The age-herald., 1898-02-11
FOUR KILLED IN
 RAILROAD WRECK Head End Collision Caused by a Heavy
 Fog. HALF DOZEN MEN INJURED Two of Whom Hay Be Added to List Of
 the Dead. MOLAsSEs NEARLY DROWNED NEGRO Collision Occurred Near Kirkland, Ninety Miles South of Montgomery-Engineer Lost
 His Bearing in Heavy Fog
 and Ran by Switch.
MoLAssEs NEARLY DROWNED NEGRO
Special to The Age-Herald.


 Montgomery, Feb. 10.-Two freight trains going thirty miles an hour each met in a head end collision near Kirkland, ninety miles south of here, about 2 o'clock this morning. Four men were killed outright and half a dozen others were seriously in jured, as follows. The dead:
 G. G. URSERY, engineer of freight train Mo- II, southbound.
 VIM. LEE (colored), fireman of freight Mo- "A, northbound.
 An unknown negro tramp and an un- known white tramp
 The injured:
 Engineer w. H. DAVIDSON of freight "A; will likely die.
 ED. DAVIS, fireman on freight No. IL; arm broken and shoulder crushed.
 An unknown white tramp, both feet cut off, will die. Another unknown white tramp; bruised about head. Negro tramp; back bruised.
 CHARLES HARRISON, brakeman; foot and leg crushed.
 VIM. HUGHES, brakeman; knee broken. All of the victims were residents of Montgomery.
 The tramps were stealing their transpor- tation on the northbound freight. The ac- cident appears to have been due to heavy fog. The northbound train was under or ders to pass the other at a siding mile south of the point were the accident oc- cured, but the fog was so thick that En- gineer Davidson lost his bearings and ran beyond the siding. Although there was no curve in the track for half mile be- yond the point where the accident oc- cured, the engineers could not see each others search lights until the engines were within few yards of each other, and nobody had a chance to jump. The two trains were broken almost to splnters One of the tramps. who was injured, was tlmost drowned in molasses, a number of barrels of the cane syrup bursting about and above him.
 Physicians on a relief train from this city promptly administered to the injured. Some of them, together with the dead, were brought here tonight. temporary track has been built around the wreck and traffic will not be interrupted.
 Brewton Says Five Killed
 Brewton, Feb 1O-A fearful head-end collision between freight trains Nos "A and Il, north and south bound respective y, occurred about a mile north of Kirk land, Ala, seven miles north of Brewton, at 1:S5 o'clock this evening. The result is five dead and six wounded. The dead are: ENGINEER G. G. USSERY, of No. Il.
 ENGINEER w. H. DAVIDSON, of No. "A
 Davidson's colored fireman, s. Y. JONES. Colored railroad laborer, colored brake man and an unknown tramp.
 Davidson never seemed to have perceived the oncoming train. He had orders to take the siding at Kirkland for No. Il and when his conductor, Davis, noticed that he did not stop he sent his fiagman over to stop him, but owing to the dense fog prevailing at the time, his signal could not be seen.
 Engineer Ussery was slowing down for his meeting point, when he saw the other train and called to his fireman to jump quick for his life. He, himself stayed at his post, reversed his engine and put on his air, but the poor fellow failed to save his life He was horribly mangled
 His fireman jumped and escaped with slight injury. The fagman on "A was about the middle of his train when it struck and was hurled a distance of thirty feet, but was only slightly bruised. He grabbed up his lantern and ran back to Brewton, the nearest telegraph station, to report the accident.
 The collision occurred on a long, straight stretch of track New, heavy rails had been recently laid and it was well ballasted and was not moved from its bed.