Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-07

SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIBxNT
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on the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
Railroad yesterday morning at point
about l nlile south Of Crisis station, and
81 miles from this city, by whish two per-
SOUS were seriously wounded and i've
| ethers badly hurt. As socu as the news
reached the city, a special train was dis
| patched to the scene Of the accident, hav-
/ ing on board for the relief Of the sufferers,
! DrS. W. G.. 81 e. G. Thomas and /. 4.
Wood. This train, however, met the ex-
press train, which left WILMINGTON that
morning, returning with the wounded and
other passengers, arriving here at p. II.
The following are the particulars attend
ing the accident:
When the train leaving Wilmington for
Columbia at $50 ?. N. Wednesday, met
the train from Columbia for Wilmington
at the usual passing station, Pennington,
| CAPT. Gilbert of the train from Columbia
reported that he had met with sn accident
| about 5 o'clock that afternoon at q point
about 2 miles this side Of Marion, (S5
miles from Wilmington by which his first
and second class cars were thrown from
the track and there obstTucted the road
This accident was caused by the malicious
| removal of rail from the track ; but for
tunatelv none of the passengers were in
iured By transferring his passengers to
tie baggage car, Cap5. Gilbert proceeded
on to Wilmington, and was thus enabled
to make bis connection, though he was
compelled to leave the track obstructed.
The Columbia bound train then pro-
ceeded along to the point Of obstruction,
where it awaited the coming of the train
from Columbia for Wilmington. When
the two met, a reciprocal transfer Of the
| passengers was effected and the respective
trains put back for Wilmington and Colum-
bia. The train returning this way then
fell under the charge Of Capt. Jos. \. Bow
den, who caused the cars to be so shifted
as to throw the two sleeping cars and the
lst and I'd class coaches in the rear; but
there being no turn-ta5le at hand, the en-
CINE was compelled to proceed tender IN
front When within abeut l mile OF
Crisis Depot, and running at the rate OF
about Is or IS miles an hour, the accident
occurred. The tender was first thrown
entirely from the track, dragging the en-
cine, which lay upon the track crossWise,
and the baggage car was thrown Of and
badly damaged. But the principal wreck
was that of the first and second class
| coaches. The first class coach was hurled
upon the rear end Of the second class car,
which had been partially threwn from the
track, with such force that the second
| class car pierced the ether coach disgonally
nearly the whele length of the car. No
one in the second class coach was injured
though the roof was literally torn off.
Fortunately the greater portion OF the pas
sengers were in the sleeping cars, but
there were several in the first class coach
who were hemmed in by the rubbish OIL
thrown through the sides Of the car into g
ditch bordering the track. One Negro
woman, though slightly injured, was placed
in most perilous position, being taken ur
and caught by her leg and clothing at the
Top Of the car, and then suspended heaC
downwaIIs. Though she was supported
by the train hands and those assisting, i
was some time before she could be eXtri
Gated.
The oundcd are the engineer and fire
men, and TIVE white and three colcred
; passengers. The following is the list, with
description OF injuries:
: c. H. Rickstraw, OF Chegaw, S. c.
4 scalp-weund, G inches long, tight arm bad
/ ly fractured above the elbow, and cut Owe
i right eye.
n Maurice Eischof1, of Terra Haute, In
+ diana, fright thigh badly fractured.
e G. 3. Hodge, engineer,-cut over rgh
a eye and slightly bruised in the side.
t Mary Holly, colored servant of MIR. L. c
s Carpenter, of the Columbia Union,-lef
9 shoulder severely bruised and slight inter
: nal injuries.
G. d. Lowndes, colored servant of Nj
= CaIpenter,-slightly bruised OIL right shoul
S der and left leg.
e Alvan Copeland, coloied tireman,-lei
z hand badly cut, and bruised on right side
VIM. Roath colored passenger, er,-brnise
|, on hip and rib broken.
;. Iessrs. Rickstraw and DischoG wer
t conveyed on arrival here to the city hos
:, pital, where their injuries received promp
r attention. III neither case was amput alto