20 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
1
Chaotic scenes recount a wreck at Bridge 67 B with scarce survivors and scattered injuries. The narrative fragment notes a soldier named ecath near the crash, his arm wounded as a window shattered and he grew delirious from loss of blood.
Staged as if a battlefield scene, the wreck of a Mobile Ohio train near Bridge 67 B, three miles north, leaves over a hundred injured and seventeen dead recovered with two bodies still missing. Officers and relief workers, including Captain Bernard Taylor and Lieutenant Roy Cunningham, coordinate efforts with surgeons and Black River section hands. Private Haralson, Corporal Klavinsky, and Sergeant Putnam are central figures as they endure pain and keep morale amid the improvised hospital camps and a steady stream of volunteers. The scene draws a large crowd as Colonel McCants arrives and relief transports move the injured toward temporary quarters and an improvised hospital.
Three hundred sixty one refugees reach Galveston aboard ships from Tampico after fleeing Gomez Palacios near Torreon. They describe guerrilla fighting, hospital arsons, and 83 nuns assaulted at their convent. Mother Mary Vincent leads 24 nuns fleeing to the British consulate with valuables valued at 75 000 dollars.
A Mobile and Ohio train derailed on Bridge 67B near State Line three miles north of Meridian, killing nineteen and injuring over a hundred with many seriously hurt. Captain Bernard Taylor led Morgan and Barrancas troops in rescue efforts while hospital crews and railroad officials organized rapid aid. a special train carried medical staff and equipment to the wreck as survivors were attended.
Fair tonight with heavy frost in northern and southern portions. Temperatures recorded at Royal and Dalphin streets show 72 in the afternoon, 50 at dawn, and 50 in the evening.
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