Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-22

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minor injuries.
The statement of dead and wound
ed was issued here officially by Mil
ton Morris, General agent for the
railroad.
The bus carrying the basketball
team was on the way from Waco tD
Austin. where Baylor xas to play
the University of Texas tonight
Nurses and doctors were sent
from Austin and Taylor and nc 4. I'D
a. M. the train which struck the
automobile was being held TO carry
the wounded TO Taylor about Is
miles away. The nurses and doctors
were held at Taylor TO receive the
wounded.
Mr.. Morris said the fast Sunshine
Special of bis road which left Sam
Antonio this morning ard the bus
loaded with students crashed at an
open crossing
All the occupants az the bus were
either killed or wounded. according
70 Mr. Morris information. The ar-
cident occurred az il:45. The fast
train does not stop at the crossing
ahere the accident happened. and
fniiroad officials stated Il probably
vas running very rapidly az this
point
Names III the dead aud wounded
wcfc not available M the offices
here AZ the time Morris made Nil an-
nOuncement-
.sIt must haye been n terrible nc
cIdent," said Morris. "but our in
formation now u rather meager.
"The nurses and doctors are watt
ing at Taylor. and the wounded will
be cared for there. Our information
II that five Of the wounded cannot
hive until their arrival ~ TAYLOR"
Baylor University has a large bus
in which all its athletic teams are
transported nn short trips
Ralph Wolf. former Baylor Uni
! vr-Sity star. is coach WI The basket
ball team. Some III the members
are: keifer Strickland. Sam Dillows
Fort Worth: Walker, Gatesville:
Slade. Waco; iIagnnh. Winchester.
Kelso.
Further telephone reports from a
number Of Round Rock persons de-
clared eleven men are dead or dy-
ing" but no names were available
Ambulances were sent from Aus
tin and from Taylor Round RorE iE
about twcnty-fuur miles from AHa-
lin. and about fifteen miles from
! Taylor.
4. ]. Doe Stewart. coach of the
Texas University basketball team,
and number of his players left i'm
Inediateiy for Round Rock 90 minister
20 the hoys who were To have been
their opponents in basketball
T. X. Howrth of san Antonio sHw
the accident while driving toward
the train wrecked bus.
We said thr buH driver apparently
didnt see the rapidly approaching
train which whs whiRtling. according
t0 H0weih.
When the bus reached the track.
tho train was almost upon "a, and the
bus driver turned suddenly parallel
and going in the same direction -
the train.
The crash came almost insta atly.
I! The bus @eH- splintcrcd. the spare
tires being thrown w aIl directions.
The bus had gone thirty Yards
dnwr che tracks when IN was hit. The
Messengers Dccurv wicker chairs in
\ The Baylor hu~ and these chairs were
4 scattered IN ail directions. The loco
motive hit the automobile in about
/ the center.
The train stopped short way down
tho track.
b. the time the crew reached the
wreck. four members of the basket
hail team had rxtrirntrd themselves
nri we're walking about the huH,
soma TN INV hystefiraI manner.
The dead were placed in the bag
rag c~r with thp wounded anA taken
ta Taylor according ~ H0weth. who
cane on 10 Austin iMmediately-
I cE0RcFToWN. Texas Ian. 2e---
Wiiliarr Winchester and Robert Ham
nah.~who were injured In the train
accident M Round Rock today and
brought III the hospital here were
dead when che ambulance reached
here. rrA were taken to fhe Frrher-
irks Undertaking Hornitnl- The twn
we're the nnlv ones br0urht Nv this
place. the Others heinr carried Dn the
train 10 the hospital nr Taylor
~ uamrsnn MANN