The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-03-15
A DISASTROUS WRECK
Speedy Death Is Melted Out to Seven,
teen Persons.

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hour It seems reasonably certain that
seventeen persons were killed and
thirty injured as q result Of wreck
OF the west bound Baltimore & Ohio
chicago flyer, which crashed into q
freight at Godsend, one mile east Of
here today.
The freight train had stopped for
water at the scene Of the wreck when
another freight crashed into its rear,
strewlng wreckage over the west
bound track, falling just In front Of
the flyer which was running seventy
miles and hour and which was packed
with passengers. The engine and
three forward cars Of the passenger
train were telescoped. Almost imme-
dlately after the wreck caught fire
from the Goals thrown from the fire
box OF the demolished express engine.
There was no way possible to extin-
gulsh the flames and a number of
those who lost their lives were burned
to death while fully conscious, their
plteous appeals for help being UNI
answered because Of lack Of fire fight
ing apparatus.
The engine, tender, baggage, ex-
press, smoker and the forward pas
senger coach of the express train were
completely demolished. Most Of the
dead were occupants Of the forward
passenger coach.
The express messengers and the en-
g1neer and iremen Of the passenger
train jumped. Each suffered broken
limbs and internal injuries. They
may recover.
The work of completing the list OF
the killed and injured is naturally
slow, the bodies Of the dead being bad
Wy charred.
/; Physicians from Fostoria and Other
lneighboring points, were hurried te
the wreck. Sixteen Of the injured
Mere taken to Fostoria and seven re.
maia here. All are in a serious con
Hitio.,.
| The freight trains were the frs
land second section Of an expires.
freight. The first section was taking
water. The rear fagman failed to q
back sufficiently far to flag the engi
peer of the following section, and be
fore the latter could check its speed i
struck the caboose Of the first section
The collision happened with the sec
ond section going twenty miles al
hou..
The caboose and three Of the freigh
cars in front Of it, heavily loaded wer,
| thrown across the west bound tract
1ust as the express hove In sigh
around curve. The engineer Of tn,
latter applied the air but failed t.
check the momentum Of the train.
The wreck is one of the worst il
the history Of the Baltimore & Obi,
road in this state. All traffic, cas-
and west, is held up until tomorrow
Paris, March 1.-THE horror q
the immense coal mines in norther,
France grows more appalling. Flame
have added to the terror of the ca
tastrophe and the walls which wer
left standing by the first wreck ar
now beginning to topple in.
The number of deaths at 6 o'clocl
tonight is given at 1919. In one cas-
father and his six sons were killed
Fully $4,000 people are gathere
labout the scene Of the disaster an
the moaning of the mothers and wive
of the entombed miners is absolutel
indescribable.
Responsibility for the calamity ha
not yet been placed.
| Rescuing parties who were first o.
the scene were carried out by res
cuers who followed them, the frs
party having fallen overcome by tn
poisonous and obnoxious gases whic,
filed the entire mine.
Tales of heroism never equaled i
French annals are being related. 9th
er re<rts Of absolute impotence o
officials are being circulated.
Many of those injured, and late
/ rpScund have onnn ;ncono