The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-10
DERAILED AT THISTLE.
TRAIN OF THE sEAB0ARD AIR LINE
 WRECKED.
Four Persons Are Killed and Thirty. five Injured-Evidence of Ma licious Attempt at Wreck
 ing is Found.

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 Portsmouth, Va, Sept. s.-Shortly af- ter 1 o'clock this morning train No. 4i on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. con- sisting of an express car. mail car. two day coaches and a Pullman sleeper. was derailed at a trestle just south of the Catawba River, South Carolina, and twenty-two miles southwest of Mon- roe. N. C., followed by the wreck of light engine and caboose, resulting in the death of four persons and the injuring of thirty-five others. The killed are: Engineer E. Y. Barksdale. Abbeville, S. C.; Fireman E. D. Rob- | erts, colored, Atlanta; Mrs. Black; an unknown woman.
 The injured: Mrs. James Clay. Oak land, Tenn, fractured jaw; T. c. Jer- ome, Atlanta, slightly bruised; Mrs. T.. | C. Jerome, Atlanta, shoulder and head injured; Dr. Edward Banks, Athens. ] Ga, back Injured: Mrs. Sydney Her. bert, Maitland, Fla, foot amputated. may die; Mrs. Jerome Silvey, Atlanta, bruised; G. w. Hinson. Lenox. Ga. jaw injured Tom Mitchell, colored brake man. Abbeville. s. C.. head and shoul- ders injured; Pink Carpenter. Monroe, N. C.. porter. head and body injured. The following are slightly hurt: V. IS. Lerby. Atlanta, Pullman porter; T.. T. Turner, Pullman conductor; G. P. Mears, engineer. Monroe; J. G. Duncan, brakeman, Abbeville; H.. H.. Chapman. conductor. Abbeville; c. H. Davis. ex- press messenger. Atlanta: W. Fairman. mail clerk. Atlanta; R. T. West. con- ductor. Monroe, N. C.: B. F. Meader. address unknown; F. c. Topleman. ad- dress unknown: T. c. Horton. address unknown; Mir. Black. address unknown: B. Seigler. address unknown: Mollie Griffin, address unknown.
 A number of colored laborers were slightly hurt.
 At the offices of the Seaboard Air Line in this city 1t was stated that im- mediately after the receipt of the news of the accident a special train with wrecking outfit and doctors started from Monroe to the scene of the wreck. The dead and injured were brought to Monroe.
 J. M. Barr. First vice-President and General Manager of the road, said to- day that there was evidence of a ma licious attempt to wreck the train, a number of rail joints having been found disconnected. He gave the following details:
 Train No. fl was in charge of Con- ductor Richard West and Engineer Gaston Mears. The wreck occurred about 1 o'clock this morning at the trestle just south of Catawba River, South Carolina, and twenty-two miles southwest of Monroe. N. c. The en- zine passed over the trestle and went down the embankment killing colored fireman Roberts and seriously injuring Engineer Gaston Mears. A light en- zine and caboose. running as No. 19, in charge of Conductor Chapman and En- gineer Barksdale. which train was passed by No. fl a short distance east of the point where the accident oc- cured. ran into the damaged trestle and on top of the passenger train. re- sulting in the death of the engineer of No. 19, the fireman of the passenger train and of Mrs. Black. and an un- known lady passenger. Two Pullman employees. six railroad employees, one mail clerk. one Southern Express Com pany employe and twenty-three pas- sengers were injured"