The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-19
TIE RAILRO1D DISASTER.
Details Of the Wreck on the Chester and LIE
noir Narrow Gauge Road.

GAsToxIA, \. c.. Feb. 1s.-lSpeciall. THE
hornble,wIeck on the.Chcster and Lenoir Mar
row Gauge railroad, Monday evening accounts
of which have appeared in The TINES, was
one Of the most frightful accidents that this
quiet vicinity has ever suffered The details
of the disaster are rs follows:
About o'clock Monday evening
telegram was received NJ Hickory Station
that wreck had occurred on the narrow
raure road two miles below Newton. Your
Correspondent reached Newton on the follow
ing morning about > O'Clock. where the dead
bodies of Johnson and Hogg had been
brought. The Rev. VI. l.. Little was taken
10 the house Of q neighbor. His wife was
present, and had sat al his side all night. lie
died about 1890 Yesterday morning. us. -.
w Daheca and r. b. Baker. surgeons on the
railroad. attended him The conductor, C..
l.. Dunlap. was at the hotel al Newton suffer
inc with badly bruised eyes and slight
abrasion Of the forehead.
The scene Of the wreck was next visited.
The Smyle ucsjle WAS a sight long 10 be le-
membered The freight cars and engine
we're all piled M IN q heap with the passen.
ger cab in which the dead bodies OF Ross and
Morrc were lying wrapped IN cotton. Inc
neighbois rendered all the assistance possible.
The scene Of the wreck i a long distance from
any dwellings. The force Of the tall from
the trestle which i thirty feet high was so
great as To break several car wheels and aXles.
This morning there was a great crowd at the
scene Of the wreck.
An EYE WITNESS STATEMENT.
The statement Of j. A. Shrum. a passenger
on the Inflated train. is as follows:
The train was moving pretty ias,, whlch
caused the cars to rock considerably. The
Rev. NJ. l.. Little took hold Of the knob on
the door 10 steady himself, ana we were
laughing and joking. when suddenly iet
the tram leave the track, which was before
we reached the trestlc IL then ran along on
the ties about forty feet and fell to the
ground below. | was unconscious for some
time and until brought 10 by neighbors. ]
then walked 10 a house near by, and found |
had made a most miraculous escape from
death
Another passenger makes this statement:
] vas IN the passenger ear conveNing WIN
III" other pas-engers and noticed that the
train was moving faster than usual. when It
suddenly left the track. The suspense was
terribly while waiting for II To leave the tres
tie. In q moment il had turned over aud
over, with stove, lamps and passengers rolling
from one side 10 the other Of the car. ! land-
cd on my feet and had the presence Of mind
to secure a flag and run down the road
about half a mile and put II on the track. as
another freight was due in short while.
Mr. Carpenter SAYS that had they been GO
Ing AT the regular speed ne thinks the accl-
dent could have been ayerted. A special train
was sent 10 the scene this morning with tools
and hands. and they will at once repair the
trestle, which is badly damaged
FULL LIST OF THE DEAD.
TIE following is a list OF the dead:
Rev. NJ. L. Little, of the Dallas College,
aged forty-,wo years. destination Hickory, n.
c.. head badly cut. fractured RIB. and hurt IN
ternallv: leaves a wife and ten children.
-
man, aged twcnty-seycn years, killed Ill
stantly.
H. NJ. Morrel, passenger, white. No. Town
ship, Cleveland county. n. c.. destination Le-
NOR, n. c., neck broke and cash over right
eve.
H. L. Johnson. Of Gastonia, n. c.. white
passenger. age about fifty. right leg broken
and left thigh badly cut. Died at A. NJ. yes
terlay. Leaves a wife and three children.
John Hocg. Of Chester, 5. c.. fireman, white.
age thrty-thrce. night arm severed from the
body and right leg terribly mashed cash over
the left eve. Died at O'Clock last night. He
leaves wife and four children.
j. h.. Cornwall. Chester, =. c., cOlOred. age
thirty, fracture Of the base Of skull. Died at
l30 \. VI. Leaves wife.
TIE INJURED.
The injured are:
G.. l.. Dunlap Chester, :. c., conductor.
aged twenty seven years confusion OF the
eyes. slight abrasion OF forehead, unconscious
until late hour last night.
Rev. II. B. Marcel (colored), elder at New
ton. slightly hurt.
Charles W shannon. Of Chester, S. c.,
slightly hurt; biuise over the LETT eve.
Frank Coulter, passenger (white), hurt in
ternally; suffered very much.
Abe kirksy, LincolntOn. y. c.. white pas
senger. severe cut III the throat one and half
inches long and three-quarter inches deep;
destination, Lenoir, y. c.
c. A. Starr, Guiltord \. c.. white student at
college in Newton, slightly hurt
Wash Johnson, cOlorcd. Chester. n. c.,
brakeman. conclusion Of the brain. not ex-
pected to live until night. Married and has
two children.