Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-18
RAILROAD NOTES.

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Owing to the unfavorable weather of the past
few days, work in this section has been sus-
pended. The contractors are we'll up, however,
and will doubtless be ready in ample time for
the track-layers.
Capt. NJ. G. Lewis, the br~idge-builder, has
returned to Yorkville. He has practically fin
ished the ~trestles over Kings Creek and Man.
ming Branch, this side of Blacks, and is now
here for the purpose of building the bridge at
the crossing of the Chester public road, about
a mile south of the Court House. The railroad
will cross the Chester road on a sub-grade Of
about thirty feet, and near the same point it
will also cross the Chester and Lcnoir Railroad
on a sub-grade of the same depth. This eXca-
waiting is in the contract of Griffin & Gorton,
who are making all possible speed with the
work. =,
The Shelby New Era says wo of the new
cars for the road, a description of which we
gave two weeks ago, haye arrived at Blacks.
The others are on the way and the complete
train will shortly be put in service.
Our Camden correspondent writes as follows
under date Of last Monday "The heavy work
in Young's cut has been completed by Taylor
e. Elmer, and they are now laying track on the
thirteenth mile out from Camden. Major
Adams is taking out the Stevenson cut, on the
fourteenth mile. He will have the grade ready
for the track in a few days. This is a portion
of the Amory g. Ripley contract. Mr.. Snyder
has the twentieth section nearly completed,
and I an informed the track-laying force will
have no moro delays south of Lancaster. The
company bought oil-cloth suits for the mon
who were taking out Young's cut, and the
force worked steadily all through the holidays,
not even stopping on account of rain.'
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
A terrible disaster befell the north-bound
train of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad on
Tuesday night of last week. The train was in
charge of Conductor Waddell and Engineer
Dicks, and had safely made the run from
Chester, passing every station on schedule
time; but while crossing a trestle two miles
north of Hickory, the trestle gave way after
the engine and mail car had passed over. The
engine, tender and mail car were thrown down
the embankment, turning over as they went,
but the other two cars of the train-first and
second-class passenger co~aches-though de-
rallied, were left standing on the timbers of the
trestle. The mail car took fire, which was COM
municated to the others, and all the coaches
making up the train were totallydestroyed and
also about one hundred feet of the trestle. For
tunately there were few persons on the train,
and that none were killed outright seems prov
idential, though all were more or less hurt.
The casualties were as follows Rev. MIR.
Beall, pastor of Lenoir Presbyterian church,
seriously, but it is now thought, not fatally,
bruises on head and face Mr.. Clark, of Blow
ing Rock, back wrenched J. L. Wilhelm, of
A k1.-ko ,,;co ~, hand or1 N o,,f IN M q RIM .
J. E. Cotfey, colored, of Boone, n. c., jaw
bone broken another colored passenger from
Boone, slightly hurt; Bill Reed and Miles Hen
ry, brakemen. bruised; John T. Grist, postal
clerk, cash cut on head, ankle sprained and
bruised; L.. H. Curry, express messenger,
bruised Conductor Waddell, bruised, slight
cut on head and ankle sprained Engineer
Dicks, slightly bruised; Branch Long, fire.
man, badly bruised. He was caught under the
tender, and could be removed only by digging
away the dirt around him, which was done by
the fingers of those able to assist until a shovel
could be procured from a neighboring house.
The cause of the accident is variously %conjec-
tured. By some it is attributed to a weak or
rotten cord of the ~trestle, which was affected by
a heavy freight train that passed over it be-
fore the Inflated passenger train arrived but
railroad officials who have been on the ground
investigating the accident, express the opinion
that it was the work of train wreckers, as a
suspicious person was seen at the trestle only
a few minutes before the accident occurred.
Detectives will be employed and a rigid exam
ination made.
At $50 last Saturday evening the south
bound freight train met with an accident five
miles this side Of Chester. The train was de-
rallied in a cut and several cars left the track,
which was torn up for some distance. Fortu-
nately no one was injured.