The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Switch Engine in BcossmsI Yards P|unges Into Ca-
 bo0sss on Siding
YOUNG MEN HORRIBLY
 MINGLED IN ACCIDENT
Engineer and Bremen Are Saved by Jumpinq-Engine Suddenly Left the Track From Some Un-
 known Cause.

Bessemer October 1.-(Special) )-Threc white men were killed and negro pain fully injured by a switch engine jump ing the track in the yards of the Louis vile and Nashville. railroad in this city at an early hour this morning.
 The Dead.
 Tom Porter Bibb of Belle Nina, Ala; lived at 629 Nineteenth street, Bessemer Joseph Aaron, Fifth avenue, Bessemer. l.. M. Glass of Columbiana, Ala; lived in East Bessemer.
 Silas Gray, negro fireman, sustained severely strained ankle by jumping from the engine. His home Is at Tenth avenue end Nineteenth street.
 Engineer c. H. Rosser escaped injury by jumping from the cab.
 All Prominent Young Men.
 The three white men who were killed were switchmen and are very prominent young men of Bessemer. Aaron and Glass were killed instantly. Glass body. was severed in twain by the wheels passing over him All three of the men were hor- ribly crushed.
 Bibb was carried to St. vincent's hos pital, where he died from his injuries within short time.
 It is claimed that the engine was run- ming at a very high rate of speed when the accident occurred. Just as the en- zine was crossing Eighth avenue 1t jumped the track and swung sharply to one side. running into train of empty cabooses, which was standing on a side track parallel with the line upon which the engine was running.
 Two of the cabooses were knocked from the track and over heavy embankment They were smashed considerably, and the locomotive was greatly damaged.
 Standing on Running Board.
 The men who were killed were on the running board on the front of the engine and were crushed against the cars and under the engine.
 c. H. Rosser who was running the en- zine at the time the accident occurred, says that he had but moments warn ing, and narrowly escaped death himself by jumping No cause for the derailing of the engine has been found, and 1t may always remain a mystery.
 The affair was great shock to the city of Bessemer, where the young men who met death are we'll known and are ex- tremely popular. They are all of good families and stood well in social and church circles
 The bodies of Aaron and Glass were taken in charge by Kennedy Bros under takers, who prepared them for burial. and Bibb's body was in charge of Shaw & Sons in Birmingham, and the remains were sent to Belle Nina tonight at 9:15 o'clock for burial. He was a single man. The remains of Joseph Aaron will be Inferred in Buckville cemetery tomorrow at 12 o'clock. He leaves a young wife in this city.
 The body of L. M. Glass will be car ried to Columbiana, in Shelby county. to- morrow morning, where 1t will be inferred at his former home near that place tomorrow afternoon. He leaves a wife and one child.
 Engineer Prostrated With Grief.
 c. H. Rosser. the engineer on tho wrecked engine, lives at 1919 Sixth avenue In this city and is an old and experienced railroad man. He has been with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany in this city for a number of years He is almost prostrated with grief over the tragic affair. Last night he had taken the engine of H. B. Crowley. who waa off the shift for some cause.
 The railroad officials are making an in- vestigation of the accident.
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