Wilmington journal., 1872-10-04
LOCAL.
SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Car and Sleeping Car Thrown from
u Trestie 30 Feet EIigh-Five Pas.
sengers Seriously HUrt-Many 9th
ers Slightly injured.

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a Trestie 30 Feet ETigsl-Five Pas.
sengers Seriously EEurt-Many 9th
ers Slightly injured.
In these days of lightning speed, it is
really astonishing how few accidents occnr
upon our Southern railroads. And nota-
bic exception is our Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad, W hich is so admirably managed
and has such experienced and efficient con-
| ductOrs, that an accident with them is
never thought of. But a terrible eXcep-
ton was furnished Friday night.
While the train due here at $40 yeSter-
day morning was proceeding at the rate
of about 20 miles an hour, and when at
point about mile north of Dudley's and s
miles south Of GOldSbQrO', the rear truck
of the smoking car ran Off the track.
| Capt. Ed dward Everett, the conductor, was
on this car at the time, and immediately
feeling by the motion of the car that it was
Off the track, he pulled the bell rope and
signaled to the engineer to stop. He then
went out upon the platform and saw that
! the two hinder carS-the ladies' and sleep
| ing car-were following behind all right.
! He then attempted to use the break so as
| to cut off these two cars and avoid
! further accident. But by this time, having
run about 200 or 800 yards and tearing up
| passed on trestle some 25 or 30 feet high,
when both the ladies' and sleeping ca
| were thrown oh down this giddy height to
| the very bottom, falling top side down, and
/ the rear end of the sleeping car resting IN
! a little stream spanned by the trestle. Just
| about this time the whole bumper head
/ and couplings on the front end OF the
| smoking car were torn out and the engine
| and baggage car saved, while the smoking
| car was turned over on the side OF the
! track Just across the treStle.
Can't. Everett, with immediate presence
Of mind, set about rescuing the passengers
/ The scene was that Of an almost complete
wreck. The top of the cas- were mass
| of rubbish, and from the inverted cOndi-
ton much injury to the passengers was
| apprehended. TheIe were quite a num-
Der in the ladies' car, but strange to say
| none were hurt except few who We're
slightly bruised. The ladies and other
passengers were rescued through the doors
aud Windows, which were broken in, and
Just space enough left by the rubbish for
them to crawl forth. In the same manner
| the rescue Of passengers i'll the sleeping
car was effected. Those III this car un-
fortunately did not enjoy the same immu-
nifty from injury as their more favored
neigibols just forward.
An examination of the sufferers disclosed
.
Augusta, Ca, ankle badly spl aimed, and
hurt in the hip; Mrs. W. II. Chew reciev-
ed a severe confusion on the forehead; Mrs.
NJ. \. Waller. Of Montgomery, Ala, Sc
verely bruised about tie body: Mr. Cham
bers, Of New Orleans, head and face Sc
verely cut and injured in the back; w. j.
Smith, Of AbbevilIe, >. c., severely cut
about the head and face; 5. ;. SDlatnC us,
Superintendent North. Eastern Ei,ilroad,
IL, Il, In. 1 +.
these, there were several slightly injured,
and among them Mrs. j. y. ByIIIe, Of this
city, who was in the ladies' car and rcciev-
. ed consider able bruises about the body.
Maj. j. A. Byrnet cut his hand with win
dow glass very severely i'll attempting to
rescue his wife, he being in the smoking
car at the time of the accident. Mr..
Chambers, Mrs. Waller, and Mr.. Smith,
are the most seriously injured, but
none considered dangerously hurt.
AS soon as the passengers were released
from their perilOus confinement, Captain
Everett dispatched hi; engine to Dudley's,
where it met the up freight train due there
about that hour, and obtained the Con-
ductors- coach, III which the passengers
) were conveyed 80 Du0leyo. There they
waited rutil about f O'Clock, when the
train which Itt1 here at 1910 The night
previous arrived. \ coach WAS then taken
! from this train and tie unfortunate pas3en-
gers all brought TO this city, where they
7 arrived about Q clock ycSCcSday morning.
The track having been rendered impassi-
be by the accident, the up train had to
await the arrival of that due here at 5:lJ
Yesterday afternoon and effect transfer.
OF the passengers on the wretched train,
there were some tAirty-seVcn stopping al
the Purcell House VS.. erday.
Capt. Everett informs us that after caring
for the passengers, he went back along
TIC track 10 the point where tne slnOhing
car first ran OF, ;.ud there lie discovered a
rail which instead cf being upright i'll
proper post ION, was turned over on It's
side, though lai0 in connection with
the other rails. This fact leads us
TO the conclusion that there Lad been
criminal hands at work and the dCstruc-
ton Of the whole train WAS intended.
The a,k will be rendered paaSiba some
time to-day. y gentleman p;toSenS er
spoakes in the highest terms TO us Of The
presence of mind and attention Of Capt.
Everett.
CoUNTI CoMMIssIoN the meet
ing of tie Board yesterday, the following
were the proceedings:
The committee on the claims of Mr..
John A. Sanders made report which was
receis ed. 1t is as follows:
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1872.
LII The mdJCcf OF claims OF JnO. ~. Cln-
ders, ESQ [ have to report that, l have
examined the Books of the Wardens Of the
Poor for the years 1867 and 1868, tO-wit: ::
from March, 1867, to September 1868, and
find thereon a balance of $1G9.5G, which,
if the same has not been paid, l am of
opinion the amount should be allowed to
the assignees of the order.
SIAs n. MARTIN.
The official bond Of Mai. J. G. Mann,
Clerk of the Superior Court, was received
and approved with sufficient slretics as re-
quircd bv law. The bond is executed in
tie sum Of l0,0G0.
Il. b. Frayser, Sheriff, came forward aud
: asked for fuither time to file his bonds as
required by law. He offered as portion
of his suraties, Messrs. J. T. Simpson,
E Edward Walker and G.. +. Walker, who
justified in all to $4,000. Il. J.. Frayser
was then allowed until next MOLday, the
30th instant, to file his bonds with sufficient
! sure.ies.-
Board adjourned to meet Monday next,
30th instant, at a o'clock Z. III.
MEssHs. TOMBSTONE JONES and Peter
S. Mclaughlin have purchased of James
| II. Smith & Co. the office OF the Charlotte
, D5serrer, with its good will, debts, &c,
and Will continue to run it upon the fol-
: mer schedule Il Iates. They are both
gentlemen Of culture and ability, and will
] make the OGaerrer one Of the best papers
! in the State. Mr.. Jones is already well
known to the newspaper wolld as the editor
ofthe Rock Hill(S. o. LGI1teI7l,an earnest
2 urtiring advocate of Conservation, and al
, nj ,1a cbamOiOn of Reform