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TWENTY-FIVE KILLED
IN SEABOARD COLLISION
Twenty-three Were lnjured-TwO Ne
grOes from Bennetisville Killed
and White Couple Injured.
The State.

me oldte.
Raleigh, n. c., July 23-The head-on COLI
sion between Rock ingha and Hamlet on the
Seaboard Air Line resulted In the death OF u
persons and the injury of q.
The regular local passenger train was an
hour late and instructions were wired from
the train dispatcher'e otfice here TO hold ~ u
some reason the order was not delivered. The
operator at Rockingham is w. E. Luther
The distance between Hamlet and Rocking.
ham is six miles, and Engineer Bandy OF The
freight, seeing the approaching passenger
train when three miles from Hamlet, stopped
his train and jumped before The colilslon'
The dead:
Frank b. Lewis, engineer, Hamlet.
II. S. Byrd, baggage ma'ter, Rockingham.
coLoRED.
Thomas Hill, fireman.
Watt Began, porter, Adesboro.
Rev. Thomas Jones. Rock ingham.
Gilbert McFadden, Hamlet.
sandy Caples and wife, Laurinourg.
Cert Harrington's BABY.
Ester DuPre. Benpettsville. :: u
Mary Land, Bennettsviile, ). G..
Mary Bell and child, Rockingham.
Hannibal McNair and child 't9urin burg
George McLaurln, Hoffman, N. Z.
Jane Russell, Hoffn N. Z.
Brinker Russell. Hoffman. n. G.
Two unknown men.
Two unknown men died en- 1oute 70 Cnar'
lotte on special train.
The white injured are:
]. d. Bowen, Wilmington, conductor PAS
g. ). Birmine ham. Rock ham.
E. A. Carter. Rockingham.
E. s. Sandeford, Rockingham.
The colored injured are:
George Morgan, RocR ingham.
Cicero Thomas, Laurinburg.
Oscar Lee, Hamlet.
Cert Hen ton, Bamlet.
Oscar Flowers, Lilesville.
Rich Douglass. Bennettsville.
May Douglass Bennettsvllle.
Ivie xindine, Lumberton.
Frank Scott.
Jim Odom, Gibson.
Lizzie Bowman, Hamlet.
Perry Clark, Laurinb burg.
Mamie Lee. Hamlet.
Octavia Jackson, Hamlet.
Jane Stewart, Rockingham.
Carrie McNair. Laurlndurg.
E. A. Radley, Rockingham.
June Radley, ockingham.
The fright train was an extra and was
southbound from Raleigh 10 Monroe. Cor
duclor Hunter Is not reported hurt and Engt
neer Bundv is very slightly injured.
The mail train was N. "A running from
Charlotte, N. c., to Wi imInrlon. This train
was IN charge OF Conductor John ID Bower,
r,rmerly OF Raleigh, and brnther of Capt. j.
J. Buwen OF the Southern Express COMPANY
here. He wAR slightly ln1nrtd. Engineer
Frank Lewis OF Hamlet, Fireman Thomas
Hill f Han lei, Btggagemasler II. =. Byrd o
Wilmington and Porter Began OF w, dnsbnrr
OF the crew of this ill.'aied train were all
killed. The baggage car and eight cars OF the
freight we're d. rallied and some OF Them piled
upon other cars and crushed TO pieces
Why the order WAS not given To the passen-
ger train at Rockingham is NOT known, a nd
Wil be Investigated by the super ntendant NJ
the road. 1t Is aid that 1be operator at Rock
inghum IL an experienced man and has been
faithful and careful employee of the com.
pany for several years When news OF the
disaster reached Raleigh last night Snperin-
ieudent jerks went In medlately 10 the scene
A train was made up and the injured taken
TO Charlotte as snnn as they could he gOtter
from the wreck. Caskets we're sent from here
and other points To Hamlet and Rock ingha u
to receive the bodies Of the dead.