Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-09-17
five People Killed and Many Cihers
Seriously inlured
WRECK OCCURRED or sEABOApD
No. 81. En- Route 10 Atlanta, En-
eountered Sinking Bridge Early
Friday morning-Rsiis on One
Side Widen and the Entire Train
Plunged Down Into Ravine-

which took place az six minutes past 1
o clock Friday morning. when the Sea
board passenger train No. Al sped
across a sinking bridge 800 yards south
CT the Catawba river and two miles
from Catawba Junction. and then
plunged from the tracks down a steep
emhankment about 30 feet high. only 60
D. followed by an extra freight engine.
10. 65f. with a caboose attached,
m ingling the two flyers In a mass OK
wood. steel and iron with about 40
pieces OF human cargo. There was not a
single soul among them thot escaped
unhurt.
10 was said by trainmcn of long eS-
Dcrlcnce that a more complete dcmol- II
ishmcnt OF railroad equipment could #
scarcely be imagined. So Thoroughly .
ruined were the engines and the coach +
Ss that the trainmen we're On the point F.
o: setting ere 20 the debris. but the #
authorities OF York county stopped .
them The scene az che bridge beg
Pars description. The engines lie over
turned-huge. shapcless monsters 0t
iron. With their hclmet-shaped sand
boxes and other parts scattered within
n radius of 100 feet. The coaches are
/ like crushed wooden shells. with their
red plush seats I'm indescrihable confu-
sion. trucks. wrenched loose from the
( bottom % the cars. are scattered
T around about the only part or parcel
i ~ the railroad equipment remaining
intact are the two red lanterns swing
/ ing from the rear Of the Pullman.
There we're many theories advanced
az 20 the cause OF the accident The
railroad men fell in line with the opin-
ION 81 Mr.. George :. Fltzw1ter. chief
detective OF the Seaboard AIR Line that
the collapse o. the bridge and the teos-
ing loose Of the right hand rails. were
the result OF the work on some mali
cious person or persons. Mr.. Fttzwater
showed six spikes and several angle
bars which he picked up near the wrack
and said that they bore the marks o.
having been tempered with. Upon this
theory. IL was concluded that the pas
+ ecnger train had struck weakened spots
on the lower half OF the bridge speed
+ q 80 miles an hour had enabled the
: train 20 carry itself almost over the
j sinking structure. but the rails bad
widened the Pullman. which Ola not
, quite clear the chasm. acted as a draw
back. the engine careened. tearing
from their fastenings the rails on the
right hand side going south. causing
the train % be hurled over the EN-
p hankment What motive there could be
= for anyone 90 bring about such slaugh-
] Ter. and who the guilty persons might
I .
. railroad men attempted % explain. \
u, close examination OF the rails. ties
4. road-bed and bridge was not produc
p tive of much light or the subject AT
p apncarcd 20 30 sound and solid 'ln
rails on the side where the frnIn ton
q, pied 20 destruction we're twisted 90 az
are shape The track is not in ctrF
c ir the vicinity. 10 stretches stra.eht
e way for perhaps mile.
I THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
.e The killed are,
u ENGINEER p. Y. BAREsDALE. Al
! bCvile s c.
y FIREMAN ED ROBERTS. tcoiored
Atlanta Ga.
MRS n. r. BLACK. 81 Ohio.
q. MRS r. s. McMANUS. OF Wiiminl
le ton.
1 The injured.
" MRS. JAMES CLAY. Oakland Tenn
is fractured jaw.
n r. c. JEROME. Atlanta. Ca. slishu
:, bruised
p MRS. T. c. JEROME. Atlanta. C,
= shoulder and head injured.
rs DR. EDWARD BANKS. Athens, CT
AL back injured.
81 MRS. SIDNEY HERBERT. NATHAN
k Fla. foot amput8ted. may die.
MRS. JEROME SILVER. Atlani
bruised.
G. w. HINSON. Lenox. Ga. jaw
jured
L. TOM MITCHELL. colored. hrab
60 man. Abbeville. 5. c.. head and shot
~ dcrs injured.
M o. $. COLEMAN Bon Air. Va. al
&c dislOcated. head and chest injured.
elS PINK CARPENTER. Monroe. port
'ef head and body injsred.
,Sn V. 5. ELERBY. Atlanta. Ca. color
,nn Pullman porter.
rec &c. CARPENTER. Atlanta. G
-os Pullman conductor.
no c. II. MEARES Monroe. engine
'or bruised and wounded on the head
10 j. J. DUNCAN. Aboeville. brakem
Ah' badly wounded on the head and sho
ders.
II. II CHAPMAN. Ahbevilie. ).
conductor. head seriously hurt.
ms G.. II. DAVIS. Atlanta. Ga. expr
- messenger.
, ,teS w. FAIRMAN. Atlanta. Ca. n
- clerk
nus b. F. WEST. Monroe. conduc,
-ers slightly injured.
49, +. c. TOPLEMAN, Henderson.
NO TOM JEFFERSON. fireman for
- SAC: bruised on the head and shoUl
- r. G. TOPLEMAN. address unkno
80 T. G. HORTON. address unknown
!, - T. +. BLACK. Ohio: Norfolk
,he Western Railroad telegrapher.
. ~ ROBERT SIEGLE. address unkno
MOLLIE GRIFFIN, Tuskegee. Al
A number OF coIored laborers
were slightly hurt
te OF Suit Against Steamship compan
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