Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
ECHOES FROM THE WRECK.

here In ABOUT TWO weeks.
ECHOES FROM THE WRECK.
1t was stated in THE ENQUIRER that
the three injured Negroes were taken
to Rock Hill. This was mistake
They had been removed to Yorkville
before the arrival of the Rock Hill ply
sicians.
When the wrecking force arrived
Thursday afternoon, one Of the men
was heard to say, "1ve had no dinner
and there Is no chance for supper or
breakfast. A gentleman Of Yorkville
who overheard the remark was OBJ
served TO saddle horse and ride off,
In something less than an hour he
showed up with an armful Of bread,
canned goods and other eatables, all OF
which he turned over to the hungry
men.
In addition to the Yorkville physi-
clans who attended the wounded, there
were also on hand DR.. ]. H. Saye of
Sharon, DR.. VIM. M. Love Of McCon-
nellsville, Drs. E. w. Pressly and ]. w.
Campbell Of Glover, and DR.. T. B.
Hough Of Newport. DR.. Hough was at
the wreck where he assisted, the 9TH
er physicians. The other physicians
named gave their services to the
OH
Yorkville. All did good work.
In talking over incidents afterwards,
one gentleman who happened to be
among the first to arrive on the scene,
told Of how after he and others had cut
a hole in the side of the car and drag
ged out an injured passenger, two little
boys came crawling through the same
hole. "They looked like scared rab-
bits" said the gentleman, and one OF
them was still holding to his box OF
lunch. They walked away up on the
hill, and remained there until they
were directed to the house Of Mr.. Bo-
lin near by.
There was a story In circulation on
Thursday afternoon and since to the
effect that the crew Of the eastbound
passenger train felt the trestle give as
the train passed over and warned the
crew Of the westbound train. There Is
no truth in this story. Mr.. G. T. Rad
cliffe of Yorkville was on the eastbound
train, and by reason Of his vocation
as a commercial traveller, Is thoroughly
familiar with the road as Is even the
railroad people. He says he noticed
nothing unusual when the train passed
over. Nor was that all. 1t Is fact
that the train crews were never in
talking distance with each other at
Rock HILL
1t happened that Mr.. ]. A. Maxwell,
roadmaster, was in Yorkville, at the
time of the occurrence Of the disaster.
He Immediately went to the telegraph
office and sent messages to Supt. Heeth-
er and other officials, and also had all
the physicians of Yorkville summoned.
When there was nothing more to be
done here, he went on down to the
wreck, and gave assistance like other
individuals, until the section men be-
gan to arrive when he directed their
efforts. He showed up we'll throughout
it all, and accorded the highest praise
to the people who worked so earnestly
and intelligently. Mr.. Maxwell remain
ed with the wreck until 1t was practi-
cally cleared up.
There were certain inaccuracies in
the story of last Thursdays wreck as
told in THE ENQUIRER Of Friday; but
most accurate and complete that has
been published. This was because THE
ENQUIRER had experienced representa-
tives on the ground to note the situa-
appeared to be important. That some
important incidents escaped these rep
resentatives was natural, and 1t was
just as natural that there should be in
accurate statements about others. We
do not feel, however, that we are due
our readers any very humble apologies,
for there are few newspapers in this
part Of the state that would have done
any better under the circumstances.
But connected with this unfortunate