The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-10
HURRIED INTO ETERNITY.
AN APPALLING ACCIDENT ON THE
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.

NOH | FCHO CTllN nHlInOttO.
Six Young People Killed and Thirteen In
iurcd-A Train Thrown into the Santee
Swamp--List orthc Dead and Wounded--
Heartrenieing Scenes.
ST. STEPHENS. June 1.-The north
bound passenger tram No. 43 on the
Northeastern railroad met with terri
bic accident at % this evening while
1t was crossing the Santcc River trcstle
at a point two and half miles from this
place. The rrcstle suddenly gave away
and the train. with the exception of the
engine and the last sleeper, plunged
hcadlong into the canal below. The
scene that followed battles description.
Hours were spent in eXtricatlng the
dead and wounded from the wreck.
DR.. G. &. Kinloch. Wm. 1nslcsty,
Capt. J. l.. Cole, Miss Hannah Wilson,
Miss Flora McIver, Of Charleston, and
Miss Nella McWhitc: OF Marion, were
instantly killed.
The list Of wounded comprises thir-
teen and is as follows: B. e. Mazyck,
conductor, seriously iniurcd; +. W..
Rennccker. mail agent. dangerously in-
iured; Henry Husbands, baggage master,
seriously in jurcl; Warren Burgcs. color
cd wood passcr. painfully injured; James
tiouldman, news agent, slightly injured;
w. &. Chandler. of Sumter. slightly i'll
iurctl: Miss Marion McWhitc, Of Marion
County. slightly injured: w. B. Barnes,
Lynchburg. Va, painfully but not dam
ycrouSly iniurcd; Henry Henry. colorcd,
Slightly in iurc,l: Express Messengers
West and Price. both seriously injured;
Il. Smith, slccpiny-car porter, seriously
injured; John Wright. Wilmington. y.
G.. seriously injured.
The cause Of the accident IS partly
ascrlbcd TO the recent ircshct. which has
materially injured the trcstlc, the high
water thus far having prccludcd 4
thorough examination Of the same.
1t was impossible owing to the late
hour at which the relief train bearing
the dead and wounded arrived III the city,
to obtain anything like detailed state
mcnt of the wreck or its cause or causes.
Most of those who survived the disaster
were Of course, after the fatigue and
terrible experiences of the day, unwilling
and unable to relate their experiences
and made all possible haste to return to
their hotels or homes in the city. BY
fur the greater number Of those who
were seriously injured were absolutely
iu such condition rs to need all their at
tcntiOn and that Of their immediate
friends. One Of the uniortunates. how
ever, made q statement last night to 4
Reportcr who accompanied him in the
carriage in which he was taken from tho
station to his boardlng-housc i'll Society
street. This >gentlenlelr IS named Mr..
". f. Chandler. and is 4 clerk at Nc
Cures furniture establishment on King
street. He took the train yesterday ut
l2 on his way to Sumter, whittier he had
been summoned by telegraph to be pre-
sent at the bedside Of his dying mother.
lie made his statement with the utmost
difficulty. as he was suffering from Il
confusion on the ri ght side of his head.
His right foot had also been badly
bruised. Ills escape was Il most
miraculous one. In answer to Il Qucs-
tion as to the cause OF the disaster and
the manner in which it had occurred, hc
said: 81 don't know how | am alive TO
tell about my escape, and even now
nearly everybody is dsagrccdas 20 what
caused the crash.
The fact is that those who got of
with their lives were too much concern
cd in thinking Of other things. and those
who were entirely saved found too much
work in helping the helpless to waste
any useless time in investigating the
causes of the wreck. All | know is that
| was sitting in the sccond-class car near
the end next to the lirst.class passenger
coach. Ahead Of me were the mail car
and the baggage car. The only occu-
pants of the car in which l was were
two persons. colorcd man and color
cd boy. whose names l have forgotten.
| remember dstincly that we had enter
ci upon the trestlc, and were running.
should Judge, at the rate OF between
twenty-five and thirty miles an hour.
| don't know how far we had gone on
the trestle, possibly half mile, when
the crash came. 1t is, of cousc, mpos-
sible to describe ones sensations under
the lrightful circumstances, but [ am
sure that every one Oh the car who
knows any thing about impending dan
ger must have felt a prcmonltlon That
there was something wrong just an III
slant or so before we were sent whlrlln9
through the air to the ground below.
The first inimation ! received OF the
coming disaster was the omlnouS sound
of the brakes being instanlancously ly and
lorclhly put down. At such place, OH
Il trcstlc so elevated above the ground.
or rather the wafer below. | iclt that
the danger. il danger 1t was. would be
nothing less than Il fatal one. | there
fore almost inscnshly threw myself
forward and clm" tightly to tic forward
seat. and at the same instant could
hear above the rush and roar Of the
tram the noise Of the cars AHEAD. which