The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
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known Of Sou:hsrn rs!lwsy nsgEats
! snd had undsr his diressicn and Ger
srol one OF she largess rstlroad sys5en
il the world. he vas tbs nghs-hsn
nan OF J. P. Morgan. The grestes
sxcitenent prevailed at the head
Quarters of the road IN Wsshipgtc
when dispstches regarding she wrec
were recsived, "a vas at first report
ed shzt Ar. SpsEesr was only slightl
injured. Later, the runoc4 OF hi
death, which had bssa circulated ovs
the wires, veEe confrmsd In an off
Icisl dispatch froca the scene.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
The eom b;nssion esr did nee lesVt
.e tick and in clearing che trsel
.1e express car was hauled to siding
8 mix distant en- TOP snd IN the dc
bcis OF the combustion car. hos
che colcred passengers IN this com
partment, which is known as the jim
Crow part Of the train, escaped, none
OF them being killed, Is heyoud ex
p!sustion
The wreck occurred on tbs crest c:
9 steep grade, when tie Atlanta trsir
c>uld noa have been running more
thar 50 niles sn hour If es fast Esd
it besu a mile OF two further SOUTH
the rusber OF dead might have oesC
fyighsiul, ss shs trsin was absut awc
hours tehind tss scheduls. 6 condi'
sion in the grade there tdas voulo
eave neant 3 spssd Of HoEe than 60
miles an hour.
It was reported St first shss Ea
gineor Kinney Of Spencer, =. c.,
who Vas In charge Of the engine On
the Atlanta train, wss killed, but
this proves to be ineorreas. Kinney
suffered only few slighs bruises and
cuts, which we're dressed and he did
not 60 to a hospital.
Mr. 81. B. Spencer, the si1gh vice
presidents Of she Southern rsjlvay,
vas 8 passenger on shs norsh tcunc
ersin from the Scush, whish eeschsG
tns scene Of the wreoE few Einuses
q aftsr II occurred. He speus ssvsEa!
hours thsse until she chslrsd remaics
OF bis father were taken from ucoei
the locomotive s-d then Re csne tc
tie city with tie remains Of his
father snd those g lis party.
The coach con!si':iug the coEpses
was sioetracke6 T.: :hs yard above the
city. Cssksts w,:a procured for
them. These wers placed IN the
private car Of Prsside. t Stevens OF the
Chesapeake and Oaio rsilgay, who
vss passing through the city wish
bis family, the car having bssn ten.
jered for this use by Prestdsas Stew
ems. This car snd the one containing
tie renaiDs OF the killed were St
ssched to late train going north s1d
the remains were transferred to the
casket; while she train wss il transit
DAVIS END WAS PATHETIC.
Dispat,aer Davis was alive when he
vas taken from under the wreckage.
He was crushed about the lower por
sicn Of tee ooay and was conscious 10
she end. He asked thss wc1c be
sent to his wife and Child. The death
ct M. Davis was touchiug. Hs stat.
ed to bis rescuec that he knew he Vas
dring and knew that the end could
not be far CT. 'Pisce your 6nge- or
ny mouth" no said. It feel6 SO
cool snd good" he pleaded with the
gentleman, who vas also passenger
on the train, not to leaVe hiHa, snd
tor 10 minutes the man stayed with
him until he saw thst nothing could
be done for him.
E. NJ. Curtis OF Jamestown, n. z,
who was 9 passenger on the jackson
vile train, ssw one negro porser 20
through q lady's grip. He ssw him
throw away such things as we're Of no
vslas to him and appropriated those
things thst he wanted. Mr.. Curtis
declared that he would have certainly
killed the porter II be had had some
thing to do it with.
In the resr Of the Pullman, which
vas smashed" "ssi6 Mr.. Curtis, there
was Z mother with s si1.months' old
babe. TneY yer in q drawing room
which had been smashed, but, strange
70 say, they we're not hurt in the
slightest. They were COTTON out and
,aken to safety. AS fsr as I know
sne train sttacnes die not aid IN the
first relief because they had gene
both ways to protect the ewo trains
from other snd nore serious trouble.
''Ons Of the things that struck ne
forcibly was the hsroic manner IN
which the colorsd passengers who
were Injured bore their suferings.
There was practically not . sound
from them. They. were laid out In
the fields s6jaining the railway,
where they remstned for several
hours until they could be placed In g
cosch and brought to the city
Mr.. Curtis has in his possession a
valuable case Of jewels which was
handed to him by lady. He does
not know to whom it belongs ard why
it was handed him. + evidechly Is
the property Of soEe ore OF means IS
it contains hea7ey set diamond ring
and other jewels OF value
Makes App Nnrmeuts.
Goverror-elect Martin +. Ansel an-
nounced Friday the appointment o.
Mr.. A. J. Beshea, Of Darlington, IS
the private secretary to the Governor
sno Miss Aics Henderson, as the pri.
ysse steno9.spher to the Governor.
Mr. BeShes was highly reccorendeo
uosMr. Arsel bY nsnV influential psr'
sons Of the Pee-Dse secslon. Miss
Henderson Is st pres5nt the stenogra-
pher @; Governor Gsywsrd, and she
has been capsule Al al tines, snd The
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