The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-15
4 FREGHIFUIl WRECK.
sANTAFEFA FAoT TRAINS GRASP AEAD-
LONG TOGETHER.

LONG TC651 Her.
Locomotives EXP o:s r'aE."S nole In
wntch cmrs Sink u, z-ns Killed ~ d
wcuuced-w j 1879 gs.n'o Noble wo1k.
a specia from EnpoTia, kas.. says:
Ore Of the wo.si wrecks in the his.
tory CT the Santa Fe railroad occurr5 &
three miles cast Of here at shout I
O'Clock toa;ent Twelve or fifteen
persons We Killed and as m&ny Hio1e
badly hu.s The last u 81 train going
east md the &exico SUD C4liforria
exortsS 6o2nd west, colijdeG h.aG on.
rne Mexico ard Califocnis express
was pulled by two locomotives, aud
when they struck Lhe eG2iGe drawing
The fast mail, the boilsrs or al! three
engines exvlcded anG tore q hole IN
the ground so deep that toe smoking
car OF tie westacUnd train ran on top
OF the tbree eDeires aud two mail carS
ard bslanced there, without turning
over. TIE passengers in the smoking
car escaped through the windows
The front end Of this car was anveloped
IL a volume ofst H:Eg smoke and steam
boili2g U0 iroa ths wreck eel ~ aGd
the rear door w&s jamaed tight in the
wrsck of the car b.biDd. The wreck
caught fire from Inc engines. The
c4rsin tie hole and he smoker 6urned
10 ashes in short lime. Ia climbing
cur ofthe smoking Car several men
reli through tGe yif!s into the wreck
be3oH, and it is impossible to tel whe
:her they escaped OF wsre buried to
death.
The westoound train carried seven
Or eight coaches, ard its passengers.
included many excursioniSis, who had
been to hear Hen ". J. Bryan sp=ak
at the county f&;r al Buylingame
Mr.. Bryan hi&selt was on the train.
but vas riding IL the rear Pullman,
soms 400 feet frou the cars which
were wrecked. He states that nothing
but heavy iolt was ezperieLcsd by
TIE passengers in his coach.
idr. Bryan was one OF the modest
men in tQe crowd CT rescUers lie
nelpsd TO cyrry out the dead AID
wounded and gave the greatest attnc-
ton to tae!r care Cne poor fellow,
wbo was badly manned, called 10 Mr.
Bryan ard said:
= went to hear you tody, I am nov
DYING aaA want TO shake your hand
and ssy God bless you. II you posi-
bly cap, Mr.. Bryan, get me dritk CT
water"
Mr B;yan went Into the fass mail
car. o2e end of which vas burning,
and came out with tie water, Which
ne gave to the suffering passenger:
lie brought out cushions for others OF
the injured. and w&s everywhere pes
ent 10 administer to the wants Of the
sutf9Tiae.
Lis feared that nearly sll OF the
seven mail clerks pesished in the dis
aster bat 50 far only eight bodies have
been t8ken from the wreck. Those
dead sre:
jim Br9nmen, engineer, Topeka.
Nate Hol;is:er, framau, Topeka,
J. T. S0uders, Kansas City, express
messenger, bcdy almost consumed oy
FIRE.
William Ffisov. engineer.
r s Doran, Enporia, postal clerk;
NJ. Go1z2lss, fireman, wss:bouud
train
U0kdown nan, tramp. Topeka.
". Bragman.
Among the seriously injlred are:
Claude Holiday, Lawrence, Kan. :,
express messenger, both legs broken,
WIN die
D c. Erie, Kansas City, express
messenger, legs broken; will die.
john D2gaE, Topess, face smsShed.
J. T. BIiler. county a torney, Gas:
county, hip broken; may die
Wiii.am T Jones, ke@3e5 City,
legs and arms broken.
B ?. Meuk, Atcaison, baaiy blu'sed.
Phi schuer, Kansas City, hiE
crusned.
G. 4. vanliot, brakeman, Kansas
City. badly bruised
William Patrick, Kansas CITY, leg
and arn broken.
G. D. Adams, City OF Mexico, pain
fully bruised
Nike Sweeney, Gainesville, Texas,
back hurt.
Ben Walters, the St. joseph, Mo
fireman On the westbound train, IS
missing.
Tnsspgiaear Of the wes:5ound train
had received orders to meet the fast
mail al Enporia, ard vas making uE
lost time. These two are the fastest
trains on the Santa Fe system, and the
wessbcuGd train must have baen run
cling 81 a speed of at least forty miles
an hour. Tee westbouLd express was
going around slight curve, aud met
the f&st mail, probably within twc
hundred feet. O.: the seven or eight
cars making up the Mexico aQd Cal
itornia express, only the mail, bag
gage and express snd smoking cars
we're destroyed. The coach following
the smoker was badly splintered.
There were not more than 8 dcz2n
pas :engers on the fast mail, ali IN one
coach, and while none oi them we.e
seriously Injured, their shaking U:
was terrible. Every se2t IN the coac1
vas torn from the floor, and many
focr rlanks came up with the seats
Oae man, J i, In Sweeney. was thrown
ovsr three seats ard through q win
dow, but escaped with oaly scratches
snd bruises.
It's stated that the wreck WAS caused
by g micacriage Of orders from tae
trairsmQs>er. at L Enporia the east
bound fast mail train received order&
to pass the California express at Land.
seven miles east. Another order was
sent to Land for the California ex
press 10 take the siding there, but this
order wss not delivered, arc the west
bound tr3ia passed on, the trianmeI
expecting 70 pass the fast mail ST ( Il
poria.
ANOTHER WRECK.
The worst wreck in the history O
Colorado occurred at 1926 Friday