The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10

half from York. Engineer McCombs. 1t is stated, saw the headlight of the passen- ger locomotive, but thinking it was the freight at York kept on and before he realized his mistake the collision was too near to be averted.
 Engineer vining was on the outside of the curve and probably did not see the opposing locomotive until 1t was imme- diately upon him. A member of the train crew said he felt the train jerk as the emergency brakes were applied and almost instantly the crash came
 Engineer McCombs of the freight, jumped 1t Is said and escaped death. His leg was broken and he was otherwise in- jured, but will probably recover. His fire man, whose name Is not learned here, was killed instantly as was a negro tramp riding on the locomotive.
 Mir Vining was thrown forward from the cab and was found beneath the right driver of his overturned locomotive. His body was frightfully mangled, his trunk and limbs Deing torn to shreds. His re- mains were dug from beneath the ruins of his engine. billiard Moon, the fire man, was thrown one hundred feet from the locomotive and was without doubt instantly killed. His body was badly bruised and several bones were broken. His watch was found hanging in a tree nearby.
 Captain R. T. Barber. conductor of the train, was thrown the length of the car and painfully scratched and bruised, but none of his wounds is thought to be fa- tai.
 Two drummers, names unknown. had ankles sprained, J. B. Flowers, a pas senger who boarded the train at Me- Dowell station, head bruised. Express Messenger c. H. Woriick was unhurt; Mail Clerk John Eastman, side scalded by steam escaping from burst pipe; Mail Clerk I. F. Watson, one hand scala ed by steam, other hand cut by glass which he broke from window, probably to escape from car; Flagman Mayson, Southern passenger train, head cut. Four passengers hurt slightly.
 The locomotives are a mass of ruins. When the great iron eteeds crashed to- gether they reared high in the air and toppled from the track in a mass. Two carloads of lumber in the Alabama Great Southern train leaped through the air and covered the engines with wreckage which was piled high with debris from the pas senger coaches and freight cars. The mail car and the first passenger coach were badly damaged and fourteen cars of the freight train were wrecked.
 As stated iris morning by The Adver- tiser Superintendent F. J. Egan of the Southern went with a relief train to the wreck as soon as possible after news of the accident had been received. The injured had in the meantime been re- moved to a hotel in York and given at tention. With MT. Egan were Train Master Duggan and Dr. w. w. Harper, the surgeon of the Southern Railway Company, and a large number of em- ployes of the railway and several volun- teer helpers. Surgical aid was given the injured and everything possible was done to alleviate suffering. The track has been cleared and through traffic is re- stunned. Mir. Egan and his companions returned to Selma at 1:S0 o'clock this af- ternoon.
 The bodies of Mir. vining and billiard Moon were brought to Selma this morn- ing and were met by a large number of persons.
 The news that MT. Vining had been killed brought sorrow to the hearts of hundreds of friends whose love for him was demonstrated in many ways. His funeral will take place tomorrow.
 billiard Moon. the negro fireman, was in point of service, the oldest negro fire man on the road and was liked and res pected by his employers and fellow work CTS. He was well known in Selma where his family lives.