The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-16
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!
a PASSENGER TRAIN THROWN FROM A
HIGH TREsTLE.
An Appalling Accident on the. Northeastern
Raiiroad---sevep Young People Killed and
TsYehs Wounded.
(News and Courier, sth.)

(News and Courier, 6tb.)
Many homes in Charleston arc wrapped
in gloom this morning, aud the entire com
munity shares in the sorrows OF the afflicted
families in this the awful hour of their
grief. Six young souls, hurled into eterni-
ty without a moments warning, and thir-
teen crushed, bruised and wounded people
constitute the sum of the fearful tragedy
on the Northeastern Railroad yesterday
afternoon.
The cause of the accident will he the
subject of future inquiry. AT present no
one seems to know definitely what caused
this fearf' / calamity. The train which left
Charleston shortly after noon carried the
usual number of passengers bound north
ward, among them some of the brightest
and best beloved of the young people of
Charleston.
The Santec Swamp was reached on time,
and here the down train due in Charleston
at a o'clock was met. This train had just
crossed the long trestlc which lies ON the
south of the river and had passed over it
without trouble. A few minutes later the
fatcd train, bearing its doomed freight, en-,
tered the trestlc and in another instant the
work of death had been done.
The news of the fearful accident was not
received in the city until about 4 O'clock,
when a relief train bearing DR.. j. l.. An
crum and Assistant Superintendent Royal,
OF the Northeastern Railroad, was dis
patched to the scene of the accident. Ten
minutes after midnight the funeral train
rolled into the depot with its burden Of
dead and wounded, aud loving hands ten
derly lifted these manglcd forms aud bore
them TO their desolated and grief.strickcn
homes. The following is the list Of casu-
alties:
John L. Cole, of Charleston, a native of
Virginia.
DR.. G. C. Kinloch, of Charleston, eldest
son of DIR. II. ~. Kinloch.
Miss e. E. McWhitc, of Marion.
William ii. InglcSby. of Charleston,
eldest son of Charles lnglcsby.
Miss Flora Mclvcr, of Charleston.
Miss Hannah Wilson, of Chcraw.
WOUNDED.
B. G. MNzyck, of Charleston, conductor,
seriously.
f. w. Rcnnckcr, of Charleston, mail
agent, seriously.
Henry Husband, of Charleston, baggage
master, seriously.
Warren Burgess, colored. wood passer,
of Charleston, painfully,
James Goldman, news agent, of Charles
ton, slightly.
William +, Chandler, passenger, OF Sum,
ter, slightly.
Miss Marion McWhitc, passenger, of
Marion, slightly.
w. Is. Barnes, passenger, of Lynchburg,
Va, painfully but not dangerously.
Henry Henry, colorcd, passenger, slightly.
E. L. West, express messenger, of
Charleston, seriously.
G. A. Price, express messenger, Of Will
mingtOn, MORALLY.
b. Smith, colorcd, porter of Pullman
car, seriously.
John Wright. colorcd, passenger, of vii
mingtOn, seriously.
II FIRST NEWS or THE
ST. STEPHENS, June THE NORTH
bound passenger train No. 43 on the North
eastern Railroad met with Il terrible acci
dent at 2.22 this evening while it was cross
ing the Santce River trcstlc ut n point TIVE
and Il half miles from this place. Tn,
trcstlc suddenly gave away and the train
with the exception of the engine and tn,
last sleeper, plunged headlong into tn,
canal below. The scene that followed
battles description. Hours were spent il
eXtricating the dead and wounded from tn,
wreck.
The cause of the accident is partly as
cr;hcd to The ,nrnnt rrnohc, ,rhicj, L,,
materially injured The ~trcstIc, the hipl
water thus far having prccludcd n thorough
examination Of the samc.
TIE NEWS y THE CITY.
Information al the disaster was first re
ceivcd in the oily about 4 o'clock. Til,
President of the Northeastern Railroad
Mr.. A. f. Ravcncl, was in his Office rccciv
ing dispatches, which were read from tim,
to time to the rapidly increasing crowd
Steps were taken to communicate with tn,
families Of the deceased rs soon as authcnli,
information was received, which was no
until about $ o'clock, when news came tina
the dead and wounded had been rcmovct
10 the relief train and that that train WI
ready TO start. Orders were sent at ono,
to start the train and then cnsued Il long
dreary and mournful wait for its arrival.
The train having arrived ut Charleston
a number Of aides and children VIII,