The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-12
Passenger Train Crashed Into
Fast Freight at Fall Creek.
TWO KILLED AND MANY HURT
Passengers All Escaped Serious Injury.
but Two Tramps Lost Their Lives
Two Engines and Several Cars
Utterly Demolished. !.
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DANvILLE. VA, August n.-North-
bound local passenger train No. IL, Of
the Southern Railway, drawn by engine
No. 366 with Engineer Puryear at the
throttle, and Conductor Hammond in
charge collided with fast freight No.
PCS half a mile north of Fall Creek early
Sunday morning. owing 10 a misunder-
standing Of orders. killing two men and
seriously hurting several others. The
two engines and several cars were ut
tcrly demolished, the debris being
strewn for a considerable distance down
the track.
The locality presented scene Of the
utmost confusion. The sides OIL me
track were strewn for considerable
distance with the wreck OF the cars.
The engines came together head end
The truck and tender OF the local en-
CINE was driven fairly into the bag
gage car. One freight car was turned
upside dowt- and crushed into shape
less mass Another was turned d.
rectly at right angles to the track, and
left stranded amid a bed of sassafras
Trucks and wheels were hurled IN every
direction. The passenger cars on me
local train were considerably injured
None of the passengers. among whom
were several Danvile people, were Sc
,iously hurt. A special was hurried
upon the scene. and the passengers
transferred to this city at an early
hour.
Among thoee who arrived on the spe-
cial were Susan c. Mays and Mrs. }.
p Owens, of Stokesland, and Mrs. her
demia HaslSins. Of Whlttles.
Bernard Carter, of Lynchburg, VINO
was also a passenger. suffered sprained
arm a lick on the head and a general
shaking up. John Skinnett OF Lynch
burg was the recipient or prulseo
nose and sprained knee oscar Shln-
nett, of LynchbuTg. was also hurt on
the knee None of the people whose
names have been enumerated are con-
sidered seriously hurt. They left this
afternoon for their respective homes.
RELIEF TRAIN.
A special relief train was scent OUT
from this city. II was accompanied by
Drs L. E. Harvie. ". C. Day, ". J..
Robinson and J. S. Irwin. These gentle
men rendered medical assistance and did
what they could to alleviate the suffer-
Ing. The wounded were conveyed to the
Home for the Sick where human medi-
cal skill is being pittcd against the in
iirnlities of the flesh.
Among those killed were Jerome Car
Ter. OF Augusta, Ga. thought to be
tramp He was found underneath a car
with one leg cut entirely off. Messrs.
Herndon y. Fitzgerald and ]. Roscoe An
derson. both OF this city. located the SUI
the track beneath the shade Of some
trees. where he expired in two hours
and before assistance could arrive. A
handkerchief was bound around the sew.
cred member to check the flow OF the
blood.
A red-..eaded tramp, of this place,
former enploye Of the cotton mill, was
also killed. The latter. whose name IS
not known, was mangled almost beyond
recognition. Part of his brain, which
was beaten out on the side OF the track.
was the subject of much curious i1spec-
ton all of to-day.
The engineer, firemen and postal clerks
on both trains jumped and thereby saved
their lives All OF them We're more or
less bruised and injured
From the best information obtainable
the fault lies with the freight. 1t is al
legged that the freight should have made
the switch. and there sdetracked so as
TO allow the local train to pass. Owing
TO a misunderstanding of the orders both
trains met on the main line, and the col
fson esued.
Among those taken to the Home for the
Sick We're Conductor Ryerly Of the freight
train, and Fireman Rubin, colored, and
an electrical engineer from Ly7lehburg.
named Mccormick
The freight train, which was No. 265.
was in charge Of Conductor ]. A. Morton
On the passenger train Engineer Ollie
Puryear was running under command of
Captain Hammer. who several days ago
was assaulted by a man while in the
discharge OF a jury. The name of the
fireman on this train is not known.
TRAINS GET THROUGH.
At late hour this afternoon the wreck
ing crew were busy at work removing the
debris from the vicinity OF the railway
tracks. The noon trains came through
al! right and it is thought that there
will be no further delay In the schedules
The real condition Of the wounded men
IS not known. There is no authentic in
formation as to whether their injuries
are serious or not 1t is thought that they
are mostly bruised. The men employed
on the engine. were hurt especially in
jumping The skin is scraped from their
faces and arms. and they are much
bruised and battered. So far as can be
learned they will live.