Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-12-05
A lEik,kIB[ wreck

H ItstlDLl iAEUM
Z Presid Samuel Spencer ln-
stantly Killed
ZEN DEAD; FIFTEEN KILLED
IN . Wreck Whish Occurred Il Ms,as
South Of Lynchburg Thursday
MorninE, Train NO. 81 Ran Into
Rear OF No. IS. - 4.
Washington, D. G., Special. Pres,
adent Samuel Spencer, Of the South
4 era Railway, was killed Thursday
norning in "a wreck which occurred
Sat Lawyer, II miles south Of sLyJnehs; q
burg. 8 s
at the general Offices Of the South
Sern Railway the following statement
has been issued: 3
s. Southern Railway passenge.
8 train, No. SO, 3333 left Washington Wed.
nesday night late, by reason Of the
congested hohday styalhe hess:Abouts 6:30
at Lawyer, Va, on a rortion Of the
road protected by, the fbloekssystem
theN Ntraip was stopped for slight re-
pairs to the couplings Passenger
tran 81, following SO, and being gif-
/ On. clear block, ran into the rear of
$50 resulting in a-serious- wreck. sss
Our present, adYices dicate the
collision was probably due to the
negligence of the operator in allow
ssng 81 to- pass sthe: block. ls
President Spencer aud party Of
Friends were in the officers car at
I the rear Of 80 and the reports are
ehat President Spencer was killed
and several of the party seriously in
5Ered. y
att Davis, special train dispatch
er for the Southern, is among the
5 killed. -.
President Samuel Spencer OF the
Southern Railway. SYSTEM was en-
rpnte to the South on hunting trip,
The private car in which he was: rid
ing was struck and split open by the
colliding locomotive. It Immediately
caught fire and the body of President
Spencer was burned almost beyond
recognition. -
In the searwith h;insswers Philip
Schuyler Of New FORK; Speucer's pri-
yate .secretagy urrill and Private
sDispatcbsr D. w. Davis of Alexan-
dra. Operator Davis was crushed
apd died In 10 minutes. Schuyler
was instantly killed, but hfssbodySwas.
no. badly burned before it was res
9 onea by passengers
Engineer G. Terry. who. was Son. the,
reaT train was. billed. There issafl !
other man among the killed whose
uame cannot be learned.
Private : Secretary Murrill was
wounded but the nature of his iil-
Jurles have mot been Learned. t@s. ,@ss
Twelve OF fifteen passengers. most
or them negroes, were wounded, only.
sonesof whom is thought. fatally.
The heayy engine of the train, plow,
ssd INTO the private car Of President:
SlsnceE III sbiehs hess ssaad his guests
sNsre Supposed 80 be sleeping. hime.
& diatslys the private car caught IRE.
yTeekage was piled around the en-
agine as though placed there byshn.
man hands to consume it. Every pors.
ton of the wood dsWor rfkaon the engine,
s was burned and the monster machine
stands there torn and twisted and
1 will shaye to be- turned down the e en- en-
] bankement as it lis useless. 8
President Spence was born il Co..
lnmbns, Ga, IN 5ths year ls47, and
was educated Sat the universities zof
Georgia gand Virginia. 8 q
In 1872 heS married Lonisa Yivians
Bennug, at Columbus, Ga.
Work Of Tiends.
One cfEthe worst phases Of the ac..
& 4cident was; the, heartless manner in.
which a Few passengers and some Of.
thesattaches, especially some Of the
porters of the Atlanta. train; ransack-
ed the wrecked cars. for plnnder.
NJ. Curtis; of jamestown, N.Y..
who was a passenger on the Atlanta.
train, saw one negro ::porter 90;
through. a lady's grip. He saw him,
throw away. sueh Things as were ,or
sSno value to- him, and appropriate
those things that hesRanted.: Curtis
declared that he would have killed the
porter if he had had anything to do.
itwith. 80 : = = !
s5 Not a few passengers engaged in.
this goulish business; and a., large;
number of valuables and much money
which was scattered about. the wreck,
( ed trains was taken. -
Curtis, who was on his way to
I ttigns Polnt, was; the nero OF s1ne .nour.;;'
It was claimed by some Of: his follow
passengers that to his work an gener-i
ssalship belongs the credit Of the rescue
dozen persons who iwould have:
perished but for his efforts.
The combination coach, second
from the engine, was crushed 1t was,
here that eight negroes among the
wounded we're hurt, Laeretta AAen,;
eolored, of Danville died, On Til, sSops3
Grating table. - Ma
Other#injured O are:
Willis J. Winston, New YORK, leg.
badly broken: =
az Shaw, Spencer 90 g.; badly
erushed ami. both legs bsoken:s
Garland 5Thomas greensboro, En-.
%C.,sleg broken ands badly bruised up.
P.s r. Yalus, Waynesboro, Na.s
badly broken up and bruised.
Cora Logan, Shelby, N CT both:
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