The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-15
FATAL COLLISION
 ON THE CENTRAL
TWO KILLED, THREE FATALLY HURT AND SEVERAL SUFFER LESSER INJURIES IN ACCIDENT NEAR MACON.

Macon. Ga, August 14.--In a head-on collision two miles from Macon between northbound Central of Georgia passen- ger train and southbound freight at 5 o'clock this afternoon, two were killed. and three so seriously injured that death will probably result. The dead:
 Ben Jordan, Macon, mail clerk. (Negro).
 Joe Henry. Macon, fireman passenger train (Negro).
 The injured
 W. R. Parson, Macon, leg broken and badly bruised, train dispatcher and was riding in baggage car.
 C. T. Standard, Macon, cut and bruised on head. arm broken; mall clerk
 E. A. Saunders, Macon, left arm broken, bruised and cut. seriously; mail clerk.
 Clyde Roberts Macon. arm and shoulder broken. internally injured. baggagemas- ter.
 T. M. Coppedge, Macon. arm lacerated, badly bruised; express messenger.
 J. W. Ash, Macon. leg broken terribly scalded. may die; engineer passenger train.
 Wiu Jordan, Macon. internal injuries. will die fireman freight. Lena Taylor internal injuries, will prob ably die.
 Although many were badly shaken up none of the passengers were seriously hurt.
 The wreck was caused by mlsunder- standing of orders. The superintendent of the road will hold an investigation. and the restaurant Is thronged at meal time with motley crowd of men, women and children. Three meals are served daily but arrangements are made to feed any one who comes whether 1t Is dur ing regular meal time or not and 1t is estimated that the restaurant is now feeding thousand people day. Ordi- narily, the Italian is thrifty and per- fectly able to take care of himself, and his family, but the practically complete diversion of the fruit trade from New Orleans has thrown hundreds of the race out of work and they are compelled to depend upon charity for sustenance. nc relief committee Is also looking after the poverty stricken Italians in the mat ter of clothing, rent and other neces- saries
 Oysters May Suffer. If there is no relaxation in the present quarantine it Is feared by the oyster com mission that the opening of the oyster season in the state will be seriously in- terfered with. The season opens on Sep tember 1, when fishing is resumed So rigid is the quarantine now it Is doubt ful if luggers will be able to begin their trips between New Orleans and the oys- ter grounds The eanneries along the Mississippi coast and elsewhere in Louis Jana are also likely to be handicapped by their inability to get oysters and la bor. As this is the open season there Is now no labor at the canneries. The board of trade, through whose in- spection service the grain exports of New Orleans are handled. declares that there will be no interference with the opening of the grain season by reason of the existence of fever here. Preparations are being made for an unusually heavy export business in view of the promise of extraordinary grain crops. The Illi- nois Central has about completed an in- mense new elevator at the new Stuy- vesant docks, all the wharves have been reconstructed and tracks relaid and the road Is now in position to handle all the grain that is offered to 1t in the west
 Secretary Muller of the board of trade was in receipt today of a letter from the merchants exchange of St. Louis tender ing the facilities of that exchange to all business men of New Orleans who may be absent from home and be able to use the facilities of their own exchange.
 Theatres Open Next Month. No announcement has yet beeen made of any change in the opening dates of the various theatres and managers are going ahead with their arrangements in the hope that by September the fever will be so certainly under control that there will be a notification of quaran- tines. By the end of September all six of the New Orleans theatres are usually in operation. In two of them which play stock companies there will be no necessi- ty of a postponement, but in the cases of theatres which offer travelling companies it will be difficult for attractions to get out of New Orleans once they get in un- less the bars against passenger traffic are taken down by the sister states.
 Cutter Service Outlines Patrol.