Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 173, Ed. 1, Monday, May 8, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FORT WORTH GAZETTE
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IHERRY WAR IS ON
UMBtlNGl HOUSES CLOSED
VIEW OF THE STORM
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it rtaarlators to be Indicted and the
tail Flmd li Ihi Stteet Talk
way errnlne the aanntintenlfnt
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lnhea the anirlet letter of her
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Mr laamatloa
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THE LAST STORM
Details of the ba mage Done at
I Gainesville
TALK WITH THE WOUNDED
How the StormCame nd the Way It
Ailed
Reports from North Central and Eut Texas
Stow Iht Htfih Wind Was Ge eralDam
fl Dona at Uoody Curns Body
Taken to Ctelurni
aalort Tex May 7 Special
Twenl Q0 + s bare MviX up Mit
few vMy yV larit Of mt nla >
lUorm h v4 f4 ry part of ihe
louuty allows f t
r
INiIr ralm atom ftiet anJ Uial
tint pan nluih wain up as far n
Uils tlty wan but tbe frluai vrlioao tula
alou KcemvU o lw the doKtruction of tin
roof and vai nt ate > l Irou nwnluci
It vas
vasa
a i iqniiAn wtoim
In tliftt cutitntry to tin regulatiou cy-
clone It ttid not po utrnlgbt abend 11 a
itiKi > path sTi > epIti > every till lr before
it TttQ tloudi containing tlu v lad rauie
from t o drrwttons tbe toutbwest and
tb nortbu ent A prtnt many pvople
wntcbed ttelr ovt majetttlo approach
loujrbofore there wa any violence and
oil aRree it ww not nutll tbe two huge
manse of inky Tapor met that there was
auy Mind Their toltiAtoi Heeuied to
breuL sbtlls wbUb RoiUiilmnl all Ibe con
dciiaedunit of hell width when re
leaaijd da net to tbe mrlh lik an enfcte
for itH i riy Whcu n IfiiiKd the two
ludft momentarily lield a mt bty strut
Kit for the imiiltT diirluft wbUb n
hiiffe nrlut trembled like mi anpen
nnd hen joining forirs not lit ng could
renl t them
Tlie Bcene of ibe train wreck about
a jullo tbif Hide of Fair Ilaln jut on
the crest of n hill On either aide are
low landt lieitTily liiubered wlijoh
nulled uliLho foot of the IiiIIm were not
reached bf Ihe futioiiK mud T1h > Iruln
iMUtciini un Tim Tor
of tbe rite > > bn < l ito KS > lt < r trd was sent
ttylUel down tli t enibanUiUfiit Hie a-
ft uhcr So T iy MI It picked
up tmt tbeie tci not tbe r > litet itom
fitfe to the ttjit not eteti u MiMtih on
tbe fond l d Vinrtj all of the tar er
Mill ctinpltd toyother bhowliir thit ull
wen ftt oiiW Th ur wlibli wan wt
o tue eiuHiie w a the outj one not blown
ihiir of ihe trm k It H m 10 have Whii
held momeutai ly by the > ntiine and
then lvleiwd to be rolle < t o er on Its
ddi All lbi > tnuk ae two were
btoHii ilear of tbe track-
S A limn the bind brnkeiuHh vn
at ItU poti in the tupaK Uh Inidy was
lying midway betweu tlm track mid
the caboose showing that be ftll out
during thi rntsT imvolutiov
of Uie car He was lying on the roof
of the nipalo bi arm under bin head
A threecorn ered dent In hU left temple
from whidi blood find brains oozeil ludl
mled that be had been manbod by a sharp
orner ot a henry timber llxceutlug a
few scrotthis on Ida breaxt there wa
no other lirtolttt on bW boity
J T Jiyrne ibo tralnmawter said
AT IAIlt PLAINS
which la a utile nouth of where the
train wus wTecked the wind wa no 1 m
vlol ut Tliere loo It dropped down from
the tlouds grinding nnd twlxting to
fcpllnleri tbe Pair Ililn tutioul Iwuse
l > own iiu tbr Vulle View road tltree
mtles from town the one and onehalf
story hoiiw of U IliacLlmm wn de
inoUlml and Mr IHacMnirn terlou ty
and perhaps fatally Injured
His wire was alo wriouil l ii red
A 5yeorotd granJthild was found iip
der on organ uninjured and Liake an
iSycnroM on wan cnrrleil Hi yar l at
110 oilier np aiHJ than the l t of a f
dropsof blooil from 111 no te-
A bouse belonging to Hen Carrey of
this dty In the amc iieighl rbw t wa
