Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-03
OVER A TRESTLE.

OVER A TRESTLE.
Awful Accident on q North Caro-
lima Railroad.
a Passenger Train Goes Over a High Bridge
Every Person In the Sleeper Killed
The Dead May Number Forty
The Victims.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Aug. 2s.-The
most disastrous railroad wreck ever
known in this state occurred yesterday
morning about o'clock at Boston
bridge, two miles west of Statesville,
ON the Western North Carolina rail-
road.
Passenger train No. 9, known as the
fast mail, which, made up at Salisbury,
pulled out on time Il a. m. loaded with
passengers 1t was composed of a bag
gage and mail car, second and first class
coaches, Pullman sleeper and Superin-
tendent Bridges private car, Daisy"
This sleeper, which was from Colds
boro, usually contains a good number
of passengers from northern points,
and last night was no exception.
The run to Statesville was made on
time, distance of twenty-five miles,
but just after leaving Statesville there
is high stone bridge spanning Third
creek and down into this creek plunged
the entire train, a distance of at least
sixty-fve feet wrecking the whole
train and carrying death and destruc-
ton with it.
Twenty passengers were killed out
right, nine seriously injured and about
twenty badly bruised and shaken up.
The night was dismal and to add to
the horror of the situation the water in
the creek was up and it was only
through the most heroic efforts of those
who had hurried to the scene of the
wreck that the injured were not
drowned.
The accident was caused by the
spreading of the rails. The bridge was
not injured and trains are running on
schedule time.
Twenty dead bodies are now lying in
warehouse at Statesville, and the in
jured are having the best of care at
private residences and hotels.
. The following is list of killed:
William West, engineer, Salisbury,
N. c.
Warren Fry, fireman. Hickory. N. G.
d. K. Linster, baggagemaster, States
vile, N. c.
William Houston, Greensboro. N. G.
p. Barnett, Asheville, N. c.
Samuel German, Asheville, n. C.
w. e. Winslow, Asheville, N. G.
Charles Bennett, Hendersonvine, NC
w. j. Fisher. Campbell, S. c.
j. B. Austin, Hickory, N. C.
j. M. Sykes, Gainesville, Tenn.
Mrs. Poole, Williamson, N. C.
Jube Thefer, travelling salesman.
Doc Wells, colored, Pullman porter.
John Davis. Statesville, N. C.
Mr.. Mccormick, Alexandria, Va.
The injured were as follows:
DR.. George w. Sanderlin. state aud
itor. painfully.
Col E. B. Cameron, of the governors
staff.
Patrick E. Ransom, Northampton
county, N. c.
Otto Ransom, Norfolk, Va
Worth Elliott, Hickory. N. C.
George Bowles, Atlanta.
Col. o. w. Lawson, Louisville, Ky.
Miss Llewellyn Poole, Williamson,
N. c.
Mrs R. C. Moore, Helena, Ark.
Miss Ophelia Moore. Helena, Ark.
"A. S. Linl>e and wife, Lexington, Ky.
b. N. Estes, Jr.. Memphis, Tenn
John Gage, Asheville..
r. E. Johnston, Newberry, S. c.
Conductors Spaugh and H C. Leeper.
Flagman Shoaf.
Among the killed was Rev. J. NJ
Sykes, graduate of the Southwestern
Presbyterian university, Gainesville,
Tenn. He had just been assigned to
missionary work in China and was to
have left for that country September
26 next He was married.
The Moores are prominent in literary
and social circles in Helena, Ark, and
are we'll known throughout the south.
They were returning from a summer
ing in the Blue mountains.
Mrs. Poole was drowned before aid
could reach her.
Three bodies have not been identi-
fed. One of these is an old lady. An
other is lady with ticket in her
pocket which reads: MRS. George Nc
Cormick and mother, Elmwood, N. c.,
to Alexander, N. c. The third is also
lady. Upon her finger is ring en-.
graved IT. H. w. to Nj. B. R." The
last mentioned is believed to be the
wife of T. III. White, of Memphis, who
had been spending the summer at
Hillsborough. n. c., and was on hez
way to Memphis.
1t is thought that all bodies have not
been taken out of the debris, which is
piled so high that it is impossible to
make thorough examination. Crowds
have focked to the scene all day.
Not soul came out of the sleeper
alive.
1t is thought the number of dead may
reach forty.
An Alien Conspiracy.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2S.-The treasury
department is advised that syndicate
of German bromine manufacturers have
determined to make large consignments
of bromine and bromide of potassium
to this country, to be sold irrespective
of cost at any price for the purpose OF
breaking up the American manufactur.
ers and that the goods will be under