Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-09-30
MANY PEOPLEKILLED
Women Who Witnessed the Accident
May Die From Fright.
BAD WRECK NEAR DAhVlLLF, VA.
The Train Was Running at the Rate
OF so or6o TILES an Hour and Left
the Track on an IS" Curve.

Danville, Va. Specialize. 81, the
Southern Railways fast mail, plying
between New York and New Orlc..ns,
plunged over a treStle north of tnis
city Sunday afternoon. killing nine
men, lnJuring seven others and COM
pletcly wrec6ing three mail and one
express cars. The killed are:
The Dead.
j. l.. Thompson, railway mail clerk.
OF Washington.
w. S. Chambers. railway mail clerk.
OF Midland. Va
ID. p. Flory, railway mail CLERK, of
Nokesvillc, Va
p. NJ. Argelwright, railway mail
clerk, of Mt. Clinton, Va.
j. A. Broadly. engineer. OF Placer
vile, Va,
J. T, Blair, conductor. of Spencer.
A. G, Clapp. of Greensboro.
Flagman 5. J. Moody, Of Raleigh,
a i2-year-old son of ]. l. THOMPSON
Tie Injured.
The injured are:
Lewis w. Spears. OF Manassas.
Frank G. Brooks. of Charlottesville.
Percival lndenmaueo. OF Washing
ton.
Charles f. Reamcs, of Chariottcs-
vile.
Jennings j. Dunlap, OF Washington.
\. {. Maupn. OF charlottesville
j. HARRISON Thompson. of ST. Luke.
All Ot the above are railway mail
clerks. II is said that this is the first
time that Engineer Broadly ever ran 4
mail tram and the supposition is that
he was running 100 fast and was not
entirely familiar with his road-bed
The wreck occurred on a steep grade,
the latfer embracing the trestle. which
Is in The shape of the letter IS" The
train was probably running al rate
of between so and GO miles an hour
whoE the engine left the track. The
train ran some distance on the cross
ties, plunging over the trestle at a
tangent, wheb the engine was about
half way across.
The engine and all OF the cars fell
10 Feet to the water below. The last
car tore up q considerable section OF
the 'trestle. The engine struck and was
buEaed in the bed OF the creek The
cars piled on top of the engine. all OF
them being split into kindling wood.
/ rs. engineer was found some little dis
taHce from his cab. horribly mangled d
ana dead. All of the tFod:es save one
have been recovered.
The train carried nuyhing but mail
and express. The mail was not much
damaged. considering the extent os the
wreck. Some loose registered letters
and the valuables OF the dead mon
have been recovered. The express mat
ter was considerably injured.
The mafi coaches were taken IN
charge by r. B. BouldTng a clerk VINO
spends his Sundays in this city Ee ar
rived on train within half an hour
afrer the disaster. EIail clerks werc
sent on special trains from Richmond,
Charlottesville and Greensboro. y. c.
to assist in rescuing the government
prnperty.
The wreck itself beggars description.
All Of the cars are battered into kind
ling wood. and the engine is buried in
the mud OF the creek A wrcc!;inr
crew is laboring to remove the dob. is.
so that the trestle can be repair;d for
the continuance of traffic at as early
an hour as possible tomorrow.
All OF the injured nlaii clerks were
taken to the Home for The Sick in this
city. where they received medical at
tentiUn.
The other victims may recover, al
though the physicians can give out no
definite information as to their cundi-
tion. One man. name unknown, is still
In the wreck. He can be seen, but the
debris under which he Is lying has not
been removed.