The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-13
A TERRIBLE WRECK
Two Circus Irains Cash Together
With frighifsI ferce
OVER A SCORE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Engineer OF Sseoad Section Fosnd
His Brakes weaid Not Work and
Lost Control ef Ills Traia

tons % wAllaces clrCus train ~srs
wrecked Friday morning. Seven % the
dead are In the riorgac uniaeaiiaod.
over twenty are mor~ or less seriously
Injured. Coroner Farrell lmpanellcd .
Jury. which viewed the rcmaias aud
adjourned until August 70. When The
inquest will DC held. FN1llow!nE are
the dead.
James Mccarthy. ;rAlEEnaster.
Grand Trunk road between Port Hur-
on and Battle Greek. 4 ". Large.
special offcer Crane Tank. BAtls
Greek. John Purcell. OF Peru. Ind.
boss canvassman: LATE I.ATSoa. O.
Cambridge. o. six-hgrse team driver.
u. Thomas. residence unknown. mem
ber OF stake and chain gang: Harry
ST. Clair. residence unknown. reserved
feat man: John Leary. OF Springfield.
Ill. bos OF ring stock. Andrew How
land. OF New York State. ranvasman.
Frank Thorp. OF Dundee. M.ch.. train
master OF cirrus train. Robert Rice.
residence unknown. harness make.
George Smith. residence unknown.
blacksmith. James TofIclmlrc. Of
Orient. Iowa: Charles Sands. OF Peru.
Ind. driver: Joe Wilson. of Pitga5nTE.
". J. Mccoy. oi Columbus. O.. can
yassman with side show. Edward
York. OF Terra Haute. Ind: unka0&n
man. driver OF band wagon: unknoNn
man. home said 10 be Indianapolis.
iider IN circus races. unknown man.
4, AZ a
horse driver: unknown man. four
horse driver: unknown man. suffocAt-
cd TO death. Two unidentlfi~i men
are dead al tho hospital
James s. Foley. OF Detroit. special
officer OF the Grand Trunk. was scri-
ously injured and J. j. Meadows. of
Anderson. &. G.. was also among the
injured.
The circus travels In two trains OF
about % cars each. After Thursday
nights exhibition at Charlotte. the
two trains left for Lapecr over the
Grand Trunk road. the second section
leaving a half hour after the FIRST. IL
was 3:I5 O'Clock when the first section
| pulled into the west end Of the Grand
Trunk yards here. A red light was
| hung on the rear car 20 stop tie sec
oDd section. Engineer P-obst. OF Bat
| tie Creek, who was running the en-
! gine of the rear train. says he saw this
light and applied the ar brake. lie
| Gays IL refused To work. lie reversed
his engine. but the momentum OF the
heavy train behind was too great and
with crash that aroused all OF the
town near the yards. the two trains
met Three cars OF the stationary FIRST
section were tclcscoDed and the engine
were demolished. The rear car % the
first section WAS a cabOose. In which
the uaInmen were sleeping. and the
next two were filled with sleeping cir
Gus employees. The greatest loss of
| life was In the caboose. One OF the
wrecked cars Of the second section was
occupied by FIVE elephants and several
camels. One OF the elephants and two
| OF the camels were killed outright.
while the other animals and their
trainer escaped. With the exception
! OF this car. none OF the menageric WAS
| wrecked. the other demolished c=rs
containing canvass or wagons. and
| there was comparatively little excite
| rnent among the wild animals. As
| soon as they recovered from the first
| shock the trainers rushed among the
| cages quieting the few beasts that
were excited. The elephants I'm the
wrecked car behaved with surprising
calmness and were led out Of the
wreck without trouble. The escaping
steam and screams and cries OF those
pinned in the wreck made a horrifying
spectacle In the gray 81 the early
morning. when the t.aInmen In the
yards and the aroused toxnspeople
FIRST reached the scene. Many feared
| at first that some OF the menagcrie
had escaped. as some OF the animA.-
could be heard crying. The FIRE whis-
| tie was sounded and the whole town
was aroused. The rescuers could SCI
| unfortunates through the tangled
| wreckage and went fuTiously 10 work
withou: waiting for tools 10 eItricate
| them. A wrecking crew Ia kept In the
| yards here. and IL vas ON the scene In
very few minutes. bringing tools and
equipment in plenty.
General lilies Retired.
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