Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-28
DASHED TO Death.
sarful Plunge Of a Passenger Train
from a Bridge
ETO A SWOLLEN STREAM
,ss Western North Carolina Road - Twenty
Passengers K lied Outright, and Number Badly
lrlarsd-Narrow Escapes from Drowning.
kccden, Caused by Spreading Rails

Accident CAUSED by Spreading Rails
CHARLOTTE, n. c., August 97.-One
the most disastrous railroad
recks known in the annals Of this
RATE occurred this morning about ?
,,lock at Boston Bridge, twenty miles
lest OF Statesville on the Western
torth Carolina road. Passenger train
To- o. known as the fast mail, which
ade up at Salisbury, pulled out on
me Il a. NJ loaded with passengers.
was composed Of a baggage and
en car. second and first class coaches,
,llman sleeper and Superintendent
ridges private car, "Daisy." The
oeDer. which was from Colds
,ro. usually cOntaiRS a good number
passengers from northern points, and
i u night was no exception. The run
Statesville was made on time, a dis
nee of twenty-five miles, but just after
Iovinc Statesville there is a high stone
.ridce spanning the creek, and down
20 this creek plunged the entire train,
distance Of at least Sixty-fve feet,
rocking the whole train and carrying
hath and destruction with 1t.
Twenty passengers were killed out
CHIT. nine seriously injured and about
.genty badly bruised and shaken up.
fbe scene OF the wreck beggarS des-
fiption. The night was dismal, and to
lii TO the horror Of the situation the
tater in the creek was up. 1t was only
through the most heroic efforts Of those
bo had hurried to the scene OF the
reck that the injured were not
.f0wned.
The accident was caused by the
preadlng Of the rails. The bridge was
b injured and trains are running on
thedule time. Twenty bodies are now
fing'n a warehouse at StateSville.
The injured are having the best OF
Ire al private residences and hotels.
The following is a list of killed;
WM WEST, engineer, Salisbury, n. G.
WARREN FRY, fireman, Hickory, n. I.
III. X. LINsTER, baggage master,
lateSville, n. c.
WM. HOUsTON, Greensboro, \. c.
p. BARNETT, Asheville, n. G.
SAMUEL GORNAN, Asheville, n.
W. +. WlnslOw, Asheville, n. Q.
CHARLEs BENNETT, HendersOnville,
C.
w. It.IEF,lgs EFlsAE8Er u Or Ga EREg9lb,e eNeS fork
3. NJ. SKIES, Clarksville, Tenn.
Mrs. Pool, Williams, N. c.
JULIE PHIFER, travelling salesman.
Doc WELLS, cOlored, Pullman porter.
w. NJ. DAVIS, Statesville, n. c.
Mr.. MCCORMICK, Alexandria, Va.
DR.. George w. Sanderlin, State Audi
r, was on the wrecked train. He was
Rinfully injured.
Among others who escaped with in
prieS more or less serious are: Col. z. b.
hmptOn, Of the Governors staff; Pat
tx +. Ransom, Northampton county,
c.. OttO Ransom, Of Norfolk, Va.
8Orth EUiott, OF Hickory, n. c.; George
OwleS, Of Atlanta; Col. o. w. Lawson,
|ouisville, Ky; Miss L. Pool, Of VIII
amsOn, y. c.; Mrs. p. C. and Miss o.
oore. Helena, Ark; A. S. Link and
|ife, Lexington, Ky; b. y. Estes, Jr.,
emphiS, Tenn; John Gage, Asheville;
\. +. Johnson, Newberry, s. c.; Con-
nctOr Spaugh, sleeping car conductor;
i. G. Cleeyer and tlagman ShOaf.
The following corrections are made
j the names of the killed: julie Phifer
lould be- Jube Thefer: 7. Birdsie
bould be T. Brode, and W. NJ. Davis
bould be John Davis. Mrs. Pool was
fowned before aid could reach her.
|hree bodies have not been identified;
e Of these is an old lady; another Is q
ly with q ticket in her pocket
.hich reg S: Mrs. George Mccormick
bd mot r, ElwoOd, y. c., to Alexan-
Tia; the third is also lady.
pom her finger is ring engraved IT
W. To NJ. Il. X" It is thought that
the bodies have not been taken out
the debris, which is piled up so high
lat it is impossible 70 make thorough
iamination. Crowds have foc6ed to
e scene all day, and the accident has
SO gloom over the entire community.
be soul came out of the sleeper alive.
Miss Oppellia Moore, Of Helena, Ark,
I'd after being taken out Of the wreck.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. August S7.-The
DIV mentioned in the Associated Press
count Of the StateSville wreck as un-
entifed, and wearing a ring engraved
N IL. w. TO NJ. r. r., " is beyond a
ubt the wife Of Mr.. W. H. White, OF
is city. Mrs. White had been spend
2 the summer at Hillsborough, n. C.,
ID was on her way TO Memphis.