The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-25
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ifHch, luat opposite the Railroad iiuisl a
Winchester, when The Mount Sterling A
Lexington accommodating, Iie AZ Ninfhes
Yer ~ 2aa, No., arrived there aH tlips
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smoking ani lagKaNe raf, two passenger
ears ana iot N ffeifhl ears. n wss nee.
esssfy fof thfss ~ Tho freight ears ta be-
shipped W tha siding, and there we're rnfH
nest ~ The engine, and before The train ar
rived ~ the depot tho three ears aud The
engine we're detached, aud Stated down
the rad 20 make the siding ~ the
west and ~ Tho switch. Al this tim. The
yard engine was shifting ears on the
Kentucky Central, aud the train lay across
the Chesapeake A ohio track, Tito enfi.
neef of the accommodation train reversed
his engine and tried 10 back. htif the dc.
taehed part of bis train had no brakes, had
gotten under headway, and ran behind tho
three freight ears and engine, forcing them
forward The engine struck the ear loaded
with 100 Kegs ~ blasting powder, and NJ 10
with such momentum that II was broken
aud several of the powderkegs were rup.
tured. This was iRnited by sparks from
the engine, and an explosion followed
which shook every houso In Winchester 70
It's foundation stones
Two men were killed and fve'others serl.
ously injured. Captain Charles G. Me-
Michael, who ran down on top OF tho
freight train at the whistle of down
brakes, was In tho midst of tho explosion,
and was thrown at least nfty yards, His
eyes were blown out, and ha was blackoned
all over with the powdef. when assist.
tance reached him he said, NJ he groped
around upon tho ground, "BOys, | am n
goncr, 6ood by. Bend for my wife and
children. Tell my wife that was doing
my duty, but did not know that there was
powder In that car. Oh oh my poor wife
and chidren.p The wife was summoned
by telegraph and left this city by special
train nj nine a. m. for Winchester. lie
was taken 10 the residence Of DR.. Hubbard
Taylor, but after great agony he died At
twelve M Randolph Martin, conductor of q
construction train on the Kentucky Central,
saw tho collision, and ran 10 render what
in time 10 be blown distance Of Atty yards
and killed instantly, being mangled Into
a pulp. He leaves wife and four children.
The engineer Of tho accommodation train,
Dennis bchuller, has never been seen since
the accident. Ths fireman, named Baxter,
ran OF, crazed with fright, but afterward
returned, and he thinks that Hchuller Ia
safe. negro man named Augustus Nc.
Kimm, who was standing 100 yards from
th. .rar. HAD his Ia xy laua hrntan hu fall.
ing timber. A brakeman named johnson
was severely burned, but II is thought that
he will recover. Frank HocksrHmith, q
carpenter, who was at work on tho now
passenger depot, was badly injured, but
may recover. Ed Il. Hawks, junior partner
In tho Railroad Hotel near the depot; win
Baker, Henry jackson, and sev.
cral other attaches OF tho hotel
were seriously injured, although there IL q
chance for them all 10 recover. Az good
luck would have II. there were but few peo-
pie around the depot at the time Of the nc.
cident. Had II happened twenty minutes
later the fair train from Richmond would
| havs been In with q large crowd and tho
loss Of life would have been terrible. The
| roof Of tho new passenger depot and q por.
tion Of lie walls were blown away. The
depot was In process OF construction and
was almost finished. Los. 800. The Rail.
tuaa iiutris tNHtu W tn' nHHt bfNtb's ~
was damaged 10 the extent OF $1,000. II
was new building, lately opened. Three
Of tho Kentucky Central frelghtcars were
blown 10 atoms, portions Of them being
carried distance Of 300 yards, and the en-
gine Of the Chesapeake h Ohio accommo-
dation train was almost total wreck.
The citizens Of Winchester did all that
pity and humanity could porompt 10 allie.
y,iate the suffering Of the vlciins. Q. d.
Emmons, the Local Agent al Winchester
for both the Kontucky Central and Chesa.
peaks x Ohio Road, IL held responsible
by the people OF Winchester for the whole
accident, from the fact that he held car
load OF powder on the siding there for four
days, In antagonism 10 the laws OF Ken
lucky, which specifically states that pow
der shall not be kept upon railroad switch
longer than twenty.four hours at . tims.
Mr.. Emmons Il highly esteemed person.
ally. Strange 10 say, four out Of the NO
kegs Of powder did not explode, btit re-.
mainsd intact. .