h1 > destroyed t n f xk No rno htrt
A house occupied by a in 11 named
Uowe south ° r l0WD WM KWP1 > t ofC ihv
earth but the oeenpnutic eteapiil
The hoim of J bo KulirtK 2t yardi
east of UJafVbunr > as hroken la two
no further damage being doue
TTie homes of John and WH Cliadwell
In the same nclBhborhood wpw fpiil
out of exUleine Jloth or them with
their famtlie MM to a storm houae and
escaped without 0 bruise
Ull Seller Muse was damaged some
wlrat and his haru demolished No on
Injured
The Pair Plains mhoot house also
used for church nl wa annihilated
No one was in It at tie time
Two hornet attach to a Hring wagon
ot Mr llaek
gon were hitched In front
burn hotise wiieu the atorw hroke loose
Afterward a few reuntos of the wagou
wen found nnd the horses were found
In a field 100 yards distant graiing with
< he harness ou
A stated before the torm as not
nearly so Tlolent lo OaloeiTille thu
wind eenTtng to be patisDed with peel-
ing oil tin roofs and destroying awn
liigt
Italn accompanied by strong wiwid
Uynn falling about 330 oMork By i
AIoL the drops of rain had K T
to blinding shteta of watec anJ
wind to a hurricane
Hicaking ghif Iup tearing of tin roofs
flying arming loud leols of thuuder
and the Incessant flafhes of lightning
made
yroiT unAicra quaick
It a eu d aa If all the tuiit of daII hJ
1011T AV0I1TII TEXAS MONDAY MAY 8 1893
i eii tuniM hx e to hold fright M orgte
Por tire minutes the wind blew una
bated then gradually dlwUaway and a
tlvwntttur of rain and halt fUtoniii
There was no fatality here not eren
was anvone Injiind hut this fact If not
to U phewl to the credit of tbe wind
for the hviTy rain lad long befwre drlr
en everyone IndooH Wyond the reach
of tbe wlugwl datb
Thr following Is almoit complete list
ot the dauuge la tlds dty
A D Buckley leaning mill destroyed
aLdmaUnfrydamagMliwi about KA
A twontory hrkk building on the south
aid of the square belonging to U C
Hemming roof off uwulng down nnd
nearly alt the ga > broken out low
510
iilleawateni Jerhnrt stock of fur-
niture In tbe Hemming building dam-
aged to the cxteut of fOfirtO by water
They were nwred for 1000
1L W Stark druggist Iom about HK >
by water thu roof baling be > ii Hown off
The roof uf tbe twostory brkfc build-
Ing on tho southwext corner of the
iuarv owned by ltd I Ingle was
blwwu off Dr Inglwa ollic e furniture
> nas badly damaged by wntrr lx > sa
HtnUlt STjO
The tire wall on liOtulon A DatIV l > ook
store was tk wn off as was also the
mot letting In water mtilth dam
agwl thu stock to the extend of 00
The building Is damaged lCt
Part of the piwtolliee roof was blown
off nnd tbe fire watt knocked down by
light ntng
The roof on the y If a A building
was peeled off letting in flood of waiter
on the furniture In the MsocJatlona
room
Thelstock of the Waple Platter Cro
cer company ou th fir t ttoor ot tbo
Y M 0 A building was badly dam-
aged by water
The roof ou the Porbcs building oulh
enst earner of the square was taken off
Ihe furniture In AV Ii Calhouns cvtton
ofliei whhh was In this building was
almost ruined 1nt nlvont tfi >
The roof ou the ChUlngaw hotel was
lakeii off damaging the furniture by
water Ioh about flfyj
Pniterwuod A Huilxnua nutoon next
to tbo Clih knsnw also lost a roof but
the damngit to the contents was liglit
The went end of the compress was
blown away entailing a los of altout
5hM Bt > renil balea of cotton were
blown from tbe platform Into the rail-
road yards
The roof nu Iirndy flour mill was
partly torn off Several hundred dol-
lars worth of flour iu the mill wo dam-
aged
Patrick A Keels grain house was un-
roofed and some damage done to grain
therein
A large number of bonnes In the north
went part of town were moTcd from
tbflr fotmdntloiu
Jim IXiwlingH boue In the northern
part of town wnii demolUhed hut no
tmi > a iujmed
Io > t of tho awnings on California
Rtieet art down nnd glass In numerable
