Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-25
Railroad Horrors in Our Midst.

It seems that death has not yet enough
agents in our land to do its foul purpose.
The cholera, the fever, the consumption
do not enough ravages for the grim mon
ster, and the railroad is added to his list
of auxiharies. It was only on Thursday
last that the fatal accident on the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Road was
chronicled, and narrated in our town to
listeners awed by the horrible lnangllng OF
young Orchard. To-day we have to re-
port two more of the fatal results of rail-
road accidents happening on the roads
having terminus in our quiet city.
The way freight train on the Central
Railroad, going from Macon to Savannah,
ran into culvert Friday, about half past
sever o'clock in the evening, about mile
and half above station'No. Z. The cul-
.1ert had been washed out by the contlnu
ed rain on that day. The wood work and
masonry Of the culvert had been swept
entirely out. The locomotive, going at
Its usual speed, with she whole train thun-
dering along in its wake. was preclpitated
into this deep culvert. Six cars were
thrown in upon the engine, causing a
wreck of the six cars and the engine. The
engineer, William Story, and fireman Scott,
were killed, both scalded to death. 1t is
supposed that one Of the train hands, who
was On the engine at the time for the pur-
pose of shifting the switch at No. Z, was
killed also, as his body was not found
The wreck was not cleared away, howes-
er, when last heard from, and he may be,
and most likely is, buried beneath it,
whether dead or alive is not yet known
Up to s o'clock yesterday morning no
train had arrived from Savannah or the
scene Of the wreck. From this circum-
stance it is supposed that q number OF
washes have occurred between that point
and Savannah and that. in consequence,
the road is impossible The damage to
the road will be Immediately repaired, and
trains are to be run on the regular sched-
ule time after this morning.
An accident on the South Carolina Rsil-
road was also caused by the rams on Fri
day night.
The night express train from Charleston
for Augusta, met with most serious and
fatal accident near Branchville, about for
ty-eight miles from Charleston. The ma
ture OF the accident was almost precisely
the same, with change of locality, as that
on the Central Railroad Just mentioned.
The train, IN charge of Conductor w. D..
Kennedy, left Charleston a few minutes
behind time, and when nearing Branch
Vile, an important branching point on
that road, tran into o culyert, in which;
tthsre was twenty feet Of water. The cul-l
vert ,ras in Pold Swamp The engine
sunk INTO the deep water, the top OF the
smoke-stack only being visible.
Mr.. Brickman. engineer; Mr.. Door, fire.
man; Mr.. McManus, train hand. and
Small, colored woodpasser, were killed
Therewas also slight accident on the
Port Royal Road, similarly caused. There
was a wash between Eiienton and Rob
bins station, causing the engine and two
freight cars of the freight train to run oil
the track. The cars were not seriously
damaged, and no one was hurt or killed.
The passenger train from Charleston,
due here at two o'clock. p. m., was delay
ed on account of the acc: snt-Augusta
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