The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1890-08-20

J. Is ] s.;s.;;o secured
last at I25o p ps M lust as the
West, bound frci ght was coming
on the curve before entering the
corporate etfin8ifssofour town tho
q, inc Sc track and fell ON
81 side abodt twenty feet down
the enlbahkmsnt, blowing into
lle grou NJ. 1Me tender broke
| loose, ,frbm eAe engine and run.
ni1fg about ITS length fell down
tile en- ban kme1lt a. sainst the up
| turned bolton Of the engine. The
end 9f afrei& &ht car ran into the
reals Of theiehghe, smashing the
! cab all topic ces and stopping on
its side Stove up within three feet
sofsthe boiler On the opposite
side Of the track lay another
jaffreigllt,cs.r and across the track
was saf1at broken in two with
iumher thrown pell nell in every
dire ction. Another car was on
the right and two others were dey
Erailed. Some of the steel rails
were brok ing1twoszand others
|sbentinto all sconcelvahle shapes.
The truck wheels of two or three
cars were-piled up together, ans
one pair Of trucks were hun
|.dredfeetl from sshewreck. 1t was
'.the worsIlooking wreck we ever
Itwas simply niiraculous that
1 3.ga = Nv Efss MI, gst t. -Four men
3uries are not thought to be fatal.
the persons injured are A. +.
Pearson, engineer, of BIacksburg,
badly sealded and bruised Joe
Williams, coiored, Fireman, of
YorlSville, seyerely j scalded and
bruised; Davis Gerald, brake
inahs of Gamden, ankle badly
,sprainedby lipmDing from. top OF
car y James Gerald brakeman,
OF Camden, right leg broken in
tw places and badly bruised.
He was going toward TO get lofr
from the engine TO open the
switch and the engine LEFT the
track,justas he jumped omit from
the tender He was caught be-
tween The bottom of the engine
andttop of sthe tender and was
covered with coal and debris. 1t
was several minutes before he
was extricated. The wounded
men all had iInmediate medical
attention.
MIR. Pearson is at the Catawba
House and is doing as we'll as
could be expected. The left side
of his entire body is frightfully
scalded His vile was telegraph
ed for and reached here a few
hours after the accident and has
renamed with him.
The Geralds were sent to their
home at Camden. DR.. VIM Craw-
ford accompanied them. Mr.. JAS.
Gerald, who wasso seriously In.
jured, is hardly expected to live
The lower fracture ofIhis leg was
so bad that amputation about
three inches below Tie knee was
found necessary. This was Der
a7Eafsh q3sDrs. Cra wrortfyBurnet
! ana Alo6e.
5vflliams was taken to his lome
at lorkviIle.
n The engine was the Charles
tom No. 8, one of the largest on
the read 1t is badly damaged
but can be repaired. In few
hours a large force of hands were
put to work clearing the debris
and everything was moved out
OF the way and a new track laid
in time for the Sunday trains to
pass. Passengers were transfer
red on Saturday.
There are several theories as
to the cause ofthe wreck but the
real pause will probably never be
know The train left Camden
one hour and ten minutes late
and had been delayed along the
line Unloading local freight and
was apprehensive ofbeing over
taken by the passenger train
which basses here at l:O9 o'clock.
Capt. Arrimier, the conductor,
said they were not running at Il
greatedspeed than Is miles per
hour Pne of the train hands
thought they were running be-
tween4 land so miles per hour
The tran was within a few hun
dred yaISs OF the switch where