are broken Dixon and Commerce tdroet
bouercr were disturl > ed but little and
nil hides of the square except tbo south
escaped without damage
In the residence furls of town very
tittle damage was doue except lo nmtiU
outhoucn fences and trees Hundreds
of the latter were torn up by tbo roots
andcarried hundred of yard
Will Mnllini and two other Irojs were
returning from a finhlng expcdltlun when
tbe cjclone vtruck them Their buggy
was picked up turned completely around
dragging the horse with It nnd set down
without damage
Pour 1 own and two mules be on dug
4o M It Sltetltourne In 11 pnture n
few miles northeast of town were kllleil
by lightning
J P Smith ami Pd Norton aluo hod
two horses UUtxl by lightning
THK UOUNUKU
AH lining Kalrty Writ Th n < Jr Toor
lann T k 11 > Clolmrnc
faulnesillle Tex 3Iay 7Kn Ial
Thu body of S A Ounn the brakeinnu
who was killed In yeMerdaya wrenk
was taken to Clelrarne this morning
All the hijureil are ibdng nicely w
txSally lUiidniaJter Staph a who It
wna fearvl was fatally Injured Dr
Condon the oinpany rtiyslclan who Is
attending the wounded told Tlie la
xrtte rorretjiondent this afternoon that
he thought Maple would reenter He
Is Injured about the left lung ami spits
blood constantly His Jaw Is crushed
Next to MuMes J T Ityme I the
moHt aerlnipdy Injured HI left nrm
s broken at tbo wrUt and bis spine 1
Injured This la t Injury way become
Merlon t
Tiiytor I doing nicely Ilesldes a gash
oter the left ere rbouhler I frac-
tured Imt thl Is not Kerlon
Condmtor Tyrrell cMdpcd with the
wltgUe t wounds ft big fleh ga h over
Id left eye being the only Injury
Maples and Taylor are at thu Ltndsiy
house receiving every attention poHibte
Byrne lives here and Conductor Tom
Tyrrell 1 being cared for at his homo
TyrnW will probably go hoaie tomor-
row but It will 1 several day before
auy of the other can leave their bed
IIAtLANK ItAIN
Add totb > Dstroeilob by tkCye1ostn
Cooka County
Gainesville Tex May 7 < Spe al >
ThB cyclone eeem f to bare drawn all
the rain clouds In the country to Cooke
county for they have been hanging over
um doggedly rince yesterday noon pour-
ing down water by tbo bucketful It
began raining yesterday about an hour
befcre the cyclone came and continued
nmriwtarlr xmin ntter oclock No
rain fell from then until 0 oclock thl
morning when it began and hai been
a steady downpour since
13m and Pecan creek wfchb run oa
the mrt and west side of town are very
iilxh and threaten to overflow an aa
nual occurrcneo
A geotleioaa In today from Uyra eigh
teen mlleji wM of here enja thcro m
no wind them yesterday h t that It
rslnol and lialleil In tnrrvnU He de-
clared V was uot xuffKcratlBg In the
leiut wheu he Maid hall stovWfeQ a
large ni hN fist It hulW for thirty
minutes and ruined crop hi said
Itefurtt from alt part of the county
are that n very heavy ralu aid bait fell
in Home places mining cropst <
Yesterday near Pair Plains wattr wan
running three feH deep Iu tuauy bVlds
IIOTT IT WAS
Soma of the Mtn On th Atr i 4 T sia
Tail or III Croloos
Oatnwvllle Tvx May 7 Specini
Your rorreiiiH > udent found HJKnauer
engineer of the wrecked tratb afttl Paa
senger CondiK or P A1 litar > Wn > mi
Si of the Llndxay hotel thW evening
chatting na pleasantly over heir en > e
rlemv yentcAbty evening ni two school
irfrti Mr Sltmuer came oulwJthout a
cratch and wa paying Mr fT ylor a
call who however was not ao fortun-
ate as he received many punful cuts
and bruise about the headland face
and a broken collarbone Ebough M
usual amllti and pleasant mdrtrwr gave
no Indtmtlou of prtu or tucotvcnlence
Pngineer Shauer said In lulwtauce
I pulled out from hero at 343 and the
cloud in the northwest an aoutuwest
were coming together fas ami 1 wanted
to get ojt of town as n ban itortu was
evident I preferred to get clear of
iMilldlntr and thought I could run out
of the way What was my experience
