Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-30
PRESIDENT OfSOUTHERN
KlLlL!ED0N HIS OWNROAD
Private Car Demolished and Sleep
ing Inmates Killed Their
Bodies Burned.
SIGNAL ERROR PROBABLE CAUSE
Train Following Presidents Was Civ
oh "cIear elock"-Dlspateher Da-
yls, Porter and Three Passengers
Dead; Many Injured-son unearth-
cd charred Remains of Father.
(By Associated Press. J

(By Associated Press.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, Nov. 20
Samule Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway Company and one
or the foremost men In the devel-
opment of the sothern states, was
Killed this morning at 6:10 O'Clock
In rear end collision of two fast
passenger trains ten miles south of
Iynchburg and mile north OF
Lawyers depot.
In the same wreck three others
guests were killed. Only Mr.. Spen.
GERS Private Secretary Chas E.
Marrili OF New York, and one of
the three porters survived the ac-
cident.
The Dead.
PRESIDENT, SAMUEL SPENCER,
New York City.
CHAS. d. FISHER, of Baltimore.
PHILLIP SCHUYLER of New
FRANK T. REDWOOD + Baltl-
q. W. SHAW. colored. Spencer
N. c. fireman.
POLLOCK, Porter on President
Spencer's care who died in hospital
here. i' -
. SAh ohNHoWi pSlSOu WuOSe ueau
and limbs are burnd off short, who
s is believed to be the third porter
on the car, who is missing. His
name cannot be learned.
The Injured.
EUCRBTA ALLEN, colored,
Danvllle. Va. leg is broken and
amputated below the knee.
WILLIS WINSTON, New Yorl,
city, leg badly broken.
j: w. SHAW colored Spencer,
n. c., fireman, badly crushed and
breast broken.
.;WILLIAM PoLLI.AR, colored.
porter on presidents car.
: GARLAND THOMAS. colored,
Greensboro, N. c., leg broken. and
badly bruised up.
Up. E. VAUDET. Waynesboro, Va,
colored, badly broken up and bruised.
CORA LOGAN, colored, Shelby,
NC, both legs broken.
SAM cox, clored porter on priv.
ate car, Of GIL First street, Wash
ington. D. c., leg broken.
isDRuETT ADDISON, the supreme
organizer OF the Heptasophs, back
badly wrenched
NJ O., badly bruised.
Al. M. MERRILL, New York city.
private secretary to President Spen-
Ger, head and arms badly burned.
will recover.
Were Sleeping.
President and his entire party,
as far as is known were sleeping
when the collision happened and
the probabilities are that all of them
excepting dispatcher Davis were
killed instantly. 1t is certain that
life was extinct before the flames
touched them.
President spencer's body was
burned almost beyond recognition
as was that Of Mr.. Fisher. The
body Of Mr.. Schuyler was taken
from under the train before 1t was
burned severely.
President Spencer's car was at
tached to the rar of the Jackson,
Vile train, which was standing stiH
when struck. President Spencer
was lying directly under the loco.
motive of the rear train. So great
was the force of the impact that
the forward train was sent at least
$50 feet ahead. the locomotive 60
Ding over and upon the body of Mr..
Spencer.
Until after the debris burned it.
ocil OuL anu the engine cooled on
the bodies could not be recovrd the
impact drove the combination car
forward and the express car lifted up
together with It's truck, and crushed
the express car forty feet away
leaving the remainder of the car
strewn with its baggage and C. o. D.
packages which were pushed back
as the express car crushed the oc.
cupants OF the combination car like
rats In a trap.
tss Car Ran Mile.
The combination car did not leave
the track and in clearing the track
the express car was hauled to a
siding mile distant on top and
In the debris of the combination
car.
How the, colored passengers In
this combination car known as the
Jim Crow passenger train escaped
none OF them beink killed Is be-
You'd explanation
The wreck occurred OH crest OF a
steep grade when the Atlantic train
could not have been running more