The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-22
Twelve Dead, Scores Hurt is
Result Of Awful Catastrophe
At JeIIca, Tenn
TWO THEORIES ADVANCED
TO EXPLAIN THE DISASTER
Many Claim They Saw Some Men
Shooting at a Target Which Had
Been Placed on the Side
of the Car

Jelieo Tenn. September 21.--Twelve
deaths, the injurng of scores of other
persons and 100000 damage to property
were caused here today when a carload
of dynamite standing on a track near
the Southern railway depot exploded with
a report that was heard for twenty miles.
Buildings were shattered in the business
sections of the town, and nearly every
piece of glass within radius of one
mile of the scene was broken.
The Dead.
George Atkins, aged 30, lineman for the
East Tennessee Telephone company.
John Cook, aged 30. car inspector for
the Southern railway.
Walter Rodgers, aged 2S, clerk for the
United Cold Storage Warehouse, cut to
pieces and almost unrecognizable.
John Gordon, a negro.
James Sharp, a negro.
William Lovett, aged y.
Ida Rayne aged 3 years.
James Reynolds.
John Hooch.
John Cook.
Joseph II. Sellers, engineer on Louisville
and Nashville.
One body remains unidentified, making
the total twelve.
There is bare possibility that other
bodies may be recovered in the ruins Of
buildings, but this is hardly probable.
The most seriously injured are:
The Injured.
e. V. Campbell, engineer of the Louis
vile and Nashville, shoulder bruised.
Finlay Gibson. badly cut on head.
Judge and Mrs. Foreman, propretors
of the Carmathian Inn, both badly bruised
and cut.
William Baird, employe of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, badly cut on head.
James Carson, Corbin, Ky, cut on head
and bruised.
T. d. Abbott's -year-old son knocked
senseless and fatally injured.
Isaac Range, cut on head and right eye
-ost.
Mark Atkins, head and arms cut.
Jay Baird, bookkeeper for italian Coal
company seriously cut on head.
Charles 0. Baird, cashier of the Ma
tional Bank Of Jellico, cut over left eye.
r. j. Baird, president of the National
Bank of Jellico and mayor of Jellico,
Tenn, slightly cut on neck.
George Hudson, cut and severly bruised
on body, may die.
Sherman Wilson, head and breast badly
cut.
L. A. Holman. cut on both shoulders.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Jones both badly
bruised, their house having fallen in upon
them.
William Rose, cut on head.
Car Filled With Explosives.
The explosion occurred at O'Clock this
morning. The freight car, one belong
ing to the Pennsylvania railroad lines.
contained 45O boxes of 10000 pounds of
high explosives consigned to the Rand
Powder company at Clearfeld, Tenn.
Two causes are assigned for the explo-
sion. One is that three men were shooting
at mark on the car and that bullet
entered the car and caused the ex losion.
The other is that while the car wal tand-
ing on a side track, carload of iron
was switched against 1t, and IL the
Impact caused the explosion. PeopA here
are divided as to theories, some going
so far as to say they actually saw the
men firing at the car with rife.
Situated on State Line.
Jellico Is situated on the Tennessee-Ke
lucky line, about 90 miles from Knox
vile, the business portion of the town
being on the Tennessee side of the line.
Two railroads, the Southern and the
, Louisville and Nashville, enter It, The
depot of the Southern which was located
near the scene Of the explosion, was
wholly wrecked. Two hotels, the Glenmor-
wrecked. the third story of the latter be-
ing wholly destroyed.
The list of injured will number 200
counting those slightly hurt. Business
houses were badly dsffgured and stocks
of goods ruined. while residences. suffered