The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-28
DEATH IN A TRAIN'SPLUNGE.
TNENTT-oND PERSONS KILLED, Nv 4
PECULIAR ACCIDENT ON 4 BRIDGE

SAFoNno A8onAFVeS @onpu IRON - otOno
Bridge 70 the Crseh Below. . Distance.
OF Eighty Feet, Near ssasesviIfe-No O.s
Escaped IRON the sieeper-Foul Play.
RALEraH. Aug. 28.-Ths regular nail train on
the Western North Carolina Railroad. which
left Salisbury at 1 o'clock this morning fog
Ashville. ran OF trestle which spsnncd Third
Creek. two miles west Of Statewide The On.
zine and train wsre preeipitated to tho bot.
tom. distance Of eighty feet Twenty.one
persons were killed outright
There were many passengers on board going
to the pleasure resorts Of the mountains. A
score or more OF 1remen were also returning
to their homes from the meeting OF tho State
Firemen's Association At Durham.
The accident occurred about O'Clock. and
the darkness added to tho horror Of the situa-
ton. The first intimation that StAtssville re-
eeived OF tho accident was from passenger.
who walked from the scene to the town.
Tho place was aroused at once and hundreds
went ont to the trestle and did all they could
to assist the sufferers. About siRhty.f1ve pas.
sengsrs wore aboard the train. It Ia not known
how the accident occurred. II is said By some
that thero was q misplaced switch, State
Auditor Sandsrlin and Col. Bennehan Cam.
eron Of the Governors stat arc among tho
wounded.
These are tho killsds
WILLIAM WEST. engineer. Salisbury. No.
WARREN FBY, fireman. Hickory. N. O.
II. X. L1NsTEB. baggage master. s!atesvtlls.
W. N. HOUSTON. Greensboro. N. q
P. BxRNErr, Asheville. N. q
SAMUEL GoRMAN. Ashsville
W. E W1SsLow. Asheville.
CHARLES BENNETT, Hendersonvf1ls n. a
W. J. FISHER, Campobella. e. q.
]. D. AUSTIN. Hickory
T. BRoDrE, New York.
Tho Rov. J. NJ. SYKES Gainesville. Tom.
Mrs Pool. Williamson. N. @.
JULIUS THEFEn, travelling salesman,
DOC" WELLS, porter.
JOHN DAVIS. statssville.
Mr.. MCCORMICK. Alexandria, Va
Miss MOORE. Helena. Ark.
Three unknown women.
Among others who escaped with injuries
more or less serious arc DR.. sandoelin. State
Auditor; Col. E. D. Cameron Of the Governors
staff: Patrick E Ransom. Northampton county.
N. C.: Otto Ransom. Norfolk; Worth Elliott.
Hickory: George Bowles. Atlanta: Col o. W.
Lawson. Louisville: Miss Low Pool OF wil-
Hanson. N. G., Mrs. r. 9. Moore. Hels-
ma, Ark: A. 8. Link and wife, Lexington.
Ky.i h N. Estes. Jr.. Memphis. Tenn: John
Gage. Asheville; n. z. Johnston. Nswbsrry, 8.
O.: Conductor SrauRh. Sleeping Car Conductor
q. @. Cleeper. and Flagman Shoaf.
Tho train was composed OF q baggage and
mail car. second and first class carriages. Pull
man sleeper. and Superintendent Bridges
private car Daisy.
The sleeper was from Goldsboro. and. ~
usual, contained many passengers. some from
Northern points. None on the sleeper escaped.
The run to Statesvills was made on time.
Just after leaving Statesville comes tho high
stone bridge over Third Crock. Tho bridge
was not injured and trains are running on
schedule time.
Mrs. Pool was drowned before aid could
reach her. Three bodies Of women have not
been identified. Ono Is that Of an old woman.
Another had q ticket in her pocket which
reads: Mrs. George Mccormick and mother.
Elmwood. N. O.. to Alexander. N. @.
The third had on her finger ring engraved
1T. H. W. to NJ. R. r." It is thought that all
the bodies have not been taken out Of tho
debris which Is piled up SO high that It 10 Inn
possible to make . thorough examination.
The Rev. Mr.. Sykes was . graduate Of the
Southwestern Presbyterian University Of
Clarkeville. Tenn.
He had Just been assigned to missionary
work in China, and was to have left for that
country on Sept. 90. He was married.
Miss Ophells Moore. who was killed. and hsr
mother. Mrs. W. E Moore. who WAS seriously
injured. are known to belong to high social cir-
cies in Helena, Ark, and are we'll known
throughout the South. They were returning
from summerin0 In the Blue Mountains