The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-19
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excarslcn train which !sifs Atlantic Cit,
at six o'clock ran into the. frat sectioi
I ssfeiescopipg the rear Ger, killing one pas
Aenger and iniuring over forty. Tht
!rain was filed with Catholic excufaion
lists from Kinsington and Philadelphia
Ahe iirst section Of aixfcen cars left IN,
city at elk O'clock, and tho asc0pd section
OF ten eatseoon followed. All weht.wel
nntsl ibe fiTst section reached Mays land
ing, when tho engine slowed up and started
10 run on q siding track to allow the pms.
sage OF the $50 express from Cainden
All the ears had passed the switch OK.
cept Two when the second section came
numbering on behind. Ofthe persons ON
the rear platform ofthe first train, son,e
jumped TO the ground and then rushed
panic stricken back into the cars. The
locomotive came bounding on and crasl,
ed into the rear car still standing upon
the bridge. So terrible was the force of
the collision that tho engine fairly plowetl
tnrrow half way iuso Che car, tbe roof
OF the latter beiag lifted over tho smt,ke.
stack OF the locomotive. The shock brose
one OF the cylinders Of the engine and
instantly scaiding water was poured out
upon the terror stricken occupants of the
ear. The rain had been pouring down
heavily and consequently oil the Tindowa
or the car we're down, and the steam fiil-
,ing constantly added to the terrors OF
the occasion by conceaiing everything In
an impenetrable cloud. Tho scenes that
ensued are described as being simply ter.
ribic. From beneath the cohceaiing VA.
por were heard the agonized bhrieks OF
women, piteons walls of children and
pain borns yells of suffering men. The
panic stricken thousands in the cara az
the first .:ss:l ran pell inell from them
Or jumped through the windows.
and rushed, they knew not whittier. In
their unconquerable fright, and it was
some time before reason prevailed. and
earnest efforts were made to rescue the
injured, and relieve the suffering. As
there were nearly two thousand peop.e
from philadelphia on the excursion the
excitement among tiIose looking for tlieiF
friends as the whnrfas the wounded were
brought over from Camden was intense.
Some of the women had gone down to
the seaside in light summer costume.
which furnished but slight protection
against the steam jets, nnd the only diff.
hculty isto see whero they are not burned.
Ihey were carried from the ears mass
OF Hour and cotton, ia which tho human
form was scarcely distingnisha5lcand but
fortiieir loY moans they seemed dead. AT
two o:clock this morning ten ambulauces
were full, and as the number of sire.chcrs
proved inadequate several of tho Victims
still remained in tho cars. ss.
MAYS LANDING, N. 81, Aug. III,
Ihts place is in n state of intense ox-
citemept. The union Hotel Ia turned
into q temporary hospital, and In the
parlorS are several OF the dead and dyi,,e-
In the front room lies Mira. David Nc.
Crystal with her face and body frightful.
ly scaided, and byhler side is her hus-
band also badly scalded. In the next
room lies Mira. Berry, badly burded
about the head and face; near her. and
covered with cloth lies che body of
Katie Welsh, aged IL years, who died
from her Injuries last night, and near by
lies Lille Grace, badly burned and sl,f.
fering intensely. At the nelghboring
cottages are ether victims. AT GotifreS
EastloY's near the hetel, was found d
daughter of the HcCfystais, about four
months old, suffering from oeyero scalds:
another child of the came family has
been found at AIRS. Pearson's near by.
This little one, girl eighteen months
old, was in It's mothers arrna when the
collision occurred and tho father
snatching 1t quickly without waiting TO
raise the car window threw It through the
glass aud jumped after il. The baby
was afterwards picked up only slightly
injured, and is now doing very we'll.
AZ another house is the dead body of
Miss Henratty, and two other persons
suffering greatly from scalas. The dead
body of James Sweepy has been cent to
Philadelphia. Freddler Carr. eleven
years old, who died soon after The acci.
dent, and Annie, Gillespis, VIC i::ci
early TO day, are both at the residefi,e Of
Mr. Rafe. The mapgled forms Of Oven
Walsh and James Mullen tied up III raw
cotton, and presenting q terrible appesr.
ance, we.c also sent to PHILADELPHIA.
& I. D. Judge, President Of Ell. AIMS
Literary Institute, who Is waiting to nj.
tend the inquest makes statement
fixing the number of passengers at 800.
He characterizes the scene which follow.
cd the collision az indescribabla, and
ssys ~ think the sailroed company vas
guilty OF gross negligence in ritnning
sections of trains SO close. There we're
% cars In the train, s6 In the ffrsg sec.
ton, and eight in tho other.
The scene of the accident Is on n
at.aight stretch of track about 600 Yards
from Nays Landing station. "A part of
the fifak aenLinn wac on Great Ege Har.
boz River bridge when the crash came.
1t 10 the general opinion that the euain.
ecr of the collidiug locomotive did all he
could 10 check his engine, and when it
Ntruck it had been reversed and the air
Erakes put on. Assistant Train Master
Edward Aiken, the engineer of the sec
oild section, Gays the accident vas caused
simply by the air brakes failure TO wOrk.
he believes :f the MIR brakes had had
ted bis train would have stopped In time
70 baye prevented o collision. It had
hhnn siinrestad that the air brakee NAV
hayo been designedly tampered with, but
this theory has but few supporters. Sd.
reh Collins, who was terribly scaided
and saffered frightful internal Injuries By
inhaiing hostean, died at the Pennsyi.
yania Hospital to-day.
Iwo physicians and six nurses arrived
hero to-day. The railroad company has
dona everything possible for the relief of
the injured. y
~. Hoogland, the conductor, and Ed.
win Aiken, engineer of tho second see-
ton, were arrested hero to-day. They
ase charged with mRnslauxhter. and
were eacli held in one thousand dollars
BALL ~
COUNTY Coroner Boyson spore In O Jury
of Inquest this afternoon aud the BODY of
Sweeny was viewed. D.. BoysoR Yas the
only witness examined. He testified ga
70 ihe. cause pg James EWe4ny's death,
which he said was the result of being
crushed. At tha cdncitfaffn NJ h{a faoSSS