The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-01
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SUIT. LOREE's FIRST STATEMENT.
The official statement Of Superin-
tendent w. G.. Loree, follows:
No. q2 was derailed by running
into SOME switch timbers, derailing
.seugliAe AID all cars. All the cars
are badly damaged. Do not think
Z any Of the equipment will be able to
go5away from the accident on theil
own wheels, except possibly the Pull
man cars and the dinner. The en-
: gine lies across both tracks. The
,Egai;e ea .9.ss,s5 " Is tile flea The
nrst coach is partly over the bank
The balance of the train Is badly
twisted. ] judge 35 people were killed.
All the people killed were in the
s;133ala1 sT3N3fala1 Escaping steam from the
:engine went into the first coach,
scailinp G&e people. Very few of the
other pass&ngers were Injured. In
zimred have been taken from wreck
and are living non the bank. Engineer
and fireman c&nnot be found"
TnS DEAD.
Engineer Wm.\ Thornly of Hazel
ton, Pa; Divisicn Engineer s. G.
Heater Of Hazeltpn, Pa; Fireman
Thomas Cool, of NHazelton, Pa; Her
bert Holmes of Efnmelton, Pa; Jesse
Hines, Tarboro, N O., the Union
News company's agent on the train;
Charles Lindford Of Confluence, Pa:
Edwards, Pittsburg, wife in Cumber-
land; j. w. Martin, HANCOCK, Md;
Richard Duckett, BaltimSge, Md
Edison Goldsmith, Connellsylne, Pa.
The other So dead are mostly
foreigners and negroes who were rid
ing IN the smoking car. The work Of
their Identification has not yet begun.
The killed, most Of chem, were TO-
eigpers who were In the smoker, just
back of the baggage car. They were
literally roasted to death, the baggage
and smoker telescoping the engine
and Immediately catching fire. Their
bodies are lying, many Of them, burn
ed to a crisp in the baggage room OF
the B. s. 0. depot to be removed later
to the different undertaking shops In
the city. The entire population has
turneo out en- mass to assist In caring
for the living and dlsposing OF the
dead. A peculiar feature of the ac-
cident is the fact that not woman
was injured, except slightly.
The wreck was caused by the break
ing Of castings on carlod Of bright
timbers, on westbound freight train
which had passed Laurel Run not
more than Is minutes before the III
fated passenger train. The wreck Oc:
Cured on curve and it was impossi-
BILE for Engineer Thornly to see far
enough ahead to detect the obstruc-
tion on the track. The big Atlantic
type engine plunged into the timbert
at a velocity Of 60 mile an hour. The
engine ploughed into the embankment
and the baggage and express cars
were thrown into the Youghiogheny
river. The smoker followed the
engine and landed squarely on top OF
1t. This allowed the escaping steam
and hot water from the engine to fill
the car. The smoker was packed tt
It's utmost capacity and all the passen
gers were cooked alive. Not a single
passenger in this car escaped with his
life and 1t Is expected that at least 4(
Of the dead were In the smoker.
Baggemaster Baum Of Hazelwood
who was on the wrecked train, proved
himself a hero. With his hand anc
body frightfully cut, he managed tt
crawl from the wreckage and crop
ing his way along insdsrkness, flagget
the westbound passenger train No. 40
He had nothing With which to faj
1.-The train except matches and these h
made. use of in hisldesperation byat TAX
Ing off bis coat andtsetting fire to 1t
He stopped the train Just inatIme t
prevent it from plunging into tin
wreck and adding further horrorRst
an already indescrible disaster.
Baum collapsed when he saw he ha
succeeded In stopping the train an
when the engine stopped he was lyin
within a few feet Of 1t. An operate
at3"V" tower on the Plttsburg an,
Lake Erie railroad across the Yougt
iogheny river, was the first to sen
word Of the accident and to send TO
relief. He was watching the Duquesn
limited as it was speeding along th