The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-12-30
TRAIN WRECKED.
The Duques Fast Flyer Is Wrecked
and Sixt three
PERSONS ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
The Horrible Accident Occurred Six
Miles from Pittsburg, Penn.
The Train Was Sound
tor New York


The Train Was Bound
tor New York.
With a terrible crash and a grind
ing noise, the DuQuesne limited, the
fast through passenger train from
Pittsburg to New York on the BslTi-
more and Ohio railroad, ploughed in-
to pile Of lumber at Laurel Run,
TWO miles west OF Dawson, Pa, at
7.45 O'Clock Wednesday evening, and
it is estimated that So lives were lost
and 80 persons were injured. The
train left PiJtsburg this evening, run
ming few minutes late, in charge Of
Engineer Wn. Thornley, Of Connells
vile. When approaching Laurel Run,
which is a particularly fine piece OF
roadbei, the train was running, at
high rate OF speed. Suddenly the
passengers we're thrown from their
seats by the lightning-like application
Of the alrbrakes and moment later
there was terrific crash.
The train was made up Of two bag
gage cars, two day coaches, one sleep
er and one dining car and was carry
ing at the time, at the lowest eSti-
mate, $50 passengers. The train
ploughed along for considerable dis
tance and the cars were torn to pieces,
passengers jumping, screaming, fall
ing from the wreck as it tore along.
Suddenly the engine Swerred to the
left and the coaches plunged down
over the embankment to the edge
OF the Yougniogheny river. The min
ute the cars stopped rolling there was
wild scene. Many persons were pin
ioned beneath the wreckage and the
screams and cries that rent the air
were beyond description. Many were
injured in their mad excitement and
plunged into the river. Others, caught
beneath the heavy timbers, pleaded in
agonized tones FOR relief. So terrific
was the force OF the wreck that nearly
every passenger suffered a moments
inconsistencies and many Of the able
bodied men were unable to assist in
helping the injured from the wreck
on account Of having tainted.
sUPr. LoREE's FIRST STATEMENT.
The official statement OF Superin-
tendent W. G. Loree, follows:
No. u was derailed by running
into some switch timbers, derailing
the engine and all cars. All sae cars
are badly damaged. Do not think
any Of the equipment will be able to
go away from the accident on theil
own wheels, except possibly the Pull
man cars and the dinner. The en-
CINE lies across both tracks. The
baggage car is over the bank. The
first coach is partly over the bank.
The balance Of the train is badly
twisted. I judge 35 people were killed.
All the people killed were in the
smoker. Escaping steam from the
engine went into the first coach,
scalding the people. Very few OF the
other passengers were injured. In
jured have been taken from wreck
and are lying on the bank. Engineer
and fireman cannot be found
THE DEAD.
Engineer VIM. Thornly OF Hazel
ton, Pa: Division Engineer S. G.
Heater Of Hazelton, Pa; Fireman
Thomas Cook of Hazelton, Pa; Her
bert Holmes of Emmelton, Pa; Jesse
Hines, Tarboro, n. c., the Union
News company's agent on the train;
Charles Lindford OF Confluence, Pa:
Edwards, Pittsburg, wife in Cunber-
land; j. W. Martin, Hancock, Md;
Richard Duckett. Baltimore, Md;
Edson Goldsmith, ConnellSville, Pa.
The other SO dead are mostly
foreigners and negroes who were rid
ine in the smoking car. The work OF
their Identification has not yet begun.
The killed, most Of them, were for
eippers who were in the smoker, just
back Of the baggage car. They were
literally roasted to death, the baggage
and smoker telescoping the engine
and Immediately catching fire. Their
bodies are lying, many OF them, burn
ed to crisp in the baggage room CT
the B. & O. depot to be removed later
to the different undertaking shops in
the city. The entire population has
turned out en- mass to assist in caring
for the living and disposing Of the
dead. A peculiar feature Of the &C
cident is the fact that not a woman
was injured, except slightly.
The WRECK; was caused by the break
ing Of castings on a carlod' OF bright
timbers, on {. westbound freight train
which had passed Laurel Run not
more than Is minutes before the i'll
fated passenger train. The wreck oc-
Cured on curve and it was imposSl-
bic for Engineer Thornly to see far
enough ahead to detect the obstruc-
ton on the track. The big Atlantic
tvpe engine plunged into the timbers
at a velocity Of 50 mile an hour. The
engine plouphed into the embanknent
and the b ggage and express cars
were thrown into the Youghiogheny
river. The smoker followed the
engine and landed squarely on top OF
fl. This allowed the escaping steam
and hot water from the engine to NIL
the car. The smoker was packed to
it's utmost capacity and all the passen-
gers were cuoked alive. Not single
passenger in this car escaped with bis
life and it is expected that at least 40
of the dead were in the smoker.
BaggemasUer Baum OF Hazelwood,
who was on the wrecked train, proved
himself hero. With his hand and
body frightfully cut, he mangaec to
crawl from the wreckage and crop
ing his way along in darkness, tagged
the westbound passenger train No. 49.
He had nothing with which to nag
the train except matches and these he
made use of in his desperation by tax
ing off his coat and setting fire to it:
BE stopped the train just in time tc
,-oront II, from pIunging into the