Tiist Is hard to tell It mmineueed rain
ing soon after wo Flatted abU thewind
and rnln Increased till luy pirvlne could
hardly go and when I wa first certain
It was a cyclone was a minute or no
before U blew my train off I saw ome
fyrnkure beldlng nod fr nuenti of
lumber hit near the track Ju it ahead of
me and I retnnrkrd to Urn Oretnan and
front hrakeman boy were in a cy
clone At this time the engine waa
hardly moilng and the wind ami rain
were so terrilic I could aeoreely my ten
frit Tlw engine atoiiiml and aeeiucd
to quiver all over audI thonght we wire
gone but tn nu Infant It started again
though shaking like < m asjwn leaf then
It gave vevcnil nevcro jetki ami MtopMl
I Iwked kirk and
anw there wna some
tiling wrong Hiotigh it was Im wslble
to sec further than the first car vo I
gut off
offWOIHCnn
WOIHCnn MYSPLP BACK
and found the rntlru train excepting the
frout trucks of tV first car was blown
off the track With great dlhculty f
reached the caboose
which was asyuu
auw It nnd excepting Conductor Tyr
nll who was up and walking around Ja
tlie car the other were lying as J
thonght dead He waa bruited and
bleeding He lustruntetl mo after find-
Ing the engine was tltl oa the track to-
go nt once to Valley VIew nd nsjmrt
I Judgn the cjilone U rpiI7iilj rffe mlu
ute It rame fruuVthei wWt < T Med
Just nhfnd of m ran some distance
then turned sauare around and vame
bark uare ogalust u Ttds opin
ion Is formed principally from Its tracks
a twas Impossible to we In the rain
and wind that seemed Ihhic enough to
see It atritck us precisely at 4 oclock
CONDUCTOR TAYLOU
Is one of the most genial hell cord pull-
ers behind the engine and hns made
ninny ride i > Iesaut for the acrlbe
who now has the pnlnful duty of cron
It IIiiif hi inUfortuue UN rujj Is
from Hotistou to nalvcilon ou the fact
Santa Pe pastenger ami be had been
here attending rourt nnd left on the-
ft eight to make connertioii at 1nrt
Worth for Houston lat night He
greeted me lu hU uoual happy tdSb
and narrated many laughable Incidents
though hi head and faco wcro ntmont
hlddeu with bandages pod hi left arm
leaned for succor Iu the fold of a mas-
sive fcllng
XX told the engineer he said to roll
the rail lively as he could a wo Mnrt
ed and run out of the nay of th it cy-
clone I knew It was coining for Ive
seen them before The clouds were meet-
ing one from the northwest the other
from the southwest and that jtecultar
rolor worne part Inky black sonio bottle
green and another having 1h > > aMctr
nnCo of a dond of dut swinging round
and rolling luto each other I knew
meant a ll > cly shaking up of things that
got In its way What was my eipe
ri en to in lh cuIhkhb Two too quick
to note We were running along tbe
enalne seemed wouldnt go out of a
walk the rain was pouring nnd wind
blowing like cheol and while I felt
tbe caboofict rock pretty fchari > oncA or
twice thought shed hold on all right
I wa sluing on tbe cast sldo and the
storm was cowing from the west when
all of a sudden I seemed to be up sad
the last thing I remember was looking
down Mow me In the cupola When I com
too 1 wa ataudJug on the Hour looking
around must have been dated aonie
minutes uud when t found myself twas
Mine lime before I could realiio what
had happened AH except the conductor
and 1 wrmed to be done for I didnt
feel much hurt so sllifed out and told
the conductor Id walk hark to town and
reiort As I climbed tip tbo damp I
came across the body of the dead brake
inin and when a little distance down
the track met the section WUf who bad
taken refuge in an oat bouse near by
and saw the whole wreck I got on
their hand rar and they mu me In here
I was covered with mad and blood An
as the dloctor stripped me I told htm
to take care of toy effect H told me
thl worn In my watch stopped tro
dsHy 4 Wet been companion some-
time bat r beat running 11 < Ik time
My wife will be dp this eve and I ex
