The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-07-18
TUMBLED THROUGH THE TREsTLE.
Terrible Accident on the Virginia Midland
Railroad.

Railroad.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, July 12.-Ex
press train No. 50 left Orange c. H., south
bound. this morning at l.50, with Con
ductor G.. P. TAYLOR, Engineer Watkins
and Fireman Kelly. Two miles south Of
Orange is a trestle, forty eight feet high.
which was known to he weak, ano the
railroad company was engaged 10 hillng 1t
iu. The train was moving at speed OF
six miles an hour crossing the trestle. The
engine had passed safely over most OF the
tres,le when the smoker, mail, baggage and
express cars went down with crash. drag
eing down the engine and tender and two
passenger coaches Two sleepers remained
Standing on the trestle The engine went
down blot end foremost, thus communi-
eating no fire to the wreck All the lights
were extinguished in the fall.
AS soon as the accident occurred. the en-
gineer. who was but slightly injured,
walked back to Orange and telegraphed for
assistance. DR.. ". c. N. Randolph and
other physicians left here on a special train
| for the wreck.
The dead and some of the wounded were
taken to Orange, while the more seriously
hurt were brought to Charlottesville and
| placed in the Cottage Hospital, hotels and
homes OF friends.
As far as can now be ascertained five
were killed. C. Cox, of Alexandria, Va.
of the engineering department of the Pied
mont Air Line, was instantly killed; H. T.
Wilmington, Greensboro, N. c., postal
clerk. died in ten minutes; H. G. Bright
well, Prospect, Va, postal clerk, died after
reaching the hospital; c. Coke, Alexandria,
killed; Eddie Smith, newsboy, killed; a
young white woman, supposed to be Annie
Brown of Philadelphia, killed; Charles
Francis, supposed to be from Baltimore,
killed; an unknown Italian was Killed;
DR.. r. S. florence. Blacks, S. c., killed;
s. G. Cortes, New Orleans, killed; Wish
ard Hunter, Scotland. slightly Injured; ].
P. Wall, West Virginia. bruised John
Lanslow, England, arm lady bruised; D.
Y. Greelish, Augusta, Gt., shoulder dislo-
Gated; Mrs. Stockert, broken shoulder; -
Jones, Chatham county, Virginia, slight
injuries; W. D. Parrot. A:>.,'larle county,
Virginia, postal clerk, uadly injured;
John @. West and J. L. Walthall, of
Washington, D. c., postal clerks, badly
injured; Louis jenkins, Lynchburg, Va,
postal clerk, slightly injured; = Potter
field, press agent, seriously injured; T..
Jennings, Lynchburg, Va, passenger, in
ternal injuries; Capt. C. P Taylor, Alex
andria, Va, badly hurt. The number of
injured are estimated to be about twenty
| five.
The accident was due to an advanced
stage of decay of trestle timbers. The
coroner's jury declared that the disaster
was due to no other cause. Wrecking trains
have been at work ali day, and it is be.
lieved that all the bodies have not been re.
covered. The debris will not be removed
and the bridge replaced under several days.
Trains will 60 by way of Gordonsville to
Charlottesville for the present.
| WASHINGTON, July 30. A. Nichol
son, of Baltimore, one of the survivors OF
the accident. has arrived here and relates
his experience as follows:
1T was horrible thing, and it is a mir
acle how any one who went down in that
terrible fall escaped. 1t was in the dead
of night, and we had started across the
bridge when it suddenly gave away. The
engine had reached the other side, but il
was pullt d back by the falling baggage cal
and fell on top. The mail car was knocked
out of recognition and the smoker we:
totally demolished I was in the sleeper
that vert down. / don't know how es
capped. When was awakened, looked
out and found the car hoisted in the air
resting on the remains of cars below. Tht
coupling connecting US with the othel
sleepers had given away, and they re
mained on the track. We went to work a:
soon as possible though it was pitch dark
and did our best to rescue the injured The
scene that followed was of indescribable
horror. The shrieks and means of the in
jured the shouts of wildly excited passen
gers and the Kissing of steam was terrible
to hear The passenger cars were crushed
out of all shape, while the sleeper was held
high in the air by the ruins of the broker
coaches a little stream runs under the
trestle and recent rains had swollen it tc
far beyond its wonted proportions. 1t is
feared some were pinioned below its sur
face and perished in its waters"