The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-10

AFTER | CIOCh tniS hio' hh"so ''"''
No 1il on the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, consisting of an express car
n mail car, two day coaches and u
Pullman sleeper, was derailed at i"
trestlc Just south of the Catawbl
river. S. c., and 22 miles southwest
of Monroe, N. c., followed by tn"
wreck of light engine and caboose
resulting in the death of four per-
sons and the injuring OF thirty hVc
others.
ENGINEER L. Y. BARKSDALE,
Abbcvllc, n. {.
FIREMAN ED ROBERTS, color
ed. Atlanta, Ga.
MRS. BLACK.
UNKNOWN WOMAN.
Injured: Mrs. James Clay, Oak
land, Tenn, fractured jaw.
Il. C. jerome, Atlanta, Ga, sllgnI'
ly bruised. o
Mrs. 7. c. Jerome. Atlanta. Ga,
shoulder and head injured.
DIR. Edward Banks, Athens Ea''
back injured.
Mrs. Sydney Herbert, Maitland
Fla, foot amputateu; may die.
Mrs. Jerome Sil>cy, Atlanta, Ga,
bruised.
q. W. Einson, Lenox, Ga, jaw IN
iured.
Abbcvillc, S. G, head and &hou''crS
injured.
pink Carpenter, Monroe n. c.,
portcr. head and body injured
number of colored laborers were
slightly hurt. -.
At the offices of the Scaboard AR
Line in this city, it was stated lhaC
Immediately after receipt of the new"
or the wreck, a special train win
wreckinr crews and doctors started
from Monroe to the scene of the
wreck
Tho dead and injured were brought
back to Monroe.
An official said today that ther"
was avidencc of an attempt to wreck
tho train, a number OF rail FONTS nav
ing bccn found disconnected. lie
gave the following details: Tram
No. 1i1 was in charge of Conductor
Richard West and Engineer CASTOR
Ncars. The wreck occurred aGou'
o'clock this morning at the treau"
inst south of Catawba river, >. w.
and 22 miles southwest OF Monroe
n C. The engine passed over the
trcstle and went down the emDahN-
mcnt killing colorcd fireman IA
Roberts and seriously iniurinC En-
yincor Gaaton McarS. A light en-
gine and caboosc, running as No.
10 in charge of Conductor Chapman
and Engineer Barksdalo, which tram
was passed hv No. 1il short dlS-
tnncc cast east of the point wher"
tbc accident occurred, ran into IN"
damaged trestlc and on top of the
Messenger train. resulting III Ine
death of the engineer of the pas'e"
ger train and Mrs. Black ana an nu
known lady passenger. TWO run
man cmployoS. six railway employees
one mail clerk one Southern Express
messenger end 23 passengers were
injured.
The wrecked train was running
about forty miles an hour when inc
trcstIo. which is about 500 feet long.
spanning a meadow near the Cataw
ha river. gave wav.
The engine and four cars passed.
over. hut wcrc drawn backward into
tho abvss and upon the other cars.
the light engine and caboosc piiinG
i'm on top of tho train of wreck
age before It could be tagged.
The wreck invcloncd al l"aSt onA
hero Mr. BLACK. whose wife wa
killed bcsidc him Hc was ~" las'
man ~ lcavo ihc cnarh. ~ he
rruiecd condition. be walled IN fho
Catauba Junction two miles awaF
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for holm. Hc i- a telegraph ppHra-
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