The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-06
i WRECK IS AVOIDED
NARROW EsCAPE FROM RAILROAD
DFsASTEn At SELMA.

/ DAShSAS S - S1hMAs
i, ,,a n. ana W--frfs Train. Meet =,
urldxe spaMnlne fhe Alabama.
But are stopped Before a
Crash Nesults. o.,
Advertiser Bureau,
Selpa. Aug. S.
| A wreck was narrowly averted today
on the f,.rfes-,lfe and Nashville Rail.
way bris.s. as.-ss tbs Al9bama River
al selma upon which Western Rail-
way messenger train and Louisville
5li, Sashyffie passenger train almost
i met. The locomotives were within a
SHORT distance Of each other when they
were stopped.
trains came upon the bridge, The
passenger train Of the Western Rail-
way Of Alabbama from Montgomery to
Selma, dIe at the Union PASSENGER Sta
| ton at 1890, was Incoming. The Lou
| isyflie and Nashville passenger No. I,
which had laid over In Selma nearly an
hour awaiting the Birmingham. Selma
ana New Orleans train Of the Louis
| vile and Nashville system. was bound
out for Pensacola The bridge is long
and is traversed at slow speed and the
engineers OF the locomotives thus de-
L IcCleQ tUAI al dCClQSllt Mdb iuIulucnt,
and they at once stopped their trains
which. however, came TO within un-
| pleasant nearness,
It is said the meeting of the trains
upon the bridge was due to misun-
| Outstanding OF the register box at
Western Junction.
Trsin's marrow Eseape.
BY the merest chance at o'clock
tonight an. incoming freight on the
Southern Railway passed in safety
across the bridge at cahaba River after
almost wrecking the bridge with log
swept against timbers and iron work
Of the trestle. Besides the crew the
train was carrying Ave travelling men.
but thAy were unhurt, the train keep
ing to the rails. The freight left
Harrelis Station, south of Selma. and
came down a long grade at good speed.
AS the caboose came upon the bridge
| the men riding In the car felt the
| trestie suddenly give down as II 1t had
| fallen beneath them. moment later
. terrible noise as Of thunder startled
them and looking back they saw the
| heavy square timbers and the great
iron supports Of one side OF the bridge
| spiintered and twisted and laid prone
upon the bridge The conductor at
| once signallsd for q step which was
made after the train had run as far as
Lake Lanier.
The cars which were not damaged
| In the least were backed to the bridge
! which was examined. A heavy log
| which had failed from a car just in
| front of the caboose lay at one side
| OF the rails, It's end high In the air.
| Timbers upright and horizontal had
A - -.
| Is remarkable that the entire structure
had not given way ae one side, was
almost completely wrecked. Had the
log been turned or had fallen across
| the track the entire rear of the train
with all on board would have been
| destroyed.
OF the five drummers on the caboose
/ two were Selma men, Charles Lenoir
| and Ed NJ LilienthaH. and another was
Bob billiard of Montgomery.
Found Runaway Son.
John Pritehett. negro, of Marion
Junction, attracted much attention 10
himself at the Central Market this
morning by SELLING upon a diminutive
negro boy and despite the youngsters
cries and struggles held him tight. 70
the crowd Of interested spectators who
gathered Pritchett explained thai his
| prisoner was his son who ran away
from home nearly a fortnight ago.
Sunday q week ago. Pritchett explain
ed. little Joe had gotten permission to
play and he had played ever since. This
old man took the lad back to Marion
Junction today.
Vote For Judge Announcea.
The Democratic Executive Committee
| Of Dallas County met today and an
| nounced the Official vote cast In the
| primary election OF Monday for the
| nomination of a candidate for the sudi-
| ciary of the Fourth Circuit, Il. NJ. Mil
Ter Of wilcox being proclaimed the
victor with ESQ votes while w. r.
| Hogue of Perry his only opponent re-
| ceived Ia. Chairman ]. b. Ellis pre-
sided at the meeting with r. Z. L. Mel
secretary. Seventeen members or
proxies were present.
Death Of Mrs. w. IN. Taylor.
Mrs. w. II. Taylor Of Central Mills,
| died at her home at 10 o'clock last
Knight Mrs Taylor. who before her
marriage was Miss Gertrude Skinner,
| was the wife of DR.. W. II. Taylor. a
prominent physician of Central Mills
She is survived by her husband, by her
father. and by four sisters. Miss Skin
i hCIs IL. W. OhcppdId, JOnH
Sheppard and Mrs. Ed Taylor.
Funeral of Mr.. M0seley.
The remains OF John Moseley, who
fell dead yesterday afternoon, were
taken this morning to East Perry Mr..
| Moseley's former home, where the in
terment will be made today. The body
was accompanied by Mrs. Mvseley and
by kinsmen and friends of the de-
ceased.
Personal and Local.
The many friends of Mrs. Walton W.
Stewart are pleased to learn that her
little daughter Annie Walton Stewart
has improved so much that she can be
removed to the mountains. Mrs.
Stewart and her family will leave to-
morrow for Asheville. n. c.
Mrs. J. B. Ellis of Orrville who has
been at Tate Spring for several weeks,
leaves Tate today for Asheville, u. c.
John B. Erwin, Jr.. of Albany, Ca
formerly a popular resident of Selma