The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-09-14
WRECK COST
NAM.
FOUR LIVES
Details of Wreck on Seabord Air
Line.
Was Perhaps Malicious
Suspected 1t Was Caused by Miscreants
-Thirty.Five Injured But Most Of
Them Slightly.

portsmouth, Va, Sept. y.
Shortly after O'Clock this morning
train No. Al, on the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, consisting of an express car,
mail car, two day coaches and a Pull
man sleeper, was derailed and went
through trestle just south of the "a
tawba river, South Carolina, and -
miles southwest of Monroe, n. c., fol-
lowed by the wreck of light engine
and caboose, which tumbled in on the
wreckage, resulting in the death OF
four persons and the iDjuriDg OF thirty
five others.
THE DEAD:
E. Y. Barksdale, engineer, Abbe-
vile, S. g.
Mrs. T. f. Black.
Unknown lady.
Ed. Roberts, colored, fireman train
Al, Atlanta.
WHITE PEsRoNS INJURED.
Mrs. James Clay, Oakland, Tenn,
fractured jaw.
Mr.. Il. G. Jerome. Atlanta, Ca,
slightly bruised.
Mrs. II. G. Jerome, Atlanta, shoul
der and head injured.
DR.. Edward Banks, Athens, Ga,
back injured
Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Maitland, Fla,
left foot amputated.
Mr.. Jerome Silvey, Atlanta, Ca, un-
injured.
Mrs. Jerome Silvey, Atlanta, Ca,
Mr.. G. w. Hinson, Lenox, Ga, jaw
injured.
NEGROES INJURED.
Tom Mitchell, brah eman No. 10, Alb
beville, injured head and shoulders.
Robert Henderson, Woodward, S. c.,
head injured.
Pink Carpenter, fiagman, Monroe,
NC, head. and body injured.
George Nash, Greenwood, B. o.,
sligh tly bruised. s.,
The following negroes are reported
slightly injured:
Robert Sigler, Trenton, S. {.
Dave Williams, Clark's Hill. S. c.
Jesse Nance, Mccormick, S. G.
John Evans, Charlotte, n. G.
John Thomas, Summervllle, Tenn.
Alex. Smith, White Oak, n. G.
Andrew Green, Columbia, s. Z.
John Hyman, Charlotte, n. G.
V. S. Elberry, Pulln an porter.
AT the offices of the Seaboard Air
Line in this city il was stated that
Immediately after the receipt of the
news of the accident special train
with wrecking outfit and doctors start
ed from Monroe to the scene of the
wreck. The dead and injured were
brought back to Monroe.
EVIDENCE OF MALICE.
j. NJ. Barr, first vice president and
general manager Of tue road, sald TO-
uay that there was evidence OF ma
liclous attempt 10 wreck the train, a
number of rail- joints having beentfound
disconnected. He gave the following
details:
Train No. fl was in charge of Con
ductor Richard West aud Engineer
CASTOR Meares. The wreck occurred
about o'clock this morning just south
of Catawba river, S. c., anu % miles
southwest of Monroe, n. =. The ELI
CINE passed over the tlestle and Went
down the embankmeDt, killing colored
fireman Ed Roberts and seriously i'll
juring engineer CASTOR Meares. a
light engine and caboose, running as
No. 19, Ill charge or Conductor Chap
man and engineer +. Y. Barkesdale,
which train was passed by No. Al Il
short distance east of the point where
the accident occurred, ran into the
damaged trestle and on top of the pas
senger train, resulting III The death .:
the engineer OF No. Is: the fireman ol
the passenger train and of Mrs. Black
and an unknown passenger. Two Pull
man employees, SIX railway employees,
one mail clerk, one Southern Express
Company employe and 23 passengers
were injured"