The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-21
BID WRECK.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER
FATALLY INJURED.
Collision Between a Work Train and
Freight Attended With
Fatal Results,

One man was killed. another fatal.
injured, several others severely hur'
in collision Friday morning between
q work train and a freight sever
miles from Columbia on the .oat
between Columbia and Charlotte.
T. G. Lloyd fsgman, on the wors
train, 9as killed.
NJ. W. Kelsey, white, fagman OF
the work train, was fatally Injured,
but was brought to Columbia alive.
j. A. Triplett, conductor, bruised
and shaken up.
G. W. Parish, engineer, slightly
hurt.
WE. snipes, engineer, seriously
Injured.
Ernest olayborn, fireman, slightly
injured.
M. T. Crouch, fireman, slightly
hurt.
All Of thege live in Columbia, e1.
cept Kelsey, whose home is in
Chester. All are white. Crouch had
only recently gone to work on the
railroad, having served an enlistment
OF four years in the navy. Ee is q
cousin Of Senator eleet B. W. Crouch,
Of Saluda.
The work train was extra No. 476
working with limits between Colun-
bia and BIZ thswood. q distance OF 1e
miles. The work train had orders to
protect against No. S2S, extra freight,
northbcuad. 1t Is stated by the
railroad officials that these orders
we're dlsregarded and that the work
train was on the main track when it
should have been on the side track,
and as usual the crew Of the train
suffered for the oversight
Extra freight, No. 1923, north.
bound, ran into the work train at
8.05 O'Clock. The crew of the freight
train saw the work train in time tc
j7np and none of them vss hurt.
The freight was In charge of Conduc
tor z. s. Motto and Engineer George
w. Parish. Capt. Motifs home is at
No. 2.3o3 Park street, Colun bia.
Engineer Parish lives at No. 1910
Blanding street Columbia.
The work train was in charge OF
Conductor J. A. Triplett and En-
g;neer W. F. Sptpes. Conductor
Tsiplett's home is at No. 1917 Tsy-
lor street.
The collision occurred at the 80
mile post, seven miles north OF Co
lumbia. The engine OF No. 476 was
badly damaged, and the caboose also
A car Of merchandise and seed was
torn up, but the rest Of the train va
lot seriously injured.
Passenger train No. 80, due tt
leave there at 10, was 1uanilg ~.
hours and 20 minutes late and re,c
ed the scene Of the collision soon st .el
it occurred. The pisserg gers from
No. 27, due here AZ 10 q. NJ, were
transferred to NJ 20a.u No. 80 came
back to this city. being sent to Char
lotte by way Of Spartan burg. Neithsr
No. 80 or extra freight No. 1928 had
any orders in regard to the woiK
train, as 1t was the duty of the work
train to keep out Of the way Of the
freight and passenger trains.
The crew Of the freight train saved
themselves by jumping, as they say
the work train 100 yards off and the
engineer put on the breaks In time.
It would seam that the men on the
work train did not know anything at
all about the approach Of the freight.
as they were all hurt more or less
seriously.
southern's surgeon, Dr. T. D. Kan
dali Rant at oncs the scene With
a wrecking train, and Dr. Ken
dali came back to the city
with the injured. Capt. Williams
remained at the scene all day super.
intending the work Of clearing the
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