The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-24
Engines Crash---Death to
Four.
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Raleigh. 1t had been arranged to bring
the train to Johnston Street Station, but
this was changed at the last moment an;
the bodies were brought to the UnioI
lStation, where Undertaken John w
| Brown took them in charge.
| 1t was a heartrending sight to see the
still bodies. all wrapped and covered
some in white, lifted tenderly from the
train and laid in the receiving boxes
This grew to ghastliness as in the under
taking establishment the coverings were
removed and the terrible effects of the
wreck seen. Strong men turned away
from the sight for it was horrible one.
Walter Bonds death must have been
agonizing. A piece of scantling SxS, had
been driven through his body. 1t entered
just below the left breast and came out
above the shoulder at the back by the
side of the neck. At the wreck 1T had
been sawed off, and here after strenuous
work it was pulled out with wise screw
ed to it. leaving a great hole IN his body.
He lived twenty minutes after tins scant-
ling had passed through him, and on his
hands were the gauntlets he wore While
at work His breast was shrivelled and
drawn where the steam had scalded 1t.
Wallis body was disembowelled, while
Stewards body was the least torn up.
The body of Charlie Brewer had not
been brought to Raleigh, for it was
wedged in the wreck. 1t could be seen
beneath one car, the legs thrust into the
fire box J. F. Wright. the injured fore
man, has a bad wound on his head, while
his arms and legs are bruised.
S. T. Stewart lived in Raleigh. He
was about 40 years old. a Canadian by
birth and came to Raleigh fourteen months
ago from West Virginia, where he had
been employed on the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad. He leaves a wife and one
child and left Raleigh yesterday morning
on the run, which ended so fatally. He
lived on North Sanders street.
w. P. Wall is North Carolnian and
was born in Guilford county. He was 80
years old and about year and a half ago
came to the Seaboard from the Norfolk
and Western, both he and Stewart hav-
ing come while Superintendent Barr was
here In charge. He leaves a wife and
five children, whose home is at the corner
Of Johnson and Salisbury streets. He was
bringing his train home when death came,
but instead Of happy home coming to
wife and children it was his dead body,
which was borne into the saddened and
darkened home last night.
Walter Bond, the dead fireman, was
just twenty-one years old at Easter. He
was a steady, reliable young man with
many friends. His home is in Concord,
where his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S.
Bonds live. He was a nephew of Mr.. D
B. Parrish, of Raleigh, who is the sup
erintendent OF the ice factory of John
son & Johnson. He went to the wreck on
the special and returned with the bodies.
That of Walter Bonds was first prepared
for burial and he left with it at ten
minutes to one this morning for Concord.
Charlie Brewer lived at Sanford, and
his father was at the wreck, having
reached there on a wrecking train.
Brewer was learning the work of a fore
man on the Seaboard and before this had
been employed on the Aberdeen and Rock
Fish Road, known more often as Pages
road. His body viii be taken to Sanford.
]. F. Wright, thefinjured foreman, lives
in Raleigh, and after he was brought
here was taken to his home on North
Halifax street, where he resides with his
wife.
After the news of the wreck reached
Raleigh steps were taken at once to send
wrecking trains, one being sent from here
and one from Hamlet. These reached the
place about 2:3O and it is said that way
around the wreck would be fixed by nine
O'Clock last night, as it was impossible
70 get the smashed up engines and the
wrecked cars out of the cut for some
time.
special left Raleigh at $50 for the
wreck to get the bodies. On this
went DR.. Jas. r. Rogers the eaboard Air
Line Railway surgeon, and Mr.. H. H.
Roberts, for ]. W. Brown, Inc undertaken.
Mrs. Wright also went on this train
did also a committee of engineers ap-
pointed by the local Brotherhood, these
being Engineers Ross, Muse and Koonce 1t
was on this special that the dead and in
jured were brought here last night.