merely causing the derailment