The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
BANKER GARTH WAS
 4 LONG SUFFERER
COMMITTED SUICIDE BY JUMPING OVERBOARD FROM THE DENVER WHILE VESSEL WAS APPROACH. ING GALVESTON, TEXAS.

Galveston, December 27-Granville w. Garth, the New Yorker who committed suicide on the Mallory steamer Denver i en route from New York to Galveston by jumping overheard, had been suffer- ing from a long spell of sickness, which 1t is thought had weakened his mind
 He was travelling with Thomas Lawson of New York and was en route to Thur Der, Texas for an outing for his health. He jumped overheard Christmas night when the Denver was approaching Gal weston. Lawson. who is the confidential agent for Blair Ss Co. of New York is en route to Thurber. He declines to discuss the tragedy at all, except to dsclaim that he was in charge of the young banker. The baggage of Garth was delivered to Law son at the Fremont hotel today. ->~S~~N~~-~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~>~-~~~~~>~~~~~~~~~- engine like a wedge, splitting the car from the boiler, and standing the latter on end like a broken, twisted shell. The running gear was crumpled up like so much twine. Great steel side rods bent into many shapes The boiler of engine No 297 turn ed over several times and the very force of the twisting impact seems to have been the means of saving the life of Engineer Waterman He was flung forty-feet over l the fence at the edge of the right of way. Moon his fireman, was sitting on the op- posite side of the cab, and he, too, was thrown clear of the pile of wreckage. As the trains came together the steam domes of each boiler blew off, releasing their contents, else there would have been ad- ded horrors from the blistering steam. The east bound train was composed of a mail and baggage car. combination, buff fet parlor car, day coach and diner. The l baggage coach caught between the engine and heavy train was crashed, only the roof remaining partically unbroken. The big blind mail coach, heavily bulkheaded, took the brunt of the blow, but withstood the crash and communicated it to the smoker next in the rear. The smoker was swept clean as the mail car telescoped its entire length and leaned over at the north side of the track.
 Parlor Car Smashed.
 The smoker in turn crashed several feet into the parlor car and it was at the rear end of the smoker and forward end of the cafe car where the passen- gers were killed and injured.
 From a space six feet square, the bodies of two women, a boy and man were taken ont
 The westbound flyer, with it's heavy bulkheaded cars, stayed on the rails, | the passengers on this train escaped serious injury. As one man, they rush. ed out of the train to assist the less fortunate ones on the train from this city.
 Many stripped warm overcoats from their backs and covered the suffering injured as they were borne to the less shattered cars of No and into the re- mains of the parlor car of No. {. Near | bss mf II turned out with blankets and did valiant service
 According to the officials of the Pere Marquette the westbound train was trav- cling downgrade a the rate of sixty miles an hour. The eastbound train was climbing the hill at a speed of forty miles an hour. The former carried prob ably seventy-fve passengers, while the latter is believed to have been carrying at least 125 persons.
 Shocking Tragedy. In the cafe coach of the illfated east bound train which was demolished as far back as the forward trucks. one of the most shocking of the many tragedies was enacted. In this section were D. r. Bald win, wife and son. who spent Christmas in Grand Rapids, and were returning to their homes at Mulilken. Between the man and wife. sitting on the top of the car seat and playing with bank receiy- ed as a Christmas gift. was their little son. The crash came and all three met death. beam flying through the air struck the child beheading him instantly Mother and son were found together on the floor of the cafe ear when they pene- trated into the wreck
 General Superintendent Smith inter- viewed Operator Booth at McCords last night and said today
 "I have no reason to doubt the state. ment of Booth that his light was burning two minutes before No. passed McCords and that the wind extnguished it. He is an old operator and has been in the em- poy of the road several years"
 General Superintendent Smith said fur ther:
 This is the first wreck in which the Pere Marquette ever killed passenger on it's own train. The road has killed pas- sengers on other trains. persons at cross ings and employees but never before has it killed outright or fatally injured a pas senger of it's own
 The coroner empaneled a jury today and the remains of the dead were viewed. The coroner's verdict will not be ready before January 1.
 Conflicting Statements. Investigation by the Pere Marquette of- hcials into the cause of the wreck has brought out some conflicting statements. Operator F. M. Booth at McCords states most emphatically that when he received orders to hold the west bound train at 
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