The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-31

Russell pushed his engine along through the water Just as he reached the point where the culvert had been, there was sudden lurch of the big machine-it was one of the huge consolidated freight en- zines of the Nestern-and with heave she shot heg. first into the raging waters below. EnsiEce- Russell was caught and pinned under the machine when she set tied on her 7ide at the bottom, and whether hn was killed when his engine turned over pr Was drowned will never be known. As sCoii as possible he was taken out. G4. al signs of life had long since left Sls body. There was not a mark or him except small bruise Just back of his rgnt shoulder His negro fireman, Sl Lee. was badly hurt, but not killed. He was not brought away from the srcne e ;he accident and at late hour last n.eht it was reported that he was doing aa ~ 2ll as could be expected. Lee has been la a great many wrecks on the West.,r road and is the oldest fire man j.. t4.a 9ervice.
 It we 7Cme time after the accident before T report could be sent to Mont gomcry. put before 6 o'clock Superinten- dcnt awards had a wrecking train with surgeons. supplies. etc, speeding toward the scene. and hard work has been going on every minute of the time from then.
 Another Engine Wrecked.
 A freight train had reached Opelika about o'clock In the morning and was ordered to go back to West Point for sup plies. Cutting loose from the train the engine was run light and near Cusseta it. too. located broken culvert and plunged down into space. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but the finish of the engine as a relief vehicle had come. Be- tween Opelika and West Point two trestles had been rendered dangerous by the high waters and at West Point the water was over d foot deep In the depot. After crossing the river the track was in good shape all the way to Atlanta, but on this side of Opelika not wheel has turned exec pt by wrecking trains since Sunday morning. -.
 RusselTs Body Brought Here.
 Sunday afternoon at o'clock the body of the dead engineer, Tom Russell was brought to Montgomery and taken to ms former home on the corner of Randolph and Decatur Streets where his agonzed wife and sorrOwing friends waited.
 RusselTs first appearance in local rail road circles was when he was passen- ger conductor between here and Eufaula on the old NJ. and E. Then he was gen. cral yardmaster of the Central in Macon. afterwards being appointed yardmaster of the Western in Montgomery, under Mir. GabbettS regime. For the last nItfen years he has been an engineer on the Western between here and Atlanta, and was one of the most popular employees in the service of the road. He was mem ber in good standing of the Montgomery Lodge of Masons, and Henry Long will go as a committee from the lodge to at tend the funeral this morning. lie was a prominent member of the Gabbett DiVis- ion 332 Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the following committee from the division will attend the funeral; c. Coins, Chief Engineer of the division; w. c. Shaffer, II. S. Kirkpatrick, Dick Morgan, Henry Waddel Smith, Weath- erford. J. C. Shropshire. Sam Foster and Jen Robinson.
 The funeral will be held at Fort Valley Ga. the former home of the deceased today. and at S:2O this morning the body accompanied by the relatives and friends will leave on the morning train or the Central of Georgia. The parents of MT Russell are both dead, but he has brother who is a surgeon in the Ihlteu States navy and an uncle who is prom inent business man of Atlanta. The lat ter will be the only relative outside ol Montgomery able to reach Fort NaiieS today.
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