The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-20
A Wreck on the Southern Railway Yes
terday Afternoon Injuries Several
A Miracle That ALI Were
Not Killed.

1nree passenger ctTs anu d Aldii Sooeh
derailed and rolled completely over down
an embankment of twenty-five feet on the
Southern Railway just mile and a half
southeast of Raleigh yesterday evening!
No one was killed, by some miracle.
Here is list of the injurd:
H. B. PARKER, JR.. of Goldsboro, Rep
rcsentative from Wayne. Back injured, ,
cuts and bruises on head and face.
ELvIN l. FLEMING, of Wilson, to-
bacco buyer Internal injuries; extent not
known yet.
MRS. ]. C. ELLINGTON, of Raleigh,
hip dislocated and shoulder blade frac-
tured.
MRS. MARY HOBBY. of Garner, frac-
ture of left collar bone.
MISS ADDIE HOBBY, little daughter,
of Mrs. Hobby. Right arm hurt.
J. T. LAND, of Laurinburg. Neck Jared
and slight bruise on right cheek; knocked
senseless.
W. T. DoRTH, of Goldsboro. Finger
mashed and slight bruise on back.
w. D. P. SHARP, sheriff Of Wilson.
Scalp wound on back of head. Stunned
and dazed.
H. A. BYNUM, of Bynum. Left hand
cut by glass and arm and shoulder bruised
and sprained.
R. R. BURWELL, colored postal clerk.
Right shoulder sprained and bruise on left
leg.
j. w o. GARRETT, a colored teacher,
of Henderson. Scalp cut and shoulder
sprained.
IVAN PROCTOR, of this city Bridge
Of nose split and bone of nose broken
where it joins the skull; cut just below
knee of left leg; right thigh bruised.
All of the injured were taken to Rex
Hospital except Mrs. ]. C. Ellington, who
was taken to her own home here and at
tended by DR.. A. W.fGoodwin, and Mr..
Elvin Fleming who was taken to the
home of Mrs. Clee Lee his wife's sis
ter.
Mr.. Bynum after having his hurts
dressed, walked off from the hospital to
spend the night with friends
The colored mail clerk Burwell walked
to the hospital but not until he had
seen to the mail in his charge. that it
was all safely transferred, notwithstand-
ing has aching shoulder.
The train was the regular eastbound
mail on the Southern due to leave here
at All. 1t was just forty-five minutes
late. not getting off until two minutes
after five o'clock. SConductor ]. w.
Coble was IN charge and Engineer VIII
Rippey held the throttle The first car
was the mail and baggage coach. Then
there were three regular passenger day
coaches.
Just as the slight curve on the track
was reached, little distance beyond the
first mile post. Engineer Rippey saw the
left wheel of the forward truck leave the
rail, slipping down inside the track. He
reversed as soon as possible, but not be-
fore the heavy locomotive had ploughed
and bumped its way over the cross-t ties
for a distance of something like two
hundred yards.
The mail coach and the other three cars
bumped and sweryed and tore along the
ploughed up track for some yards and
finally plunged over the embankment,
and rolled completely over. The mail
car, being where the bank was higher,
turned once and half again, until it finally
rested on its side, with the top toward
the track. The other three coaches rolled
completely over and finally rested square
ly On their tops alongside Of the en-
bankment.
The front of the mail was only about
fifteen feet this side of the dep mud hole
filled with water that lies just below
the embankment on the right going east.
Had the cars plunged a nttle farther on
no one can tell what horrible catastro-
phe might have been the result. It is
awful to think what would have happened
If the cars filed with passengers had been
in hot air haf 1nlo of
mud and water.
j. w. o. Garrett, of Henderson, teach
er in the colored Presbyterian School, was
on the train, taking to Goldsboro to place
IN the colored asylum there one of his
students who had become demented Gar
rett was hurt somewhat. His head was
cut and his right shoulder sprained
He said last night: "The first thing I
noticed was the rocking of the car, and
I realized that there was wreck of some
kind. The next thing I remember I was
getting out of the car window, after the
car was upside down. Evidently | was
unconscious for a while, as I did not
know exactly what happened. and had
some difficulty remembering things that
happened before / got on the train. Dr.
Pope dressed my wounds, and l placed
INV man in the guard house, by permis-
sion.
"I think the rotten ties caused the