pect to go home la a few day
TIM WltKCK
Tbo seventeen car and caboose pre
sent n cent of the rVnicnta strength
that Is unsotraUK Of tbr w rctni
leven were loaded to fall capacity the
other empty yet ell were handled by b
bercnles of the sir altk Hftd clear of
il
THE MGAUGHEY IMPEACHMENT TRIAU
Mr J J Paulk ot Austin of Coirwol for Dorondant
THE M AUGHEY IMPEACHMENT TRIA
Mr J IL Henderson of Counsel fur Defendant
he track nu quick and smooth that from
Retrral of the truck reinolnecf staudlng
while the car of cml or corn ot flour
or mercbamlNe hoUted Into Uie air and
performed couiplctu ovotutlou the same
as the empties The good seemed to
bo tbrwwu mf ou thu first revolution
and to a neat Hie as If by bund near the
trark white front ten to sixty feet fur-
ther out the box that contained them
was set dwwn carefully It Htem m
Its bottom side or top many of them
sull coupled Tbo light Ik > x In one In
stanco may bo 1ottotu up while next to
It a faeaiy one acts on Its trucks and
vice venu Some flats loaded with aand
acted a the larger curs vmptled th lr
rand In a neat 4le by tb track while
making its aerlvl lllght of summersault
lea ling the truck on the tail They
miut have como down iwiuaicty and
never moved after hltlluf terra flrma
tor uot a truce on road or earth not tbo
slightest break I left to denote other-
wise Ileslde the traik last night tould
bo cin a queer Orwortmeut of luenhtm
diso Pilc l In ciirluud lots and
MCPLY IIPNCIMD
wa alternating coal Imml of flour
l le of suud sacked corn and assorted
lots piled nluuMt as neatly u the cbecHe
wheu the tuouger draws off tbe ttK > p
How can auch 1m accounted tori
Arouud thu hotel corridor tbli utoru
lag many funny experience wen nor
rated whllo u mnny uf thu buslnc
house tbe proprietor clerk and a
ttlstsnta are working like beaten ynoving
ilidr Mock to another part of tbe store
and spreadingtarpaullu to protect their
food from the streaming places of
Die roof Windows and door were
knocked In nnd shattered by the falling
awidugs and roof were blown cff or
rolled uptbose of tin were rolled In
curl like a
aHOCIUTV
HOCIUTV OlUIrt
by the coy and jdnysotuu wind Portu
notdy 110 lire were loot and so far can-
not learu of any being wounded In the
city though many wilt eeasu to grow
from the sever fright In the hotel
lobby one gentle matt wa telling another
the story personal One mild t wa
In my store with my little boy and wa
scared a bad as he Wn ran hand Iu
bnnd up and down the More afraid to-
go out and afraid to stay In afraid to
hide under lomethlug b ary and afraid
not to Outside awnings window nnd
tin roof were flying up uud down
Uie street up and down thu air and cross-
ways too and vehicles How and ami
implement seemed to be chasing them
while Inside the she he were shaking
and the roof cracking what could a
fellow do This Lined thirty minute
aad I wa expecting every second to be
killed
A Rift her gentleman remarked he bad
stood ou the battlefield end W hi
comrade drop nil round him but hed
never felt quite a squeaky as when
ho saw the air full of debri and Uie
housetop inovlug
PItOM PirNDLPTON
Pendleton Tex May 7 Spe
cUDlt t teemed that last ngbt >
storm which paased north of thl place
did coaslderuble damage to the Utile
fc > wn of Moody about alne inlleajiortb
of thl place blowof the roof off ser
era hooti demolishing several opN
bouse and barn
At Trvr town en th XllscDurL
Knitftu nud Texas rallivsy threev mites
e t of this pbicu tin slorui unroofed
set era bouweri and twisted tho settlMi
hi > u e off of the block
A to ths extent of tbe damage I
Cint leuru
Very Jltlle JrJn < ji r rfljn4it IhUjdiij
nten cirnttitNK
Uanns lludr Mroyglit Itowi Aeeauat
the KUrm lUtwrsn llewdy and
Isadlstoavllle
Cleburne Tex May 7 Siecialr
lTi body of Hrakeman Ouuu who was
killed Iu tbe wreck near lalnestlllc
vrasi brought In this inomlug and will
bet Interred tomorrow He wa thu outy
