St. Tammany farmer., 1913-10-25
CARS ] | | I PLUNGE
THROUGH A
TREST[E
BRIDGE
RNOINE A WRECK BUT THE EN-.
GINEER AND FIREMAN
ESCAPE.
COACHES WELL FILLED
SEVENTEEN CRUSHED
Train Filled With Troops of the
State Militia Being Carri-
ed to Mobile.

ed to Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, Oct. 19.-All OF tn
dead and most of the injured In tn
wreck of the Mobile and Ohio specia
which plunged through a trestle q
state Line, Miss, are soldiers.
All of the officers wer injured. bu
none seriously. Conductor FruiI
and City Passenger Agent Harvey =
Jones Of Mobile we're badly injured
The engineer and his fireman mlraCu
3lously escaped. Every car ana IN
enrine were a complete wreck.
The dead include the following:
Joseph Teben.
Ernest Parquette.
Clyde Teel.
H, B. Bishop.
q. C. Burleson.
Joseph Provence.
w. H. Brim.
- Goodies.
- Remsen.
- Gruckle.
- Acres.
Musician Johnosn.
Corporal KQhler. e
Corporal Chelewski.
Van Stebbens, private. - ,....,
nrs hndv unidentified, with Initials
H. T. on cap. ar,hars al
All were privates ana M9muo naueser =
the 17Oth Company except nemna n.rss,
FIFTY doctors and as many ..ecn
we're sent to the scene OF Tue "1eo sni
on the special trains from mere An>
Meridian. hoo no,
heen ascertained. Just 9 1ew .'
ntes before it happened the reEala. .ns
naseanzer train passed over tne ~,
ia IN safety. 1t Is thougnt -,
vreck occurred on q reverse cuIyG 's...
Host Of those killed lost their ive. ~
~ beinT crushed to death wnen .ne
ecaches struck the bottom OF the 70
vine and were torn into fragments
The train was running at mooeI".e
eneed. Engineer r. c. Deasiey' -
Heridian. was in charge OF tne en-
Fine. S.V. Pruett was the conaucIol ~
4 charge. Every member OF Sns
tr.,n crew is said to have escaped.
Cnacl1es Well Filled.
\. Il usual with troop trains tne
.cschas were we'll filled and when the
threa ears tumbled through the tres
"a the men had little protect'on
Tha dead and injured were entanglee
In I twisted mass OF wreckage, MaN
1ne II dificult to remove dead Doole
81 rescue the injured.
Because of the confusion due large
II to Door wire communication On ~.
count of wires being torn down py
the wreck, 1t was difficult TO ascer
tain how many of the injured were
axpected to die, or who they We're
The first report of the wreck sen
"a the war department was that only
twelve had been killed, but soon after
Il was sent other bodies were found.
Division Superintendent Pigford Il
flrm In tn beelief that at least four
more bodies are In the wreckage, pu
until the debris is cleared hna'
statement Of the casualties cannot De
made.
when the news Of the wreck be-
came known in Mobile there was
much Alarm in railroad circles. Firs'
reports had It that the regular pas
Denger train had gone through tht
trest1e and q number Of persons hae
been killed, including Mobilians.
Five physicians left Waynesboro
Miss, In automobiles for the scene |
Six doctors were hurried from Shu-
buta, Mi1s.
The relief train of the Mobile {
Ohio reached here tonight at 10:45
o'clock, bringing 1O2 wounded SOL
Tiers. and the bodies of sixteen o
ne dead, their bodies being horribly
nangled. Eighty Of the wounded
were taken to the hospitals, unit
here were no more beds. and twenty
I've were taken care OF by local ho-
els. At least twenty of the wounded
IRE expected to die in the hospitals
lere. A list of these men is impos
ible tonight.
Railroad officials, in order to care
or the wounded, used every avail
ble ambulance in the city, Southern
Express trucks and large vans OF
1holesale houses. Cots were PLACED
q the wagons, and company of
ocal militia assisted the surgeons ir
he work Of transferring the men. III
'as learned from railroad men
he relief train that nine more sol
iers are buried under the debris
y before morning.
= n0AA A0MOO dIO XOI AuOWH. M0ul. |
ers of the company less hurt than
heir companions stated they owed
leir lives to the fact that the bodies
the dead and more seriously in.
lred made cushions for them to fall
pom as the cars rolled down thu
As soon as possible
tier the wreck Capt. Bernard Taylor
Llled the roll and but fifty-tWo men
Hence the impossibility
an accurate list of those injured.
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