The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-17
MIDNIGHT COLLISION.
COSTLY ACCIDENT ON THE COAST LINE
AT TEACHEy'S.
One Train Runs Into the Rear of An
other-Engineer Pemberton Badly
Hurt--Two Cars Burned.

At IL: 10 o'clock Tuesday night a rear
end collision between two trains occur
red at Teachey's, on the Atlantic Coast
Line. The result of the accident was
that Engineer J. G.. Pemberton, of
Fayetteville, was badly hurt, passen-
ger coach and an express car were de-
stroyed by fire and several hundred
dollars in damage was done to loco
motive.
Both trains were coming south and
consisted of empty refrigerator and ex-
press cars returning from the north
where they had gone with strawberries
shipped from along the road. The cars
were being brought down the road to
be left at the various stations in the
strawberry district to be reloaded with
berries.
The first train was in charge of Cap
tain DeLeon Fillyaw as conductor and
Mr.. Ed Morris as engineer. They were
bound for Wilmington and had thir-
teen refrigerator and express cars, with
a passenger coach on the rear. The
train stopped on the main line at
Teachey's and the engine went into the
the second train came down the road
at good speed. 1t was in charge OF cap
tain Thomas j. Pae as conductor ana
Mr. J. G. Pemberton as engineer. They
were pulling empty freight cars ana
We're also bound for Wilmington. When
Engineer Pemberton saw the train on
the main line ahead of him he shut OH
steam, reversed his engine and put on
the brakes. Seeing that he would
telescope the rear of the train ahead of
him he jumped and struck croSS-tle,
receiving a severe cash across the
crown of his head and other cuts and
bruises about his face and body. His
fireman crawled over the tender and
got on the car back of it and thus
escaped injury.
Engineer Perberton's engine telescop-
ed the passenger coach ahead of him.
going right into it. Not wheel or
either train left the track however,
and not a. car of Captain Pae's train
was damaged to any great extent.
When it was found that Engineer
Pemberton was hurt, the locomotive OF
Captain Fillyaw's train was run TO
Wallace for DR.. Ben Graham. If 1t had
remained it could have pulled the tele-
scoped car from Engineer Pemberton s
locomotive, but no one thought that a
fire would break out. The passenger
coach, however, used fluid gas 1or
I1ghT1nR ana WnoH IL IOuS
locomotive the fluid pipes burst and
spread over the locomotive, starting
a fire that consumed the passenger
coach and an express car next TO IT, "A
good many people tried to put out the
fire but their efforts were in vain. In
the meatime the locomotive of the first
train returned and by pulling away the
other cars saved them from being burn
ed.
The cab, pilot and woodwork of the
locomotive of the rear train were burn
ed off, and other injury was done to 1t
= by the fire.
DIR. Graham found that Engineer
Pemberton was not fatally injured and
after dressing his wounds, reported 10
HEADQUARTERS here that he was getting
along very we'll. A telegram was sent
to Mrs. Pemberton at Fayetteville and
she went to Teachey' S reaching his ped
side Yesterday morning. A telegram
from Rose Hill last night stated that
he was still doing we'll, but complained
of soreness about the chest.
Fortunately nobody was in the coacn
or about the train ahead when the col
lision occurred. Mr.. ]. ]. Crosswell,
the we'll known route agent or the
Southern Express Company, was on the
first train, coming down the road, Dut,
as good luck would have 1t, had gotten
off the coach.
AS the switches were not blocked py
the accident, all trains passed by the
wreck Yesterday without mush delay.
The cause of the accident and the
responsibility for it has not been IN
Vestigated bv the railroad authorizes.