u > i ort of a widowed mother
Mr Tyrrell wife of Conductor Tyr
rell Who wa Injured ha gomt to fl allien
till where her husbund was taken
Conductor I Smiley In siteuklng of the
wreik suy that the wttnl picked the
cur up tiodlty from the track wt Ibun
down and then blew tliem to pleees
tiio Columblau limited train due hero
at 140 a 111 enroeinterM a fierce wind
MYeeii the ntfltlons of Moody and Pen
dliHvtitllle against which tt could uot
proceed and had to stand ou the ttack
ou l wait till tl > fiercest part of tho gale
had panned A fiebjbt train wu held
iiamedlately lu the nar of the pa w > uger
train Coidntor Darls Knya that he
jw light lu the farm house arouud
as If tbey weru making preparations
to leave Uieir homes He nny he think
It Is most like ly n good deal of damage
wai done lu the surrounding country
PItOM IIONHAM
llmbain Tcx May 7SiKHhilNo
additional casuatltle from yentenlaa
slorui Information from Uie country I
very monger It ha bceu raining all
day It I bard to tell how tiiiuh datnnge
has lieeu dono nt thl writing I p ra
Itcport front the west and south of
town un that considerable damage to
eroi > nnd fence ha Mn done
J P Cutrou slaughter houso wn
btmin away also a grain house off
blockM
All tho wounded aro doing well It
seem nlmnet a uilraete how any of the
Trails family escaped a tho house they
occupied was blowu into ecplinter
I Weathcrsly a Wcl Ide grocery
man was blown al > ut a block but re
cti red no serious Injury
AT C01WICANA
Gehenna Tex May 7HHperial
During a tdovy rain storm last nlsbt
Hgntnlng utrueL Ihe revhleoco of Mr
Jim MilXmnlJ who resides 00 the T
Y Uarruther rauh al > out five rail
uortli of thl city and act It afire Tlie
buitillrig and houwhold effect were a
total Iocs No uther damage waj done
AT MAIWIIALT
Maraholl Tvt May 7Special
Xewiof Uie storm tn north Texas was re
ceited tfd momlug over the railroad
wire but no particular until arrival of
the paper
Lait night about U oclock a benry
rala f U Accompanlnil by wind light
ning and thnndcr The clouds Were Inky
black nd the wind waa ttrong for a
short time Several rbade tree were
blown slown but beyoxid this no damage
hi refrortrd The rilfl ril all night and
1
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e
VOL XVII NO 173
HORRIBLEWRECK
On the Big Four Railroad Ncai
Lafayotte Ind
ten killed MANY WOUNDED
Ths fiUure cf Air Brakes to Work th Cauti
1 of iha TrotjWt li
The Cngtaeer Old All In Ilia Power Itavo
IK Brakes Put OnTh Train Crashed
Into the DepolUstol Dead
and tnund A Her
rib Scent
Ifayrtte lad May 70a of th
most horrible wreck In tbe history of
railroading occurred ou the Jlig iour
road tbt tuetrulng tho mult of wbtt b
U ten kilted and tusoy iMjuird Ibe
train waa the eastbound passenger leav
ing Chicago at I p m Tbo accident
wei caused Ly the fatluro of the air
brakea lo Vork Hie euglueer undoubt
voly UlM eted tht 1eforf rpacuing tho
cut beyond the Wnbash river at the
vigorous whlntllng of ttn Iligtiie JTw
brakes roedd bo heard wbeu tho train
wns Will a uillo west of tho city Th
engineer desperate effort to slop the
train were slimu by the large amoutil
of sand thrown by htm In the bridge
Uiruush which the train cum Just be
fora the fatal crah ibo engine dashed
out of the bridge over thu abash river
at a speed not Ion than aixty mile an
hour and
UKABUrcO INTO TIM IIKPOT
carrying a laortlou ot th depot and train
aheds several hundred feet Tlie englue
left Uiw track nud the bnttgage car two
postal car and the eiprena car piletl Iu
0110 pnitiltcuoiis mass a total aud ch iu
tdcto wreck berrying u see re of flcttma
lit tbe awful pile or debris The trucks
of the first day eoach were drnggedout
and the aide ot tbe ear k hock ml Into
fragmeuts but no passenger were la
Jured
Tbe chair e ar and two Pullman re
nialucd em tho titnk lbe wreck waa
complete the enrlim and cars being torn
to piece and piled together with their
