The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1905-01-30
FOUR KILLED AND A NUMBER
INJURED IN A WRECK.

FOUR KILLED AND A NUhBEH
INJURED IN A WRECK.
TuIlahoma, Tenn. Jan. 27-Soutt
bound passenger train No. 3 and
north bound freight train Ne. Il
came together Friday at midnight II
the northern surburbs of Tullahoma
with a crash that awoke many resi-
dents Of the town. The two en-
| giners and one fireman and colored
! porter are known to be dead or ia
tally injured, their bodies being in
wreckage.
The accident is one of the most
serious that has ever happened on
the N, c. q St. L. railway. No
passengers were seriously hurt, so
far as known.
Those believed to be dead are as
follows;
William Ray, engineer on Passen-
ger train No. 8, lives in Nashville.
Joe Suggs, engineer on freight
train No. IA, lives in Nashville.
H. J. Suggs. fireman on Passen-
ger train No 8, son of the dead en-
gineer.
John Burrell, colored porter on
passenger train No. 3.
The known injured are:
R. L. Blevins, Rogersville, not
serious.
G. c. Baker, Riceville, not seri-
Gus.
R. ConallS, not serious.
w. F. Todd, broken ankle.
E. Clay, Pullman Porter, not Sc
rious.
F. F. Muse. Nashville, express
messenger, SERIOUS.
7. Graham not serious.
7. w. Beddow, not serious.
The accident occurred about half
a mile from the passenger depot on
a straight stretch of track. The
responsibility for the accident has
not been placed. 1t appears, how
ever that the freight train was run.
ming on the time of the passengeI
train, and the engineer was trying
to make the side track, north of the
city. Before the freight train reach
ed the side track the passenger train
came along at rapid rate of speed
and when the crash came the two
locomotives we're locked together
James Cranberry, conductor OF
the south bound freight train No. 9
had his train on side track await
ing orders, and was walking to thu
depot at the time of the accident anC
was by the side of the track at tn,
time of the collision. One of tn,
Drawbacks flew out from between
two cars, striking the conductor Oh
the head and injuring him very bad
ly, Conductors Bloodau and Cooper
who we're on the two trains
wrecked, suffered injuries, but ar,
not seriously hurt.
There was an empty baggage
car on the passenger train next Il
the engine, and it was probably du'
to this fact that the mail clerks es
capped, as the baggage car was con
siderably smashed up. The coache
on the passenger train remained Oh
track, Many passengers are re
ported to have been bruised, bu
few of their names have been learn
ed. None of the passengers wer'
badly hurt, the larger number o
them escaping with severe shakeups
Citizens and physicians of Tulla
hsma we're on the scene soon afte
the accident and rendered all the as
sistance possible. There was grea
confusion and excitement among tn
passengers.
The bodies of those who me
death in the fearful collision were il
the wreckage at o'clock this morn
ing and it is thought that all ar
horribly mangled-
The baggage car was the onl,
car on the passenger train whicl
was greatly damaged by the coils
ion. Three cars on the freight trail
were considerably smashed up ant
thrown off the track. The track
badly torn up at the point where tn