The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-05
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SIXTEEN 81. PER BON; . i
Tho Accident Q occurred in a lonas1!
" County al Midnight,
I. Hours 3 store w ounded
w ere Treated

Sixteen peraons wore killed and
about 50 were seriously injured in es
wreck of}train No 8, the wost bound
Wabash limited nino mllos went tf Y
Porea, Ind \, at 2.3tl d g nj. &, w ed nos -
day. The dead arc all llsl ian migrants
en- route to Colorado, whogo snsmos nro
unknown. Two se,tions Of train m B. &
s, ono coming tfrom Detroit and the
other from Toledo were consolidated In
this city into q train Of eleven h oars, !,
making up the flyer for its Journey to-
St. Louis. It consisted of a oombina.S
tion baggage and expreeg, combination
baggage and smoker, day ooach,, & .sssi 8 8
grant coach, three chair oars, threo 3
sleopers and the private car OF G enoraIa
Superintendent Uottor # Of 81 tha Iron
Mountain railway. Having left this
oity ono hour late the train WAS sp eeds
ing westward at q high rate whom at, q!
point nine miles west tho cnginaS
plunged Though q trestle which ss had I
boon undermined BY tho Il rannIit IS aayvl.
rains. The embankment on both sides
O. the little stream dropped eta: sharp
degree a distance Of forty feet. Owing
to the momentum Of the train the an
gine appeared to leap nearly aoroas the
embankment, plunged into the soft
earth on the opposite sido and fell hack
to the bottom. Engineer Butler and
Fireman Adams wore throw q from tI3
CAB but not seriously hurt. Tho OK
press ,' oar and. tho first chair car wore
ttelleesooped. The emigrant car followed \
by two Q hair cars wont down on the
left side Of tho track and the & first
sleeper pitched forward upon the no ssts I
Of debris. Its windows and trucks
wore broken, but none Of the occ ccu.E
pants Wero iDjured. The romainings
cara also loft thoir truoks, but wa ore not /
badly damaged. It was { in tho onlis
grant and day coaches that mi ost of the 3
doaths and ipj uries ooourrod d. Eys Ssg
There was absolutely no maaiss BY !!
which the engine Grew could 500 the
impending danger; in y fact, the engine
ran out Upon the trestle before the 4
structure gave way.
Ss3 The night WAS intensely dark. E or
o few minutes after the fatal plunge
and dreadful roar Of crashing tiiIne erS,
q deathly stiffness prevailed, ,5 which
was ~ W broken by the cries Of the in-aa
sjurrd. 1rainmen caught up their lam
terri and rushed to tho neighboring@
farm housosfor sssiatanae. The farm
5ers, with their wives and ohildren,
bearing t0fohos, hasteneds to the soon 8 .s
AL efforts SWoro bent to giving frat
aid to- tho Injured. elophone mos &
aages Syere dispatched s3to 4 Sshis oitys and 4
every physician was hurriodl ia Ken I
to o special train which carried tliefn8
TO the scene. The injured we're plaoed
about on cots and everything possible
done to ameliorate their condition.
For q time after tho rescurera reach -Sl
ed the Hcene Of tho wreck, little could /.
pc done in tho way Of moving tho
dead. Hundred Of tons Of twisted iron
and broken timbers rested upon 4 the
car where tho unfortunate emigrantSs
were crushed. II &, S5sS. sS lssS IS
sls BY means Of wrecking dorrioks the /
mass was gradually oponod and by5!
daylight nearly all the dead had boon
removed to the CITY. 5Jj7 'ssII