VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 29. 1905. NUMBER 81.
WRECK AT DIAZ fATAL TO TOUR.
Score of Injwred in Ditching of Fast
Iron Mountain Train No. 5Satur=
day Morning Brought Here.
v SPLIT SWITCH CAUSE
Engineer Horton, Fireman
DuSan and Two Pass
engers Killed.
BODIES Of TWO PASSENGERS CREMATED
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Old Man And His little Boy Have Never
Been found But W'ere Seen in
Burning Wreckage By Flee
ing Passengers.
Diaz has become the scene of
another of the most serious of
passenger train wrecks on the
Iron Mountain system, fast
south-bound mail train No. 5
from St. Louis, due at Newport j
at 4:45 a. m. and running about
on time, striking a split switch
just above Diaz and going into
the ditch. The train was run
ning about 50 miles an hour.
Four fatalities, a score of in
’■ jured, the engine in ruins, three
cars demolished, three coaches
burned and three sleepers saved
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The switch for the White River
branch Y seems to have been
broken, and was only half closed
when struck by the big mogul
drawing No. 5. The engine
chose the branch and the bag
gage and mail cars followed the
main track, telescoping and
breaking into numberless pieces.
With no warning of the terri
ble danger Engineer William N.
Horton of Little Rock was thrown
beneath the contents of the ten
der, where his body was rescued
later minus the head and right
arm.
Fireman Archie Dulan of Pop
lar Bluff suffered no better fate,
being pinioned beneath the de
bris, and when removed lived
only twenty minutes. His limbs
were badly mashed and he also
sustained scalds from escaping
steam and bruises about the
head.
The smoker was a complete
wreck and a number of its pass
engers injured, and probably two
> dead. Francis Muirhead, who
^ was a passenger from Hoxie,
• oovo tViol- nn nlrl mnn and hnv
were lost and doubtless burned.
In the wreckage one of the fath
er’s limbs could be seen, but the
flames drove the rescuing p? :ty
away. The porter is equally
/positive of the death of these
J two unknown persons, and it is
-•'reported that portions of the1
burned bodies have been recov
ered.
The smoker, chair car and the
most forward Pullman were de
railed, overturned and consumed
"" in the flames which followed the
ditching of the ill-fated train.
Many of the passengers on these
coaches were more or less in
jured, but the three rear Pull
mans did not leave the track and
the occupants escaped with con
siderable jostling and a few
bruises that were in no instance
serious.
INJURED IN WRECK.
One mail clerk and one passen
ger are seriously injured. The
former, John D. McLaughlin,
was in the forward mail car and
had just walked to the end when
the crash came, an act which
doubtless saved his life, as the
whole front and middle section
of the car was knocked into
splinters. As it was, McLaugh
lin, who is of St. Louis, suffered
severe injuries in the lower part
of the back. Hayden and three
other mail clerks of St. Louis,
who were in the second car. es
caped practically uninjured, Hay
den alone receiving a few
scratches.
F. Fowler of Chicago was badly
injured in the chest and his con
dition is thought to be critical.
His brother is said to be a promi
nent railroad man in Chicago and
has been wired to come.
Miss Rosa Charnisky of Dallas,
Texas, was in the dressing room
of the chair car when the wreck
occurred, combing her hair. Her
head was shoved through the
mirror and face disfigured, aside
from a sprained ankle and
bruised limb.
W. L. McGee of Austin, well
known here, was a passenger
from St. Louis in the chair car
and was slightly injured.
J. F. Martin, St. Louis, had a
Jianu diiu iviicc ui uiocu.
Max Meyer, Hot Springs, hand
cut and knee cap knocked down.
Mrs. Carl Hoeppler of Ger
many, en route to Mountain
Home, nose injured.
A number of others received
slight injuries and bruises.
The train was in charge of
Will Graves of Malvern, con
ductor, and J. M. Hawkins of
Arkadelphia, brakeman. A train
was sent up from Newport at
9:15 a. m. for the passengers on
the wrecked train, among whom
were Charley Jacobson, the gov
ernor’s private secretary. He
received a rude awakening from
his slumbers but no injuries.
No. 7 was run into the branch
Y and backed down to Newport,
where the passengers of No. 5
were taken on for points south.
Among the officials early upon
the ground were Division Super
intendent Green and General
Superintendent Tyler. It may
be several days before the wreck
age can be cleared away, but
the track will probably be relaid
by night, as wrecking trains and
men were rushed to the scene.
The remains of the engineer
were sent home to Little Rock
on No. 7 and the body of the
fireman was expressed to Poplar
Bluff. The former leaves a wife
and three children.
NEWS REACHES NEWPORT.
News of the awful wreck
reached Newport a few minutes
after the catastrophe, J. F.
Martin of St. Louis waking the
operator at Diaz, who soon
brought rescuing parties of phy
sicians from Newport and Wal
nut Ridge to care for the wound
ed and dying.
