The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-04

Awful Accident on n North Caro-
lima Railroad.

AWtul AcCiuent on n SOrtn ChIO
lima Railroad
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;, CHARLOTTE ~. G. Aug @s-Th.
meat Disastrous railroad wreck eve
known IN this state occurred YESTERDAY
morning abou, : o'clock at Bos,o,
bridge. two miles west OF >tatesvilie
on the Western North Carolina rail
road
Passenger train Ne o known y, n,
fas, mail. which. made up al Salisbury,
pulled out on time a - IN loaded with
passengers IL was composed - . bag
gage and mail car. SECOND and dr.; clAss
coaches Pullman sleeper and Sur-rp
tendent Bridges priSat. car. Daisy :
This sleeper. which Was from Colds
boro, usually contains a god nnmb-i
OF passengers from northern points
and last night was no exception
The run IA Statewide WAS made oa
time. \ distance Of twenty-five miles
but just after leaving Statewide there
II n high stone bridge spanning Third
creek and down into this creek plunged
the entire train. q distance OF at least
siSty-hvc feet wrrcAins the whole
train aud carrying death AMI d-struc-
ton with IL
Twenty passengers were killed out
right nine seriously injured and about
twenty badly bruised aud shakca up
The night was dismal and Ia add %
the horror Of the situation the water In
the creek was up AMI 10 was only
through the most heroic efforts of those
wreck that the injured wrrc no
drowned
The accident was caused by the
spreading If 'hc rails The bridge Wa,
not injured aud trains are running -
schedule time.
Twenty dead bSiicS are now living 10
a warehouse a, S~tatc>viIlc. and the in.
jured are having the best 90 care a
private residences and hotels.
Tn, following i, "A list Of killed:
William West engineer. Salisbury,
y e.
Warren Fry. fireman. Hickory. y e
IL h. iinster, bagEsg-maNt-r, tate~
Vile, y. G.
William Houston, Grcrnsburn y C.
T. Barnett Asheville. y {
Samuel GorTnau. A>heyillc. y &
IL Nr I.,Ffl.
tharlr> Bennett. llrnd"r>"nVillc. y c
w j Fisher, Campbell. :. &
j. IL Austin. Hickory. y {
I lir"di-, drummer, New York
y VI. sykes. Gainesville. Tenn
Mrs Poole, WILLIAMSON, y 4
Jubc IhcfrT. travelling salesman.
Doc Wells, colorcd. Pullman porter.
John Davis. Statewide. y 4
Mr.. Mccormick. Alexandria Va
The injured were a. follows:
Dr, George " Sanderlin. state aud.
itor painfully.
Col. T. u Cameron. Of the GOVERNOR.
tail.
Patrick T. Ransom. Northampton
county. v 4
Otto Ransom. Norfolk. Va
Worth Elliott. Hickory. y. G.
George Bowlcs. Atlanta.
Col q W. Lawson. Louisville, Ky.
Miss Llcweilyn Poole. WILLIAMSON.
- &.
Mrs l. &. Moore. Helena, Arlt.
Miss Ophclia Moore. Helena. Ark.
a. ;. Linke and wife, Lexington. Ky.
H. y. Estes. Jr., Memphis. Tenn
John Gage. hshcville
K l.. Johnston. Ncwb-rry, =. G
Conductors Spangh aud H. {. Lccpcr.
flagman Shoaf.
Among the killed was Rev. J. NJ
sykes, n eradicate of the SouihwcSt.rs
university. ~Clarkexville.
Tenn. lie had just been assigned Il
missionary work in China and was 20
left for that country September
"a next lie was married
The Moorcs are prominent in literary
social circles Ia Helena Ark. and
irc well known throughout the south.
They were returning from a summer
ng in the Blue mountains
Mrs Poole was drowned before aid
reach her.
Three bodies have not bccn idcnti-
One of these j. an old lady. An
'ther Is "A lady with n ticket ia her
'ockct which reads: Mrs George Nc
and mother. Elmwou-i. y. C.. ,
o Alexander. y c" The thirI T. alsn
lady. Upon her finger l. a ring en-. q,
IT II. W. Ia VI H. Il" This .
at mentioned il believed o. H. the !,
life Of 7. III. White. Of Mempbis who :
al been spending the summer n, /,
y. g., and was on her .
'ay To Memphis .
IL il thought that all bodies have no, !,
cen taken out Of the debris. which /, :
lied 80 high that !, il Impossible u !,
Iakc a thorough examination Crowd, .
ave f'ockcd - the scene all day. :
Not a soul came 90: % the sIccpc, "
live. |"
II is thought the number of dead ma, :
.ach forty. '