Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-04

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Davis was crushed out of all sem.
blance to human being, the torso be-
| ing torn nearly in two and the limbs
| and arms broken in many places. He
! was caught in the cab of his engine
when the crash came in such a man
ner that he was suspended head down
ward for over eighteen hours. How
ever, the unfortunate man was killed
almost instantly. 1t was impossible
to extricaate the body of Davis until
the wrecking crew cleared away the
Wreckage to the telescoped locomo-
tives. 1t was necessary to pull the
giant engines apart before the body of
Davis could be secured, and it was for
this reason that the body was not
brought here with the others. His
body, wrapped in Pullman blanket,
was turned over to the Holderness
undertaking company, who prepared
it for burial.
The body of Arthur Young was
placed in a casket by the Robinson
company and carried to the home at
East Sixth avenue and Missouri
street. The funeral will occur Sun
day afternoon at o'clock, under the
auspices of the local Camp No. 6, w.
O. W., of which the deceased was a
member. Other details of the funeral
arrangements have not been announc-
ed at this time. Young is survived by
a wife and small child, and several
relatives. He was very popular in
railroad circles and had large num-
Der of friends and acquaintance in
the city.
Aubrey Fields, the young man who
recently went to work for the Cotton
Belt, and sWho was student" or ap-
prentice fireman, and who was with
Young in the cab at the time of the
wreck, was not mutilated as badly as
were the others, yet death must have
been almost instantaneous His body
was prepared for burial by the Hol-
derness company and was shipped to
his former home at Thornton, Cal
houn county, for interment The fun
eral will occur Sunday afternoon and
will be attended by number of local
railroad men. 1t is impossible to
learn much about Fields, = it being
'safds tlfat ne is survived only by a
step-father, who resides in that town.
The body Of Charles Cheek, the
bridge carpenter, was prepared for
shipment by the Holderness company.
and message was sent to his father
at Marquad, Missouri, asking for dis
position of the body. Little can be
learned about Mr. Cheek. The records
of the company show that when he
made application for place with the
Cotton Belt, he gave as nearest rela-
tives the name of his father and moth
err, who reside in the little town of
Marquad, not far from Cape Girar-
deau, Missouri. No reply had been
received to the message by Mr.. Holder.
ness at IL o'clock last night. The
body will be held in the local estab-
lishment until his parents can be
heard from. ~
The body of Engineer w. L. Davis
was shipped this morning to# =
vance, Missouri, where his parents
and other relatives resfde.s The body
was accompanied by w. H. Hunter,
member of the brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, of which the deceas-
ed was member. A message from
the exalted ruler of the Jonesboro
Lodge of Elks, received last night.
saying that Mr.. Davis was a member
of that lodge, and stated a commit
tee would meet The train on its arrival
at Jonesboro and accompany the re-
mains to the Missouri town. In the
pockets Of Mr.. Davis, when the body
was taken from the wrecked iocomo-
tive, was found pass issued on Sep
TENDER % to Mr.. Davis, good from
Jonesboro to Camden, as we'll as his
watch, money and other papers. 1t
is said that Mr.. Davis was not mar
ried. He had large circle of friends
among the railroad men, but was not
known locally very we'll. The ar
rangements for the funeral will be
made upon the arrival OF the body at
Advance, Missouri.
This is undoubtedly the worst wreck
In the history of the Cotton Belt in
many years. Occurring as it did in
deep cut, where the banks Of earth on
each side of the track rise to height
of perhaps forty feet, there was not
room for the cars to leave the rails
and fall RI cool, cido ~ th< t,on1, hut