The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-11-04
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RAIL
EIGH AND CASTOR RAILROAD.
Four Killed and Sirteen aoounded

EIGH AND CASTOR RAILROAD.
| -Four killed and sixteen aoounded
From the Raleigh State Journal of Thursday last.
| A most frightful and fatal accident occurred on
the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad Tuesday morn.
ing the 18th, resulting in the instantaneous death
of three persons and wounding some fifteen others,
three Of them, it Is feared fatally, and in the de-
struction of two engines and several cars
| From what We can learn, it appears that after
the morning mail train had left, an engine and two
gravel cars started out from Raleigh. On reach
| ing Huntsville the engineer resolved to run
through to ForestVille, intending to make that
point at which to pass the accommodation train
coming South, and dashed on at rapid rate. On
nearing its destined point, and whilst dashing
round short curve, 1t came upon the heavy &C.
commodation train, running at a speed of about
twenty miles an hour and down grade
The collision was frightful. The force was
such that, We are informed, the engine of the
gravel train was forced over the engine and tender
of the accommodation, and into the first car of
that train, dashng the passengers violently to the
back Of the and through its shattered sides
and windows. As We have stated, three persons
instantly lost their life and fifteen were wounded
The engines total wreck and the cars are ter
ribly smashed up
Drs Mckee and Hill of this city, on hearing of
the accident Immediately departed to the scene of
destruction with special train.
LIST OF KILLED AND WoUNDED--Ei2Eet3 -
BerryhiIl, Charlotte, n G; Lieut. Clark, New.
bern, G.; Thomas Roland, Stany county, n G;
- Nesbitt, supposed to be from Concord, n c.
Wounded.-Col Robt Newman and son, New
berry, c, very slightly; W Kivvin, Darling
ton District, S e. slightly Serg't Hardy, 59th
Regiment, BERTHE county, n q, breast bruised,
nf ~
N G, confusion in face; Andrew J Wright, Gran
vile county, c, left leg broken; Mrs Jane Hay
worth, Davidson county, n c, badly bruised, no
bones broken Mrs Eva G Roland, Stanly county,
n left leg broken; Mr. Roscoe Barras, Pollocks
vile, Jones county, n G, breast Bruised John A
Barras, ditto, bruised in abdomen, not seriously:
Alexander G Barras ditto, 5 years old, hip and
leg bruised; William Moore, High Point n G.. arm
shattered; L. l. Conrad, Davidson county, n c, left
foot cut off; Albert Ellington, Henderson, G ram
vile county, c, both legs broken below the
knee; Dick, servant of Mr. White, Louisburg, N
G, ankle broken; Henry brakeman, servant of
Maj Vass, Treasurer Of the r l. 6 R COMPANY
legs bruised. Several others slightly injured.
Mr.. Conrad of Davidson county, and a negro
man, have since had their legs amputated
Wesaw the bodies of the four dead men as de-
Gently laid out as circumstances would allow and
lying side by side in one Of the cars near the ma
chine shop of Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad Com
paay VI the sad spectacle, more will suggest it.
self to the mind Of the reader than we can now
say.
Lieut.. Clark was son of Col H. J. B. Clark
of Craven county, and was an officer in the I'd |
Regt n. G. Troops
Mrs. Roland, who is mentioned among the in
Jured, presents lamentable case. We learn that
she LETT home accompanied by her father-in-law.
la VjGjt hprC sick -
found him dead. She was returning with his
corpse, and by this sad accident her fatherin-law
was Killed and she herself terribly mangled Doc
tors HIll and Mckee, of this city, put her under
The influence OF chloroform and amputated one of
her legs Tuesday evening about o'clock. Pre-
'lous to the amputatiOn she bore her pain with
more than human courage, owing, it is said, to the
genuine christian piety for which she has been
distinguished. We were accidentally passing the
house where the operation was performed and
more or less than man would he have been. who
could have withheld a tear on listening to one of
ler favorite hymns which she was then singing
She felt happy under the influence of the MAGIC
irug and gave vent to her feelings in her accus-
omed song.
Charles Holleman, the engineer on the wrecked
ram, is universally acquitted, as far as we could
lear, OF all blame BY waiting for the mail train
'olng North, at W axe Forest, he was detained Is
ONNN 0EhCuuIc TINE, auQ as soon as that
rain passed him. he started his train for Raleigh
lot expecting that any other train would be on
he track. But Sidney Hinton, engineer of
'ravel train, started from Huntsville immediately
tter the mail train going North, which had pass.
ID Hollemars train at Wake Forest, of course to
each that point before Holeman's train could
witch Oft on the track. But he was too late.
AS he went round curve about half to three
uarters OF mile south of Wake Forest Station.
Il coleman approaching him saw the white smoke
II his engine aad Immediately blew his whistle
nd reversed his engine. But before this could
'e well done the engines were almost in the act of
oiiidlng, and the engineers saved themselves bv
JUMPING Off The engines met and plunged into ,
act other with fearful crash, where they remain
o fastened together that, some say, they can new
r be dSentangled
The tender of Holleman's train was forced with .
bound over the ladies car, passing over if in an
nguiar direction, and smashing everything to at
ms The terrible suffering ard loss of life which
re have recorded is the deplorabIe consequence,
We have only to add that we heard it remarked
y passengers that if but one freight car had been
etween the tender and ladies car, this awf, ga
lstrophe, IN human suffering and loss of life !
'ould have been averted We saw Mr.. Lindsay,
lte OF Norfolk, who saved his life by INSTANTLY
alilne down on the floor of the eoach, at the same
me dragging boy down with him. whose life
as also saved. We further learned that in ron
equence of consultation among the surviviro e
aSsengers about furnishing Hinton, the enpinecr /
nat gentleman has not since been seen Wo no, / |