Evening journal., 1903-12-04
|ama9e Done viii
amount to Over $780,
Complete List of
The Buildings That
Were Shattered
broner Started Inquest,
Heard Some Testimony
and Then Postponed
Hearing Until TOmOr-
row Morning

Special to the Evening Journal.
reenwood, Dec. 4.-The inquest over
body Of Edward Roach, who was
I'D in the Greenwood wreck has been
poned until tomorrow. The inquest
begun about noon yesterday at I'm
aker Hardesty's establishment at
bgeville. Conductor Harry Basom and
lrs Of the crew of extra train 5llS gave
|r testimony but the testimony Of sew
important witnesses could not be Sc
I'D as they were too bady injured to
resent. The latter were on extra train
and which collided with the rear Of
so the evidence Of Engineer Shep-
b, Conductor Hall and Fireman Bar
is very essential before the jury can
Ter its verdict.
How Many Escaped.
b the fact that so many people were
the street when the worst expsosion
be Is due the small loss of life. consid-
e the number OF houses wrecked.
be people had come out OF their homes
|. when the explosion took place, they
|e practically out of danger. The houses
were wrecked had no human being
|fall upon Only the flying glass and
ris caused cuts and wounds. and hard
! person escaped without some more OF
serious reminder of the terrible acci-
L that Greenwood will never cease 10
|ember. 1t is remarkable that not a
he limb was fractured.
here were undoubtedly some wonder
| escapes. Lynch, the signalman, was
he tower at the Queen Anne crossing.
saw the whole occurrence. The snow
steam. he said, must have blinded
hnedy, the engineer of the hindmoSt
In; indeed. so thick was 1t that he him
could not see Kennedy's train COM
rntil il had colhded with the fore
st one. and The accident was no longer
|dable. lie had had serious thoughts
|putting out a lamp TO warn any on
hing train. and had. indeed prepared
to exhibit. But he was too late. The
lex of the collision was stunning and
next thing he knew was that awful
|losion which is absolutely indescriba-
end o. which even now those who
ri it from close quarters cannot speak
|noul turning PAW anu siiuuuNitl tlibs
Weeping Over Loss.
would be the easiest thing in ths
|rli to enlarge upon the piteous scenes
messed in this devastated RUIN of q
I'm. Men. women and children weep
over the loss and destruction of theli
lnos and property; hundreds-this is NJ
lggeraion-of persons are bandaged ant
stored and sewn up and "a general ali
dcspondency and sadness IS over ali
: misty atmosphere and the snow-cov
ID ground, now trampled and soiled b!
feet of a thousand visitors from al
country round. add to the p5tiful ap
france Of everything. Outside the rail
d station at least a hundred buggie
b vehicles blocked the road. They hat
bught sightseers from all the neighbor
pd within twenty miles.
abez r. Willey's home seemed espe
|lly marked, and the front door 'ook
though there had been a hog-killing
|ery member of his family was in
|'ed and their home was badly wrecked
fair idea of the extent OF the desola
In may be obtained from a statement b,
Iexander Jones, one of the worst suffer
!. Mr.. Jones said this afternoon.
One Family's Awful Plight.
Yesterday I was the proud possesso
q house-my home-nice furniture.
lee and a lovely daughter. In the after
|on this explosion came. Ny hous
mt Ito pieces, all my furniture wa
|stroyed, my wife was felled and blind
for life, my daughter was struck dow
a forever dishgured. Today I have u
use. no home, no furniture, blind wifi
|ll in mortal agony and an invaM
Iughter."
Officials on Scene.
Among the first Of the hundreds Of per