The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-29
A RAILROAD SMASHUP
Disaster On Seaboard in
Edge of Raleigh,
Vhree'segroes Were Slight, Hu1. ersine and
A humb-r Of Freight. Cars N~e
Torn Up.

There was a tumble al cars about aye
o'clock yesterday morning Nh.n 8 SfA
board Alr Line freight cnRsr, smashed
into the cabooss - The train ahead ana
made spIinters % Gye cara.
No one MAS killed. but three ,sratS
on the train were injured. none 81 them
very seriously. TIE engineer ami IRE
man on the engine that asa the smashing.
jumped before the collision came aal
escaped injury.
The wreck took place tn The .lso o.,
the city limits at the northwest gate
TO the states Prison. aud In tn collision
part OF the s~toekade tcnry at the rAi"
was broken down. the bottom Or thr
caboose being hurled ny the impact O,
the train straight AT the fence.
The accident VAS caused BY extra No.
CSC, IN charge Of Engineer Walter Hard
ing and Conductor VIII Eatmau. which
ran into the rear 81 80. {. i local freight
train in charge or Conductor GIBBS ana
Engineer Garnett. 4 freight in advances
OF the local had come into thu block.
and No. 8 was just entering IL. near the
switch leading To Johnston street. when
the collision came.
The engine struck the caboose. tore IL
into splinters ana smashed up four cars
ahead. As IL struck II lurchcd NJ over
the trucks OF the caboosc and drove for
ward with them some distance. looking
exactly as if it had tried to play leap
frog and had been left on the top In the
jump. In the impact the engine swcrscd
over and twisted itself across part OF
the southern Railway track. completely
blocking tranic on both the Scanoard AMI
Southern tracks. The rails were torn
up. and part Of them lay Nat on the side.
JhnusgplG ,f ytnrI. yfgfs.B fI,t 1904.
during the morning. and the vicinity
looked as il a big camp meeting was
going on, people coming on foot. on
horseback, on bicycles, in wagons and
in buggieS, while the street ears did a
land office business. The people watched
with interest the work OF hosting the
engine off the trucks. the motive power
being another engine. Ropes and
chains were broken in the work, which
was done in a remarkably short time.
The engine was badly smashed. The
pilot was torn off and the headlight was
gone, while the cab was spliutercd and
out Of shape. Along the track there was
the debris from the smashed cars.
1t is reported that when Engineer
Harding saw the train ahead that he
put on the air brakes. but that they
would not work. 1t was said last night
mat dH tAdiliIIdllOI SnONtu iHdi the
rubber tubes had been cut in a number
Of places.
The men injured were all negroes.
Henry Edwards, of kcyscr. who claims
to have been a section hand at Aberdeen
and was on his way here to work for
the Seaboard, was cut on the left thigh
and hip. Arthur Williams, OF Greenyillc.
claiming to be q train hand, was hurt on
the left shoulder and the top Of his head.
Dec simmons, of Carey, an old man, who
peddles brush broom and white clay.
was the worse hurt, his injuries being
on the left shoulder and a cut on tho
side OF the face near his left eye. All
three Of the men were on a fiat car
loaded with lumber, and were thrown on
mixed up with the lumber. simmons
was cared for in the States Prison, and
the others taken to Rex Hospital. DR..
j. r. Rogers, the Seaboard physician.
was quickly OF the spot after the wreck
and cared for the injured.
No train passed till after one O'Clock,
when the Southern, due here at 1890
passed, going east, the disabled engine
being pulled off the track, and lowered
to a temporary track. 1t was later put
on the Seaboard rails and hauled In by
another engine. In the afternoon the
wreckage was cleared away and trains
passed.