The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05

his private car were killed In fright
ful wreck on inst road esrly Thu,s
Cay morning and aaozsn persons wer
irJo-ed st Law! er's, Va.
With a party Of ficisls ard cthe
guests Er. Spencer was travelin
s,uth on train shse left Wsshingto
late "Wednesday night. They oceuple
s special cay cn the rear Of the train
which, while making stop for Re
psics, was crashed into bs passenge
train fIon the rsar.
THE DEAD.
President Samuel Spencer, WsEa
ington:
Cnss. D.: Fisher, OF Bslsinsre. Nd
Philip Schuyler OF New York city.
Frshk Z. Redwood of-Ba:sinere.
D, ". Dsvis Of AlexeSdrta,. Va
p1ivate dispatcher to President Spea
ear.
william Pollaro, colored, porter o.
President Srencsf's cs., vino died II
the hospilIl.
An unknown person, whose hsa
and limbs are burnsd cf shcIt, wht
is believed to be the third porter OF
tie private car, who is missing. HI!
name canrot'be learued.
THE 1NJURED,
Lucrstia A::eo, eeloreo, D2nville
vs., lex hroseu aod xmpussted below
the knee; lsfs arm badly broken,
Willis J. W!nsAn. 233 ssst Ooe
Eurdred and Twentv.ssTe1th street
NJ ycrt city; leg bsdly broker.
). ", Shaw, coIored, Spencer, N,
c., fireman, badly crushed sno bott
legs broken.
Garland Thomas, colored, Greens.
boso, n. G, leg broken and badly
bruised up.
P. E. Vauls, colored, Wsynesboro,
Va. badly broken up and bruised.
Cora Logan, coiored, Snel5y, N. O.,
both legs broken.
San Cox, colored, porter on the pri-
vste car, OF Gil First street, S. W.,
Washington, D. c., leg broken.
- Cruebt, address unknown, the
supreme organizer Of the Heptssophs,
back bs6ly wrenchsd
Son Boglao, colosed, Chsrlotte, n.
c., bscly bruised leg.
e. 4. Merrill. New York city, Pr!
vsts secretary to President Spencer,
head and arins bsdly burned. will Re
cover.
MI. Sosncsr's destinstion was
Friendship, n. O., where he was going
on 3 hunting trip, With Messers.
Schuyler, F.snsr, Merrill and Red
wood, IS bis guests.
ASLEEP WHEN CRASH CAME
Ptes.ceoS Spencer and his eotire
party occupied the re2s csr Oh the
forwsrd srain snd as far as Is known
were sleeping when the collision hsp.
pensd Snd tie probabilities sre tbs!
ali ct them excepting Oispstehe!
Dsy,s we're killed instantly. It is
certs!n that life vas ezliuc5 before
the flames touched them. President
Spsncsr's body was burred almost be
ycnc recognition, IS vas that OF Mr
Fabsr. The body Ct hr. Schuyler
was taken from Under the train before
il Was burned very much, having basE
sineed onl, slightly. President Span
GERS car vas attached 70 the rear o.
the Jacksonville train. which Wa!
standing still when struck.
President Spencsr wss lying direct
" under the big locomotive OF TIT
rear trsin. So great WIS the force O
the impact that the forward train va
sent $50. fest ahead, che locomotive
going over and upon the body OF Mr
Spencer. Unsil after the debris hurn
ed itself out and the engine cooled Of
the bodies could Lot to removed.
The impact drove the combination
csr forward and the express car liftee
I'D together with its truck and crushet
the car 40 feet, leaving the renaince
O: the arc strewn with tons OF bag
gage and colored passengers, who wer'
pushed back, as the express ca
crushed the combination csr Ike rats
oRERAToB AT FAULT.
The ,espon:b!ltV for the disaste
hss not bsen fixed, but it is believed
to nsvs been due either to negligenc
of tbs operator in allowing the Secon
passenger train to run by the bloc
and crash into the preceding one
which had stopped for repairs, or I
the failure Of the brakeman On sh
frsd train to go bsck and aag.
The Jacksonville express had th
hight Ct way IN the block and the er
oiue lsft the train and proceeded tw
miles, one OF which Wss beyond Law
ysrs before the engineer noticed b
vas without bis train. e may b
that whom he passed Lawyers tbs
tie OPERATOR there gave Rangoon
clear biock, without noricsng wnethe
or not the resr end markers were
be seen before be did so.
TIE car next ahead Of Presioe1
spsoces's was destroyed By fire, bl
IL Is reported shsa the passengers
II escarsd before it csught on hr
The Cub csron tbs first SETON q n
81 was oestroye3by FIRE, but no o.
On board is reported injured.
GREAT RAILROAD MERGER.
p-esicaua So, A1er, wno #Ss q natl
~ caorota, is ssto 10 have done mo
towards nsrging tie railrosss OF G
Sopth ,pso che S .uGhern rail s.
teno than sny oaner nan. Ptssloe
S,ancss was a., ua s.ZsS yssrs oio. !
cas- Ct slight bu ID and bad s:eel gr
hsir sno noustscle In sppearan
ha vas s s,rt> k:Gs man. 8e did nu
for tie irc us.rial Development OF {
saush and gave many th@ussnos
fol,ars g ;tcnnical schools IN %
a..aesalIu In GanrpiS. :.