The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03
Flyer Between Chattanooga
and Salisbury Thrown
From Track.
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED
Amoog The Many Injured are Number From
This State---The Rails Spread by
LandsIid,--- Coaches TeIesc,ped
and Burned
and Burned
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated PreSS.)
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb 28-The fast
passenger train, Chattanooga to Sails
bury leaving Chattanooga at II: AS last
night, was wrecked about three and one
half miles west of Lenoir City, Tenn,
this morning about 2 o'clock. The wreck
was caused by spreading of rails. Three
deaths are reported SO far, and twenty
five people are injured. The dead are:
JOHN BIBB, OF Knoxville, engineer.
A. ]. TUCKER, Newport, mail Clerk.
ALFRED BEST, Knoxville, colored
porter
The injured: r. A Tompkins, express
messenger, Bristol, Tenn, shoulder and
neck bruised; G.. M. Betty, Knoxville.
mail clerk, arm and wrist bruised; w. t.
KIuttz, Knoxville, baggage master, back
injured; W. S. Overton, Knoxville, con-
ductor Thomas Mills, Knoxville, coll
ored fireman, both legs broken.
The following passengers were injured:
j. L. Falcet, Chattanooga, shoulder
bruised and right leg broken; F. T.
Wannison, RogersvilIe, Tenn, arm brok-
en- and head bruised: P. II. Guice,
Fletcher, n. c., back and shoulder and
head injured; Mrs. P. H. Guice, Fletcher,
n. c., back and head injured w B.
Holt, Lyonidas, Tenn, chest badly bruis-
ed and injured internally; II. O. Toms,
Columbus, Ohio, shoulder and arm in
jured; Mrs. Lee, Rogersville, Tenn,
head hurt and internal injuries. Two
children of Mrs. Lee, one of whom may
die: Mrs. Sarah Emerson, Rogersville,
Tenn, spine injured, will die; L. A.
Hughes, Lone Mountain, Tenn; ]. B,
Troppolin, New York, internally injured;
]. a. Kelley, Alexandria, head hurt;
Sam L. Kelley Alexandria, Va, head and
chest injured; f. T. Fisher, Knoxville,
head bruised; William Whitehead
MarysVille, Tenn. both hands and head
injured; t. w. Toohey, Greenville, n. c.,
leg broken; r. P. Harris, Muskogee, l.
T., head and right hand injured; II. 3.
Sargent, New Orleans, slightly injured.
The wrecks occurred the tracks of
the Southern Railway. The train
plunged down a steep embankment Hhe
locomotive went within thirty feet of the
Tennessee River. Four of the coaches
were telescoped and partially piled upon
the engine. Three coaches were burned
outright
The Cincinnati Southern train, from
Chattanooga to Cincinnati, was travelling
behind the ill-fa ted train, it having to
come by the way of Knoxville on account
Of damage to tracks of the Cincinnati
Southern between Chattanooga and Har-
riman, last night This train was await
ing orders at Loudon. when it was ad-
Vsed of the wreck. The engine OF the
Cincinnati Southern train ran up TO the
scene of the wreck and by pulling two
of the rear sleepers back on the track
and away from the wreckage succeeded
in saving them from destruction by fire.
The wrecking train, with physicians and
railroad officials left this city lmme-
diately after the wreck was reported
It is stated that the wreck was caused
by two landslides.
In the first. it is thought, big boulder
came down the side of the bluff and fell
upon the tracks. These landslides spread
the track and when the locomotice struck
the boulder it was thrown from the ties
and down the embankment. SeVerai
coaches followed The scene of the wreck
is between Loudon and Lenolr CITY
Tenn. where the railroad parallels the
Tennessee River for considerable ols-
tance. The construction of the road at
this point was very difficult, engineering
and it is the most unfortunate place 1or
wreck.
Just before Engineer Bibb died ply
slcian endeavored to have him drink
little whiskey, in the hope Of extending
his life long as possible. The engl-
neer refused it, saying
j have never touched it yet, and don
expect to begin to drink it now Con-
tnuing he said: II am going to die, 81
go and look after the women and ch'ld-
rem in the coaches
He expired a few minutes later.
The Chicago and Florida Limited OF the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, one VI
the finest trains in the country, running
from Jacksonville to Chicago, was but
short time ahead of the wrecked train
The Chicago Flyer which left Chatta-
nooga ahead of Bibb's train, was com