The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-02
Christmas on the Railroads.

We recall few years of our Journal site
life without a Chris,mas-seek Record q
Railway Accidents. Sometimes i, i bad
weather. sometimes az extra train. some
times a little too mu,h Christmas.
under the engineer : cap. The present
season is not an exception. \ number Of
savage accidents have occurred at the
North but We can only Tote those nearer
home.
NARRoW-GAJGE CRASH
Charlotte Obscrrer tells % a train on
the Leuoir K Chester y. g K Il which
broke one OF IL whce : while passing
over Long creek ~ire>tle, 81 feet high, in
Gaston county.
The breaking ofthe truck was instantly
followed bv 4 tottcring Of the tft>Vr.
when the whole thing suddenly collapsed
aud i've cars went crashing 10 the
ground
rs the ears went down, the engine and
tender We're twisted from the track aud
rolled down the cmbankmenI. The
engineer leaped clear of the wreck. but
the hreman. Joe henderson Wa caught
under the iirehox Of the eugine and
EAAa4tA AiiAllN ~ the Eiulr1 HIS cries
attracted the tram hands 10 his situation
aud they endeayorei 10 extricate him
but soon found that they could do roth
lng. HE red hot IRE box was pressing
the unfortunate mans body into the
ground. The hre was frying his body,
yet he retained his senses, aud called
upon the men 10 get him out. They
told him II was impossible Then
F.. I Ernxx Soma uarar "a, -, - -
upl" he shriekel \ bucket of water was
thrown on him and he instantly expire !.
I'll ; body was terribly burned when it was
finally extrirated from the wreck.
MASHED TO \ rrLP.
At the first sign # danger William
Simmons, a brakeman, lcaped from tie
ears but only to meet instant death. lie
had hardly struck the ground before out
of the ears, coming down bottom up,
crushed him into an u~nrecoguizablc mas.
Of flesh.
BRAKEMAN : ESCAPE.
Several OF the train hand had narrow
escapes. One of the hrakemcn, "A white
man, was standing between two car,
when the crash came The ears were
driven together and he was pinned be,
tween a mass of spIintcred timbers,
nothing but the top Of his head appear
ing above the wreckagc. He vas rescued
entirely unhurt.
CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES.
Two men Killed outright in an aiiraN
at Allendale; a man stabbed to death n
Red Hill; a man shot and Killed 1T Wax,
cluse; a man mortally wounded by hi,
nephew at Grecnyill; a co.orcd man sho
while resisting arrest. This is the Grim
r inal record OF christmas day in Soutl
Carolina, as given By The Macs an
Golrier OF one day
Inc worse encounter WaS ut AIlendal,
where Their were TIVE fights. five met
being wounded aud two being killed.
, Whlskey was at the bottom of tht
!, trouble, and the habit OF earring an,
' using knives and pistols was the immc
diate cause of the blo0dshed. Their,
? was a grudge between one family an,
another 4 sort Of vendetta; one MI
4 boosted that he could or would beat an
other man, and then came the knif
!, and the pistol.
; The chances are that if there ha,
t been no whiskey drinking at Allendal,
on Chrismasday, (aud it is, we believe
| one OF the towns in which the sale o
4 liquor is prohibited,) there would hay,
been no bloodshed, no loss oflife. An
were it not for the practice OF carrin.
pistols and knives for offensive purpose
, there would have beenno fatal collision
l NeuS and COn1ier.