The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-09
4 WRECK AT ROCK HILL.
Tie Diabolica1 Work Of Il Fiend Throws
Train off the Track-Sarrow Is
cape of the Passengers.
Special to the News and Courier.

Special to the News and C"urler.J
COLUMBIA, August 1.-The down
passenger train on the Charlotte road,
due here at 5.l3 p. H., was derailcd five
miles above Rock Hill by an ObStruc-
ton placed Oh the track. The whole
train was thrown Off the track. En-
gineer Alexander and Fireman Parks
were seriously hurt. Two passengers
were seriously and two slightly hurt.
Trains were sent up to transfer the pas
scngers. 30 other particulars are OH
tailrblr here.
LATER DETAILS.
August & l22.iO i. M.-l'hc relief
train from the wreck WAS due here at
1850 tonight, but did not reach the
Union depot until ll.45 =. III. Com
,tuctor sprinkle WAS able L. Give the
News and Courier Reporter details Of
the accident before leaving with his
train for Augusta.
The wreck occurred AZ 2.l5 =. III. The
train, drawn 10y Il cUal-hu"nlng cnglIic,
was running ut the rate OF thirty-tivc
miles an hour when the engine struck
the obstruction. \ bridge had Just been
crossed and 4 curve reached. Engineer
Alexander suddenly saw about fifty
feet before him Oh the track a piece Of
iron bent over one of the rails. He
instantly reversed his engine but did
not Jump. In another moment the
engine encountered the obstruction.
Tie wreck WAS terrific. The tender
was thrown completely over the engine
and upon the track. The engine Was
thrown ;cGGss tie track. Both engine
and tender are Il complete wreck. The
two combination cars, the mail and
express, and the smoking ana baggage
cars, were badly broken UP. One wa$
thrown to the right and the other to
the left of the track. The tirst-cl;iss car
Was GcraiIed and slightly injured. Tic
Pullman car, with the exception of its
front wheels, remained on the track.
The greatest sufferer from til" acrl-
dent was the chief fireman, Mr.. john
Parks, OF Colorado. He had boil thighs
broken and WAS taken 10 Charlotte,
where one lcg WAS aiuputatcd. There
is hardly a chance for his recovery.
: Enyinecr James Alexander waS severe
! " bruised and cut, but his injuries are
not very serious. He was brought to
Columbia. Mail Agent Broughton mad
his right arm fractured, was cut over
tile left eye and was hurt i'll the back.
He also was taken to Charlotte. Dan
Rochelle, Il colored porter, was slightly
injured. Thomas Cobb, baggagc-nlas-
ter, had his right thigh injured and
his nose split open, and was brought to
I Columbia.
None of the passengers received i'll
iuries of consequence. Conductor
Sprinkle sustained a very painful
wrench in the right side. DR.. Frewell
and another physician, Of Rock Hill,
and DR.. Gibbon, of Charlotte, were
promptly brought to the wreck and
| attended to the wounded. The relief
train from Charlotte was the first to
arrive, the one from Columbia reaching
the scene of wreck ut $50 p. III. This
train has gone on to Augusta with the
passengers, but brought no mail or
| express.
The passengers on the train unani-
mously adopted resolutions common
datory of Engineer AleXander's hJt
ism and GOODNESS. Fireman R.~4t: .lr
at one time i a,vn priFEi;c:: r.: +, eminent bas
! player her, 49, y, being the catcher
old " ness ,fechanic team.
~ The attempt to wreck the trai
cam cold bIonf1n1 and 1rlibnrntp