Show RON R colonel torre torrey and staff miraculously escape deaths death four foar killed and several seriously bored in a near end eail col colston slon drad and nil injured all from wyoming engineer to blame tupelo mib bliss juno june 27 the tha first liec section tion of tho the train carrying colonel of rough riders to Tor torreys reys regiment the front was crashed into by the second at p in mand and four men were killed outright ancl several seriously ly f injured n J C colonel 0 1 0 nc I 1 T torrey orr e y and his ou staff taff e escaped s p edi d death e a ti i i in n a m miraculous manner the sleeper in which they were riding having been reduced to splinters tors it was on the rear of the first section colonel torrey alone of the officers was injured the men en killed kille d were in the mi middle addle ol of the train the car they were io in having been completely telescoped the they y were all from wyoming the majority having enlisted from laramie the first section stopped to take water and had whistled to start up when the second section rounded a curve and d dashed into it the engineer of the second section Is held responsible for the accident and threats ol of lynching lunching lyn ching hi him m were made by the troops in the first section but he had disappeared lie 11 was later found but so BO badly injured as to be unable to speak in the second section one baggage ear car was thrown into the ditch but in this train but few ew were hurt and none seriously the wounded were removed to a a vacant building la in the town the sections contained troops A C E L G and SI BI forming part of a regiment being transported to jacksonville fla the utah troops were in the third section the killed willie B wallace troop 73 sam johnson troop C gordon colored porter cornelius lenihan troop C fatally injured he henry nry 0 mapes maneg troop C both legs cut off punctured in abdomen injured private gimmer troop L head crushed R D staley troop M elbow dislocated E perkins ns troop L both hips jammed wallace hodge troop G ankle broken george gardiner troop C hip hurt rudolph widmar offic officers ersi mess cook back trained strained isirah P F davis da vis troop 0 ankle sprained troop C leg broken will glovernor Gro vernor troop C leg bruised joseph aaron aaroa troop 0 back sprained W n H robins troop A ankle dislocated A evans troop E hip dislocated joseph wilkinson troop L slightly injured schenck Schei ick troop C leg badly crushed |