Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-17
KILLED In A WRECK.
TWO FREIGHT rearNs IN coLLIsIoN-A
NUMBER OF VICTIMS.
Burglars and Robbers Work-Personal-
saw-Mill Burned-A Marriage Inter
rupted-Gored by a Bull-Drowned.
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CHAEIoTTg, y. g.. March TO- Freight
Train No. 20, which left berc ri midnight
last night In two long sections over The Char-
lotte and Atlanta Air Line for Atlanta, met
with terrible disaster near clifton. sixty
eight miles from here. about O'Clock tnls
morning. The two sections were running
on ten minutes time. Near Cliiton j. a
siding az the terminus OF long down grade,
and here Il Il that the freight train. switch
Off for passenger trains 10 pas. 1he Ifst
secl ion, which had not been making 2ood
schedule time, was slowly moving on the
sldetrack when the second section came
laundering around the do Hn-grsde curve
and dashed into the br.t section, sphI-
ting the caboOse and -four other cars
into pieces and scattering them on eliher
side OF the track. The engine and Two cars
OF the second section were totally demol'
ishcd. The other ears came tumDlipg down
aud piled up in a heap. Engineer .. l..
Creighton was in the CAB OF the second
section. He was pulled from the fire and
scalding steam IN an almost lieless cOnd''
ton. IL "a thought he cannot live. Fireman
Thomas Hunter ESCAPED with broken leg
and face and back badly sca.ded. Cdpl1in
T.. Z. Land. conductor Of the first section,
was IN bis cshOoSe when the crash came.
HIS legs were broken and bis shoulders
badly mashed. Flagman DAVIS was also 10
tie cabOose, and received severe wounds.
" lillian Rogers, cooTed brakeman, was
standing on the top OF the front ear. he
wss thrown several feet. falling smong tue
wreckage, and instantly killed. tramp by
the name OF Higgins was stealing 2 rlde IN
side OF the front open box-car. HIS BODY
was found dead among the de0TiS. lhe
exact cause Of tue wreck is not known.
lrCnmlur
Troublesome snd daring in this section that
considerable alarm l. being felt. Last night
two horses and a wagon and about 800 OK
groceries were stolen from John L. Hunter,
who lives about three miles from here. All
the chicken.roo.ts in the neighbOrhood were
Taided and more than hundred chickens
stolen. The citizens are becoming indignant.
Rev. DR.. Bob5etl, who has been lying so
low al Rockingham with paralysis, IL nov
fast implovins and 0as been removed to the
home OF his daughter in Winston.
A saw-mil belonging to j. T. R'bb, in
Caiawba county. was burned night before
last. Loss 1000. no insurance.
II is reported that last Thursday ALBEIT
Lowe, Young farmer living in Ash
county. was TO have married Miss Emma
lodgings. OF the same county. Everything
was in readiness. but Just few minutes be-
fore the bridegroom arrived Miss ReDecca
Jones came IN. When Low came up che
informed hs II he married Miss lodgings
she would sue him because he had wooed
aud won her heart ana had promised TO
marry her. The Young would.be groom at
lea eth decided 10 postpone the marriage.
Aa old man by the name of Willis lh0m-
kings, living ia Watauga county, was yes.
terday gOred BY a mad bull, and IS expected
b die.
Joseph Everett, young man, was yester-
dav drowned IN creek in Mitchell county.
He undertook 10 cross over log, fell in. and
was carried down the stream. His body has
not been recovered.