Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-12
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
in WRECK AT JULIETTE
Engineer Pittman and
Fireman West Meet
Instant Death At
Post of Duty.

yards below Julfette Tuesday afternoon
at III o'clock. Passenger train No. .
which left Atlanta al noon Tuesday
crashed into Freight train No. 81 which
was hound for Atlanta and Engineer
James T. Pittman. OF 81 Hendrix avenue.
Atlanta. and Fireman Jere West, coloreo.
OF wilson's alley. were instantly killed
and many others were severely injured
Freight train No. 81 In charge OF Engi-
neer ". A Galley, OF rs Ira street. At
lants. and Conductor James A, Green, OF
= Gresham street. Atlanta. had orders 70
meet southbound passenger. train No.
at Juuette. The regular rule Tor the
meeting Of these trains is that II the
freight train is not az Juliette when NO.
arrive No. Is 10 continue on. as X Is
entitled 70 the right OF track The freight
train No. 81 IL Il cannot make Juliette IN
time for No. IS supposed 70 remain al
Danes Ferry, five miles below.
Tuesday Engineer Galley left Danes
Ferry q little late. according 10 his own
watch. which ne thought was correct and
which afterwards proved 10 be i've min
utes late. but thought that he would nave
plenty OF time 70 make the run TO JUN
cite. as he counted on the passenger Nraln
being several minutes behind its schedule
time.
Unfortunately for Engineer Galley. how
ever. the train was right on the minute
and the collision was the result. Train
No. s arrived at Juliette right on the
minute and departed on time. II had just
gotten under good Roadway and was
rounding the sharp curve at Juliette when
the freight train. running at terrific speed
came IN sight. Both engineers did all they
could to stop the iron monsters from COM
Ing together but the crash was inevitable.
Engineer Galley and his iremen Jumpc
but Engineer Pittman and Fireman West
stuck 70 their posts and were killed.
E-Fr - frf ~ rr-rsnrE
The Dead.
JAMES 7. PTTTALAN, 81 Hendrix ave-
nue.. Atlanta. engineer OF the passenger.
JERRY WEST. negro. Wilson alley,
Pittsburg. Atlanta, fireman on the passen-
The Injured.
Isaac Bashinski, OF Macon, nose and
right arm broken
MIS- Bashinski. shock
Ben Pearson. state prison guard. At
lanta. cut on the forehead
n B. Gerry, East Macon, one tooth
knocked out
BareaRe Master b. W. Hendrix, Of
jackson. Ca. hurt about legs and body.
IT. r Lfllard. 14s Summit avenue. Ma
con. internal injuries.
=. :. Perm. o. ReidsviIle. y. e. right
Mrs.. J. c. Early. Of Macon. bruised on
head and chest Three children with her
unhurt.
Ms. Dora Nichols. Of Macon. slightly
bruised
Robert Nichols. head bruised
Rev. A D. Williams. colored. 81 billiard
street. Atlanta. right arm bruised.
Rev. e. p. Johnson. colored. So Terry
street. Atlanta. slightly bruised.
Rev E r Carter, cOlored. II Tatnan
street. Atlanta, left foot and right Shout
der bruised
James P. Green. freight train conductor.
= Gresham street, Atlanta, right shoul-
der. left knee and cheek bruised
". A Galley. engineer OF freight train,
is Ira street. both legs bruised.
+ A Eacutts conductor on the passen-
ger. 3 Smith street, Atlanta. slightly
bruised.
DIT. Walter c. Brown. AZ Cooper street.
Atlanta. cut on head and elbow bruised.
DR.. n y. Nixon. OF Rome, collar bone
broken and lower jaw hurt.
Lee .McLendon. freight and passenger
agent Plant system, Atlanta, cut on the
back OF the head
W NJ Bachelor. travelling man, kim
bail house. bruise on the head.
Hamp Bailey, colOred, brakeman. 10
Plum street. Atlanta. bruises on right side
OF body and leg.
Juliette Is 50 miles south OF Atlanta
and IS located on an exceedingly sharp
curve In fact. IL is almost impossible
20 see around the curve. The station when
approached from Macon is invisible on ac-
count OF a deep cut. and after leaving
the station going toward Macon IL IS i'm
possible for an engineer TO see more than
twenty or thirty yards ahead OF him until
the cut Is passed This fact perhaps had
lots 20 do with the wreck Tuesday. as
neither train discovered the presence OF
the other until Il was too late to stop.
PASSENGER train No. IS one OF the
southern's fast trains TO Macon. It makes
only nve stops between Atlanta and Ma
con and Juliette Is the last stopping
point between the two places. The train
Tuesday was crowded with passengers
q number OF them being Atlanta people on
their way 70 Macon 10 attend the conven-
ton OF dentists. which met there Tues
day. Everything had gone smoothly and
none OF the people apprehended any dan
ger until they heard the whistles OF the
engines and felt the jar OF the air brakes
as they we're applied. An instant later
the crash came. People were thrown all
about the cars. windows were shattered
and the interior OF the cars were filled
with flying splinters. Women shrieked
and tainted. men yelled and groaned and
above Il al was the hiss Of the escaping
steam from the monster engines that had
pioughed headforemost into each other
Engineer Pfttman and his fireman, Jerry
West. were crushed and were dead when
removed from their engine.
Baggage Master Hendricks, on the PAS
senger train. was slightly hurt about the
body. and Conductor Eacutt, OF the pas
eeuger train. escaped unhurt Ralph
Cochran. DR.. George Tigner and several
other Atlantians also escaped without in
jury.
BENJAMIN Pearson. the state transfer
truard. who was taking a woman prisoner
10 the state prison. was probably the
more seriously injured than any OF the
uassenEers- He received a terrific bruise
81 the forehead. and Il was thought until
today that his skull was fractured. II Is
thought by DR.. Jarnigan. however, that
A. a. only a severe bruise and that Pear
~ will be all right in few days. The
woman prisoner nursed Pearson faithful
" after he was injured. She bathed his
head and. IN fact. did everything that was
uossfble 10 do for him. She made no eff
FORT 70 escape. and now there is consid-
cradle talk OF requesting pardon for her
rom the prison commission. Ben Pear
eon Is one OF the most popular men in the
~tate. and he has hundreds OF friends who
-uur regret 10 learn OF his accident.
engineer Galley. OF the freight train
which caused the wreck. contends that his
v-atch was five minutes slow and thar
~ thought he had plenty Of time 10 make
the siding at Juliette, He was also
counting on having two or three minutes