The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-12-13
SOUTHERN HAS
ANOTHER WRECK
Two Killed and Four Injured at
DanyiIIe.
FLAGMAM BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT.
Similar to the Disaster at Lawyers
Which Resulted in the Death of Presi-
dent Spencer and Six Others-En-
gineer Kinney and Brakeman King
Met Instant Death.

Danville, Va Especially Follow
ing close upon the disaster of Law
yer, 81 miles from here, on Thanks
giving Day, which resulted in the
death of President Samuel Spencer,
of the Southern. Railway, and six
others, anothertwreck horror on the
Southern occurred in the railway
yards. here early Saturday morning.
Two persons met instant death, an
other was fatally wounded and three
others were injured.
The accident happened about
O'Clock, when nOrthbOund train No.
"a, mixed passenger and Pullman
train of about 10 coaches, crashed
into No. 80, a freight train eof 80
cars, which was standing on the
main line. All of the passengers es-
capped injury of any consequence,
though all were shaken up.
The list of the dead comprises En-
gineer George c. Kinney, of Thomas
vile, n. c., and Brakeman w. B.
King, of Danville, Va. Robert Ford,
the negro fireman, sustained injuries
which will no doubt result in his
death
The following is list of the ser
iously injured. who were taken to
the General Hospital here: o. p.
Null, of Columbia, s. c., fiagman;
H. NJ. Patterson, of Chatham, Va.
brakeman; Robert Ford colored,
fireman, and o. o. Mailer, of Wash
ington, postal clerk.
Both of the trains were running
behind time, and the freight train,
after passing the block station, three
miles south of here, was, detained
in the yards on account of other,
trains. The freight had been stand
ing on the main line fae nearly an
hour when no. "a came around the
curve at a rate of about 25 miles an
hour. The engine pIowed through
the cabOOse of the freight, and like
giant bull hurled it over it's head.
Engineer Kinney stuck to his post
and was instantly killed Fifty yards
above the scene OF the accident the
negro fireman, realizing what was
going to happen, jumped from the
locomotive and landed on the
ground, unconscious.
As soon as the collision occurred
fire followed. Four cars were burn
ed up and other damaged by the
flames. The fire department was
called out, and after several hours
had the flames under control.
Next to the engine on No. "a was
the postal car, which was demolished,
and number of clerks in it were
injured. The injured clerks left on
northbound train, and their injuries
are not regarded as serious
All OF the passengers in the Pull
man and day coaches escaped. 4
The body, of Engineer Kinney was
found pinned under the wrecked en-
gine. 1t was not mangled, and indi-
cations showed that he had been
scalded TO death by the steam es-
Gaping from the boiler. e.,
The death of w. B. King, who was
on the caboOse of the wrecked
freight train, was frightful. King
was learning the business OF rail-
road brakeman, and his body was
burned to crisp. Only the body
from the legs to the neck was ex-
tricated from the wreckage, and this
was merely a pile of ashes and CO.
agulated blood The head. arms and
legs were missing, and the ashes
was placed in mail bag and carried
to an undertaker's shop.