The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-29

tending them believe all Will recover,
with the possible exception of an aged
woman who may be fatally hurt.
These were brought to the city hos
pital.
AS soon as the news of the wreck
was received here Doctors Terrell and
Carroll were taken to the scene on a
special train. They gave attention to
the wounded, and an hour later Doc
tors TalaferrO ParroW and Rawlings
went on another special One of the
fire engines of the Lynchburg depart
ment was loaded on nat car and hur-
ried to the wreck to extinguish the
flames. The engine and firemen could
not be spared from the early morning
fire on Main street, hence they did not
go to Lawyers until $50 o'clock. On
account of the train with the injured
passengers having the track between
RangOon. the nearest telegraph Office
north of the wreck, and the scene of
the accident, it was after 10 o clock
before the steamer reached Lawyers
The cause of the wreck can not be
learned now, but II is understood that
the operator in charge OF the block
office al RangOOn, four miles north OF
the scene, allowed the Atlanta train to
enter the block before he was given
clear track from the next block sta
ton at. Lawyers depot. five miles below.
Why the operator allowed the tram
to pass his block IS not known and will
hardly be known by the railway COM
pany before an official investigation can
be had.
No. 33. the Jacksonville train, came 10
n stoD at the crest of one OF the heavi-
est grades on the road between Lynch
burg and DanVille. If the trains had
come together a mile further south it
is believed that hardly person on
either train would have come out of the
wreck alive. Both trains were running
late. the Jacksonville train two and a
half hours late and the Atlanta train
about two hours late. On account of
the heavy equipment of the rear train
it was not making great speed, some
of the passengers who were awake
thinking that the speed could not have
been more than so or 40 miles an hour
Ten minutes late~ the speed would have
been upwards of 60 miles an hour and
the coming train instead OF plOWlng
only through President Spencer's prl-
vate car probably would have gone
through the entire train.
Train No. 80, which was struck was
composed of a mail car, combination
ba ggage and passenger coach, two
Pulimans and President Spencer's car
The rear sleeper, to which the pri-
vate coach was attached, was wrecked
but it was not burned The regular
day coach and the forward Pullman
were practically uninjured, but the
combination coach, second from the
engine. was crushed
Philip Schuyler, who was among the
killed was a retired capitalist of New
York. His residence was on the Hud-
son river. Two men are missing, Chas-
D. Fisher of Gill & Fisher, commission
m erchants of Baltimore, and MI
Redmond also of Baltimore.
The car next ahead of Mr.. Spencer's
private car, a Pullman sleeper was de-
stroyed by fire. but all the passengers
escaped. The club car on train No 81.
was destroyed by fire, but no one was
injured.
NIr. Spenoer's destination was Friend
ship, n. c.. where he was going on
hunting trip.
The seriously injured are Samuel Cox,
negro cook in Mr.. Spencer's car
William Pollard, negro porter in
Mr.. Spencer's car.
GERS car
Four negro passengers in the for
ward end of the train we're seriously
injured