The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-10

remelnnrdlce 1S- LnaG LletrMOullu VI lily
head vas causedsby' striking the sharp
edge ofone. of the seats as / was being
hurled as 7 thensthought, into eternity.
Strange to. say, after reaching the bot
tom Of the car, L experienced but little
injury. r reached :gthe last possible
place, tie send ot the car. just us it
Struck stlie ground. Through the win
dows / ssawtfhe water, dashed into foam.
rise high aboyesthe car, but all of sud-
den it;subsided, and.the fear Of drown
ing, which was my first sensation on
seeing sthe: WATER, disappeared. Then
for anSns tant all was still. Twas dazcd
and dhtn't know what to do or to think.
Bothjtlie co[ored persons were out OF
sight, spossibl blYf.alnder the seats. l
thought at first that the car was then
tile ssest.place, but I changed my mind
and dragged myself through one of the
windeMs. TWAS only then that / found
that Twas seriously hurt. The wound
on my head sbled profusely and was
half blinded bytthe stream of blood
which 4hads flowed all over my face.
When. ] reached the outside world again
1 was absolutely appalled, by the extent
Of the damage. Just ahead of me were
the mail .and baggage trains smashed
literary to pieces. The tirst-class pas
senger, coach, which was Immediately
behip us, had topped over with trc-
mendous force and was lying. half on its
side .iIlst to the right. Behind that was
one. Of the two sleepers which had
fallen after the passenger coach. On
the rails still was the rear Pullman car
Just a short distance from the break
through which we had all come in such
inextricable confusion. 1t was some
time before any sound was heard save
that OF the enc zine, which was ahead of
us, and whichhad not left the track. 1t
was Just as if was the sole survivor of
genesal death and destruction. In a
few minutes, however, people recovered
from heir decentralization was i'm
medl4tely turned to the reliefof the SUI
ferins.& -
Tie officers ofsshe train worked hero
icallys and in a Short time, considering
the circumstances, an arrangement was
made by which wezwere taken from our
vario0spositions up to the track. The
bench of the track which had gwen way
was utilized, and with the help of ropes
and the bell lines we were lifted out of
our uncomfortable places. The reports
as to.tlle number killed were much ex-
aggegssed,; the first being that-ncarly
ever ody on The train had been either
killesnutright or fatally wounded. We
learned, as you know, that this was
not true. When we were made rs COM
Portable as possible. the ladies volun-
tecre,s ;5heiraservices on behalf of the
sSaa1SzA HI rII5y TuII a noble days
~ Sr,Ha.'7s. 6s5s ~ork Which certainly
none ofus will ever forget. l rcmombcr
one lady. Miss Campbell, from Sum-
mervllle, who was every place alleria-
ting the pam Of the sufferers. There
was also a lady, q Miss Bailey, 1 think.
was her name, who rendered me and
many others timely and much-necded
assistance. She said that she was on
hcc way North. with her mother and
four brothers and sisters: all children.
Not one Of them was in the slightest
degree injured.
"The sadlest death ofall. inmy opn-
ion. was that of q Miss White, [ think
was her name, who took the train at st.
Stephens Depot. AS we rolled up to
that place she was standing on the plat
form eagerly expecting the train which
was to take her to her home in the up
per part of the State, helped her ON
the car with her baggage, little thinking
that within less than five minutes she
would be one of the number who would
never reach their homes again. Alter
she got on the car 1 never saw her again
until saw her through window OF the
passenger coach as it lay enclosing its
other victims some fifteen or twenty
feet below the track. She was dead;
and must have been killed almost
instantly"
We renamed in the sleeper until the
arrival of the train which was sent up
from Charleston to relieve US. The
physicians who came with it Immediate
set to work, and in an exceedly short
time they had done all that human aid
could do to help the unfortunate suffer-
ers. half wished at times that Twas not
able to look around, as l did, on all the
sorrow and physical anguish that l saw
and heard. Many Of the wounded were
in intense agony, and even the bravcst
man alive would not reprcss a cry or 4
groan under such torture as many OF the
men endured. Mangled legs, contorted
arms and bruised and battered bodies
were here. there and everywhere. 1t
was slckcning, and from time to time l
had to close my eyes to relieve my
own sunerings, so much intensified were
they by the agonizcd expression on
every face | saw. AS I told you shall
never forset the circumstances. we
were brought into the city about l
O'Clock last night. The rest you
know.-Ncws and Courier.
\ Warming.
Manning Enterprise. June 8: On last
Tuesday Mr. John SaulS of Catlc'S De-