The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-30

Those killed were President spencer. I Dispatcher Davis, Phillip Schuyler of l New York, Engineer Terry and Frank 4 T. Redwood and Charles D. Fisher of f Baltimore. Since the arrival of the wounded negro passengers in the city, Lucretia. Allen of Danville died on the operating table at the City Hospital. 1t was thought at grst that Engineer l Kinney of Spencer, N. C., who was in charge of the engine on the Atlanta train. was killed. but this proves to be incorrect. Kinney suffered only q few slight bruises and ;uts, which were dressed and he did not go to 1 hospital.
 ! Mfr. Fl. B. Spencer l..e sixth vice. president of the Southern Railway, was a passenger on a ~nyrthbound tram I from the South. which reas he'd the acene of the wreck few minutes afte- 1t had occurred
 I He spent several hours there until | the charred remains of his father were taken from under the locomotive and then he came to this city with the remains of his father and eight of his party The coach containing the corpses was sidetracked in the yard above the city.
 Placed on Private Car. Baskets were procured for them. These were placed in the private car of President Stevens of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, who was passing | through the city with his family, the car having been tendered for this use by President Stevens. This car and the I one containing the remains of the I killed were attached to q late train going north and the remains were transferred to the casketH while the train was in txansit
 Judge john D. HorseIy, division coun- sel for the company here and Assistant eGneral Superintendent F. H. Chapman sl of Danville, were in charge of the re- mains, Mfr. H. B. Spencer having pre- ceded the train on | special made up in order to De in Washington upon the arrival of the regular train. I At the cfty hospital tonight all of the injured eoIored persons are report ed to be doing nicely. All are expect ed tn recover.
 County Coroner J. W. Davis. at the request of the Southern officials, went this afternoon to the scene of the wreck for the purpose of holding an inquest, but hs found the bodies had been removed before his arrival. He returned to his home in the suburbs and tonight could not say what steps 1 will be taken tomorrow.
 The Jacksonville express had the right of way in the block and the en-. zine left the train and proceeded two miles. one of which YVES beyond Law l yers befare the engineer noticed he was without his train. It may De that when he passed Lawyers that the op- I orator there gave Rangoon q ciaar block. without noticing whether or not i the raaRserd markers were to De reed sl lbeHare na u1d so
 \ m tlaa absence of an oficlal states X mepg excepting that the operator at Rangoon was at fault, that statement Is being accepted here. It is possible that a railway investigation may de- I velop that the Ragoon operator let the Atlanta train Into the block on an orr der from Lawyers that the block was clear, the operator there thinking the | trainless engine cleared the block, and that the rear train was passed Ram 'l goon before 1t could be stopped when the mistake was discovered. ..&
 Should the investigation slsow that | Lawyers operator gave 6 clear track after the engine passed his station | without noting the rear end markers, then the cause of the accident was at Lawyers and not at Rangoon. Only an official investigation will reveal this.
 At 1O:8O o'clock 1t was ascertained | from a reliable source that D. J. Mad dux, the operator at Rangoon. who was on duty at the time of the accident, has disappeared. and he cannot. be found. although railway officials have made an effort to locate him.
 
 Train Reaches WashlngtOn. Washington. Nov. 2s.-The special train bearing the bodies of President I Spencer and i've others killed in the wreck near Lynchburg. Va, arrived here at 10.40 o'clock tonight. All the injured were left in the hospital at Lynchburg Second Vice. President | Finley and General Counsel J. P. Thom of the Southern. returned here with the train.
 Upon the arrival of the train at the station at washington brief confer enoe was held by the officials of the road with friends of the unfortunate ones whose bodies were brought north. It was said after the officials left the would be sent to New York on the mid-s night train in charge of . representa- tive of the Southern Railroad, and that the bodies of Messrs. Fisher and Red 1 wood. the Baltimore men, would be sent 70 baltimore in the morning.
 The body of President Spencer was taken in charge at the train by a local undertaken and nothing will be deter | mined concerning the funeral arrange ments until the members of the family nave been consulted. Officials of the road, when asked tonight if there was any statement to be made by them at this time replied that they were all overwhelmed with grief at the loss of their President.
 R. B. Spencer, son of the President | and Sixth Vice President of the road. was coming North at the time of the disaster and reached the scene of the | wreck about two hours after It's occur i renee. He left there so as to reach 1 Washington in time to meet his mother. who had been summoned from New York and arrived here at s:3O o'clock