The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-15
Hurried to Eternity.
News and Courier

Many homes in Charleston were wrap
ped in gloom this morning, and the en-
tire community shares in the sorrows Of
the afflicted families in this awful hour
Of thcr grief Six young souls, hurried
into eternity without Il moments warn
ing, and thirteen crushed, wounded and
bruised people constitute the sum of
the fearful tragedy on the Northeastern
Railroad yesterday afternoon.
The cause Of the accident will be sub
jcct offuturc inquiry. At present no one
seems to know definitely what caused
this f>arrnl calamity. The train which
left Charleston shortly after noon carried
the usual number Of passengers bound
northward among them some Of the
brightest and best beloved young people
Of Charleston.
The Santce Swamp was reached on
time, and here the down train due in
Charleston at 4 o'clock was met. This
train had just crossed the long trcstlc
which lies on the south of the river
the fated train bearing its doomed
freight, entered the trestlc and in anoth-
er instant the work of death had been
done.
The news Of the fearful accident was
not received in this city until about 4
O'Clock, when a relief train bearing DR..
j. L. Ancrum and Assistant Supcrintcn-,
dent Royal Of the Northeastern Rail-
road, was dispatched to the scene Of the
a:cidont. Ten minutes after midnight
the funeral train rolled into the depot
with it's burden Of dead and wounded.
and loving hands tcnderly lifted these
manglcd forms and bore them to their
dcsolatcd and grief stricken homes.
The following is list Of the casualties
John l.. Cole, Of Charleston.
Dr. G. G. Kinloch, Of Charleston.
Miss c. T.. McWhite of Marion.
William II. Inglesby, Of Charleston.
Miss Flora McTver, Of Charleston.
N lSS Illnuan w llSOll, o. SHclhW.
WOUNDED.
b. &. Mazyck. of Charleston. conduc-
tor, seriously.
+. W. Rcnneckcr, Of Charleston, mail
agent, seriously.
Henry Husband. Of Charleston, bag
gage master, seriously.
Warren Burgess. .coorcd, wool-passcr,
Of Charleston, painfully.
James Goldman, news agent, Of
Charleston. slightly.
VIM. i. Chandler. passenger, Of Sum-
ter, slightly.
Miss Marion McWhit", passenger, of
Marion, slightly.
W. B. Barnes, passenger, Of Lynch
burg, Va: painfully but not dangerous
iy.
Henry Henry, colored. passenger,
slightly.
+. ". West, express messenger. of
Charleston, seriously.
G. A. Price, express messenger, Of
Wilmington, mortally.
B. Smith, colorcd, porter Of Pullman
car, seriously.
John Wright, colored, passenger, Of
Wilmington, seriously.
a GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE ACc1DERr.
1t was impossible, owing to the late
hour at which the relief train bearing
the dead and wounded arrived in the
city, to obtain anything like detailed
statement Of the wreck or it's cause or
causes. Most Of those vino survived
the disaster were of course, af.er the
fatigue and terrihlc experiences of the
dly. unwilling and unable to relate their
experiences and made all possible haste
to return to their hotels or homes in the
city. BY far the greater number Of
those who were seriously injured were
absolutely in such condition as to need
all their attention and that of their i'm
mediate friends. One of the unfortu-
mates, however, made statement last
night to n reporter who accompanied
him in the carriage in which he was
taken from the station to his boarding
house on Society Street. This gentle
man is named Mr.. w. T.. Chandler, and
is n clerk ut McGuire's furniture cstab-
lishme mt on King Street. He took the
train yesterday at II on his way to Sum
for whith or ha n q n hoop CT mn mnpod hU