The remains of the two train
men and those injured were
brought to Newport on a train
early in the morning and taken
to hotels and the offices of physi
cians where they might receive
proper attention.
The claim department of the
road soon had an agent upon the
ground settling with the injured
for damages to person and prop
erty.
Hundreds of people from this
city and nearby j oints visited
the scene of the wreck and mar
veled that so few lives were lost
in such a complete demolition of
six cars and coaches.
OVERFLOW PREDICTED.
High Stage of River Will Overflow First
and Second Bottoms, Says
Director Richards.
Director Richards of the gov
ernment service thoroughly
alarmed the river bottom farm
ers in this section Saturday morn
ing in a message to Capt. W. A.
Joyce, predicting a 26-foot stage
of water at Newport within the
next 48 or 72 hours.
Such a rise would be disastrous
to thousands of acres of growing
cotton and corn, as the river
would overflew both the first and
second bottoms and threaten the
third level of lowlands.
For this season of the year,
when it is too late to plant other
crops, the present rise will sur
pass all records of White river,
and prove a calamity to hun
dreds of farmers.
The river had risen to 17 feet
nn tVip "Mpwnnrt ernnerp Satnrdav.
an advance of 4 feet in 24 hours,
and points above on White give
no encouragement. The heavy
rains up Current river are ex
pected to make Black river a
contributor to the overflow.
First Peaches Are Shipped.
Russellville, July 28. —The first
carload of peaches ever shipped
from this place was sent out yes
terday by J. C. and G. Q. Hum
phreys. These are Elberta
peaches, and were raised on the
Morphis farm, on Crow moun
tain. There are a great many
peach orchards about Russell
ville, which promise to make
this a great shipping center in a
few years. The Elberta crop
seems to be good, and many
wagon loads have been hauled to
town and sold.
Burglar With Poor Judgment.
Pine Bluff, July 28.—There
seems to be a burglar in Pine
Bluff who has a peculiar fascin
ation for burglarizing law offices.
Last Sunday night some one
broke the glass door of Sorrells
& Tucker’s office and entered it,
but nothing was missing when
the attorneys returned to their
office.
Again, Tuesday night the law
office of S. A. Miller was bro
ken open, but as in the previous
burglary, nothing was taken.
Bird Shoot.
At a practice shoot Friday the
following score was made by the
local marksmen named out of a
possible fifty birds each:
Owen . 45
Mosby . 39
Dunn.36
Gregg 36
Bowen . 35
Herndon . 31
Graham. 30
Bunn . 25
Powell.23
Robbed in St. Louis.
St. Louis, July 28.—Joshua J.
Baxter, 34 years old, claiming to
reside in Memphis, was arrested
at union station yesterday at the
instance of G. J. Bryant of Os
ceola, Ark. Bryant alleges that
he met Baxter the night before
and took him to his room at the
Laclede hotel. This morning
when he awoke Baxter he said
had gone and, as $30 of his
money was gone, he thought
: Baxter had taken it.
YELLOW FEVER
There !s No Occasion For Alarm
Remember The Lessens of The
Epidemic of J3°3.
As we are now threatened with
another visitation of the dreaded
yellow fever it is veil to remem
ber the experiences of the Iasi
occasion. In all sections where
yellow fever made its appear
ance it will be recalled that per
sons who kept their stomach,
liver and bowels strong and
active were not affected by the
disease; while others apparently
healthy were stricken down.
These latter were all more or less
habitually constipated, bilious or
victims of bad digestion; as a re
sult the blood became impure and
the vital organs were unable to
resist the deadly fever germs.
Now is the time to prepare for
what is to follow. Get your fam
ily and yourself in shape to re
sist the disease. You don’t know
when you are exposed to it;
every man you meet may be
affected, and if you put your
preparations off from day to day
you may be too late. The sensi
ble cou'rse is to begin at once
taking Prickly Ash Bitters, that
marvelous system regulator and
Dioou punner. use it reguiariy
every day. Half a wine-glassful
each morning after breakfast
will keep your bowels open and
healthy; it will also strengthen
the stomach and digestion, purify
the blood and by stimulating the
liver and kidneys all bile and
uric acid impurities will be
driven out of the body. In short,
it puts the system in perfect
order. Remember 1898. That'
was a record year for Prickly
Ash Bitters. In the sections
where it was used the most there
were fewest cases of fever. You
connot do better in this hour of
danger than to make use of the
means which experience has
proven to be the best for fight
ing off this terrible scourge. 78
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge Work,
And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
Officio Watson Bldci. Phone. 03.
Newport, - Arkansas >
HENRY OWEN.M.D. HENRY M OWEN,M I).
Drs. OWEN & OWEN,
Physicians and Surgeons
Will practice medicine and sur
gery in Newport and sur
rounding country.
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