The news & observer., 1905-04-30

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fortunates.
(By JOHN WILBER JENKINS.
Greensboro, S. c., April 29.-The
superb special train on which Mr.. r.
c. Ogden. of New York, brought to
the South a distinguished party of
Boston and New York millionaire phil
anthropists, clergvlnen, authors and
public men, this morning at 7.50
o'clock dashed at full speed into
freight cars drawn by a switch engine
near Greenville and was badly
wrecked. Four persons were killed,
nine seriously and many slightly in
jured.
The dead are:
Charles NJ. Cope. of Columbia, S. c..
aged about rs, Southern Railway flag
man.
~ w. Cummings. coIored porter in
diner, said to live in Jersey City.
j. Little, colored waiter on diner.
j. II. Haynes, negro helper on Penn
Sylvania diner.
Among the injured are:
Prof. Henry w. Farnum, of Yale
University, New Haven, Conn, arm
broken at wrist. head badly cut and
bruised and other slight injuries.
Mrs. Henry w. Farnum. head ter
ribly cut, badly bruised and severely
injured.
DIR. julius D. Dreper. of Washington.
d. c. former president of Roanoke
College. Roanoke. Va, badly cut in
the head, bruised and suffering from
shock.
Mrs. j. G. Thorpe, of Cambridge
Mass, daughter of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow the poet, head badly cut
bruises about the arms and body.
r.. M. Ogden, of New York, nephew
of r. C. OGDEN. terribue cut on the
head
Dr. ST. Clair McKelway. editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle. bruised in the
back and suffering from shock.
Isaac Hunter of Columbia, engineer
of Ogden special, arm and leg broken,
will recover.
w. c. Kershaw, of Philadeiphia,
electrician on special. ear split open,
badly bruised
William Cox. dining car conductor,
cut in head and bruised.
The broken limbs were set; they are
seriously injured but the doctors say
they will recover All the other in
jured were able to walk. DR.. Drepar
is suffering severely from nervous
shock but was cheerful and held up
remarkably well.
After the brilliant closing session in
the Columbia theatre last night the
special train left Columbia at a. m.
for Greenville. 1t was twenty minutes
behind time when it started on the
last section to Greenville and was
rushing along at Is miles an hour.
switch engine with some freight
cars had just pulled out from siding
on to the main track and as the special
come whizzing around the curve it
dashed full tilt into the rear of the
freight car. There was no time even
to blow the whistle-no warming be-
fore the terrific crash
The engineer of the special train.
Isaac Hunter, reversed his lever and
jumped at the same moment. His
leg and arm were broken The loco
motive of the special was thrown
winding, the baggage car and two
fropt diners were smashed The shock
was as if an earthquake had struck
the train. The other cars. heavy
drawing room and Pullman stayed on
the track. The diners were knocked
almost into kindling wood. and in
three minutes caught fire. and out of
the wreckage sDrang a great blaze
that threatened to consume the entire
train.
Most of the passengers had just
been walked, manv were dressing for
breakfast, and after the first shock
they hurried to the work of rescue
There was not single doctor on the
train, and the fire engines were two
miles away. With hose from the
railroad yard and a factory near by
the fire was fought for over an hour
when it was gotten under control and
the train was saved.
To look at the wreck of the diners
one can hardly see how any person
could have escaped from them alive.
Luckily there were few persons in
them.
DR.. Dreper and Mrs. Thorpe Prof.
and Mrs. Farnum and DIR. ST. Clair
McKelway and Mr. r. M. Ogden were
i'm the front diner chatting with AMI
nation over an early breakfast. In
one instant the car was shattered
around them; the floor was torn out.
and they found themselves in the
wreckage lying on the rails and cross
ties under the car. DR.. Dreper and