The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-08
FREIGHT WRECK
 INJURIES FOUR
ONE RACE HORSE KILLED WHEN TRAIN ON IRON MOUNTAIN
 JUMPS THE TRACK
Five Cars Are splintered, and the Sixth, Loaded With Dynamite, Topped Over on Side and
 Did Not Jar.

Hol Idldlly lnJuFeu' anu one FaiudOle race horse was immediately killed yesterday morning when the first five cars of an incoming freight train on the Iron Mountain road were thrown over an embankment about 50 feel high two miles from the city.
 The injured were:
 Fireman H. H. Britts, of Little Rock, who jumped from the engine.
 c. c. Conatzer, of vinita, Okla, 6 horseman.
 Walter Williams. Morris, Okla. a jockey.
 Ben Heath, Morris. Okla, horse man.
 The latter three, together with horses they were shipping here to participate in the state fair running races next week, were occupants Of horse car, third from the engine, which was splintered over their heads. 2 f,atxss i,
 One valuable horse named Rena was immediately killed.
 The freight train consisted of l5 cars, and was drawn by two engines. It had just crossed the long bridge where the Iron Mountain passes over the Rock Island line, and was steam ing up the grade which winds about the side of hills on one side and a deep precipice to the creek below on the other, when the engine tender of the second engine jumped the track.
 The first five cars behind the tend CT followed it, topping down the em- 'bankment, while the sixth car con- taining dynamite, criss-crossed the track and lay over on its side.
 Immediately after the wreck Con ductor Sullenberger and the engine crew of the first engine uncoupled and hurried to the city for aid. Drs McClendon and Ellis were hurried to the scene, the injured men were gathered up and hastened to the St. Joseph's infirmary here where they received medical attention.
 Forces were put to work as soon as possible clearing the track of the wreckage so the trains might not be delayed longer than possible. Whne the track was blocked the Iror Noun tain used the tracks of the Rock Is- land from Benton into this city. The scene of the wreck shortly aft CT the accident caused wonderment as to why there was not immediate loss of life, and further wonderment as to how the horses taken out un injured ever escaped death. According to Engineer Brodie, who was operating the second engine. the trucks turned in a way that the ten der of the engine seemed to crash to- ward the bank on the left of the engine.and then of course was thrown back and over the embankment. The brakes were immediately applied and the cutting off of the tender me- chanically applied the air brakes on all the cars of the train. The train went probably distance of four car lengths. while the first six cars Of the caravan were toppling over into splintering wood below.
 In the first car behind the engine, and which first followed the engIne tender over the bank, was a load ol household goods. This car was turn ed upside down, an the top part splintered.
 In the second car there was full load of flour in sacks, and this next toppled over the embankment with its heavy burden of weight.
 Next following was the horse car, loaded with running horses to be en- tered in the racing events at the state fair. Three men and six horses were in the car. The car did not toDple over, but skidded down the em- bankment, smashing into the wreck ed flour car below. One valuable horse, which apparently had been in the front of the car, was damned be- tween the trucks of the car and kill ed instantly. Another seemed to be buried beneath the mass of ruins in such a manner that it could not be rescued, and g move was about 70 he made to kill the animal to get it out of misery, when one more at tempt was made, which resulted In the horse being brought out with but few scratches on him.
 The other horses were heaped with the roen into a tumble between the cars, and down the angle of almost 45 degrees. but escaped in some mil raCulous manner.
 Behind the car of horses was car load of bananas. which were scat tered with tine remnants of the car ail over the side of the embank-