The age-herald., 1898-08-30
FIRST SECTION OF MILITARY TRAIN

 to Birmingham. He was conscious and insisted to the last that his injuries were trivial, begging the surgeons to care for the others.
 The bodies of both of these men were ern- balmed by the Warner-Smiley undertaking establishment and were expressed to their homes in New York yesterday afternoon The two unfortunate men were nrst cousins, and were nephews of the colonel of the regiment.
 Brave Fireman Browne
 The most seriously injured man at the m firmary is Fireman George Browner' col ored who has a fractured skull, but II IS thought that he and all of the other ih- jured will recover. Browner must nave jumped from the engine, as the cars oehinu him left the track, for he was pulled out from under the wreck almost fataly m jured. He was conscious, however, ana the brave negro begged the surgeons to give their attention to the injured soldiers, say ing that he could wait. Of course, they refused his request.
 The dead and injured were all put on a car and brought into the city about lo o'clock A number of ambulances and hacks were driven in under the carshed to receive the injured. Those in a serious con dtion were taken to the Wilson-Brown in- firmary, and few who were less severely injured to the Morris hotel. The regi- mental surgeons and men of the hospital corps and the physicians from the infirm- ary handled the injured. Hundreds of spectators gathered in the depot to see the unloading and had to be kept back by a guard line of soldiers.
 Just After the Wreck
 There were exciting times just after the wreck. The cars had scarcely come to a stand after their general mix up, when the uninjured men of Companies B and G, who were in the five wrecked cars began to climb out of the windows and swarm around the wreck. Officers and men from the cars behind, only a few of which were even derailed, and from the two sections behind, came forward to investigate
 The work of releasing the injured whose cries could be heard under the wreck was begun at once. Axes were used freely to dig holes in the in order to release all the men. The surgeons and hospital de- partment did splendid work in binding up the mems injuries and they were made as comfortable as possible until brought to the city. .5a.t3 One of the soldiers walked back down the track to Boyle's Gap. where the news of the wreck was telegraphed to Superintendent Newbolds office in Birmingham. The mes- sage said that one man was killed and many injured.
 The Wrecking train was put i% readiness at once and was soon on the way up the road. There work was begun at once and the track was cleared away by 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Superintendent New bold was in charge of the work.
 Cause of the Accident.
 The cause of the accident is still mys- tery. Some think that the tender jumped the track first and caused the cars to be ditched. Others think that one of the trucks of the front car broke down. A very plaus- fble theory is that some of the soldiers pulled the emergency brake which causes a car to stop almost instantly and Is very likely to derail it, especially on a curve. soldier was heard to say that one of the men was playing with the brake before the accident happened. An investigation will be held and the cause determined if possi- ble.
 A Would-be Lynching.
 As soon as the injured were cared for, many of the men, who were drinking, be- gan an awful tirade against the railroad for wreclking the train Somebody started the report that Engineer Petitt had been running the train at an excessive speed and this had caused the accident. The cry was taken up, and the men, arming themselves with sticks and many of them with guns, began to hl,nt for the engineer. Petit had, however h7l intimations of what was brewing |, taken to the woods. After walking .r ,s T two he secured a private conveyance - some kind and came to the city. The men continued their search in all directions, however, several of them com- ing on foot into town. The officials did not stop this mob, as one lieutenant is said to have gone so far as to advise the men to "shoot the coward if you can catch him for running away"
 Conductor Rittenberry, who was in the caboose at the time of the accident, was also threatened, and he says it took some lively arguments on his part to prove that he as well as the rest of the train crew were entirely innocent. In fact, every man that was connected with the road, that could be found, was threatned and abused
 Brought Bac, to the City
 Finally. as the wreck could not be passed that night, all three sections were brought back to the city where the men remained all night in the cars. The first section was sent north at APO yesterday morning, the second at 450 and the third, which was the wrecked section, with new cars added,
  Memphis and Charleston road at Decatur before Il o'clock and the run to Huntsville was made without further mishap.
 At New Castle, where the trains were sde-tracked for some minutes, the men saw the engine which had pulled the wrecked train and which had been taken up to New Castle Finding that it was the fatal engine the men at once began to wreak their vengeance on 1t. The officers, apparently did not try to stop them. Fail- ing in their efforts to dismantle 1t, they "swiped" all the wrenches and tools they could lay hands on, and after breaking off all the attachments they could, left her, standing ,'-' ssa
 What They Did to Birmingham
 The Sixty-ninth New York did not make very> favorable impression on Birming-, ham. 10 The three trains bearing the regiment, stopped an hour or two in the depot Sum day afternoon and the men strolled all over
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