Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
REAR END WRECK.
President Spencer and Six Others Killed.
PRIVATE GAR WAS DEMOLISHED

INIvAII UAk VA0 ULNlUlIOIlLU Wreck Caught Fire After Collision.
 Burning Many.
 GENERAL SCHUYLER A VICTIM. Osuthwest Limited sn southern Rail-
 road at Lawyers Depot, Near Lynch
 burs, va.. Crashed Into Florida Ex- s press, Instantly Killing Members of
 New York Hunting Party Headed by [ PresiAent Spencer, Who Were on
 Their way to the weods-Disastcr
 Result of Dispatcher's Error, AL
 though Trains Were Protected by
 Block System.
 LYNCHBURG, Va, Nov. 30.-Sam- uel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway company and recognized as one of the foremost men in the devel- ppment of the Southern states, and six other persons were killed in rear end collision between two fast passenger trains ten miles south of Lynchburg and a mile north of Lawyers Depot. Philip Schuyler, retired capitalist, of New York was among the killed, to- gether with other guests of Mir. Spen- rer in his private car Only MT. Spen- sper's private secretary, E. A. Merrill of New York City. and one of the three porters of those in the car survived the accident.
 The dead are President Samuel Spencer of New York city, Charles D. Fisher of Baltimore. Philip Schuyler of New York city, Francis T. Redwood of Baltimore, D. w. Davis of Alexandria, Va, private dispatcher to President Spencer, and William J. Shaw, negro If Spencer, N. C., fireman, badly crushed and both legs broken, died in Lynchburg hospital.
 < An unknown person, whose head and ilimbs are burned off short, who is be- ,ieved to be the third porter on the pri- ,vate car, who Is missing, has been re- lpyered. Ills name cannot be learned.
 The injured-Lucretia Allen, colored, Danville, Va. leg broken and amputat- d below the knee, left arm badly bro ken: Willis J. Winston, 233 East One Hunded and Twenty-seventh street, New York city. les badly broken; w. Pollar1, negro porter, crushed and legs broker Garland Thomas, colored, Green,boro, N. C., leg broken; F. P. vauls, colored, Waynesboro, Va, badly broken up and bruised; Cora Logan, rolorei. Shelby, N. C.. both legs broken; Sam Cox. colored porter on the pri- vate ear, Washington, leg broken; J. W. Guett of Baltimore, the supreme organizer of the Heptasophs, back bad ly vrenched; Son Hoglan, colored, Charotte. N. O., badly bruised leg; E. A. Merrill. New York city. private sec retaiy.to President Spencer. head and arm, badly burned. but will recover.
 Mr. Spencer's destination was Friend shlp. N. C.. where he was going on a husting trip, with Messrs. Schuyler. Fisher, Redwood and Merrill as his yussts.
 Mr. Spencer's car, in which he and his guests were sleeping at the time of the accident, was broken in two and immediately took fire.
 I MT. Spencer was pinioned beneath the debris and had no opportunity of escape. His body was 50 badly burned ! hat 1t could not be recognized by his friends when 1t was taken out of the wreck.
 Charles D. Fisher of Baltimore, who was among the killed, was one of the ,Drominent business men of that city. He was a member of the firm of Gill q Fisher. grain dealers. Francis F. Redwood was a member of a firm of sstockbrokers. D. W. Davis, the spe- eial telegrapher on President Spencer's private car, was the manager of the Southern railways telegraph office in Washington.
 The wreck was the result of dis petcher's error. Train s.. known as the Florida Limited. left Washington lt 10:20 o'clock at night with President Spencer's private car attached to the uear end. As his guests President Spencer had with him General Philip Schuyler of New York, c. D. Fisher of Baltimore and Richard K. Edmonds. also of Baltimore.
 When train 8 reached Lawyers Roads a stop was made to repair a de- eective coupling. This portion of the road is protected by the block system. For this reason it was thought unnec- essary to send back 1agman.
 The train to which President Spen- eer's private car was attached was late In leaving Washington because of the pressure of holiday trafic. and train sI. the Southwest Limited. was following closely behind it. The Southwest Limited engineer received the signal for a clear track. and he sent his train along at fulrspeed.
 There was not time to slow down when the green flags on the rear of