The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-12
4 TERRIBLE WRECK
ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
A SWITCH ENGINE BATTERED PAssEN
GER TRAIN INTO SPLINTERS.
MIR. J. A. Fouche, Formerly OF Dawson
kmonq Those Who Were Seriously
Injured. Several Killed.


rible wreck.
The accident occurred last Tues
day morning about IL O'Clock ne lr tn'
ronnd house of the Southern railway
system at the city limits OF Atlanta
and was caused by a switch engine
dashing into the northbound passen
Ger train. The passenger train hac
the right of way and was humping IL
selfto get into Atlanta on time, wher
the switch engine, coming from an OPP
posite direction, crashed into the pas
senger at a switch which had been left
open.
The accident caused the death OF
Mrs. A. A. Lemon and her daughter'
Trma, of McDonough, and H. H. Nlck-
ers of Flovilla.
The injured are Mrs. E. M. Smith
OF McDonough, w. F. Tidwell of Nc
Donough, Mrs. Rosa Lee of Stock
bridge. Mrs. Rosa Withers of Melon
ough, Miss Alma Massenburg zof
Washington City Mrs j. f. Ridly OF
Huntsville Ala, A. F. Bum of Nc
Donough, may dies Mrs. Bum and
danohter of McDonough, Miss Julia
Kersev of Atlanta may die: n. ii.
Vickers of Flovilla, w. M, Richard
son of Stockbridge, D. A. George OF
Rex. Mrs. Stewart and son, Pierce
Stewart of Nc Donough, j. A. touche
(may die), and baby of Mrs. Lemon
of McDonough.
Just beyond the Southern round
house are the coal chutes, and all
about these are side tracks. On one
Of these side tracks and only few
feet away from the track on which
was the incoming train an engine was
standing that had only short time
before been abandoned by its engineer
and fireman.
This engine was the instrument that
worked death to the unfortunate on
the Inflated train. Just as engine
go passed the one on the sidetrack
there was crash, terrible shock and
then came the screams of the injured.
The engine on the sidetrack had
suddenly dashed forward and was
pounding the cars of the passing train
with blows that dealt out death with
the rapidity of lightning.
The speed of the train and force of
the wild engine combined was suff1-
Gent to have crushed battleship to
pulp. and coaches were ground to
splinters, overturned and dashed on
the track with terrible force.
When the crash came the engine OF
the train continued up the track to-
wards the city. This pulled the cars
directly in front of the engine that had
come onto the main line from the spur
track.
This engine literally battered the
cars into splinters.
A stranger combination could not
have been THOUGHT of had unique
wreck been planned.
One engine tearing with all the
speed that steam could give IL,
dragging a train load of human beings
behind and. another monster OF steel
and iron pounding those cars into pulp,
was the sight that met the gaze or
those who, sattracted by the terrible
crash, ran to the scene.
Il,
man of the wild engine were near the
scene of the wreck when the crash
came. They had been off duty TOR
some time and had nothing TO 90 with
the engine.
Soon after the wreck G. B. Dunton,
an employe of the Southern road, was
arrested, charged with disorderly con-
duct This charge was made that the
man might be held. He was really ar
rested on suspicion of having run the
wild engine onto the track in front OF
the approaching train. He was sent
to police headquarters. At the prls-
on the man denied that he had done
ANYTHING wrong.
Mr.. Pouches Injuries.
Mr.. j. A. Fouche, who Is among
those who were seriously injured, was
for several years editor of the Dawson
Journal and is now editor of the Henry
County Weekly, published at McDo4-
ough. He is a son-in-law OF Mr.. b. II
Brown of Dawson, and has many
friends here who regretted to hear OF
his misfortune.
He was hurt on the head, in the
back and had one foot mashed ana
though his injuries are serious tne
latest news from him is that he VII!
probably recover.
DUNTON HELD FOR MURDER
An investigation before Jud ge
Broyles Thursday Afternoon resulted
in Dunton being he'd to answer TO the
charge of murder in a higher court.
\ number of witnesses testified that
Dunton, who is employed as a yard
conductor of the Southern, was on the
engine when i. crashed into the pas
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