The Pensacola journal., 1905-03-07
DETAILS OF WRECK NEAR
JACKSONVILLE SATURDAY

sides of the car, none of them were
seriously injured.
All to the Rescue.
As soon as it was possible to do so,
the engineer, baggagemaster, brake
men and some of the passengers as
Wen as the crew of the freight train, II
started to work to rescue the unfor-l
eunate mail agent and engineer and
Hhen they reached Mail Agent
pass, they found that he was already |
uedu. he was pinned down under the
"reckage of the front end of the
car and tender, and the woodwork
mad to be cut away before his bodv
could be gotten out.
Carter's Leg Cut Of.
Ohder the wreck of the locomotive
CAP Engineer Carter and Fireman
smith were pinned, and it was a halfl
hour or more before they could bel
released, and then only through the
hardest kind of work with axes and
croWDars. One of Engineer Carter's
iegs was cut OFF by the iron work Of
the engine, and he was also badly
cut and bruised in numerous places.
Fireman Smith was also caught be.
meath the engine. and in addition 10
being badly mashed was scalded by
the escaping steam.
Relief Train Started.
As soon as the accident occurred
the conductor rushed a telegram from
Sanderson to Jacksonville. reporting
the wreck to the division superinten-
dents Office in this city. Division Su-
perlntendent jerks at once gave or
ders for wrecking train to be made
up. The undertaking firm of Clark &
burns was notified to have two cas-
kets ready TO go on the train. DIR.
hoDert McGinnis was requested to go
70 the scene on the special Mai. F.
n Huger, general superintendent of
the road, was in the city. and he and
Division superintendent jerks start
ed Immediately for the scene of the
wreck in Major Huger's private car.
Harrison Was on Hand.
Among the passengers on the train
was n. II. Harrison, claim adjuster
OF the Seaboard Air Line. The pas
sengers say that Mr.. Harrison was
everywhere at once, and did much
to quiet all alarm and restore order.
when the excitement was az its
height, Immediately after the coIlis-
ion. Mr.. Harrison secured an ak and
did good work in helping to release
the mail clerk and engineer. He was
so successful in quieting the women
and children and reassuring them>that
the passengers had rendered him a
vote of thanks.
BY O'Clock yesterday afternoon
the wreck had been cleared away. and
new engine and mail car sent out
from Jacksonville, was attached to
the train. which proceeded on its way
Just seven hours late.
Train No. 79, which left here for
Tallahassee at 4 o'clock yesterday
| afternoon, was not detaineu by the
wreck and train No. 79 from the West
came through all right.
Bodies Brought Here.
A special train from the scene Of
! the wreck arrived at the union depot
at $40 p. m, and on it were several
OF the passengers who had gone ont
on the wrecked train, but returned TO
Jacksonville when they found that
they would be delayed in reaching the
places to which they were going
From them the particulars were learn
4 ed.
On this train a representative OF
Funeral Directors Clark & Burns
brought the bodies of Mail Clerk
Bass and Engineer Carter. The bodies
were taken to the undertaking estab-
Hshment and prepared for shipment
10 their respective homes.
Fireman Smith was so badly injured
that it was not deemed advisable -
move him at once, and he was left a.
Sanderson until 1910 O'Clock lasr
night, when he was brought hero
and taken to the emergency hospital
A Spanish War Veteran.
Rufus E. Bass, the dead mail clerk.
boarded at No. 235 Florida avenue is
this city. He was a native of Marion
county, South Carolina, and was very
popular with all who knew him. Du.
ring the Spanish-American war Mr.
Bass enlisted in the United States
army, and was with the troops that
participated in the battle of San Juan
Hill, and the attack on the city Of
Santiago. After the war he was mus
tered out OF the service and entered
the railway mail service.
His body will be sent to Latter
C., this morning. over the Seaboar5
Air Line, and will be accompanied bv'
Postal Clerk Van Wrinkle of the rail.
way mail service. A number of the
clerks of the service will be at the
depot to see the last of the body of
their comrade, who started out on his
run yesterday morning in apparently
the best of health and spirits.
The Dead Engineer.
George Carter, the engineer who
was killed lived in Tallahassee. and
was one of the oldest and most highly
thought-of engineers on the Seaboard
In Jacksonville he boarded at No. 900
West Bay street. He leaves a wife
who lives in Tallahassee, and is said
to be quite i'll at the present time.
His body will be sent to Tallahassee
this morning.
Investigating the Cause.
The case of the switch being left
open is being rigidly investigated by
the railroad officials. and if the blame
can be fixed it is possible that the
guilty parry will be prosecuted for
criminal negligence. OF course, it is
possible that the engine "spIit" the
I a~-n.