The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-30
PRESIDENT SAMUEL SPENCER OF SOUTHERN RAIL WAY MEETS DEATH
 IN VIRGINIA REAR=END COLLISION

These were brought to the Clty HOS pitai. As soon as the news of the wreck was received here, Doctors Terrell and Carroll were taken to the scens on special train. They gave atten- tion to the wounded and one hour Ia ter Doctors Ta1iaferro. narrow and Rawlings went on another special.
 One of the fire engines of the Lynch burg department was loaded on nat car and hurried to the wreck to ex- tinguish the flames among the wreck age The engineers and firemen could not be spared from the early mornine fire on Main street; hencs they dia no' go to Lawyer until S.:30 o'clock.
 on account of the train with the Injured passengers having the track between Rangon. the nearest teIe. erapEa office north of the wreck and the scene of the accident t was after 10 o'clock before the steamer reached Lawyer.
 The cause of the wreck cannot be learned now, but 1t is understood that the operator in cha ge of the block offace at RanEooa, four miles north oi the scene, allowe sthe Atlanta traio to enter the block before he had been given a clear .tas k from the next block station at Lawyer depot, hve miles below. why the operator al lowed the train to pass his block # not known and will hardly be know by the railway company be1ore au official investigation can be had.
 Number a3. the Jacksonville train came 10 a stop at the crest of one o' line heaviest grades on tne road be- tween Lynchburg and DAnvills. Il the trains had coms together miie further s9uEh it ls tt 'ieved that na q. ly a person on cltfeI tram Woulo have come out of tke wreck alive.
 poth trains were running late, thi Jacksonvflie train two and half hour late and the Atlanta train about tw' hours. On account of the heavy equip ments of the rear train, it Was not go ing at great speed, some of the pas gergers thinking the speed could no have been more than thirty or iorts miles an hour.
 : Train No, 3s, which was struck. wal eoT1anosed of mall car. combination hawgege and passenger coach, two Pull mans and President Spencers car.
 The rear sleeper, to which the pri vata car was attached, was wreckef hut if was not burned The regulai day coach and the forward Pullman were practically uninjured, put tn' combination coach, second from the eh zine. was crushed
 if was here that all the negroes among the wounded were hurt Thel were unable to extricate themselves from the baggage hurled upon then and many would have died put 1ol the rescue work led by MT. Curtis.
 Al effort was made shortly after nooi to learn the name of the aperetor y charge Of 1fe block atAtapta At sftli. {, ogt. ~ hui he had been relieved at oscioel ss.s is,, one hAs been found who know tte name of the man who lives, Y | said. in the immediate vicinity ot th' little block office
 Hist of Injured.
 The names of the injured as ascer' tained from the City Hospital author ities arc as follows:
 I.ucretia Allen, negro. of Danvllie Va. leg broken and amputated below the knee. left arm badly broken DieS on operating table.
 willis J. Winston. of No sSs Eas l27th Street, New York, leg oadis broken. ,,- crushed and both legs broken
 Garland Thomas, Greensboro. N: c. leg broken and badly bruised up.
 P. R. vauls, Waynesboro, Va. badi! broken up and bruised.
 Cora Logan. shelby. N. C., both leg' broken.
 scalded, leg broken, both arms prokeh helpless condition.
 sam Cox, 611 First Street, Southwest Washington, D. C.. leg broken.
 All of these are negroes.
 Mr. Curtis. the Jamestown. N. Y, man, who led the rescue work In talk ing to the representative of the Asso' ciated Press. said:
 T was sleeping soundly when thu impact took place. thought there hat been an explosion. I did not dream O a rear end collision. I asked my friens in the adjoining berth If he was al right. Getting a favorable reply iron him, I hurried out of my berth to as certain the cause of the trouble.
 ''Hurrying into my clothes, I wen out, to find that President Spencer coach was already in a blaze and thei it dawned on me that there had been rear-end collision. The women m th' coach were frantic and I thought th' first thing was to quiet them
 QuIeted the Women.
 q assured them that they were nc longer in danger. I told them to tak' their time to dress, but get out ot the coach as soon as possible WheT I went out I found that not single thing had been done for the succol
  sengers were hurrying out of the cars through windows and through th' debris and I began to look around fol the wounded. It appeared to me that inc messengers, who were unlnjured were dazed and they did not appear to realize that something must be done
 T talked to them and they begar to work. You never saw men worl harder in your life.
 'Tn the rear of the Pullman. whicf was smashed, there was mother witf A 6-months-old babe. They were iT a drawing room which had been smash. ed. hut strange to say, they were mol hurt in the slightest.
 "They were gotten out and takeT to safety. I think there were at leas five bodies, including MT. Spencer, that were ,remated. As far as I know. tht train attaches did not aid in the frs relief, because they had gone boti ways to protect the two trains iron other and more serious trouble.
 "One of the things that struck m' forcfbiy was the heroic manner 1T which the eolored passengers wh' were injured bore their sufferings Joining the railroad, where they re mained for several hours until the! could be placed in coach and brough to the city"
 Handed Jewel Box.
 Mir Curtis has in his possession valuable case of jewels which wa handed to him by a lady, He does no know to whom it belongs and why | was handed to him. IL Is evidentl, the property of some one of means as it contains a heavy set diamond ring and other jewels of value.
 Up to i o'clock the railway people at the scene of the wreck had sivei out no statement and they could no be reached because the only wire tha had been cut in is loaded down witt official business and reports.