The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-31
TRAINS COME TOGETHER
BRAKEMAN KILLED IN CoLLI
 SION AT ANNIsTON.
Fireman Received InJuries Which Will Prove Fatal-The Prop erty Loss is Placed by
 Some at S30, 900.

Anniston, Jan. so.-(Special.)--sAs the result of a head end freight train collision at o'clock this morning one man was killed and seven others were naaiy 'h- iured. one of whom will die
 sThe dead John Rodgers of Blrminsna1n front brakeman on east bound train'
 The intursd--Eimore Davis of Atlanta ereynan on east bound train, left ies mangled and hurt on bodys VII uie' sam Ford of Avondale. engineer Of west hound train, left arm and left ies broken, and internal injuries. may oie' Harry Potter of Avondale. engineer on east hound train, right leg mashed ana brusies on spine and right sioe' WIT. Pools of Birmingham, brakeman on wcs. hound train badly mashed in snouiders and hips; Ed Ray of Woodlawn' nremah on west bound train injured by Jumping. head and shoulders hurt; Conductors Me- Donald and Little were slightly injured bv far of two trains coming together.
 The collision occurred at the foot or Dine Grove hill one of the heaviest orades on the Birmingham division Of the Southern Railway. Both trains were running at full speed and the engines teIescoped several cars nearest the point of contact. the colliding trains there two Frisco pas- senger engines were mixed up in the col Iision. These engines were en route 70 Birmingham from Richmond, Va, and were running as dead engines on the west bound train. The one nearestthe front of the train had its running gear taken from under 1t and it will be total loss. The other had it's pilot smashed into kindling wood and the front ofs 1t badly damaged. A number of refrigerator, coal and sand cars near the front of each train were reduced to kindling wood.
 The tracks of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad run along the side tracks of the Southern at the point of the wreck and cars and debris were piled upon its tracks so that traffic was blocked until a late hours this afternoon.
 John Rodgers, who was killed. was on the engine of the east bound train and was showed up against the hot boiler ana literally roasted. two heavy coal cars ana their contents as well as the tender ana its load of coal being piled against him and pinning him to the boiler. He died almost instantly, but 1t was about o'clock this afternoon before the debris was removed so that his body could be moved.
 As soon as the wreck occurred, news was sent to the city ana the coul- pany's physician hurried to the scene. The injured were picked up. placed in caboose and brought to the city where three rooms of the New England Hotel near the depot were converted into temporary hospital. It was here that the mangled leg of Davis was amputated and the injuries of the other sufferers were dressed.
 The Advertiser representative saw En- gineer Potter who said that he had re- ceived orders to meet the other train at Anniston and was making his meeting point when he saw the train coming down the hill through a fog, which was very dense. He thought that the othe- t-ain was on the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad which run pard..el with the Southern tracks for several miles.
 Engineer Ford of the west bound train was badly hurt and the doctors would not allow him to talk.
 Tranmaster E. E. Stoup of the Mobile division of the Southern estimated the damage at $15,O0O. while others estimate it to be as high as $SO.OO0. The wounded will be sent to their homes as soon as they are able to travel.