The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
7WENTY-FOUR KILLED
IN WRECK,
Trains Met with an Awful Crash and
the Victims Were Literally Torn
to Pieces-Most of the Vic
tins Were In the
Smoker.

railway passenger train No. IS, south
bound. ran into an open switch at Rock
fish depot, 20 miles south of this city at
o'clock this afternoon, smashing into
local freight on a siding. The passenger
engine and express coaches were demol-
ished and the baggage coach telescoped
through the second-class passenger car
in the rear. In the latter was party OF
immigrants all OF whom were killed or
| injured.
The dead number twenty-four and the
injured number thirteen. Traffic was
suspended for eight hours.
The Dead.
| The dead that have been identified are:
ENGINEER JAMES MCCORMICK, OF
| Charlottesville.
ENGINEER CHARLES DAVIS, of
| Alexandria. Va.
THOMAS SHEPPARD. OF Charlottes-
| Vile; brakeman on freight.
CHARLES r. GAY, of Charlottesville
fireman on freight.
]. Z. LOWE, colored. of Baltimore
| CHARLES r. LEITCH, colored. dining
car waiter.
c. o. OWEN. Philadelphia, boiler in
spector.
| boy.
BARILAN1 GUGELMO. Austrian wom-
an.
Two UNKNOWN AUSTRIAN WOMEN.
UNKNOWN MULATTO WOMAN.
The Injured.
| The injured are
Engineer Hale, of CharlottesVl!e' III
jures to spine, serious
| H A. Sharpe. of Knoxville, Tenn: heau
! and legs bruised and back hurt
Turner A. Henry, Of Bentonville, Va.
injuries to legs, head and shoulders.
Walter Jackson, colored. of Charlottes-
! VILE messenger fireman, legs broken.
-Four Austrians, all painfully, but not
seriously injured
r G.. Hudson colored. Chattanooga
Tenn serious wounds on mead
n r. Mercer colored Washington, arms
and legs cut and probably injured inter
nally.
J 3. sterett, colored. Pullman porter OF
New York. hands. arms and face cut,
J. w. Payne. Of Alexandria baggage
master. internal injuries.
Rescuing the Injured.
Tho work Of rescuing the injured began
immediately Dr. William A. Lambeth,
OF the University Of Virginia. WAS on tho
train, and at once organized measures OF
relief. The trainmen. under the doctor
direction, cut through the panels o. the
baggage car and express car and took out
twenty of the dead, Probably a score OF
injured were removed.
w A. Ward the Union News agent on
the train. whose home Is in Washington.
was in the fatal coach. but escaped. The
shock of the collision threw him thr'nsh
! the wildow. breaking his left arm Npe
special train which went from nero 10
the scene Of the wreck returned to the
city about o'clock. bringing some Of the
dead and most Of the wounded Thirteen
of the injured were taken to the ,Aiver-
sitv hospital where thcig wounds We're
dressed. Most Of the Immigrants we're
Austrians and were bound for points as
far distant as California
Sharpe's Narrow Escape.
II. A. Sharpe, of Knoxville Tenn, mar
rowly escaped death. He and Mrs Sharpe
were returning from their bridal trip
/ having suent their honeymoon In Wash
int,ton. Mr.. sharpe was in the smoker
engaged in CONGREGATION with c. o. Owen
when the collision occurred. Owen was
KILLED Instantly. his body falling on
Sharpe.
". B. Brubeck. OF this city, conductor
Of the local freight, is reported In crit
cal condition. After witnessing the awful
sight he is said to have become suddenly
insane and when found was miles from
the wreck.
Driven Crazy by the Horror
charlottesville, Va, July S.-W B. Bru-
beck, conductor of the freight train which
was struck by passenger train NO. 90 on
the Southern railway at Rockhsh' Va
resulting in the death of twenty-four per
/ sons and the injury of many others Is IN
sane from mental anguish.
The cause of the disaster has been OIL
cially reported as lnattention to orders,
Freight Conductor w. B. Brubeck read
ing his orders to mean that the passenger
! was one hour and twenty minutes late.
when II should nave been twenty min
! utes. He allowed the switch to remain
! open. wi,
of identification of the twenty-one dead
taken from the wreck was competed To-
day at noon. All the bodies have been
recovered except that of Passenger En-
gineer Davis. of Alexandria, Va
Mashed to Death in Train Wreck
Talladega, Ala, July 6,-Cspeciai.)-
Hon. John B. Graham, solicitor OF the
nette Joiner, both of Talladega. received
injuries from which they both died at
1890
Both were standing at the passenger
depot when the southbound accommoda-
ton ran into an open switch colliding
| with freight cars against which they
were leaning while awaiting the arrival
of a train. Both were horribly mashed
| about the lower limbs.
Miss Joiner is the daughter OF the rep
resentative of Talladega county and Is
well known throughout this section.
Mr.. Graham was circuit court solicitor
| for TalladeEa, Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay
and Randolph counties. He was known
through the state as an orator and able
attorney.
He was field agent of the Southern Ed
! uca tional board and noted leader in
! general educational matters
Miss Bridges. Graham's stenogra pher
who was standing near them. was pulled
away just In time to prevent a third
| death
The train crew arrested.