The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-08-29
AS TO THE WRECK
twenty-five Killed and TWenty-six
Wounded.
Some Notes of Peculiar Interest IL
Friends and Others.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CAUSE OFT
The Picture as Presented by Joe Cald-
well in His Excellent Statesyil1e
Landmark Extra.

get is from the Statesville Landmark eX-
ira Of yesterday afternoon. The scene at
the wreck, as will be learned from the
following account, needs no penciling to
make it full of interest:
Col. II. G. Deming, of Pennsylvania,
who is one Of the leading spirits in the
Farmers Alliance and probably the
ablest man in the order, was gotten into
town at dark last evening and lodged at
Mr.. W. E. Anderson's. He lost 500 in
the wreck, but it was found during the
day by Messrs. J. x. Morrison and Frank
Page ank promptly restored to him.
Mrs. r. O. Linster, who was visiting
in Tennessee, was called home by tele
gram announcing the death of her son,
and arrived last evening. Both of Mr.
Linster's legs were broken, and he re-
ceived Injuries to his bowels by a trunk
falling across him. His funeral will take
place this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Ser
vices by Rev. j. H. Page. The Iredell
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will have charge of the burial.
The Messrs. Barnett and Mr.. German,
of Asheville, who are among the dead,
were members Of the Asheville fire COM
pany, which had been to Durham to the
| firemen's tournament. Only six Of the
company happened to be on this train
and Of this number three, Messrs. Brad
ford, Gaze and Nix, escaped with their
lives. The bodies Of the dead fremen
were embalmed last evening by Messrs.
]. NJ. Harry, Of Charlotte, J. D. Cochrane
and J. E. Freeland, of this place, and
were carried home on the 1852 a. N. train
this morning.
All day yesterday great crowds Of peo-
pie from town and country visited the
wreck and crowds are at it again to-day.
AS the height from which the train fell is
contemplated, the wonder is, not that so
many were killed, but that more were not.
While parts of the cars are in the water,
the engine, No 1G6, looking like some
great beast suddenly stricken help ess,
lies on it's side up and down the steep
embankment, and looks as if its wreck
were not total. Railroad men, always
seCretiye, are never so much so as in the
case of an accident, and none Of them
have been interrogated as to the probable
loss
A number of persons in town heard the
crash.
A diamond pin and ring Of Mr.. J. G.
Brodie, which were supposed to have
been lost, were found this morning in the
watch pocket of his pants.
A force of about 100 hands is working
actively on the wreck to day.
Considerable concern has been aroused
by several kilograms from Memphis ask
ing that Miss Edmunds, who was with
Mrs. White, be looked after. No such
person has beed heard of since the acci-
dent. 1t is hoped she was not on the
train.
a strange experience is given by both
Colonel Cameron and Mr.. Gaze. Both
were fully conscious Of the descent but
testify that they were unaware of any
jar when the train struck the ground.
Among the excellent volunteer pro
fessional workers among the wounded
was DR.. A. II. Hayden, of Shelby, who
got Off the fated train as it passed
Statesyille.
Mr.. Brodie (whose home was in New
York, but who travel for a Chicago
glove house, remarked to Mr.. J. ?.
Burke here Wednesday afternoon that
he intended to quit the road at the end
of the year, but was afraid something
would happen to him before then.
4 Helens, Ak, dispatch states that
"Mr r. c. Moore, of this city, received a
telegram to-day stating that Miss Ophelia
Moore had been killed and her mother
Mrs ". E. Moore, seriously injured in
the Western North Carolina wreck, near
Statesville. The MoOres are promineni
in literary and social circles, and are
we'll known throughout the South. They
were returning from a summering in
Blue Mountaine' Miss Moore was {
relative of the Polks Of Warrenton, anG
had just left that town, where she bac
been visiting.
1t is believed that there are yet Other
dead bodies under the wreck. Most ot
the wounded are at private houses, in
different parts Of the town. Statesville
has thrown open her homes with gener'
Gus and tender hospitality. As these
words 60 up on the wires the news come:
that another unidentified body has just
been taken frcm the ruins.
Cooper's hotel this afternoon presented
the aspect of a veritable morgue. The
dead bodies in the house which had been
coffined were brought out and placed IN
the parlors of the hotel preparatory to