The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-10-01
MANYPEOpLEKILLED
Women Who Witnessed the Accident
May Die From Fright.
BAD WRECK NEAR DAhYILLF, VA!
The Train Was Running at the Rate
of so or6o TILES an Hour and Left
the Track on an as" Curve.

Danville, Va, Specialize. 81! the
Southern Railways fast mail. plying
between New York and New Orleans,
plunged over trestle north Of this
city Sunday afternoon, killing nine
men, injuring seven others and COM
pletely wrecking three mail and one
express cars. The killed are:
The Dead.
J. l.. Thompson, railway mail clerk,
OF Washington.
w. S. Chambers, railway mail clerk,
OF Midland, Va.
D. P. Flory, railway mail clerk, Of
Nokesville, Va.
P. NJ. Argelwright, railway mail
clerk, OF Mt. Clinton, Va.
j. A. Broadly, engineer, Of Placer
vile, Va.
]. T. Blair, conductor, Of Spencer,
A. G. Clapp, Of Greensboro.
Flagman S. J. Moody, Of Raleigh,
n. c.
A 12-year-old son Of J. L. Thompson.
The Injured.
The injured are:
Lewis w. Spears, Of Manassas.
Frank G. Brooks, Of Charlottesville.
Percival lndenmauer, Of Washing
ton.
Charles E. Reames, Of Chariottes-
vile.
Jennings ]. Dunlap, of Washington.
<. c. Maupin. Of Charlottesville.
J. Harrison Thompson, Of St. Luke.
All of the above are railway mail
clerks. It is said that this is the first
time that Engineer Broadly ever ran a
mail train and the supposition is that
nc was running too fast and was not
entirely familiar with his road-bed.
The wreck occurred on steep grade,
the latter embracing the trestle. which
is in the shape of the letter 50" The
train was probably running at rate
OF between so and 60 miles an hour
when the engine left the track. The
train ran some distance on the cross
ties. plunging over the trestle ut a
tangent, when the engine was about
half way across.
The engine and all Of the cars fell
Is feet to the water below. The last
car tore up a considerable section OF
the trestle. The engine struck and was
buried in the bed Of the creek. The
cars piled on top OF the engine, all or
them being split into kindling wood.
The engineer was found some little dis
tance from his cab, horribly mansled
and dead. All of the bodies save cne
have been recovered.
The train carried nothing but mail
and express. The mail was not much
damaged. considering the extent OF the
wreck. Some loose registered letters
and the valuables Of the dead men
have been recovered The express mat
ter was considerably injured.
The mail coaches were taken IN
charge by r. B. Boulding, clerk who
spends his Sundays in this city. He ar
rived on a train within half an hour
after the disaster. Mail clerks were
sent on special trains from Richmond,
Charlottesville and Greensboro, n. c..
to assist in rescuing the government
property.
The wreck itself beggars description.
All of the cars are battered into kind
ling wood, and the engine Is buried In
the mud of the creek. A wrecxing
crew Is laboring TO remove the debris,
so that the trestle can be repaired for
the continuance of traffic at as early
an hour as possible tomorrow.
All of the injured mail clerks were
taken to the Home for the Sick IN this
city, where they received medical at
tention.
The other victims may recover. al
though the physicians can give cut no
definite information as to their condi.
tion. One man, name unknown. Is SUN
in the wreck. He can be seen, but lhe
debris under which he is lying has not
been removed.