Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-06
SIX PEOPLE KILLED.
A Terrible Wreck at South Oar
rollton Sunday Morning.
An Excursion Train Collides With the
Regular Passenger Train on the
o. & N. Road.

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One of the most disastrous wrecks
reported in this section for many
years happened at South Carrollton,
Ky. yesterday morning about 6
O'Clock.
The facts as reported by Mr.. Olive
Oppenheimer, of this city, who was
a passenger on one of the trains a,
few minutes before the awful calam-
ity, are tragic in the extreme.
Yesterday morning train left
OWensboro for Russellville carrying
colored excursion party. About
the same time the regular passenger
train left Russellville for Owensboro.
The conductors and engineers of both
trains were supplied with new
time card that went into effect at p.
M. yesterday. Strange to say, the
crew of the excursion train read the
card as going into effect at 7 a. M,
when in fact the change went into eff
feet in the evening. AS a result of
this the throttles of both engines
were thrown open, each engineer
thinking he had clear track. The
crash came in deep cut near South
Carrollton, KY, about half way be-
tween Russellville and Owensboro.
J. o. Rogers was conductor and p. j.
Fehay engineer of the excursion
train. A. Il. Cardwell and Jack
Walsh were conductor and engineer
respectively of the regular train.
When the engineers saw the i'm
pending danger, the one on the regu-
lar passenger succeeded in bringing
his train to a stand. Not so, how
ever, with the excursion train, which
was heavy and hard to manage. 1t
drove with fearful force into the
regular train, demolishing both en-
gines and four cars.
No one on the regular train was
fatally injured, but the havoc on the
excursion train was fearful. The
engineer and fireman of the regular
train saved their lives by jumping.
The engineer of the excursion train
also saved his life possibly by jump
ing. He was badly hurt, but may
recover. Hugh Barclay, the fireman
of the illfated excursion train, re-
mained at his post, and in twenty
minutes was a corpse. His left leg
was completely torn from his body,
and he was otherwise terribly man.
gled. There were five of the colored
excursionists killed outright. Six
others were so badly mangled
that both limbs had to be ampn-
tated. In addition to this there
were twenty-three people who were
badly hurt, all of them belonging to
the excursion train.
The dead and wounded were taken
to Central City, where the former
were prepared for intorment and the
latter given every attention by the
good citizens of that place. Physi-
clans from all the surrounding towns
volunteered their services and went
to Central City.
In addition to the loss of life the
damage to the railroad property is es-
timated at from $4,000 to 100000.
A PATHETIC STORY.
A deeply pathetic story is told in
connection with the wreck, and wo-
mans heroism under trying circum-
stances forms the basis for the same.
Miss Maggie Pointer and Miss Mat
tie Frey, both of OwensbOro, KY,
had been visiting friends at Russell
vile and were going home on the
regular passenger train. Miss Frey
was badly hurt about the head Miss
Pointer was shocked but received no
injury. So soon as these young
ladies saw what had happened, with
a courage and presence of mind that
made the men ashamed of them
selves, they sprang Immediately to
the mass of suffering humanity and
began bandaging crushed limbs,
heads and bodies. They worked as
only heroic women can work, and
actually tore off their underclothing
for bandages. Miss Pointer came
by accident to the mangled form OF
poor Hugh Barclay, the fireman of
the excursion train. Brushing the
SCOT and clotted blood from his face
she recognized him as former sweet
heart. She spoke to him, asking if it
were not Hugh Barclay? A faint re-
ply in the affirmative was the last
word the poor fellow ever spoke. 1t
was he, and the tender heart Of the
woman almost melted as she saw
him breathe his last. The scene was
a most pathetic one, and many hard
hearts were so deeply touched that
tears rolled down smoke-begrimmed
faces. Hugh Barclay belonged to one
of the best families about Russellville
and was a gentleman in all the term
implies. There was much regret at
his tragic death. The work OF the
two young ladies mentioned above
will be remembered long by the