Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-23

Flie cars with the passengers having passed
Smiths Bridge, was ascending the inclined
plane i'll the road beyond, Though 1t had. not
cleared the embankment which at that place
IS the highest Oh the whole line, say ~ to ~
teet.) and had approached within 30 or lOO
yards of the curve, when the lumber train ap-
peared suddenly in sight sweeping round the
curve. The engineer OF the passenger tram
promptly stopped the, locomotive; but lie otthe
humber train was either unable lowing to Its
being on Descent to stop his, or did not see
the danger in time, for his engine drove turl-
GUS y on against that CT the. passenger tram,
forcing it back upon the firsi car, which was
driveng against that of the.seccond, and bo;h
were crushed to pieces in. the dreadful con-
c,!ssion; the greatest havoc however, was IN
in the second car, the first having been lifted
from the rails and propelled over it,. raklng 1t
as it were fore and aft, and crushing to death
or horribly malming the passengers who re-
NAMED within it. We must leave it to the
Imagination of the reader to depict the petrl-.
:fy,ng horrors Of hat awful moment and ofthe
scene which ensued! Many who were young
and active leaped from the cars and rolled
down the embarkment, at the hazard OF life
or limb. A gentleman who was seated next.
to young lady in the fatal number 2, saw the
coming death and warned his fellow pasSen"
gers Of lt-he could do no more--then sprang
down tie embarkment:. AS soon as he was
upon his feet he looked up--it was all over,
and she who sat beside him within The passing
moment, lay q mangled corpse upon the seat
which he had left!
~, YET out only thlee met win instant ueath.
ihat lhe nu'hoef was not greater uhuef Suen sl
perlious circumstances ~ ,IlueeG "oIoetlul'
I 1hey We're mss 1elnilna Fly MISS Marsret
hooelts' l"hoSe ho'i,er n was III t,le SAINT oaf
anu also Siloch'hgiy huIt ina, I sac ls hol eA-
peclea to recover anu MlsS NJ elel'liy-all ill-
lefesuhs young iaoies uiluer lo years oI aye,
the GaushIets oi reSPectaole1afie re- IN Use oi
NlSnl county. Inc ne "oalieea were aii takeL zen
10 the neareSs I, dwellings, IN the vicinity oi the
la'ai spot. hleven OF those VINO were mos .iloS'
oanserously nurt' were oorlle NAiis. M 'ioou- 9
upon them durino the remainder of the dav,
scttinp their broken and dislocated limbs and
performing such other operations as they re:
CURED. Those who were Slightly hurt after
having their wounds dressed procured private
An ;nnuestS ] w wa - understand ' was "a hold ON the
deceased young ladies the virdict of which was
IN substance, they came to their death in con-
sequence of gross negligence sn the part of
those persons who had the charge OF the lum, :;
Der tram, VINO were 'hereuoon arrested anu
pu' III 'eH'
cu..,; ,,-. ,,,ou, ~,
Of Cvnresy found wie dgg;us we'll IN ' the
upper nart ofthe citv, more than thirty feet
below the earth's surface. It bore the marks
of the ak as clearly as if chopped out but a
week ago, Itis.a question for the curious to
determine whether or not this chip could have
been Cut since the whites inhabited the coun. ~
tly int ea..n a, too'e Il, mas .nuoGoet ' eSas
oeen a es ns howl Iono % IN the % nst
nral course Of th;nos woulJ that deptb Of eartn
be in accumulating!-.Mobik Examiner. .
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At the W5te WI SuISbur SPRINGS s. and I the com.
uanv dailv increasing. There are 70 visitors
at the Blue sulphur-l4O at the Red Sulphur
and about 10 at the Salt Sulphur Springs =
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