The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-02

that those in the forward cars were
left to tell the tale Of their escape.
Close behind the locomotive was the
combination baggage, electrical and
club car. No one in this car was kill
ed, although it was mass OF wreck
age, and soon a smoldering mass Of
debris. Baggage Master John A.
Downes, OF the Pennsylvania, has no
idea how he got out of his car alive,
but when he recovered from his
shock he found his assistant, Cog
gins, and they congratulated them
selves on not even being bruised.
Next in order was the electric COM
partment. Electrician Kershaw and
his assistant, Charles Seuf, were at
work. Their machinery was shattered
and yet the only mark either bears
is a severe cash on Mr.. Kerss1aw's
ear. In the club car were Conductor
Acker, Trainmaster Maxwell and 9TH
ers, and they escaped with few
bruises.
Tragedy in Front Dining Car.
The front dining car St. James was
the focus of the terrible tragedies OF
the day. In this car three lives were
lost and dozen more had hair
BREADTH escapes. Six of the Ogden
party were at Breakfast DR.. DreEer,
of Selwood, was breakfasting with
Mrs. Thorpe. DR.. St. Clair Nickel
way was sitting with Mr.. Robert NJ.
Ogden and Mr.. and Mrs. Farnam, of
Yale. were at their table. Then there
was the conductor of the car, c. B.
Wilcox, four cooks and five walters.
One OF the cooks, Cummings, and two
of the walters, Little and Hayne,
killed.
The Fire Breaks Out.
When the collision occurred Con-
ductor Wilcox cried out, "Look out
for explosion" He feared the gas
tank under the car would explode,
but almost at the same instant the
gas was ignited from the fire in the
range and the flames burst forth. DIR.
Dreher was perhaps the first Of the
passengers to gain his feet and in
some way he got out OF the car, or
lust as he was about to leave he
thought he could help, and seeing
Mrs. Thorpe, he caught her and led
her out of the car. He thinks it was
out of the car from the hole knocked
in the bottom. Mr.. Ogden managed
to make his way out Prof. Farnam
thinks that he and his wife managed
to get out through the immense open
ing knocked in the car, but he is
quite conscious that when he got Up
from his fall he found Mrs. Farnam
at his side. and that although quite
exhausted he managed to get out
alone,
Dr.. McKelway's Escape.
DR.. St. Clair McKelway was the last
of the six passengers to get off the
illfated St. James. He was the nest-
est to the front of the car and the
blow knocked him fiat on the floor.
He first moved his legs and found
that they belonged to him, and then
he tried to get up but found that he
could not get up as he was pinioned
by timbers that made a sort Of UNI
brella over him. He too, as did Mr..
and Mrs. Farnam, were decidedly
afraid of the steam and smoke that
soon filled the car, but in a moment
two of the colored walters in the car
found him and helping him to his
feet caught him under the arms, and
in that way led him to the door OF
the car. He soon found himself again
in this happy land, safe and sound,
without scratch or brulse. 1t was
a wonderful escape, for the flames
were soon eating their way into the
heart of the car.
How the Others Fared.
The rest Of the cars kept the track,
but the jar of the collision was so
great that the locks on many Of the
staterooms and compartments were