The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-03
FATALRAILWAY WRECK
ENGINEER AND .FIREMAS kTLLED
ON THE RICHMOND a. D<NyfLLE.
The Train Plunged Ina y Washout Near
Ridgeway, 5. C.--severai Persons In
Jured in Wreck Near Nashville.

COLUMBIA. s. c.. June 2-Special.-- -
| When the early morning train on the
Richmond and Danville road stopped at
iew mto one OF the cars like bird OF
evil omen.
Several hours later that same car was
hurrying on to this city with the remains
Of Engineer Jack Germany, and Fireman
I. ID. Henry. and the sable bird sat
perched above their mangled corpses. II
was a terrible accident. the wreck that
occurred twenty-three miles from here
this morning. The train was the regular
mixed train from the North in charge of
Conductor J. G. Wilson. The accident
occurred at o'clock I'm the biackest Of
darkness \ cloud burst had washed
away the road-bed. making creyasse
OF one hundred long and about twenty
feet deep. and leaving the delusive rails
and cross ties across the yawnlng gap
The men must have been hurled 20
destruction without an instants warning,
for the air-brakes were not applied nor
was the danger signal sounded The
only other person hurt was ex-Messenger
w. III. Holmes. who Is not seriously In
jured. The passengers on the train pro-
badly owe their escape To the fact that
the train was a mixed one with five
freight cars between them and the ex-'
press car. The engineer and fireman were
buried under mass OF wreckage, and the
former was pinioned down between the
boiler and the tender, his head resting
against the air-pump. He had his hands
up I'm front OF his face, which was badly
mashed and literally cooked. FiremaaI
Henry had his head almost i'm the furnace
door. He had a wound extending through
his head. The passengers were not able
to find the mangied bodies until after day
light.
w. G. Germany. was born In Newberry.
$. c., and was forty-nine years old. lie
was known all over the State I'm railroad
circles. He had been running on thA
road WI ere he met his death FOR twenty
two years, and had the reputation Of being
the best engineer on the line. For the
last twelve years he was chief engineer
OF division IS. Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, and represented his division IN
the grand division ten times. He began
engineering in Greenyille. and left there
TO take his part I'm the war. lie leaves
a widow, one son and two daughters
Fireman Henry was twenty-five years
old, and came here from Mooresvile. N.
c. He was married last winter. and leaves
< Young wife.
Many Injured In Tennessee.
NASHVILLE. TENN, June "A pas
senger train on the Northwestern division
OF the Nashville. Chattanooga and 81.
Louis railway was wrecked near New
comes station. twelve miles from Nash
vile, at $3.50 o'clock this morning The
rear coach from Memphis jumped the
track and rolled down an embankmeut
forty feet deep. The train was behind
and was running at high rate OF speed.
Ther6 were only eleven passengers In
the coach, and they were all injured. sew
eral severely. The injured are: Mrs.
Susan stephens. Nashville. bruised about
the head and body. seriously. Mrs. l.. NJ.
Douglass, Chester. s. c., shoulder and
head bruised; Mrs. NJ. G. Worsham.
Mariana, Ark. leg and face cut: J. l..
Spurlock, Vienna. Cherokee Nation. leg,
side and shoulder injured; j. S. Marony,
MurDhy. n. c.. head and back bruised;
Mrs. Suddath and baby. Nowata, Indian
Territory, the former cut on the head:
Mrs Killingworth Alvord, Texas, face
cut and back bruised; j. B. Freeman,
Harold. Texas. head and hip bruised: A.
$. Harris, Nashville, head and back
bruised; John A. Perry, Memphis. hip
bruised: j. ID. Graves, Alyord. Texas,
head cut. All Of the injured were brought
10 this city, where medical attention was
rendered