Ardmore, Oklahoma Train Wreck
May
20, 1902
PLUNGES THROUGH TRESTLE
Disastrous Railroad Wreck In the Indian
Territory.
Ardmore, I. T., May 20.-A construction train
on the Choctaw Oklahoma & Gulf railway plunged
through a high trestle twelve miles east of
Ardmore this morning. Four men were killed and
twenty-one injured, seven of the latter fatally.
Among those believed to be fatally hurt is
A. M. Oliphant,
a prominent attorney of Tishomingo, who was
riding home on the work train. The other dead
and inured are all members of the construction
gang of train crew.
All are white. The dead:
CHARLES A. BLACK
JAMES DOLAN.
J. R. GAINES.
JIM HOPEGOOD.
Fatally injured:
A. M. Oliphant
James Wear.
Ed Clark
Hope Joy
A. D. Furney
William Shipp.
Unknown man.
Seven were seriously and the remainder
slightly injured.
The railroad officials are unable to assign
reason for the wreck. The train was running at
the rate of eight miles and hour when the
forward car jumped the track, followed by the
rest of the train, a dozen, a dozen cars piling
up in a heap thirty feet below.
The dead and injured were brought to this
city. The injured were placed in the hospital,
where they were given every attention.
The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, NE 21
May 1902
TRAIN DASHES THROUGH TRESTLE, KILLING
FOUR.
ARDMORE, I. T., May 20.-A construction train
was wrecked this morning twelve miles east of
Ardmore, on the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road,
in which four men were killed and seventeen
wounded, four fatally.
A score of the injured men were brought to
Ardmore for medical treatment.
J. R. GAINS
died shortly after he reached the city.
Conductor Roberts
was badly hut but will recover.
The wreck occurred on a high trestle the work
train dashing through twenty or twenty-five feet
down the embankment. The engine remained on the
track.
A. M. Oliphant
is a prominent attorney of Tishamingo. He
was riding on the caboose.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV 20 May 1902
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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