Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK
Ogden Special Trai nRan Into
Switch Engine
EARLY THIS MORNING
ENTERING SOUTHERN RAILWAY
YARDS AT GREENVILLE, S. c.
Passengers and Trainmen injured
Two Dining Cars Destroyed
Narrow Escapes.
EARLY THIS MORNING

GREENVILLE, S. c.. April 29.-The spe-
cial train bearing the Ogden educational
party on its Southern itinerary, ran Into Il
switch engine at $50 o'clock this morning
as it was entering the yards of the South
ern railway at this place. The engine of the
special and several of the cars We're derail-
ed. The baggage and dining cars were
telescoped and caught fire. The two dining
cars were destroyed. a fagman and three
negro employees of the dining cars were
killed and several of the Ogden party were
injured.
The dead are: Charles NJ. Cope, flag nan;
]. Little, w. w. Cummings and j. F.
Hayne, negro employees of the dining cars.
The train left Columbia al $3.50 this morn
ing and but few of the party had arisen
when the accident happened. Had it occur
red during the breakfast hour many would
doubtless have been killed.
Those Injured.
| Professor Henry w. Farnam of Yale Uni
| versity perhaps most seriously injured.
| His head was bruised and arm broken.
| Mrs. Parnam was hurt on the shoulder and
| arm. In jumping. Engineer Hunter broke
| his leg and arm. DIR. ST Clair McKelway
| of the Brooklyn Eagle, who in the
| forward dining car, was pinioned under
| timbers, but escaped without injury. ex
| II.
| secretary to R. c. ogden, wrist broken;
Dr. Dreher of Roanoke College
| bruised. Mrs. Thorpe, daughter of Long
fellow, also was bruised. All of these pas
| sengers were in the forward dining car.
| Tourist Agent John +. Mccoy cut in
| the head. w. c. kershaw, electrician Jer-
sey City, scalp wounds. C. b. Wilcox,
dining car conductor, cuts over right eye.
| d. R. Rohns. dining conductor, scalp
| wounds. Dr. and Mrs. Farnam were taken
| to a hospital.
| Itinerary Abandoned.
| 1t is reported that several hours will be
| required to clear the track special train
| is being made up, and the party will aban-
don its itinerary and return direct to New
| York.
Among the passengers on the train were
| Charles B. Aycock, former governor of
| North Carolina: DR.. A. S. Draper New
| York state commissioner of educa t0n:
+, Dwight Kellogg the Rev. DR.. Arthur B.
| Knsolving, Seth Low, former mayor of
! New York city; Robert Treat Paine and
| George Foster Peabody. Bishop McVickar
of Rhode Island is suffering from shock.
| Mr.. ogden, who is deeply grieve1 and
| shocked, has ordered that the dead he Civ
en- the best possible funeral and chat every
| attention be shown the injured The peo-
| pie of Greenville invited many of the pas
| sengers to their homes, pending the de-
| parture of the special for New YorE
| st. Clair McKelway, who was dragged
| from under a beam when the flames were
| reaching him, was unconscious when pulled
| out, but soon revived.
| The Ogden party has decided to abandon
| its trip. and arrangements have been made
| by the Southern railway to start a special
train from Greenville for New York at
| once. This train will reach New York to-
| morrow morning. The itinerary, which has
been abandoned. included stops at Ashe-
| willie, N. c., Richmond and Hampton, Va.