The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-03
THREE KILLED.
Run Down by a Passenger Train
at Spartanburg.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Track Watching a Passing
Freight Train and b re
Dowa on Them.
The Spartan, burg JcurIa al says IN
the twill king of an eye, and with no
warning of their impending 1a'e'
three men we're hurled into eternity
on Tuesday morning of last week al
half past eight o'clock while walking
down the Southern railway tracR
ear the Brawley street CROSSING
being run down by train No. So com
ing towards the city from Atlanta
The dead men are NJ D. Hill, J. L.
Stone and Richard R gers. A fourth
man with the party G. cIped injury
and fed in CONSERVATION from tne
scene.
TIE accident took p'acs thirty
wards beyond the trestle over Draw
lev street. The party OF four men
we're watching, it Is presaneo' an
outgoing freight, and needed not tne
Numbering and heavy roll OF tn, last
mail running behind time at a rapid
,.t. ~ onaed toward tho Spartanburg
depot.
~rhe huge engine was on the men
before they knew Of its approach, and
the probability is that none OF those
who were killed had time 10 realize
what had happened before they were
knocked unconscit US and dead, q
their bodies hurled into the air With
terrific speed.
The men were on the east track
coming towards the city while tne
heavy freight was pulling out on the
west track and while avoiding tnls
tain they were suddenly oVertaken
by the fast mail In their rear, which
shot into the party with no warning
that they could heed, and they were
killed instantly.
The bodies Of the dead men were
horribly m~utilated, and Hilps remains
especially, were torn and mashed be
yond all recognition. 1t Is supposed
that he was right in the center OF
track. when struck AMI that the point
Of the pilot caught him and his BODY
was rolled and ground under the
heavy engine and when the first PEG
ple arrived at the scene bis remains
were a mass of unrecognizable mass OF
flesh and bones. There was not 3
feature or part Of the b dy that cculo
be identified by lU k'rg upon 1t ana
men who have seen mutllated corpSes
q that never before have they been
called upon to witness a worse mutt.
lated CORPSE. In fact, it was thought
that Hill's body wasrolled under the
train and engine for Its whole length
The remains were found by the hrst
arrivals at the scene OF the awful
tragedy, lying midway between the
rails.
The body of Stone was hurled some
twenty or thirty yards down the TRACK
and to the right as one approaches
The depot, while Rogers's REMAINS
were on the oppoiite side, indicating
that the latter two had been hit BY
the sides of the pilot and thrown to
either side of the engine, while HI
was caught'an rolled under the heavy
engine and train.
The engine which ran over the
three men vas carrying the first sec
tion-the mail section-of No. SO,
which was running about two hours
behind time and is said to have been
speeding along the rails at rapid rate
of speed. The train was In cnarge OF
Conductor Gordon and Engineer FO-
gus, and was rounding 81 curve Just
beyond the Brawley street trestle,
when the accident took place this
morning.
The presence of the freight train,
which not only attracted the atten-
tion of the men waikiki 6 along the
tracks but made 1t we'll nigh impossi'
be to hear any warning that might
have been given by the approaching
passenger, formed q combination o.
circumstances which scarce could be
counteracted by any human agency
and the result was a f1ightful Kill
ing.
For many fest along the track
where the accident took place Their
was scattered brains, bloods pieces
of flesh and clothing, making a sigh
so easily that few cared to gaia upol
it. The bodies were later brought
into the city and carried to Floyd
undertaking establishment on Church
street, where the remains were pre-
uared for burial. The awfulness o
the tragedy coming just at the heigh
of tie holiday season, cast q gloon
over the city all day.
Hill who was the worst mangls'
of the three, had on his person, Ia
receipts from Pelzer and 1t Ia presum
ed that he had been IN the mill
there before coming to the city
Rogers is a son Of a minister. Rev
Mr.. Rogers who aborede at Whitne