The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-13


passengers Ee.e dead when taken from
the wreck, several are missing and
there are nsoy badly Injured.
THE DEAD.
TIE desd sre:
Sergeant Major Hsrry a. Hart, Fort
Wood, n. Y.
George W. Patterson, Philadelphia,
private 60 l, q. S., infantry; carried
card Of Iron Moulders union.
Peter J. Curry, Coboco, New York,
private Tenth infantry, aged p,
Unkrown man, sged 25 years.
Unknown man, only papers on per
son was postal card that had been
sent to the Adams Produce company,
Rushville, Ind, and ticket from New
York to that point. His face vas liter
ally torn to shreds.
TIE INJURED.
The Injured are:
Wm D. Moore, 32 Lenox Road,
Brooklyn; compound fracture Of left
leg and badly cut shout the head.
3. a. Msrsden, Philadelphia; terribly
crushed about the body.
Ivan Lestersnith, Canistov, Pa J;
badly bruised.
Jos. Kennedy, Brookfeld, Mass; !;
compound fracture Of left leg and
bruised about the body.
Wm +. MacGinnity, sttorney, Port
land, Ind; hip crushed, face cut.
0. Il. SimoDs, Kentcho, brakeman;
compound fscture Of left leg, right
leg badly bruised.
@. J. Henry, MesdVille, baggagensr;
left leg broken, injured about the
chest.
8. Aiken, salesman, New York;
slightly, suffering from the shock.
Clarence Leek, Sunmer7ille, u j.:
injuries serious.
Milton Stanley, Newark, n. j.; leg
fractured, cut about face.
Harry Weisburg, express messenger,
Dayton, Ohio; crushed.
Hardly 8 passenger escaped without
sone Injury. The train was conyosed
Of yestibuled Pullman cars, three
sleeping cars, day coach, combina
sion smoker ard baggage car, and a
mail car, and was drawn by one OF the
new Atlantic type of engines. The
smoking car was CON pletely telescopeo
By the steel mail car ahead, which
went through it as if it were paper,
tearing, crushing, manning and carry
ing death.
The scene Of the wreck is on sharp
curve. On one side, 20 fest below,
Sows the Shensndo river, on the other
is . steep bluff. The engine left the
track st the curve and before it had
gone two car lengths plowed into the
steep hill, whers it fell upon its side
and was half buried. The train was
running tEo hours late, and the scci,
dent happened at 40 just about the
time when the occupants of the sleep
ers had finished dressisg.
After the terrible crash the uain,
iured passengers set about the re5cure
Of the dead and wounded, surgeons
we're summoned and within few min
utes the dead and dying were being
carried from there as fast ss they could
be discovered beneath the Wrecksge
Il Eas several hours, however, before
the victims had been removed and
placed in the two resr Pullmans. The
scene inside the telescoped cars vas
terrible. Men begged to be released
and screamed in agony. They were ali
hsape6 in corner Of the ca, dumped
there By the impetus Of the mail car.
The injured were placed il special
train snd taken to the Spencer hospi
tai, Msa6ville, about noon. What lit
tie vas left Of the baggage or express
matter was dumped in the river to
clear the debris for rescue. Several
hIudred sacks of mail we're apparently
little injured.
TIE train was in charge Of Conduc
TOR Randall. with Engineer Lucie and
Fireman Eckert. Both the engineer
and fireman escaped by jumping, though
both we're painfully bruised. Supt
Thelknsp and other cnc;als we're earl
on the ground. They we're unable tc
assign a cause for the accident uales:
spresding rails can be blamed, A par
" Of nine soldiers on their wsy iron
Fort Porter, New York, to Port Crcos
Neb., occupied part Of the 81 ohe-. d
these, three we're killed and two seri
culy Injured. They were under order!
Tor the Philippines.
3. :. Msrsden OF Phila3elphia, pin
ned IN the smoker By besm, bis foo
aoG ohest crushed, his face shattered
with be brains Of ore Of the soldiers
insisted OIL the resouers releasing 81
unfortunate Jew nearby. Mr.. Mars
5en's w.uuds are considered faIss.