The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
THREE HURT
 IN A WRECK Cars Jumped Track Near E GeOrgiana. AN ACCOMMODATION TRA!it MeSSrS. Bird and Hines and Mrs. TimrnonS Injured. They Were Brought to Montgomery and Will Recover-Ths Track
 Was Cleared Without
 Much Delay.

Passenger train No. B of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the Graceville accommodation train due in Montgomery at 9:45 a. m., was wrecked on the Ala bama and Florida division near Geor- giana, shortly before 8 o'clock yestsr- day morning and three passengers, Mrs. R. c. Timmons of Birmingham. c. c. Bird and H. H. Hines of Montgomery. were injured.
 Just how the accident occurred, rail- road men are not informed, although 1t Is certain that either the fiange of one of the wheels broke or one of the trucks collapsed. The track was all right, and the rails did not spread. The train was in charge of Conductor Jule Mccall and Engineer Cal Divinney in charge of en- zine No.-15.
 The accident occurred on a grade at milepost 7, seventeen miles west of Georgiana. The train was not running over twenty miles an hour when sud- denly the two day coaches. 4s7 and s56 bumped along the ties with a terrific jar and grinding motion, both coaches turning over before the startled passengers had a chance to jump
 The injured passengers were sitting on the right hand side of the car, and as it turned on its left side they were hurled violently against the other side of the coach. Mrs. Timmons. 1t is thought, suf- fered more from the shock than anything else. and whether she was injured inter nally could not be told last night.
 MT. Bird was the most seriously injured of any of the unfortunate, and in his vio- lent contact with the side of the car it is thought that he is injured internally
 MT. Hines was painfully, though not seriously, hurt, his shoulder being bruis- ed and wrenched.
 Conductor Mccall was sitting a few seats behind Mir. Hines. When the first jar came he realized that something was wrong and braced himself and caught the arms of the seat. His presence of mind saved him and though of course he went over with the car, he escaped with out a scratch.
 Flagman Reeves, who was sitting in the same car was not so fortunate, and he was pretty badly bruised and shaken up, though none of his injuries are se- rious.
 It is remarkable that five children in the car were not bruised, although they were hurled around like rubber balls. They were from Opp, en route to Chi cora. Miss.
 Dr. Watson of Georgiana went to the scene of the wreck immediately and did what he could to relieve the sufferings of
 
 ing for them until the train reached Montgomery. The injured persons had been placed on improvised stretchers in the baggage car and were made as com fortable as possible.
 The engine with the baggage car went to Georgiana. where another coach was picked up, the train reaching Montgom- cry at 11:30 o'clock.
 Dr. Gaston, the local surgeon of the Louisville and Nashville, with ambul- ances met the train at the station.
 Mrs Timmons and MT. Bird were sent to St. aMargaret's Hospital. MT. Hines went in carriage to his home, No. 70 Holcombe Street. Beyond having his col- lar bone broken and being painfully bruised and shaken up, MT. Bird was not injured as badly as was thought at first Mrs Timmons had a hip dislocAted and was badly bruised and shocked, while Mr. Hines had his shoulder broken.
 Last night they were reported as resting easily, and 1t is thought that they will be all right in few days.
 By hard work the track was in shape for the passage of trains yesterday after noon.