ctrtitctiti Pire broke out from a stove
Imt the ety lire department speedily ex
UguiHhed the ttaiuc
Heeret1 victim of the wreck were per
oim standing lit Uie depot watting f r
the tralu
Kllbvl wt i
Michael Welch engineer of Indian
ort tl
Plremnn Me hints of IndtanntwIU
11 V Meyer of liuganspurt mall
ucrkMe
Me Ma hone of Clnclnnail express mes-
senger
Aj It CbadwUk of Clnclunatl inall
clfik
OUntie Meyer of T iPfeyette hark
lunn
luti I > inon of linPayette mall cart
driver
JiMixJL Lingyf I > e > aiiynJud wall
Cluirc vSchjhlll of LaP iyeUe
Otto tlesMtlstin Chcuxo
llijurect Jeflersou M Iteese t Kemp
ton brulmil und cut about head
UUIiurd Jonw of Imilliic Ills cut
bout head
Jiout I tiler of Powler cut by glut
Troiu breaktug windows
Sophia llergeiiimll Milwaukee cut
about bead and hands
Ww Place ll > lng near PruiLpoit
lint hrulicvd and cut
Charles Itoutli of lnfayrlti leg broken
In two places
William Itrobtelte A V Carnaban
L A Wltreler and J N Hlcltey mall
clerks all from Cincinnati more or less
Injured but uot setiouslr
The accident was earned by the fail-
ure of the air brake to work properly
High bluff rise on tbe west bunk of
the Wabash JiM opposite the city nnd
there I n Jmui and steep grudu ut that
P < int The 111 fated train must have been
a lullo up the grud from Urn river win u
the tngtneer made the discovery tber
wa something wrong fur h lMgJU
shrilling his wlilstle for Jinnd brale
The speed by tlint time had lucreacd
so trrrlfiolly henvever Its control was
beyond human agency With nlaM t
lightning Hue s > eed tbe englue dashed
a 10un inrvi nud Across the long bridge
although the mau at the I li rot tie had re
versed tbo machine and Immeuse
treani o fire wero mlng dashwl ntr
from drlvina wheel running in on ou
lolto dircKttou to that of the swiftly
flylug ear following
Jut after leuvhig the Inst end of Le
lun ghrid georertbe dctwinS anelll
long hrldgo over the Wabash the track
deMribo a semicircle at tint midway
point of which the union station is lo
nUed AVhen th engine struck hat
hart It left the track followed
by Ui rars hi an awful swlra aud they
piled uj > on wvli other after rMihC
throtitfti the iNhI and btbiging dnwu
tons of the Mrucfurft to tukl to tbe hor-
ror or the Mtitiktton
Dyt tander went lo look on and Urn
fire department quickly reeI > ouded the
latter rendering valuaMe service Iu
promptly cheklag tlw angry ftajnc
whhb threatened the Jive of a troT of
otdcr In addition lo line killed out
rlglit who were imprisoned In the moun-
tain of dehrl
Superintendent Iteuder arrived at an
early hour nnd the track wrra oou
cleared ami ready for resumption of-
t rattle
Tlie Injured hare two moved to their
homo or rlie Ikih > ju1 and then aro no
mUkT fatalltfe than those mentloiiedihe
T
fur
Tlw ofllelal of the Itig Pour aw well
reprceiitel and evrrvthlng tmslbl
being done for tbe comfort of the victim
of the disaster
y
I II II
TKXAS OAIt 8KKVICU
Huataa Trx MarT < 8pwlal > Jt
liaa bn > n acrr d awonx ttia trncral man
aa r and auiwrlfltcDriunt o tbo Traaa
railroad Hint O 0 II lik lun i > U
tant craivat niaoaier of th Haa Aih
Undo ami Arapaaa ltiw will be cfcalp
itMia eod wauater of the Texaa Car-
t rrlrp axiatl > n A H Rwaa < onira
I 1h1 to tbo tKMdUmi batdMiard nio
oblrct Of tb aiHorlalioii la to cxontlu
tbe moTiraeiit of cara pre nt frel b
blorVadea end l > ot on end torarrliaotai
holdiaK rnraa warebouK wltbout par
jo dnnnrraito
Ct jJVIXIjMitJ B0T1JBRED
VpililuElon Maj 7 1rraUat < OTf
land baa Iwuitl a irtatroirirf tliat b la
orrrrua ltb rullehi Uenilt tin rul
loadu at tbe brsHoulnar of lb admlata
ration with repird to fallera U mw
aka uieaulwrn n eoofroaa U rrfnuu
frwa totnhluclnc iwmrtitnyota and aara
b will denr alltirrsonal ioiarrtowa to
Mlirr
all of6c
vi Kr < r WlUlare h will nvwuM l
claaaloit and fljrrootUrmak ajua a r
arwt raadw of IVmiox Mata
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