The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
HOW IT uAPrENED.

The train consisted of an engine
4 and three cars. It left Rock IIill
"a ~. s'<utl.1l O'Clock with about 40 passen.
ru.. w fls.n. UueS u lIu 'pJSSeu
e trestle the entire structure
4 utla, slc' cars gave way, hurling the
3 engine and cars to the bank Of the
r creek, about SO feet below.
B. Il. Wjlliford of Charlotte, who
!. was Slightly injured, displayed rare
presence Of mini in helping the pas
Il SengerS.
1 The timbers Of the bridge were rot
ten and to this fact is ascribcd the
cause of the wreck.
DETAILS OF TIE ACCIDENT.
The State special correspondent
writing from Rock Hill says: Pas
Senger train No. Is, on the old Three
Cs. Thursday morning broke through
the trestle over Fishing creek, about
II miles west Of Rock Hill and the
engine with three cars plunged As
feet to the bed Of the little stream,
killing five men and ,ljuring num-
her of others.
Engineer Henry Brickman and Fred
RHYME are supposed 70 be under the
demolished engine.
The postal clerk was killed and his
mangled body was pulled from under
the rubbish.
A darkey by the name Of Burris
and another unknown darl1cy were
Killed.
Julian Johnson, a son Of Mr.. j. Is.
johnson Of this place, who was on
his way to Clemson, is seriously, per-
haps fatally, injured. His forehead
is badly cut, his face and head bru iscd
and his ledg injured.
Vernon' Hall, son OF Prof. f. w.
Hall, who was also on his way to
Clemson, had his left thigh dislocuted.
W.. L. Slaughter, Hickory Grove,
had Ills forehead cut and bruised, q;
rib broken and his left hand frac-
tlred.
T. g. Hicks, a drummer, got his
leg broken.
Mr.. Marr2w of i;Mcksburg has leg
broken.
II. A. Willis, his right knee injured
and mouth, chin and lower lip badly
cut. 5s
Tobc Burrs, a brother of Burris
who was killed. has the right side Of
his face cut, and Is suffering from
spinal trouble.
Peter Miller has his right leg broken
in two places, his left arm broken and
his forehead fractured.
Three ladies we're on the train, but
escaped with slight injuries. They
were Mrs. II. B. Buist OF Rock Hill,
Mrs. ]. Q. Boyd or Iredcll county, N. /.
c., and Miss Sudic McCaSkill OF X er-
shaw.
TO look at the wreck it seems like a
miracle that any one escaped. In the
Hed Of the creek, now almost dry, in Il
{rightful mass of ruins, lies the train
and trcStle, the cars shattered into
splinters, the engine wreck, the tim
Ders CT the trestle broken.
The bridge was about 40 feet high
and something like 400 or $50 feet
!ons. It simply broke through anti
Lie timbers are seemingly rotten, save
the very heart.
Baggage Master ID. II. Dukes, it is
understood, saved his life by jumping
fiom the car after it had started
dow n.
A special train from Rock Hill took
all Of the physicians Of the city to the
scene Of the wreck and also trained
nurse and a few others, among them
your correspondents.
The Yorkyille people had reached
the ground, there being many ladies
and physicians.
THE STORY FROM YoRKvILLE.
Another Of the States correspon-
dents special from Yorkvillc says the
wreck on the Southern railway three
miles east Of this place Thursday was
most complete and dreadful.
The Yorkvlle people generally,