Show gen rull ertons death 1 A remarkable chain of almu circumstances to is connected with the death ot of gen joseph S Pul fullerton lerton in the wreck of the eastbound east bound baltimore ohio express on en the bridge near oakland md said albert swasey who accompanied humphrey fullerton to the scene of the wreck to a st louis exchange reporter gen fullerton came to st louis at my invitation vi to see me the first iron work put into his bis building at seventh and pine streets the day he arrived was the first of three days of rainy weather the men could not work in the rain and I 1 asked the general to stay over until the next day he did so but the day was no better than the first and I 1 had a few minutes of hard talking to induce the general to stay over for the third day I 1 finally succeeded however but the rain continued to fall and the work was not commence commenced d the continued bad weather put the general a little out of sorts and making an engagement tor for the following day we parted that night he happened to glance at the weather forecast and seeing rain predicted for the next day he be wrote me a note of apology and departed on the 3 train for ca cincinnati the train arrived at cincinnati two hours late and as a consequence gen fullerton missed the eastern connection he occupied berth no 6 in the pullman pu ilman going to cincinnati when the train failed to make connection he was told that the sleeper would be sent back and was given a check for a berth on another car this car was attached to the rear of the next train and gen fullerton instead of going to his new berth which was in the first of the three cars went into the berth he had bad occupied on his way from sti ste louis about 8 one of the conductors noticed the general in the berth he had been assigned to while in cincinnati the general said that he did not like the idea of sleeping in the rear coach and had changed his mind about occupying his old berth the general was sick most of the night and rested uneasily when the train was wrecked he was in his berth and this was probably the cause of his death when the train left the track on the curve approaching the bridge they were on the inside of the curve and the engine and all 1 but the three sleepers rode over the bridge safely the two pullman cars at the rear of the train were left on the bridge approach owing to the breaking of the coupling and the first sleeper was carried about halt way over its coupling also broke and the car was hurled over the bridge into the river leaving the trucks truc tottering on the edge of the bridge after it reached the water the heavy trucks tell fell with a terrible crash on the root roof of the car immediately un med lately over ove r the berth of gen fullerton lerton n and buried that part of the car in the mud at the bottom ot of the river search was immediately madia made tor for the dead and injured the only one missing mi ing was gen fullerton and although there are men working at the river and immense quantities of dynamite have been used the body has not yet been recovered it Is supposed to be buried beyond all hopes of recovery in the bed of the th river the generals clothing was recovered as was vas also his pocketbook which contained precisely 13 the death of gen fullerton Pul lerton will not interfere with the erection 0 of f the building to be fan naan ed after him |