People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — CAUSED BY NEAVY RAIN. [ARTICLE]

CAUSED BY NEAVY RAIN.

9f*w Orleans, La, April 15 —me toeary rain atom which swept through Louisiana and Mississippi Tuesday morning was responsible for a serious wreck which occurred at 3:15 a. m. oa the Queen and Crescent road, three miles above Vossburg, Miss., A train, consisting of a combination baggagecar, two day coaches, and a sleeper, plunged through a trestle at Mile 38. The following were injured: C. H. Ball, address unknown; J. Petherich, Atlanta, Ga.; D.'C. Bates,. Slidell, La.; R. L. Chrislow, Marion, Miss.; J. McCormack, Meridan, Miss.; Mrs. James Snell and child, England; J. Isaacs, Ellisville, Miss.; S. C. Ferguson, Cincinnati; Mrs. John Dymold, New Orleans, La.; A. B. Avery, Hattiesburg, Miss. Reports of the wreck are meager, but the latest information received at this, point is to the effect that eleven passengers were injured, one seriously. Nothing is said of the train crew. As son as the news reached here, Superintendent Curran left for the scene. The injured passengers will be conveyed to Meridan for treatment.