The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
ON THE BRINK
OF The RIVER
Fast Passenger Train Plungss
Down Steep Embankmsnt.
THREE TRAIHMEH KILLED
MANY PERSONS INJURED, SOME
OF THEM FATALLY.

Y knoxville. Tenn, Feb. 2s.-The
n fast passenger train. from Chat
tanooga to Salisbury, which left
Chattanooga at 11:46 o'clock last
night, was wrecked by spreading rails
on the Southern railway about three
miles west of Lenoir City, Tenn, this
morning about o'clock. Three per-
sons were killed ana twenty-four en-
jured
The Dead.
John Bibb OF Knoxville. engineer.
A. j. Tucker Of Newport. mail clerk.
Alfred Best Knoxville. c0lored porter.
Trainmen Injured.
r. A Tompkins. express messenger.
Bristol Tenn, shoulder and neck
bruised; G. NJ. Betty Knoxville. mail
clerk, arm and wrist bruised; w T.
KlutZ, Knoxville. baggagemaster. back
injured; w. S. Overton. Knoxville. con-
ductor; Thomas Mills, Knoxville, col
Ored fireman, both legs broken.
Passengers Injured
J. L. Falcitt Chattanooga. shoulder
bruised and right leg broken. r. T..
WaaisOn. ROgersville. Tenn. arm bro
ken and head bruised, p. II. Guice.
Fletcher, N. c.. back, shoulder and
head injured; Mrs. p. IT. Guice, back
and head injured ". b. Holt Lyon
idas. Tenn. chest badly bruised and i'm
jured internally, IT. O.. Toms. Knox
vile, shoulder and arm injured: Mrs.
III. C.. Toms. injured internally. Mrs. H.
Lee, ROgersville. Tenn, head uurt ana
internal injuries. two children of Mrs.
j ~ ssF III d lHf NTHal ID
Emerson, ROgersviile, spine injured,
viii die; L. A. Hughes. Lone Mountain.
Tenn; j. 3. Tropp0iin, New York. in-
ternally injured. J. A. Helly. AleXan-
dria Va head hurt, Samuel /. Kelly
Alexandria. head bruised, William
Whitehead Maryville Tenn, both
hands and head injured. j. W. T0Ohey
Greenville. n. c.. leg broken; j. NJ
Hart, AIuskOgee, head injured. II. B.
Sargent Of New Orleans. slightly in-
jured.
Went Down Embankment.
The wreck occurred ON the top Of
steep embankment and the train
/ plunged down this The locomotive
went within thirty feet of the Tennes-
/ see river Four OF the coaches were
/ telescoped and partially piled up on che
engine Three coaches were burned
outright The Cincinnati Southern
/ train from Chattanooga 10 Cincinnati
was travelling behind the Inflated traia,
having come by way OF Knoxville on
4 account of damage 10 tracks of the
/ Cincinnati Southern between Chat
+ tanoasa and Hartman East night. Tbe
Z engine of the Cincinnati Southern train
ran up 90 the scene of the wreck and,
/ by pulling two of the rear sleepeTs back
/ on the track and away from the wreck
/ age, succeeded in saving them from de-
! sruction by fire.
Caused by Landslides.
Ii is stated that hewreck was caused
/ by TWO landsIides In the first 10 is
/ thought a big boulder came down the
( side OF a bluff and Cell on the track.
] These landslides spread the track and
when the locomotive struck the boulder
it was thrown from the ties and down
/ the embankmenL Several coaches fol-
/ lowed The scene of the wreck is be-
tween London and Lenoir city Tenn,
! where the railroad parallels the Ten
nessee river for considerable dis
/ lance. The construction of the road at
this point was very difficult engineer
ing. and it is the most unfortunate
place for a wreck.
Just before Engineer Bibb died n
/ physician underworld TO have him
drink a little whisky I'M the hope of ex-
( tending his life as long as possible. The
] engineer refused it, 50 wing,
81 have never touched 10 YET, and
don't expect to begin to drink it now"
1 Continuing. DE said. 81 am going to
die. so go and look nfter the women
and children I'm the coaches" lie eX-
pired "a few minutes later.