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Newport Daily Independent
VOLUME TV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 22 X904. NUMBER t
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PASSENGER CRASHES
THROUGH FREIGHT.
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Fireman Harvey Wells Met Death
► at His Post-=Body Badly
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Mangled.
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NINE PEOPLE
WERE INJURED.
Hot Springs Special Runs
Through Freight>Tak
ing Siding at
. Swifton.
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FOG AND SMOKE
BLOCKED SIGNALS
Passenger Train Was Running
Sixty Miles an Hour, Says
Brave Engineer, Who
Suffered Injuries.
DEAD.
Harvey Wells, fireman on No.
| 17, of Poplar Bluff, had right leg
• cut off above knee, right arm
severed near shoulder, head
crushed and badly scalded.
INJURED.
Austin De Guire, engineer on
No. 17, of Little Rock, right arm
broken, ankle badly bruised and
nose hurt.
0. N. Clark, Van Noy news
agent on 17 out of St. Louis,
right arm bruised, two-inch
scalp wound and face badly dis
figured. ,
Chas. Martinie, French Village,
111., cut across nose, right hip
bruised.'
Mrs. J. M. Sandidge, Hot
Springs, head bruised, shoulder
John Givens, Buckeye, Mo.,
abdomen bruised, internal inju
ries.
J. A. McCurry, Hot Springs,
wrenched knee, bruised shin.
Mrs. J. A. Curry,'Seneca, 111.,
bruised side, internal injuries.
Willie F. Coffman, colored, Hot
Springs, shoulder hurt and
mouth disfigured.
S. P. Calhoun, negro porter on
No. 17, Hot Springs, right leg
and body mashed.
One of the worst wrecks in
this section occurred at 5:47
o’clock Tuesday morning #three
fourths of a mile south of Swif
ton on the Iron Mountain, the
Hot Springs passenger, No. 17,
running through a north-bound
freight which was taking the
siding.
The fireman on the passenger
was instantly killed, his body be
ing horribly mangled, and nine
people seriously injured. The
wreck was caused by - the dense
mist of fog and smoke from for
est fires, which hung over that
section at this early morning
hour and prevented the trans
mission of signals to the ill-fated
train.
“No. 18 was running ten min
utes late when Swifton was
passed,” said the injured engi
neer to a reporter for the Inde
pendent, “and I had no idea
danger lurked in the darkness
until within three car lengths of
the scene of the collision. I had
no knowledge of the oncoming
freight until I passed the en
gine’s headlight. Realizing that
this train could not be
in the clear, I reversed
the brakes and then the crash
came, for we struck the rear end
of the third car. When I came
; to my senses from the shock, my
! engine was a mass of wreckage
• and I found one limb was pjnion
- ed. This I managed to extract
and soon worked my way out of
the wreckage which had taken
; fire.”
The north-bound freight should
have taken the siding at Swifton
before No. 17 was scheduled to1
1 reach that point, but being de- j
layed, Flagman Clendenning j
was sent on to the station and
there attempted to flag the pas
senger.
The fog from forest fires and
mist was so dense that his lan
tern wks never seen, and John
Glass of Swifton, who was
standing near him, says that
even the electric headlight of the
passenger engine was only vis
ible as it passed.
No. 17 carried one baggage,
car, one chair car, two day
coaches and two sleepers. The j
engine struck an iron coal car
and doubled up into a mass of
scrap iron. The first three
coaches were ruined and burned
in the collision and before the
fourth could be pulled back the
flames had reached it, leaving1
only the two Pullmans to be
saved.
A A 4- /VU 4- /NM A • /V|1a 4- Mil
n.uuui cigui 01 i/^u xivigiui v.ua u ;
of lumber were burned, but by 4
p. m. a track had been built
around the wreckage to allow
trains to pass.
A wrecker was sent from Hox
ie and a special from Newport.
The injured were taken care of
by physicians and brought south
on a train reaching Newport
about 4 p. m. Claim agents
were early upon the scene, and
eTected Settlement's in nearly
every case.
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WANTED.
Men in this county and adjoin
ing counties to represent, adver
tise and distribute samples for j
an old established house of solid i
financial standing. Salary $3.50 j
per day, with Expenses ad- ■
vanced each Monday direct from
headquarters. Horse and bug-;
gy furnished when necessary;,
position permanent. Address, I
Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. C., Mo
non Bldg., Chicago, 111. 78blw
For Rent—New building
5X8 Front street. Posses
sion givenSJanuaryl XX 905.
Apply to O. D. Watson,
Agent. * 57t X 8
Gullettahas all kinds of fresh
nuts, raisins, figs, citrons, cur
rants andldates for fruit cake.
Read tie Daily and Weekly
Independent I
RECTOR VISITED
BY A BAD FIRE.
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Sunday Night Blaze in the Little
Town Does Much Damage to
Business Property.
Recter, Nov. 21. —Rector was
visited last night by the most de
structive fire in its history.
| Shortly .after 8 o’clock the cry
! of fire was heard and the people
rushed from the quiet of their
Sunday homes to find the town
ablaze.
The fire started in a warehouse
in the rear of J. R. Arnold’s
store, which carried, among
other things, a large stock of
hay. The extreme dry weather
of the past two months made
everything burn like a pile of
tinder, and the flames, in spite
of che very best efforts of hun
dreds of willing volunteers,
spread rapidly until one entire
block of brick buildings was con
sumed, with the exception of
three houses.
The loss is estimated at about j
$20,000, with probably half cov- J
ered by insurance:
COTTON BELT
HOSPITAL MOVED, j
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Texarkana Gets Institution—Left j
Tyler, Tex., on Account of
Unhealthy Conditions.
Texarkana, Nov. 21. —Notice
was sent to the railway officials
here today that the Cotton Belt
general hospital, which has been j
at Tyler for several years, will
be removed to this place tomor-1
row. A special train bearing j
the patients, surgeons and!
nurses will leave Tyler about 9 j
o’clock tomorrow morning, j
reaching here about 4 or 5 i
o’clock in the afternoon.
Everything in the elegant new J
building here is in perfect j
readiness for the reception of
the occupants. The site is on j
College Hill and commands a j
perfect view of the town and
surrounding country. Compe-,
tent critics pronounce the hospi
tal to be one of the best in its
appointments to be found west
of the Mississippi river.
THE BABY CONTEST.
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Jas. Edward Wilmans. 573
Ernest Theodore Phillips. 524
Edwin Johnson. 515
Charles Jones Brandenburg 488'
Wm. Wallace Dutton. 361
Dorothy Stephens. 186,
Jeannette Henry..' 141
Thelma Smart . 25
In the baby contest today Er
nest Theodore Phillips takes sec
one place, lacking but 49 of com
ing up with the leader. Other
contestants are also receiving a
complimentary vote, and show |
a nice increase in the standing.
STEAMER HARBIN
DOWN AT BOTTOM, j
Pine Bluff, Nov. 21.-The |
steamer J. N. Harbin, Capt. E.
B. Stanfield, commanding, sank
in about thirty feet of water
this morning about 7 o’clock just j
off Bicker’s landing, near Doug- •
las, about forty miles below here.
No lives were lost, and it is .
thought part of the cargo can be
saved.« Details are meager, ow
ing to the fact that there are no
telegraph or telephone lines near
the wreck.
See our new crushed plush!
belts and bags. In burnt orange
and brown. Just out. Bowen’s
Cash Store. 66btf
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond,
F. D. Fulkerson, C. J. Saenger,
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