The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-05

~ AFTER details from the wreck
~ that occurred Saturday night
- on the Southern railroad, be-
tween Weems and Henry Ellen, thir-
| teen or fourteen miles from Bir-
mingham, show that the engineer,
William w. White, was killed. and
that Twenty-Five persons were injured
none, however, seriously.
By 1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the wreckage had been removed suf
| ficiently for trains to pass, and the
road is now clear.
Following is list of the dead and
injured.
| The dead:
WILLIAM W. WHITE, engineer, 43o.
| Fifth avenue, south, Avondale.
The injured:
JIM ROPER, baggagemaster. 20 Ven
able street, Atlanta, bruised and cut on
head.
F. H. PATTON, stonemeter. Ca. frac-
ture.
GEORGE HICKMAN and wife, 1724
Frederick street, East st. Louis, badly
shaken up.
J. B. DoDD. Shreveport, La, leg
bruised.
ASSISTANT EXPRESS MESSENGER
INGE, Birmingham, bruised and cut on
nose.
w. D. HOLMES, Birmingham. badly
shaken up.
t. ]. HILL, Duncan, Miss. head and
arm cut
w. T. STONE and wife, Hillman. Ala.
bruised.
DAN COLLINS, negro fireman. Avon
dale. bruised.
TOM JONES, express messenger. At
lanta, bruised and cut on head.
CHARLIE SLAUGHTER, jackson. Ca,
bruised.
c. II. NORMAN, Birmingham, bruis-
ed.
L. P. HOWE, Birmingham. arm skim
ned.
E. E. BROOCH, Meridian. Miss, knee
and hip injured
w. L. SESSIONS and family, Birming-
ham, bruised
ANDREW JOHNSON, Birmingham
head bruised.
RILEY THOMAS, Tshkooda, bruised.
HENRY ROSS, Woodlawn, side hurt
HENRY HICKS, Birmingham head,
arm and skin bruised.
G. cox. Tallapoosa, Ca, knee hurt.
J.. S. DOYLE. Meridian, Miss, knee
and head hurt.
ISAAC STONE, Rocky Mountain, Ca.
bump on head.
RUFUS WILKINS, Birmingham, arm
bruised.
ED ALEXANDER, Pratt City. side in
jured.
SAM FORD, Bessemer, leg hurt.
F. HARRISON wife and child, Bir-
mngham, all bruised.
ED DICKINSON, Birmingham, cash on
arm.
ED CUNEY, Birmingham, head cut.
Cause of Wreck.
The train was No. 81 from Atlanta, due
here at 1855, and was running at the rate
of only twenty-five miles an hour. 1t
was well loaded with passengers when the
accident occurred. While rounding a
curve at the edge of long cut, a few
rods after passing over the Cahaba river,
the engine left the track. The derailment
was caused by the spikes and bolt heads
on the angle bars being cut by an east
bound freight train, No. n. one Of whose
l,n6 ofr Of tryhn cd In,
this manner the track was made unsafe
for three miles. A peculiar feature is that
the wheels jumped back on the track, and
not knowing of the fact the crew of the
freight train left no warning for the on
coming passenger train.
When the engine of 81 struck a loose
rail on the long curve 1t left the track and
toppled completely over Before falling
over 1t pulled the train, every car Of
which was derailed, about $50 feet on the
crossties. 1t fell on It's side just as 1t
emerged from the end of the cut. The cars
were all off the track, but none were in
jured to any extent with the exception
of the combination car which struck a
rock jutting from the side OF the cut and
was split in two lengthwise. The train
was composed of one Pullman, a day
coach, a combination smoker and bag
gage car and the mall and express car.
News Of the Wreck.
At exactly $3.50 the wreck occurred. The
frst word received In Birmingham came
over a wire from Leeds, about three miles
from the scene. To this station the flag
man walked to send word. few minutes
afterwards another message was received
from Weems, the baggage master, with
his head cut, having walked to the sta
ton.
Relief Train.
AS soon as word reached Superintend-
ent M. NJ Hickey he Immediately ordered
relief train provided, and this train
started for the wreck at 1880. Before it
left Birmingham the superintendent had
received enough information from the
fiagman from Leeds to know that none
of the passengers were seriously hurt.
The message stated, however. that the